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

    For our 11th annual Highlighting feature, we split the year into TWO pieces -- January to June and July to December. Each list contains 10 artists/releases for a total of 20 in total for 2017. So, without further ado, we give you Highlighting First-Half 2017!



  9 of 10  



Album Cover
#9. Acceptance
Colliding By Design

Release Date: February 24
So much for being our #1 one-album-wonder. But the "never say never" axiom holds true. I missed the Acceptance party the first time around, and having spun Phantoms several years after their initial disbanding, I welcome this return of a modern rock favorite. Colliding By Design ought to be a long-overdue sophomore effort that keeps 2017 on its toes.
        - Roger Gelwicks

Acceptance released Phantoms -- a really great record -- all the way back in 2005. Songs like "Take Cover" were absolutely addicting and still loved by many today. After 12 years, the band has come back with their follow-up, Colliding By Design. While the first single did nothing to remind me of the Acceptance I loved from 2005, I'm still interested and excited to see what the guys have to offer us after all of this time. There are high hopes, but only time will tell how the newest release stacks up to their gold standard.
        - Michael Weaver

Acceptance's new release, Colliding by Design, is likely to be one of the best reunion albums of 2017. With their first full-length, Phantoms, well in the rearview, discussion regarding where a new effort will stand next to such an excellent album is understandable. Fortunately, lead singles "Haunted" and "Diagram of a Simple Man" promise consistency, achievement, and an exciting, fresh start.
        - Jeremy Barnes

  • Visit our Acceptance page for more information about them...

    		•
    2017 Countdown: January to June

    10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1
    Highlighting 2017
    ŠJanuary 2017 Jesusfreakhideout.com



       go to main page

     

    Music News Headlines


    .Don Moen Reimagines Worship Classics with New Remix Project, REPLAY
      Sat, 04 Jan 2025 02:00:00 EST
    .Good Weather Forecast Release New Album Today
      Fri, 03 Jan 2025 16:45:00 EST
    .Greg LaFollette To Release "Liturgical Songs Volume One" January 3
      Thu, 02 Jan 2025 16:00:00 EST
    .JusJames Kicks Off New Year With a Remix of Acclaimed 2024 Single
      Thu, 02 Jan 2025 15:55:00 EST
    .MotionPlus Begins 2025 By Sending Out An "S.O.S"
      Thu, 02 Jan 2025 15:50:00 EST
    .Pacaso Ramirez Drops Third Album of 2024, He's "Fundamentally Different"
      Mon, 30 Dec 2024 15:10:00 EST
    .NEEDTOBREATHE Surprise Fans with New Live Album Release
      Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:30:00 EST

    .Click here All News Headlines | RSS Icon RSS

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

    Search JFH


    Music Out This Week


    This Tuesday, December 31, 2024
    ALBUMS
    Pacaso Ramirez Fundamentally Different (independent)


    This Wednesday, January 1, 2025
    ALBUMS
    Behold The Beloved No Surrender (Burn the White Flag) (CD) [Girder]
    Digital KLL Digital KLL (CD) [Girder]
    Faith & Fire Consumed By Music, Fueled By Fire (CD) [Girder]

    VINYL
    Behold The Beloved No Surrender (Burn the White Flag) Vinyl [Girder]


    This Friday, January 3, 2025
    ALBUMS
    Good Weather Forecast Rebels Of Hope [DREAM]
    Greg LaFollette Liturgical Songs Volume One (independent)
    Don Moen x Reyer REPLAY (independent)
    Paradox & DJ Sean P NOW. HERE. THIS. (independent)

    SINGLES
    August Burns Red Your Little Suburbia Is In Ruins - Single (independent)
    CHPTRS When We Go - Single (independent)
    Paul Demer Unless the Lord Builds This House (Psalm 127:1-2) [feat. Caroline Cobb] - Single (independent)
    Diatheke The Promise - Single (independent)
    Eternal Gaze The Reaping - Single (independent)
    The Hero and a Monster Abysmal Loop (feat. ADAM ON EARTH) - Single (independent)
    Impending Doom Christ Is King - Single (independent)
    JusJames Time (Remix) [ft. Procyse, Rich Colon] - Single [Polished Arrow]
    LO CLOUD Live Today - Single (independent)
    Kevi Morse So Proud - Single [Syntax]
    MotionPlus S.O.S. (Souls On Sale) - Single (independent)
    Will Kellum & De'Aris Peace of Mind - Single [Syntax]
    xEnthronedx Renaissance - Single [Resuscitation Records]


    Next Friday, January 10, 2025
    Anthem Edition Promises Kept [Sonlite]
    Bethel Music We Must Respond [Bethel]
    Starflyer 59 Dejame Dormir [Velvet Blue]

    SINGLES
    Equippers Revolution Garment of Praise - Single [DREAM]
    Night Beds Lover's Ledge (Who Have I But You) - Single [Arkansas Blues]
    Seph Schlueter Words We'll Sing Forever - Single [Provident]
    TobyMac God Did It - Single [Capitol CMG]
    Joel Vaughn All I Need to Know - Single [DREAM]
    For all release dates, click here!
     

    New Music Reviews

    Check out the new album from Taylor Holland Armstrong!

    New Indie Reviews

    New Movie Reviews

    Listen to the new album from Within Silence!
    Check out depositphotos for royalty free images