This is my third time reviewing Forsake It All. I must say, without a doubt, they have improved. With their latest release, Endless Lens, they have shown vast signs of maturity with their song writing process and creativity. Even though they continue to sift through line up changes(even up untill completion of the ep,)Forsake It All may be seeing their best formation as of yet.
With a spine chilling intro, you'd think you were listening to the background music of the opening title sequence to a zombie apocalypse film. Its creepy with anticipation. The first official song, Passion, is unamely the album title in its content. Toward the end the guitar gets a little playfully eccentric. Being that Forsake It All is a Christian band, certain songs like Tides and The Dreaded One, reference Old Testament activity(If they were grouped into one song it could be named Floods and Giants). Navigating in a new direction, they are starting to get more friendlier with clean arpeggio opening riffs. My personal favorite is Hollow Crusade for reasons mentioned in the previous sentence. The intro and outro to Endless Lens are like night day. Destructive on one end--beautiful on the other. It's as if this 7 song ep takes you on a melodramatic journey with a blissful and soothing conclusion. You'll have to check it out for yourself to form your own experience.
Last, the cover design is the most professional and alluring. In my opinion, art and concept has always been a strong component to an album, and in this case it provides an image that accomodates the music. It matches the theme and intrigues the curiosity of the viewer.
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