Outside Reading: UnderØath

In anticipation of the upcoming Underoath concert, I chose to read and blog about the band, specifically the story behind the band. The facts I found in the band's bio on their website (http://www.underoath777.com/) are the information I'm reading about. The article focuses on the bands newest album: Lost In The Sound Of Separation, and their past albums. Underoath is a 6 man band from Tampa, FL, writing their music in honor of God. When I first began to listen to "hardcore" music I really was driven away by the vulgarity and emptiness of the lyrics, along with the overall feelings portrayed by the bands. So I decided to look for some positive influences, and stumbled across Underoath. At first they seemed way too hard and metal for my taste, but as the months passed by they grew on me. The lyrics of the songs aren't just meaningless metaphors, they have so much more depth. I believe Underoath's success is due to, first of all their sincere passion for what they do, and who they do it for, but also how they can reach out to people. Most lyrics in today's "music" either talk about sex, drugs, breakups, or illegal activity. Underoath strives away from that and blasts out lyrics that don't degrade our culture. Underoaths guitarist says:

"We were actually out to dinner one day out by our practice space and Aaron pulled out his iPhone and he was thinking about that song and he said, ‘I wrote
these lyrics’. And what he wrote was so meaningful. It was this huge
statement.”Citing the lyric “Good God if your song leaves our lips/if your work
leaves our hands/then we will be wonders and vagabonds,” the guitarist
continues, “Our band has always been this Christian band and we’ve always been
open about what we believe in, but there comes a certain point where a lot of
the messages in our songs are very ambiguous. And that was so bold and straight
up, talking about how we’re all people but without purpose we can feel lost.”

Underoath isn't afraid to share what they trust in, in my opinion this is the reason they are so successful. So in honor of their upcoming concert, November 5th, I encourage you to learn about, and listen to Underoath.

For more on Underoath, visit: http://www.underoath777.com/
To read the article from above, visit: http://www.underoath777.com/band.php