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TobyMac – **THIS IS NOT A TEST** (First Impressions Review)

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Welcome to our first ever ‘first impressions’ review, which is not really an official full length review per se, but rather an early collection of succinct and insightful thoughts. While we aim to hopefully post First Impression Reviews every week, we will at least write these pieces every fortnight (because we have to take into consideration things in our lives that may unexpectedly come up, right?), in anticipation of a review of a high profile album that we will be unveiling the week after. This week, our first instalment is peering using a metaphorical microscope at TobyMac’s 6th solo album **THIS IS NOT A Test** which releases August 7th. So let’s dive in and see whether this new album is worth our while taking a listen to!

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Futuristic Fridays And Sentimental Saturdays: Audio Adrenaline 3.0 (or 4.0) – When Does A Band Become A Brand?

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Audio Adrenaline 1.0

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Audio Adrenaline 2.0

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Audio Adrenaline 3.0

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Audio Adrenaline 4.0

This week on a combo post of Futuristic Fridays and Sentimental Saturdays I will be speaking about why I think band members change, and what happens when bands change so much that it becomes almost like, or even exactly like a brand, and how we as fans of the band deal with the changes. I will be sentimental in looking back in the history of one band in particular and forward into the future of the same band with a new lead singer.

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Dark Has Turned To Light and I Will Celebrate (What’s the Big Deal About New Year’s Resolutions?)

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Wow, 2014 has flown by don’t you think? We’re all one year older, one year wiser, and hopefully we have all learned from our mistakes. If you haven’t read my previous blog about an update detailing a few of the important and impacting events that occurred this year for me personally, and relaying them back to how God has shaped me as a person and a believer today; then you can read the blog here.

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