My Own Little World

Let's be honest: there's no reason for me to actually review this album. Oasis's seminal masterpiece has been acclaimed by so many different people that it's almost ineffective to say anything good about it anymore. I generally don't like to write reviews of albums that have had more than their fair share of reviews. Yet, there's this feeling that I get every single time the beginning of "Champagne Supernova" comes on that is just an incredible sensation, almost like I'm entering another world. It's an incredible piece of music and one of the most memorable album closers of all time. It's a seven minute song that just feels so much more compact and reasonable because of Noel Gallagher's songwriting and (yes, I'm being entirely serious here) his and Liam's vocal delivery. Granted, as I'm writing this review, I realize that I'm probably very under qualified to be writing anything about Oasis or (What's the Story)...

The City Harmonic has become known as one of the few links between the truly alternative and the truly mainstream strands of worship music, sounding familiar enough to capture the hearts of both while also bringing a unique piano-based touch to their music. When they announced a new project for this fall, I was so excited to listen to it. This is one of my favorite bands in all of Christian music because they are so easy to listen to and become swept up into the music, even if it isn't the most inventive thing in the world. However, I've got some bad news: The City Harmonic's new album We Are  is a definite regress for the band. With We Are , the band tries to turn every song into a big anthem, and it just doesn't work. It feels like they tried to give every single track power and instead took the whole album's power away. Granted, the opening track "We Are One" works as a big, bombastic anthem, but that's because it opens the album. The anthem...