’Sleepless’, ’What I’ve Done’ 등 섬세함과 아름다움이 가득한 곡들!
"너무나 진실해서 아플 정도다. 킨, 더 프레이처럼 죽이다. " - Alternative Press "이 앨범은 곧 인디계의 명반이 될 것이다. 듣는 순간 움직일 수가 없다." - skylinepress.net
<라이선스를 기다리는 2008년의 팝 & 록 신예들>로 음악지 프라우드 4월호에 전격 소개됨!
우리는 정직과 인내, 그리고 희망을 노래한다- “[Until June]은 여행에 관한 이야기를 담은 앨범이다. 우리가 유랑했던 기록을 담은 앨범이고, 잃어버린 사랑, 그리고 새로 찾은 사랑에 관한 앨범이다.”
데뷔 앨범 [Until June]은 아워 레디이 피스, 켈리 클락슨 등의 앨범을 맡아 온 경력이 있는 브라이언 가르시아(Brian Garcia)의 프로듀스로 완성됐다. CCM 매거진을 비롯한 각종매체들은 아름다운 선율과 건반이 메인 선율이 되는 진행을 두고 언틸 준의 유사 밴드로 킨, 콜드플레이, 벤 폴즈를 거론하기도 했다.
30분이 조금 넘는 짧은 재생시간 동안 언틸 준은 데뷔 앨범에 간결하고 명확하게 밴드의 색깔을 담았다. 완성된 음악의 키워드는 진솔함과 희망이라 말할 만하다. 훌륭한 장비나 실험적인 전개 대신 보컬과 연주의 직관적이고 낭만적인 힘을 믿었던 밴드는 메이저 선율로 채워진 긍정적인 멜로디로 안식과 평화의 노래를 수록했다. 보컬 조시 발라드는 가성과 진성을 일정한 비율로 섞어 밴드가 추구하는 섬세함과 아름다움을 노래했다.
가장 두드러지는 곡은 앨범의 문을 여는 첫 번째 트랙 ‘Sleepless’로, 후렴구의 가성이 오랫동안 귓전을 떠나지 않는다. 블로그 검색을 통해서도 쉽게 찾을 수 있는 노래다. 이어지는 ‘What I’ve Done’을 비롯해 ‘The Saddest Song’, 그리고 앨범의 마지막 곡 ‘You Do’는 공식 앨범 발표 이전 2006년 마무리했던 EP의 수록곡으로, 밴드의 가능성을 예측하는 단서가 되었던 곡이다. CCM(Contemporary Christian Music)의 ‘크리스찬’과 ‘컨템포러리’ 성향을 공평하게 잘 살린 멜로디가 아름답다. .... ....
> Underneath the sky we sleep The sunlight in my eyes keeps me from seeing clearly Deep beneath the stars im lost The darkness in my heart keeps me from letting go Of everything I fear the most And now I'm alone And I'm ashamed Hold me in your arms And now I'm sorry for what I've done Tied around the mess I've made The air I breathe much harder Everytime I speak The words you've heard a thousand times Ive tried before but now i feel like letting go Of everything that hurts the most And now I'm alone And I'm ashamed Hold me in your arms And now I'm sorry for what I've done And after all is said and done You pick me up no matter where i fall ( No matter where i fall) You hold me in your arms Forgive me when I'm wrong And now I'm alone And I'm ashamed Hold me in your arms And now I'm sorry for what I've done And now I'm alone And I'm ashamed Hold me in your arms And now I'm sorry for what I've done
And it's the saddest song you'll sing When I'm alone with you, your tears come down You search your life for something new And what you found was true but now you're gone
Oh, you're alone and I'm waiting here for you You're alone and I'm waiting here for you
All of the streets were alone with you Well, just to be with you but now you're gone Fell in love with foolish things And fell away from me, now you're gone
Oh, you're alone and I'm waiting here for you You're alone and I'm waiting here for you
And I'm waiting And your jaw burn here When you fail and you're lost and I'm waiting for you 'Cause I know and you know
Not alone and I'm waiting here for you Not alone and I'm waiting here for you Oh no, not alone and I'm waiting here for you Not alone, oh no, when you're not alone
> Raindrops falling on the roof top, leave me feeling lonely Left here sitting, left here on my own Poison ashes, fill my lungs deep, with sounds of silence Smoking lies of where to search for love And the years go on and on And the days go by Oh I was unnoticed... Now I'm older, I've passed this over, I've watched my life grow colder Holding tighter and never letting go And the years go on and on And the days go by Oh I was unnoticed... Well I need you inside cause I feel so untied And I don't know why, no I don't Oh how I need you inside cause I feel so untied And I don't know why, no I don't
> Perishing beside myself I lay Better days I hope to see would fade away Unsure I woke up in this place It was a long winding road from where I came It seems in hindsight that I've known That when I woke up you're on Well I can't see you that I knew All that I have is you Woke up inside an empty room Hadn't lost gaping holes and sounds that move Nothing I feel myself will do The only thing I know I feel is you It seems in hindsight that I've known That when I woke up you're on Well I can't see you that I knew All that I have is you I'm sorry when I can't see you I'm sorry when I can't see you I'm sorry when I can't see you It seems in hindsight that I've known That when I woke up you're on Well I can't see you that I knew All that I have is you
After evening fell we both had left this place Me and her beneath the stars in outer space We listened softly as the rain had touched our face Treading water as the lights lit up the bay
And then i walked her home alone and now I'm sorry For what I said Oh, and then she fell away and the memories start the fade When all I had was you
I talked for hours on the rooftop pretending she's there It seems so long ago She left this quiet and intrusive The hurt that she felt Of tears and broken glass
And then i walked her home alone and now I'm sorry For what I said Oh, and then she fell away and the memories start the fade When all I had was you Oh, then she fell away but the pain I felt would stay with me
And I need love, oh I need, oh I need
Oh, and then she felt away, and the memories fade away Now all I see is you Oh when she felt away Oh, the love you gave wold stay with me
> I'm in a shattered state and my heart keeps breaking. I'm an island sinking slow and frail inside. I've tried to make this work a thousand times so don't walk away from me yeah-e-yeah-e-yeah from me, no And if I fall from this will I get back up again? Will you carry me when I'm broken up inside? I've tried to make this work a thousand times so don't walk away from me yeah-e-yeah-e-yeah from me, no and so you try to walk away to walk away from me and if you leave me here and walk away don't walk away from me from me yeah-e-yeah-e-yeah from me, no
> Sleep quiet, lock the doors And stay the night. Bomb shells and broken hearts fall far from sight Lights flashing far above me as i lay I never thought my life would end this way. So take me away from here, The time is here A life all spent with you is closing in It's all I can see When I'm lost, oh Put out the fire And pretend to dream. This city's sleepless but it's far from me. So take me away from here, The time is here A life all spent with you is closing in Sorry lord I've lived my life away from you Soon I'll wake up standing there with you It's all I can see When I'm lost, oh