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CD Review: Awaken, North Wind! – “Doubt”

As I listen to Awaken, North Wind!’s album Doubt, three words come to mind:  Raw, sparse, and chilling.  Listening to Doubt is like the visiting barren, windswept tundras of the far north, bare of trees and any apparent life.  It’s just you, alone, cold, and broken, and the dark begins to set in.

It’s a chilling scene, but it’s one that Awaken, North Wind! paints a little part of on every track.  The music is straightforward, even to the point of simplicity, and the sparseness only intensifies the emotion.  Coupled with Doubt’s raw, brutally honesty lyrics about human brokenness and need, one a whole, the album paints a truly vivid picture.  Thankfully, though shadowed, it’s a picture that’s never completely dark, with Jesus Christ painted as mankind’s only hope.

Stand-out songs include the slowly building “Vultures”, “Intentions”, and the closer “Afraid”, a 11 minute, 29 second epic which tells the story of a unrepentant sinner.  It’s dark, intense, lonely, and even terrifying – indeed, listening to “Afraid” feels more like listening to an audio book of C.S. Lewis then a song.

In end, Doubt is more then just a CD – it’s an experience.  A dark, bleak experience, and not for the faint of heart, but an experience for taking all the same.

For fans of Cool Hand Luke, Ocean Is Theory, Edison Glass, and As Cities Burn.

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6 Comments to CD Review: Awaken, North Wind! – “Doubt”

1. 

   Hey –
   I found this while looking at Flynn Adam’s ilike.com site…
   Is it Christian?
   http://jdavey.bandcamp.com/
Razgriz on February 4th, 2010
2. 

   Is there a free download?
alyssa
Twitter: pixel8design
on February 4th, 2010
3. 

   Nice. I’ve been thinking lately that I need some new music; may have to listen to some of their songs. I have “Grace” on my iPod and really like it.
Rachel
Twitter: what_ever4321
on February 4th, 2010
4. 

   they sound awesome =D
Craigsnedeker on February 6th, 2010
5. 

   Razgriz: I’ve never heard of them, but it doesn’t look like it.

   Alyssa: Try right here: http://www.thefreechristianmusicblog.com/2009/04/28/awaken-north-wind/. It’s just one song (“Grace”), but it’s free.
Matt
Twitter: matt_from_tfcmb
on February 6th, 2010
6. 

   Perfect! They’re pretty good! Thank you!
alyssa
Twitter: pixel8design
on February 6th, 2010

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