Check out our review of one of the most anticipated album of the year 2016, it is the brand new album by sensational UK based worship leader, Eloho titled ‘Unrestrained’. Our track by track analysis will give an insight why you need to buy this album when it finally drops come July 31st.
- Speechless: A very creative intro, quite fitting for an introductory track. Good acoustic and bass progressions, choral vocal presence was achieved…very achieved if I’d say. The theme of the song ushers one into a sequel of admiration for God, appreciating him for His love. This is a good way to start any gospel song, reverence the God head before brazakulizing the listeners in the ensuing track. The singers confidence was reflected on how she enjoyed herself and delivered on the record.
- To our God: Personally, i am a lover for a dramatic energetic intro in any song. The rock guitar strumming at the beginning of this song prepared me to want to further listen to this song. The most important element in the song has to be the dynamics of the medleys, very fluid (hitting those minors), well executed and arranged. The instrumentation too kind of just adds to the body of the song, it fattens the emotion. Once again, that guitar strum in the bridge? OMG! Take me home.
- Worship Medley ft. Gracey: At first i thought i was listening to a 90’s classic with the arrangement of the intro of this song. Maybe the simplest song off the record with the characteristics of its harmonic processing (call and response) but definitely something inspiring! Good investment of vocals into the back up, the organization facilitated a smooth blend of harmonies. Theme of song is quite notable, another song emphasizing the depth and magnitude of God. Great Job
- He’s Alive: Wow! Gospel music on a House/pop genre? Definitely wasn’t expecting it. Befitting chorus, good lyrics, melodic rythmization was well executed but energy level wasn’t well propelled in the voice, quite a few factors could have equated to that as it seemed instrumentation definitely had more intensity than the vocal, especially the drums (song couldn’t keep up with the drum roll pattern).
- Once again ft Anna Barton: Great feature on this record in Anna, she delivered soothing vocals to usher the listener into an organized ambiance of harmonic serenade. Song pretty much speaks for itself, simple and well executed. Chorus was the highlight of it for me, very emotional. The lead singer does good to guide and follow through with the back up choir to ensure the pressure isn’t reduced
- Holy,Holy ft Nathan & Tolusacks: The first thing i appreciate in any record is the amount of creativity that emanates into my ears, the African drum percussion in the first few moments of the song impressed me. Good job in remodeling a household hymnal, a little spice in creativity will make a 30 year old song sound new again.
- Jesus, we love you: Good vocal entrance, i also like the fact that she maintained the intensity of the voice and avoided topsy turvys. Soft rock requires a lot of vocal presence if it is to convey the emotion it should, the back up vocals did good (but could be better). The dynamism of the chorus was as I expected, simple to sing along to and well constructed all round, melodies, harmonies and choice of notes.
- The Name of Jesus ft Isabella: At first, I didn’t expect that she’d usher the song in this way deep into the compilation but then again,hey! Creativity is appreciated in variance over here. She knew what had to be done and did it.
- He’ll do it again ft Florocka: Need i say again that anything Flo touches turns to gold? (Fan of flo). Notice the percussive drums? The follow through trumpet? The vocal dexterity? The Indian-like banjo harmonic patterns? All i can say is that the songstress did well featuring towards her strength. The duet they both ran towards the end of the record was seamlessly delivered.
- Mighty God: I think I understand the concept that is being passed along on this song, the most dominant factor being presented are the voices, most especially the cadence of the words and the message. However, i feel an essential element was being left out, that is a fuller instrumentation. The song started introducing more instruments towards the end of the song.
- Fearless: Another guitar serenade! Years back, if you heard this song, one would assume it was either Hillsong choir or Planet shakers or another big band abroad but no! Or, should we just say living abroad has helped shaped Eloho’s sound for the better? We are finally making exportable contents that can fly in the world market. Good song, great theme and enjoyable melodies. Smooth vibes
- Praise Jam ft Sunkey: The switch up and mix of the classic brass and stamp progressions had me like wow! I never thought this regular church song could be sang this way. The instrumentation metaphorically set my ears on fire,the dynamism and complementation of each other is just too seamless. Sunkey bringing another flavor to the song too gave it a versatility that isn’t common in most songs. Splendid job
Summary
Great song altogether, good use of instruments, chords and progressions, experienced and well researched lyrical content, quality featuring and most importantly a genuine medium to promote God
However, a major challenge is the engineering (mix – master) of the song. A whole lot of low end frequencies were sitting at the base of the song hence occupying the mid area thereby limiting the authority of the vocals to an extent. Just a few good tweaks here and there should do the trick.
Congratulations, Eloho for another classic album.
Album Available HERE
