JesusfreakHideout.com: Highlighting 2014 Part Two -- Looking Ahead To New Music In The Second Half of 2014

For our 8th annual Highlighting feature, we split the year into TWO pieces -- January to June and July to December. Each list contains 15 artists/releases for a total of 30 in total for 2014. So, without further ado, we give you Highlighting Second-Half 2014!

3 of 15

#3. Thousand Foot Krutch
Oxygen:Inhale

Release Date: August 26, 2014

TFK always stays in the conversation because of their earnestness. Their hard rock mix of unquenchable enthusiasm and rawness shows up on every album, and it's usually a winning formula. Their last album, The End Is Where We Begin, lost its flavor faster than 2009's Welcome to the Masquerade, but it still had some prime moments of striking songwriting that keep my hopes high for Oxygen:Inhale.
- Roger Gelwicks

I agree with Roger on all points, but I can't help but feel like Oxygen:Inhale is bound to be something special. The End... felt a bit like a compilation of bits and pieces of everything we have come to know and love about TFK over the years, and I feel like Trevor & Co. are poised to release an inspired new collection of tunes for their second independent release since leaving Tooth & Nail...
- John DiBiase

TFK's first post-T&N foray as an independent band found them experimenting more with sounds from their past. I'm hoping that the Canadian rockers bring something to the table as excellent and energetic as their live shows.
- Michael Weaver

TFK has long been a staple of the Christian rock industry, and after their independent release of The End Is Where We Begin in 2012, their fan base has never been as solid. OXYGEN:INHALE, yet another independent release, looks to shake things up and continue to exhibit the sound which has moved thousands upon thousands of albums.
- David Craft

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