Live on Forever The Afters CD Review #Flyby

Things are more and more challenging living in this world and you have to hold on to someone and for me that is Father God. He actually holds on to me, because quite frankly with some of my actions and decisions, I clearly wasn’t holding on to Him.

He manages to speak to people many ways and for me sometimes it is through music. In particular, one group I have recently been following is The Afters. First exposure to this group was the song, Light up the Sky and I have been in like since that album and they are back now with a new release called Live On Forever.

My favorite song on this album I will have to say is Legends and Live on Forever. Speaking of which, if you want to view the video for Live on Forever, click ⇒ View here.

Brief Excerpt from The Afters– Bio:

It’s easy to assume stories of trial and triumph are just for the Bible or the history books. But miracles still happen, even when adversity hits hardest. Just ask Josh Havens, guitarist and lead vocalist of The Afters. He relates how the band’s latest effort, Live on Forever, began during a season of tragedy.

Just as the band regrouped to record, Havens witnessed the wife of a close friend contract cancer. Drummer Jordan Mohilowski (who produced the new album) had a brief health scare, and a close companion in his church—part of the worship team—was hit and killed by an impaired driver. She was a young woman, Havens says, who had unlimited potential.

But Live on Forever–the band’s fifth with the Fair Trade label-still took shape as a celebration of faithfulness, protection and promise—one that shimmers with strong rhythms, undeniable energy and compelling pop hooks. The album finds Havens in strong, soaring voice as he invites listeners to find shelter and strength in God. “If any theme has emerged, it would be ‘inspiration and motivation,’” Havens says.

Havens himself felt a deep need to hold on after another loss struck: The band’s longtime soundman, Anthony Martinez, saw his newborn daughter die in infancy.

Some of these challenges would have knocked people down and they would stay down, but this is how Legends are made through struggle and challenge.

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