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'No Sir, Nihilism is not Practical" / Showbread I will try to describe this CD without gushing too much. If you can get past the screaming (which was hard for me to do) you are in for a treat. Not since Skillet's self titled debut in '98 has a Cd this musically experimental and lyrically abstract been this good. Musically the guitar riffs in are amazing, the drum beats are spectacular and the bass cords are thumping.  The only place I feel showbread falls short is vocals. While they are very good when they actually sing, the singing moments are few and far between. Most of the vocals are unintelligible screams (even I had to resort to the cover for the lyrics). But I am glad I did read the lyrics. Check them out whenever you get a chance. The best song on this CD is the praise song "Matthias Replaces Judas". This song as abstract in nature as it is beautiful. You can either look at it as a ballad about two figures in the Bible or as a song about all of us. We have all denied or betrayed Jesus just as Judas did (we may have not done it intentionally but we have done it) and when we accepted Christ as our Savior we have killed the old man (Judas) and replaced him with a new man (Matthias) you get the point? "Mouth like a Magazine" Gossip anyone? "The Missing Wife"          ,,_ ; A Man is preparing the wedding ceremony, now all He needs is His Bride, the Church.

Hide Nothing / Further Seems Forever The only downfall of FSF is a lot of their songs sound the same, but vith FSF if you are just listening to the music you have missed the genius of this CD. The lyrics on "Hide Nothing" are nothing short of stellar. Just pick up the CD (or borrow it from) and the lyrics will speak for themselves. "Light up Ahead" Take this heart of darkness -1 give it up/and all the emptiness - You fill it up/the times that I feel nothing - You bring enough/so I can live for something / You lift me up! "Hide Nothing" Live your life with nothing to hide is the message found in this song. Life is too short to spend our tune trying to cover up the way we have lived it!