So it’s late, I have a service to plan, a talk to write and some sleep to get however on my distracted journey here is a few CD Reviews of albums I’ve bought lately.

Matt Redman - Beautiful News
Beautiful News is Matt Redman’s first album since Facedown and his first studio album since ‘Where Angels Fear To Tread’. I bought this album having been to Soul Survivor and loved a couple of songs on it. The album has plenty of songs which will be new to most people so don’t buy it expecting to sing along straight away, however after much listening this is an awesome album, I don’t think there is another ‘Blessed Be Your Name’ on it, but maybe that’s a good thing! My favourite song on the album is Never Let Go and despite the corny ‘Oh No’ in the song the song is awesome.

On a sidenote, being at Soul Survivor helped me understand the point of the na na’s in ‘Undignified’!

The Starting Line - Direction
The Starting Line are an american pop-punk group who’ve been around a good few years now, I saw them in Norwich supporting MxPx last March and they were awesome, their very unique style of pop-punk takes some getting used to but this (their new album) is pretty good, it still feels like The Starting Line but is much better produced than their other albums and a bit heavier too which is good, plus amazing album artwork!

MxPx - Secret Weapon
The final album in my random list of reviews is the latest release from Christian punk act MxPx, 15 years since their first album the band continue to impress and write awesome songs. Panic (their previous release) showed the band getting more punk than pop-punk and the heaviness was awesome, this continues on secret weapon with heavy, fast songs which is awesome showing that MxPx are still one of the best bands around! This album is probably their best yet.

If you readers want to hear selections of these albums I’ve put a couple of tracks from each on the mp3 player! Enjoy!