There's a real dance feel to the verses and the chorus sounds like a garden-variety pop song. Musically, it changes directions multiple times. The next track, 'Lifeline,' is an effectively peculiar song. It is a catchy tune, but the lyrics are not particularly unique. A vocoded line introduces 'Outta My Mind,' with the band throwing in a few more clever vocal tricks throughout. 'Stranger' suffers in a similar way that the second track did it is solid but does not tread any new ground. The stringed instruments and piano on each end of the song are a nice touch to this otherwise ordinary praise piece. 'Can't Get Over You' slows things down a bit. The next track, 'Circles,' captures the struggle every Christian faces as they fall again and again, ' Before you even know it, I'm right back at the start, Doing what I hate and breaking my own heart, I'm going back and forth and then forth and then back, ‘Round in circles.' A true showcase of these four guys' terrific singing ability, this song is one of the band's best. The singer expresses his desire to know God and become a man after His heart, complete with plenty of references to David. The second song, 'I Wanna Know You Like That,' is a decent track, but ultimately a forgettable one. The song's title is echoed throughout the chorus, ' This is why we get up and sing (we can't shut up), We got everything that we need (we can't shut up), Love is coming now we are free, We cant shut up about it.' Although the lyrics are a little cheesy, a fun atmosphere is created with an upbeat tempo and nice synthesizer implementation. The album opener, and first single, is 'Can't Shut up.' Like basically every track on the record, this is a praise song. Upon first glance, you might think these guys missed the boy band craze at the turn of the century despite the formula being somewhat of a relic in the industry today, there is no question that this band is comprised of four, very talented individuals with a heart for worship. While just now coming into the music scene under the current moniker, Alan, Caleb, Chad, and Kyle have been writing and performing together since 2007 (formerly known as Yellow Cavalier). Many fans' first encounter with the Anthem Lights foursome was at 2011's Rock and Worship Roadshow this past winter.

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