Get Your Music on Amazon!
Get Your Music - and everything else - on Amazon! All purchases made on Amazon through this link earn a commission for Jesusfreakhideout.com!

JFH Music Review


Finding Favour, Farewell Fear
CLICK COVER TO ENLARGE

Finding Favour
Farewell Fear



Artist Info: Discography
Genre(s): Pop / Rock
Album length: 10 tracks: 33 minutes, 27 seconds
Street Date: August 25, 2017


READER RATING:   


Expectations often negatively affect our experiences. Be it the third movie in a trilogy or a new release from a beloved artist, expectations are shaped by the past and ultimately create bias in the present. Worship act Finding Favour have made a name for themselves as one of Gotee Record's more uplifting groups that blends pop/rock tendencies with Blake Neesmith's buttery smooth vocals. Though the opening songs of Finding Favour's latest, Farewell Fear, promise an intriguing departure into something groovy, the album quickly devolves into pseudo-inspirational, quasi-worshipful tunes.

The electro-funk of the opening title track sets up a very enjoyable and engaging sound. Simplistic chords, offbeat rhythms and infectious production choices combine with tight synth and bass lines, which continues into the soulful "Get Down." The first 4-and-a-half minutes of this batch of tunes are undoubtedly exciting and catchy, as are "Dance" and "Reprise," which return to the album's initial style. Unfortunately, the next two tracks fall flat and are more indicative of the album as a whole.

"What We Have Is Now" and "Mountains Must Move" feature bland strings, trite lyrical choruses, and the album's ultimate crime of being simply forgettable. The instrumentation attempts to leave creative room for memorable melodies, but both songs have choruses and verses that come across as uninspired. This is particularly disappointing since Neesmith certainly has the vocal chops to provide something fresh.

One could say that the melodies are intentionally direct in order to allow fans and congregants to sing along, but the worshipful vein present in their previous releases is almost entirely absent on Farewell Fear. "Mountains Must Move" does highlight the line "Mountains must move/Waves lay down/In the name of Jesus," but songs like "Completely" and "It Is Well" posture more of a "God is on my side" lyrical approach. This ambiguous sense of adoration is most obscure on "Faithful." The pleasant combination of low piano tones and sustained strings feels like the most worshipful atmosphere on the album, but the song actually depicts the story of their typical listener. The song itself is enjoyable, but lines such as "Faithful in all the little things no one ever sees" and "You're the greatest hero never known" can be misconstrued.

Each song on Farewell Fear contains an element of something likeable, be it the guitar-based bridge of "Happy Ever After" or the vocoder on "Dance," but most of the runtime is notably lackluster. When combined with the stylistic confusion and the absence of worshipful moments, dedicated listeners will likely have to pick and choose individual songs that they find most memorable.

- Review date: 8/1/17, written by Mason Haynie of Jesusfreakhideout.com



(JFH Sponsor Spot)

Check out JFH's Lloyd in his first-ever childrens book!

 

JFH Album Sampler
. Record Label: Gotee Records
. Album length: 10 tracks: 33 minutes, 27 seconds
. Street Date: August 25, 2017
. Buy It: iTunes
. Buy It: Amazon.com (CD)
. Buy It: Amazon Music (MP3)

  1. Farewell Fear (1:24)
  2. Get Down (2:59)
  3. What We Have Is Now (3:41)
  4. Mountains Must Move (4:12)
  5. Completely (3:24)
  6. Happy Ever After (3:51)
  7. Faithful (3:34)
  8. Dance (4:16)
  9. It Is Well (4:25)
  10. Farewell Fear (Reprise) (1:41)

 

 

 



Leave a Comment

 

 

go to main Album review page
go to Album review archive

 


(JFH Sponsor Spot)

 

 

                 
Check out JFH's Lloyd in his first-ever childrens book!

Search JFH



This Tuesday, April 15, 2025
BOOKS
Sandra McCracken and Tim Nicholson Maker of the Mountain [B&H]

This Friday, April 18, 2025
ALBUMS
Hope Darst In The Mighty Name (Live) [Fair Trade]
Richard Lynch Pray on the Radio: Songs of Inspiration [MTS]
Ronnie Martin Consume Like A Moth What Is Dear [Velvet Blue]
Myles Maestro Band-Aids on Broken Glass - EP [Syntax]
Sixpence None the Richer Live at Gruene Hall [Flatiron]

SINGLES
Azeekah Father I'm Sorry - Single [Syntax]
Doulos Worship Jubilee Song - Single (independent)
Drenae Can't Be Cold - Single [Syntax]
Ariel Fitz-Patrick Angels - Single [Capitol CMG]
Forrest Frank CELEBRATION - Single (independent)
Fred Hammond, Khristian Dentley, Gabriel Preisser Via Dolorosa - Single [Tomb Slayer]
Ken Holt I Did Not Know - Single [MTS]
iNTELLECT Made Men - Single [Polished Arrow]
LO CLOUD Dreams Fail - Single (independent)
Evvie McKinney Believe in Jesus (feat. DOE) - Single (independent)
Mountain Climer Not Friends Anymore - Single (independent)
Autumn Nelon God Won't (feat. The Isaacs) - Single [Daywind]
Procyse, JusJames God Is Enough - Single [Polished Arrow]
R.kitect Intent 2 Distribute (Remix) - Single (independent)
Rave Jesus It is Well - Single [Provident]
Marvin Sapp Close the Door - Single [Elev8]
Stars Go Dim A Little Light - Single [Curb]


Next Friday, April 25, 2025
ALBUMS
PJ Bostic Hope In The Winter Stage (independent)
Megan Danielle Grace - Single [Provident]
Disciple Skeleton Psalms (Deluxe) [Tooth & Nail]
Smokey Robinson What The World Needs Now [Gaither]
Stephen Stanley trustfall [Capitol CMG]
UPPERROOM 1350 (Live) [Capitol CMG]

SINGLES
Big Daddy Weave Stranger No More - Single [Curb]
bodie SAY SO - Single [Provident]
Bongo Chico Wrongside Right - Single (independent)
Dan Bremnes Cortado - Single [Curb]
Mainstream Worship CHANGED! - Single [DREAM Worship]
Xander Sallows superficial - Single [DREAM]



For all release dates, click here!
 

Check out the newest JFH Metal compilation - FREE!
Get all of JFH's indie compilation now totally free!
Check out depositphotos for royalty free images