Hawk Nelson - Crazy Love

I’m lovin’ it! “Crazy Love” by Hawk Nelson!

This is a record with no filler tracks. All of ‘em are really good, some are great and a couple are outstanding. A few months ago Daniel Biro from Hawk was visiting. He commented how important in the Hawk journey the next album would be. Dan - it’s a winner!

Jason’s voice is in great shape. I’ve seen a lot of live shows and sometimes his voice is rough from singing night after night. I really don’t know how he does it but on this record his voice is in shape on every track.

“Crazy Love” is the current radio release. It’s a good song, but it’s not the best on the album.

Stylistically, much of the record sounds like a lot of MxPx. “Skeleton” is the toughest and fastest paced tune and very reminisent of “My Life Story” - the vocals are hauntingly like Mike Herrera and the beats mimmick MxPx’s former drumer Uri Ruley.

“Done Holding On” could have been on an All Star United record. Maybe that’s coz the whole album was produced by ASU-creator Ian Eskelin. “Your Love Is A Mystery”, co-written by Hawk and Ian is going to be a huge hit on AC Christian radio, as will be “We Can Change The World”.

“It’s Alright” is true classic Hawk. Midway through the song the song slows down and stops and it’s an effect that’s going to get annoying after a couple of listens. If they (hint hint) removed that effect, the song is made-for-radio and possibly the best on the record.

The CD ends with “Thanks For The Beautiful Memories”. This auto biographical track traces HK from their earlier dreams to be rock stars, to hearing their song on an Ontario radio station - “Never knew that LIFE could be this way.” (Thanks for the plug, boys!)

Previous Hawk albums didn’t seem connected to God as much as I would have liked. I also felt the boys were burying their Canadian roots and were pretending to be Americans. (“Letters to the President” was sung from an American viewpoint.) Don’t get me wrong - I am proud of their success and moving to Nashville was the best thing to do, but well - Jon and Daniel from Barrie and Jason from Peterborough - and we don’t want to forget that! I’m happy now, though. This album is full of Canadian references, which I love! Welcome home boys!