REVIEW: Kutless “Live From Portland”

OK…its time for Music Education 101. Why do we go to concerts? Answer this one essay question and out comes the answer of why we have “live” albums. This is the question Kutless is trying to answer with their latest album due out December 12. The band offers up their first “live” album with “Live from Portland” and results in a solid yet average effort.

Kutless takes off with a fresh start to the album by opening with Hearts of the Innocent and then stringing that song straight into Treason. The irony of this tie-in alone makes the listener crack a grin. However, the transition is smooth and very well done. It is an example of what concerts should be. Kutless lets their rock chops fly on this album which is also fun and exciting. It is fun to hear the edgier, rougher version of Kutless that doesn’t exist in radio. This edgier version of Kutless is no more apparent than in their 2004 smash, Sea of Faces. The guys create a ramped up rock version of the song from purely a vocal standpoint. Hearing this version resurrects a two and a half year old song and makes it new again. […read more]

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