I got a chance to meet the members of Solomon's Wish at Spirit Fest Midwest in Minnesota, and found them incredibly easy to talk to. Then I heard them play and was blown away by their talent. It's easy to make a band sound good in a studio, but to get 4 guys on stage and have them sound just as tight as their CD is incredible.Their songs use a good mix of metaphor and scripture to tell stories, along with straight ahead praise and worship lyrics. The music is pretty much straight ahead pop-rock, but the vocal lines and lyrics keep it interesting throughout. Favorites of mine include So Help Me, for it's simple message that all of God's creation need to cry out at some time - "so help my unbelief!"; Mary's Alabaster Jar, mostly because it made me go back and read the story of Mary anointing Jesus's feet and how what seems a simple act can mean so much more; Ten Miles Wide, which is lyrically really cool (the last word of each line in the chorus is the first word of the next line - maybe that's a musician thing), but forces me to reflect and pray that my faith is deep-rooted, not just for show; and God is Alive, which looks at all that God has provided and proves that He is still here, alive in all of us. This CD definitely has heavy rotation in my car's stereo!