The Wedding- The Sound The Steel EP (Classic Review)

After the success of The Wedding's sophomore album, fans were surprised to find lead singer Landon Ginnings replaced by Matthew Shelton. So to introduce this rookie vocalist, the band put out their highly anticipated The Sound The Steel EP last summer.

The EP consists of five tracks, six if you include the bonus acoustic/live track found on iTunes when you buy the full album. So it's not long, but not too short. But, still, with only five, the titles of these songs are often difficult remember, considering that they all start with re. "Receive," "Return," "Renew," "Reveal," and "Redeem" are all very close names, and in conversation, things could very easily become very confusing.

"Receive," the first song on this EP, is a decent song that kicks off the new chapter of The Wedding very well, and is a great intro for Shelton's vocals. "Return" is a song packed with energy, and seems to be a call to worship with everything you have--to "Sing of Me, Sing of My love, Like a bullet from a gun." The piano in "Renew" is a great sound for The Wedding. The song does speed up shortly after its soft opening, reverting to The Wedding's southern punk rock sound. But there's more to The Wedding than just a normal punk band. Their music never becomes monotonous, they have great lyrics that have an awesome message, and Shelton's vocals give it a near-perfect touch. His joy seems to overflow out of his mouth when singing, with laughing and screaming, and it's very unique.

"Reveal" is the most energetic song on the EP, and the guitar breakdown about two minutes into the song is genius. I have never seen The Wedding live, but this song would definitely be a great one to have the crowd sing along to. "Redeem" is a beautiful way to end the EP.

This EP is sure to not disappoint fans of The Wedding's previous attempts, and will definitely pick up a few new fans like myself. Hopefully The Wedding will put out a new album someday, cause if they keep going in this direction, it'll be fantastic!