The Danielson Famile, led by Daniel Smith, is one of the more interesting and certainly more memorable bands I've heard in recent years. When they are asked who their musical influences are, the usual response is they never really listened to music save Sunday School - and it shows. The Danielson Famile are just that, four sisters and five brothers, usually dressed as medical staff or police, spewing forth some of the most challenging Christian music you are liable to ever hear. What's more it's all pretty fantastic.
The Danielson Famile likely get more positive press from the secular media than they do their Christian counterparts. The contemporary Christian music scene can't seem to get behind Danielson's herky-jerky acoustic guitar, call-and-response vocals, tinkling bells aesthetic. Whereas the secular Pitchfork is happy to call their latest album 'a bona fide people-pleaser, retaining the Danielson Famile's endearingly skewed pop sensibility, while delivering the goods in a standard verse-chorus-verse package.' The group is has put out a DVD, 'Danielson, a Famile Movie (Or, Make a Joyful Noise HERE)'. which is all about the Danielson experience, I'm eager to get my hands on this one. You owe it to yourself to have a look at the trailer!
The Famile's latest effort comes in the form of their groundbreaking 'Ships' album. Today's video, from that CD, is called 'Did I Step On Your Trumpet?'. No sir, you certainly did not, but thanks for asking. If all Christian music were this cool I wouldn't need to listen to anything else. Get the MP3 here!
There is nothing in life I enjoy more
than music. Like Tower Records says,
No Music No Life. This blog is dedicated
to the music that makes me smile.
I hope you’ll like it too!
The picture of me is by my awesome
sister, Kelly! It makes me smile a lot!
The Danielson Famile, led by Daniel Smith, is one of the more interesting and certainly more memorable bands I've heard in recent years. When they are asked who their musical influences are, the usual response is they never really listened to music save Sunday School - and it shows. The Danielson Famile are just that, four sisters and five brothers, usually dressed as medical staff or police, spewing forth some of the most challenging Christian music you are liable to ever hear. What's more it's all pretty fantastic. 
The Danielson Famile likely get more positive press from the secular media than they do their Christian counterparts. The contemporary Christian music scene can't seem to get behind Danielson's herky-jerky acoustic guitar, call-and-response vocals, tinkling bells aesthetic. Whereas the secular Pitchfork is happy to call their latest album 'a bona fide people-pleaser, retaining the Danielson Famile's endearingly skewed pop sensibility, while delivering the goods in a standard verse-chorus-verse package.' The group is has put out a DVD, 'Danielson, a Famile Movie (Or, Make a Joyful Noise HERE)'. which is all about the Danielson experience, I'm eager to get my hands on this one. You owe it to yourself to have a look at the trailer!
The Famile's latest effort comes in the form of their groundbreaking 'Ships' album. Today's video, from that CD, is called 'Did I Step On Your Trumpet?'. No sir, you certainly did not, but thanks for asking. If all Christian music were this cool I wouldn't need to listen to anything else. Get the MP3 here! 
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