How Can We Be Silent

by BarlowGirl

Overview

BarlowGirl might look like a Christian teen pop group on the cover of their crossover-minded third album, How Can We Be Silent, but they sound like a Christian Evanescence, singing harmonies in fifths over dark, roiling riffs and all manners of goth textures. In this brooding atmosphere, such Christian calls to arms like the title track feel ominous, as if nonbelievers should take their faith as a threat. BarlowGirl do this goth rock about as appealingly as Evanescence, but they're a bit more charming when the cloud lifts just a bit, like on the off-kilter "One More Round" that opens with Mellotrons and waltzes into some psychedelic jazz, or when they punch the melodies a little bit harder as on "Take My Chance," a piece of barbed melodic pop-punk that also showcases the trio's harmonies. Although "Take Me Chance" is an anomaly on the album, How Can We Be Silent is certainly more interesting overall than a lot of CCM rock -- and a lot of secular rock in this vein, for that matter. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	03/06/2020
Label:	Fervent Records / Fervent/Spirit-Led
UPC:	0080688719722
Rank:	171803

Tracks

1. Song for the Broken
2. I Believe in Love
3. Here's My Life
4. Keep Quiet
5. Million Voices
6. Sweet Revenge
7. One More Round
8. Take My Chances
9. The Guy Song
10. I Don't Regret

Album Credits

Performance Credits

BarlowGirl   Primary Artist
Amy Miller   Soprano (Vocal),Soprano,Choir/Chorus
Lauren Barlow   Drums,Vocals
Rebecca Barlow   Guitar,Vocals
Dustin Whitney   Sax (Tenor),Choir/Chorus,Tenor (Vocal)
Janine Jones   Choir/Chorus
Trish Price   Mellotron
Matthew P. Seckman   Sax (Tenor),Choir/Chorus,Tenor (Vocal)
New Song Christian Fellowship Cool Springs   Choir/Chorus
Sabrina Barlow   Vocals (Background)
Brian Robison   Choir/Chorus
Jeff Bychanan   Director
Jazz Drums   Accordion,Synthesizer
Jeff Buchanan   Choir/Chorus,Choir Director
Adam Bastien   Tenor (Vocal),Sax (Tenor),Choir/Chorus
Brian Robinson   Sax (Tenor),Tenor (Vocal)
Liz George   Choir/Chorus
Kristin Wilkinson   Viola
David Davidson   Violin
John Catchings   Cello
John Painter   Horn,Woodwind
Alyssa Barlow   Bass,Vocals,Keyboards
Rob Hawkins   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Otto Price   Drums,Guitar,Accordion,Synthesizer
David Angell   Violin
New Song Ensemble   Choir/Chorus
Sarah Tweet   Alto,Choir/Chorus,Alto (Vocals)
Kyle Cooper   Sax (Tenor),Choir/Chorus,Tenor (Vocal)
Cindy Wagner   Alto,Director,Choir/Chorus,Alto (Vocals),Choir Director
Marisha Wagner   Alto,Choir/Chorus,Alto (Vocals)
Todd Fertig   Sax (Tenor),Choir/Chorus,Tenor (Vocal)
Julie Carter   Soprano,Choir/Chorus,Soprano (Vocal)

Technical Credits

Seth Worley   Audio Production
Otto Price   Audio Production,Engineer,Producer,Recording,Programming,Digital Editing,Executive Producer
Susan Riley   Audio Production,Executive Producer
Lauren Barlow   Group Member
Rebecca Barlow   Group Member
Love Sponge String Quartet   Musician
Joseph Cassell   Wardrobe
Katherine Petillo   Art Direction
Brandon Commack   Digital Editing
Alexis Goodman   Design
John Denosky   Digital Editing
Neil Robinson   Hair Stylist
Megan Thompson   Make-Up
Neil Robinsons   Hair Stylist
Travis Palmer   Engineer,Recording
Erian Calhoon   Engineer
Brandon Womack   Digital Editing
Jeremy Cowart   Photography
Brian Calhoun   Recording
BarlowGirl   Composer
Joe Baldridge   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Fred Paragano   Engineer,Recording
Alyssa Barlow   Group Member
Richard Dodd   Mastering,Mastering Engineer
George Cocchini   Musician
Bryan Lenox   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
David Das   Programming,String Arrangements