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Remedy Drive - Imago Amor

Artist:

Remedy Drive

Title:

Imago Amor

Type:

Album

Released:

29 Jan 2021

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Imago Amor, the 13th full-length recording - and first in three years - by chart-topping modern rockers Remedy Drive. Imago Amor (“the image of love”) follows 2014’s Commodity and 2018’s The North Star as the third volume in a trilogy designed to shine light on slavery and to amplify the voices of those impacted by human trafficking and injustice.

Produced by Philip Zach, Imago Amor features 10 songs, all written or co-written by David Zach, Remedy Drive's founding member. Remedy Drive has garnered 12 Top 20 singles and released 12 critically acclaimed recordings since their inception in 1998. The band’s music...
Read More Imago Amor, the 13th full-length recording - and first in three years - by chart-topping modern rockers Remedy Drive. Imago Amor (“the image of love”) follows 2014’s Commodity and 2018’s The North Star as the third volume in a trilogy designed to shine light on slavery and to amplify the voices of those impacted by human trafficking and injustice.

Produced by Philip Zach, Imago Amor features 10 songs, all written or co-written by David Zach, Remedy Drive's founding member. Remedy Drive has garnered 12 Top 20 singles and released 12 critically acclaimed recordings since their inception in 1998. The band’s music has been heard on NBC, SpeedTV and VH1, as well as Middle Tennessee Hyundai Dealers’ Music That Drives promotion.

The album kicks into life with the blasting powerful opening track 'Dragons', the song falls into the sound of Switchfoot. The big guitars and heavy drums really hit you from the moment the album starts, but that big guitar driven sound doesn't continue through the album, it appears now and then in other songs like 'Burn Bright' and 'Pax Melodiam' but actually the main draw for the album is songs like 'Imago Amor' which is a beautiful and sweet song.

I have to say my favourite track of the whole album is the stunning 'Caravan Princess', this song takes the listener on a journey, you get emotionally drawn into the lyrics and creativity of the music. A really stunning song. The album has so many sides to it musically and creatively, from hard rock songs to atmospheric songs to big ballads and then you throw in the fact that this album is full of songs that have meaning, this isn't an album to just put on and ignore.

For example the track 'Using My Name' is a very powerful lyrical song, there is something much more happening in this song, more than I can explain on a little review, and it's well worth a listen. In addition, the simple musical backdrop of “Using My Name” the song powerfully emphasizes a convicting message for all who claim to be followers of Jesus.

Band Member David Zach says “These songs are shaped by the sorrow and hope that accompany frontline work in the modern abolition movement, “In my partnership with The Exodus Road these last eight years, I’ve witnessed traffickers attempt to strip the dignity, loveliness and the very humanity from women and teenagers."For nearly a decade, Zach has worked undercover alongside operatives from The Exodus Road to identify perpetrators and fight slavery in Southeast Asia and Latin America. His 13 deployments with the international anti-trafficking organization have inspired the music and mission of Remedy Drive and have given Zach a platform to speak at colleges and festivals across the country. If you have a moment please check out the work of Exodus Road.

As an album this has so much more to offer than a lot of music these days, these are not just middle of the road songs that can be listened to on a whim, these are songs that have so much more going on, be it lyrically or even emotionally. These are songs that touch the heart when you really start digging into them and for me that's what music is all about, songs that touch the heart and make a difference.

Review By Jono Davies

LTTM Rating 4.5 Out 5 Stars
Standout Tracks
Caravan Princess
Lovely
Blue

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Remedy Drive Unveils 'Imago Amor'

Imago Amor, the 13th full-length recording - and first in three years - by chart-topping modern rockers Remedy Drive, releases January 29. Imago Amor (“the image of love”) follows 2014’s Commodity and 2018’s The North…