Relatively unheard of outside of the Virginia market, Dreaming of Eden are a simple rock band with a heavy emphasis on lyrical content. Delivering a determined vocal style with your regular mix of Warped Tour-esque riffage and grooves, And They Will Live Forever is a very indie driven release. As an unsigned act attempting to push the envelope themselves, going at it alone to fund such a complete release package is something rarely seen in these waters. Dreaming of Eden would not go amiss on the lighter musical parts of a Victory or Trustkill roster, considering the varied vocal tones found throughout all 12 tracks and the simple yet defined lines of rhythm. Think Thursday or Yellowcard, sans any extra string instruments that may or may not feature in these comparable acts. After a few spins, the higher vocal range of Mike Longhelt does admittedly eat away at your ears, almost becoming a monotonous higher decibel drone leaving the listener begging for more of the sporadic growls that float around from song to song…but then again, in this genre you can’t really expect too much more. Considering their Christian rock billing, look for this lot to be picked up by a leading Christian label. For effort alone, Dreaming of Eden deserves some applause, but before they run away with all the plaudits they probably need to do some shifting around in their musical arrangements and vocal department. Change it up, shuffle it around…just do something different! For a band to have appeared as background music to The Real World, perhaps times are changing for the better - not bad for an unsigned act making headway by sheer determination.

Rating: 6.5/10
Label: Unsigned
Website: www.myspace.com/dreamingofedenmusic

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