Monday is a hole that eats me alive, to spit me out gasping for air.

I own Rejoice!. Only the mp3s, which really lacks that awesome feeling you get when you hold the album in your hands, but at least I have the music. And what music! Typical Peter Dolving stuff, both what I expected and yet somehow more. A delicious shade of darkness to this album, flavouring the lyrics of loss and love gloriously. And these lyrics are spectacular, true Dolving style. They are not the kind of lyrics that are so vague anything can be taken from them, getting their message across with some touching symbolism all held in Dolving's voice as he switches from aggression to whispers that promise violence, layered with some marvelously melancholic melodies.

But this album is not just a showcase of Peter Dolving's voice. While a spectacular component, it is the culmination of all the band members that make this album. There are no face melting solos or incredible drumming. By themselves each component would be almost nothing. But together they form something incredible, especially considering how minimal the sound is. The other band members are just as incredible (Ok, maybe not as incredible as Dolving), and are just what the album needs.

Maybe it is because I am a huge Dolving fan, or maybe because I have wanted this album for so long and am just too afraid of the disappointment, but this album is incredible. For anyone new to Dolving's work, it is like radio indie rock stuff twisted and contorted to a dark and melancholic nemesis of its former self, hardly recognisable. Hard to name anything similar, although this is probably my own fault rather than their spectacular uniqueness. Highly recommended for anyone who likes guitars and good singing, especially for fans of awesome lyrics.

Highlights:
All of the songs are awesome, so this is pretty hard.

• Crow King. Spectacularly dark and my second favourite singing on the album.
  
• Sing Cain. Awesome song. Just awesome. A slightly disjointed (but in a good way, like the Joker from The Dark Knight) tune with an almost apocalyptic feel, the last section of this song is just incredible.
• Where We Go. Incredible, with possibly my favourite lyrics on the album. A love song, but in an almost helpless way. I love it.

If you do not know them, check them out here. You will not regret it, and if you do I will not hate you, or become disgusted at your taste of music. I will just pity you, that you can not get the same enjoyment I do from this wonderful band.