Approaching Normal

Blue October is a fantastic band. Their most famous songs are "Hate Me," "Into the Ocean," and "Calling You." The lead singer, Justin, has been through hell and back. He has battled with bi-polar disorder, depression, suicidal thoughts and drug abuse for most of his life. Most of his songs in someway or another deal with the unrest that's in his head. He really speaks to anyone who has ever suffered from any type of mental condition.

We saw them several years ago when they released the album "Foiled." I didn't know most of the songs, but I quickly became obsessed with the album after the concert. Last monday, Lauren and I saw them again at the 9:30 club and the concert was almost life altering. They were promoting their new album "Approaching Normal." Each song they sang was so fantastic that I came home and downloaded the album that night. This whole album is amazing....just the words of the songs should be able to speak for themselves...and please don't think I've gone down a steep slide here...it's a heavy album that I completely relate to right now...I recommend you download the entire album, it's that freaking fantastic...

In case you really like this album and decide to check out others, the songs I recommend are:

She's My Ride Home
You Make Me Smile
Congratulations
Overweight
Sound of Pulling Heaven Down
Amnesia
Independently Happy
HRSA
Drop
Sexual Powertrip (One Big Lie) Bla Bla
Balance Beam
Ugly Side
Oh hell, just download everything...