Title: Rush Of Fools
Artist: Rush Of Fools
Midas Records

It's all here - earnest, mid-tempo songs, simple acoustic guitar strumming, a one-dimensional sound, basic three note riffs and four chord choruses straight from song-writing basics classes. They'd probably get a B+, and that's the problem - there is nothing here that's surprising and not formulaic. Unfortunately this album could serve as a summary of where much of Christian music is these days - brainless, and simplistically triumphant, a legacy of 'modern worship'. (And two of the culprits, Jason Ingram and Matt Brownlee, co-write songs here.) The themes are well worn too - God picks us up, finds the lost, chases away darkness, so we raise our hands and lift our voices. It's all true, but it could be spelt out in more artful fashion. This, like fairy-floss, has plenty of sugar but doesn't sustain.