- I'm So Sick
- Fully Alive
- Perfect
- Cassie
- Sorrow
- I'm Sorry
- All Around Me
- Red Sam
- There for You
- Breathe Today
- So I Thought
After introducing and overexposing us to pop newcomers Maroon5, Octone Records now partners with S/R/E Recordings to give us Flyleaf, a Texas-based group whose ascent started at the SXSW music festival in Austin—the mecca for unsigned and independent hopefuls. After signing with the label and releasing an introductory EP in 2004, they're now making their official debut to both mainstream and Christian markets.
Vocalist Lacey Mosley's faux gothic appearance might tempt some to call Flyleaf a poor man's version of Evanescence, but the differences are plenty. For one, she doesn't sing nearly as operatic and pretty as Amy Lee, vocalizing more like a strange cross between Gwen Stefani, Courtney Love, and even Linkin Park's Chester Bennington (for the screams). Musically, there's also something endearingly primal and stripped-down about the quintet's method, and producer Howard Benson (P.O.D., Blindside) is careful to avoid overproduction.
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Some may find the lyrics a bit too fatalistic (e.g. "I'm a selfish fake," "Here I stand … wishing my wrists were bleeding," "I'm so sick [and] infected," "All my efforts … leave me putrid and filthy"), but it's actually what will appeal to Flyleaf's target audience. Their style perfectly befits their substance, and there's enough light at the end of the tunnel for them avoid being lumped with other more generic, angstier-than-thou rock bands.