Coming Up For Air

I'm still catching up on a backlog of Revelation releases because I have way too many. Much later than most, I've finally got around to spending some time with the Praise 'Coming Up For Air' 7" that came out last year.Not many labels still make 7"s it seems, so I enjoy it when new ones appear on the scene. This one contains three songs that are a natural follow on from their last full length from 2022. This 7" marks the band's first record with their new drummer, as the old one was Daniel Fang who is also in Turnstile, and I guess that must now be a full time job.

These songs continue the typical Praise sound, and whilst I was slightly disappointed with the last record, this one is firmly back on track for me. It's always bitter sweet though when you have a great 7", because it ends too soon. It feels like I put it on, start to really get into it, and then it ends.

With this being a Revelation release, I was compelled to pick up all copies. Sadly these were pressed somewhere sucky and the colours do not look particularly interesting.

Pressing info on this 7" is as follows:

Clear with Orange Smoke (RevHQ Exclusive /200) which just looks like a dirty clear really
Black /500
Clear with Green Smoke (Retail Store Exclusive /300)

It seems kinda nuts to think that this band has been going now for 16 years. But after this I really hope that they carry on and give us at least one more record.