New Album Review……..

For an unsigned independent act, Esterlyn sure has a lot of connections in the industry. Two of the members were part of Grand Prize, the band from Boise, Idaho signed to Jaci Velasquez’s A’postrophe Records back in 2005. They’ve since moved on and are currently managed by the same company that handles Kutless, Stellar Kart, and Disciple. Moreover, Esterlyn’s debut album was co-produced by Number One Gun’s Jeff Schneeweis, who also contributed his songwriting and performance skills to much of Lamps.

Interestingly, Esterlyn really doesn’t sound like any of those bands, and has improved considerably since their Grand Prize days in almost every way. There are plenty of melodic indie rock bands like this in Christian music—parts of Lamps bring to mind everyone from This Beautiful Republic and Ruth to Sanctus Real and Hawk Nelson. But Esterlyn sounds better than most…

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