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Memento Mori (2009)

Flyleaf
Reviewed by Leah Greenblatt | Nov 08, 2009
Leah Greenblatt
Leah Greenblatt
EW's GRADE
B

Details Release Date: Nov 10, 2009; Lead Performance: Flyleaf; Genre: Rock

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Texas fivesome Flyleaf achieved surprise platinum status with their slow-build 2005 debut — a success due equally, no doubt, to their brooding alt-metal aggression and Christian subtext. On Memento Mori, Frontwoman Lacey Mosley couches her searching wails in couplets that expertly walk the line between secular and God-centered. Her passionate devotionals make for galvanizing, if eventually exhausting, listening. Even the Lord rested on the seventh day. B

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Originally posted Nov 04, 2009 Published in issue #1075 Nov 13, 2009 Order article reprints

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