Nevertheless

My Nevertheless CD came in the mail from Amazon today!

Now, for those who don't know, Nevertheless is a Christian band that the awesome AJ Cheek was a part of before joining the Christian band Revive. Nevertheless disbanded a few years ago, after only two CDs (and two EPs).

I was very curious about the band since AJ was in it. As I'm sitting here listening to their debut album, Live Like We're Alive, it seems sort of strange (in a good way) that AJ is the one on guitars in the songs. I think my curiosity paid off, because Nevertheless is really good! It's sad that the band broke up, because they really have talent, but I'm also glad that they did, because AJ was the perfect person to replace Tyler Hall in Revive. Now that I've heard what Nevertheless sounds like, I'm going to have to buy their second (and last) CD, plus the one EP that actually has additional original songs on it.



Right now, on my first listen, the last song jumps out at me. I would say it's my favorite so far :)
It's a song called Oh Child, and it's about how much God loves us, and how much He wants us to love Him back.

So overall, I think I would rate this CD 4 out of 5 stars. I think you should really check it out!

Guess what came in the mail today???

I checked my tweets on Twitter Monday when I noticed it. "No way, no way!" I said, stunned. I checked the tweet to make sure I read it right. "No way!" I said again, excitedly this time. Sure enough, what I was reading was true. I had won the most recent Inpop Records Freebie Friday giveaway!

I quickly showed my mom, who got excited with me. I quickly send Inpop a direct message letting them know my address, and then I went to go look at the picture Inpop had posted showing all the stuff that would be given away. All I had really paid attention to when I entered was that it was a Superchick merch giveaway.

I figured that I would have at least a week to wait for the package to come. So imagine how surprised I was when I came home from work today (two days later!) to see that the package was already here!

My heart was going a million miles an hour as I pulled the goodies out of the manila envelope. There was a "ta-da" moment as I showed it to my family (who were all eagerly waiting to see what was in the bookbag as much as me). Then I started to pull stuff out bookbag.






As you can see, there is a bookbag (from their first remix album, Regeneration), that was holding all my stuff inside. If you look closely, you can see that it was signed by the members of Superchick! I also got Superchick's most recent album, Reinvention, which was also signed by the band!








There was also a small poster from their
Last One Picked album. This one from
today was signed on the back. I also now have
Superchick shoelaces and a rub-on tattoo.












Then there was the other wearable stuff. There is a really cool hat that is from the Last One Picked days too. It has a quote from on of the songs off that CD, "All princes start as frogs." And it has a cute little frog on it. And its signed too!






And finally, there was one last thing that was just the icing on the cake for me.

Yup, you guessed it. I got Superchick's (now signed!) set list!!!! This is my first ever set list! I must say, I about fell over when I realized what this scrap of paper was! It's totally going in a frame :)

So, needless to say, I'm very happy with my prize from Inpop Records! Thanks Inpop, and thanks Superchick!