Release the Panic

Personnel: Michael Barnes (vocals, background vocals); Anthony Armstrong (guitar, programming, background vocals); Randy Armstrong (piano, background vocals); Howard Benson (keyboards, programming); Joe Rickard (drums, programming).
Audio Mixers: Howard Benson; Mike Plotnikoff.
Recording information: NRG Recording, North Hollywood; West Valley Studios, Woodland Hills, CA.
Photographer: Joseph Anthony Baker.
Mixing a post-grunge sound, complete with a slight metal edge, and a radio-ready studio sheen, Red play songs that, although they're often filled with confusion, despair, and anger, are also ultimately positive and redemptive, which is where the band's Christian base comes into the blend. Release the Panic, the group's fourth album (led by the title track as the first single), doesn't mess with the formula very much, and if they sound like Linkin Park, say, or Chevelle, that firm faith in hope and redemption gives the band a kind of spiritual warmth not always apparent at first listen. ~ Steve Leggett