Hey y'all, listening to Lost in the Sound of Separation, Underoath's latest and most ambitious effort yet. If there was ever a cd that shook my core, stopped me in my tracks, and compelled me to say "whoa", this is it. 11 tracks with blaring guitars, pounding drums, and a more guttural scream from Chamberlain. Yet, there is a point to the harder sound. The cd depicts a life where sin has dominated. And the person is sick of it. Everything is pure noise. Everything is chaos. He is "Lost in the Sound of Separation." And what is that separation? From God. Yet the ultimate ending of the journey is a shot of Hope, with the person finding God and peace at last. And the progression of the sound of the cd is evidence for that. As you continue to listen to the cd, it grows louder and more chaotic, but as you near the end, everything starts to calm down.
Now granted the first couple of tracks are pretty dark. In fact, they are kinda hopeless. But it is this dark and hopeless scenes that make the final message more brilliant and beautiful: hope in the most desolate situation.
It is this very reason that I highly recommend listening Lost In The Sound Of Separation while reading the lyrics. Highly rewarding if you do this.
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