How Can We Be Silent (CD - 2007)

* Over 90 minutes of bonus footage

* Personal Interviews with BarlowGirl

* 2 Music Videos: "Never Alone" & "I Need You To Love Me"

* Go behind the music and hear the stories behind the songs

* Laugh with them as you get a sneak peak into BarlowGirl bloopers

* Get a snapshot view of these sisters at their latest photo shoot

Additional personnel: New Song Ensemble (vocals); Amy Miller, Janine Jones, Julie Carter, Liz George (soprano); Marisha Wagner, Cindy Wagner, Sarah Tweet (alto); Brian Robinson, Adam Bastien, Dustin Whitney, Kyle Cooper, Matthew Seekman, Todd Fertig (tenor); Rob Hawkins (acoustic guitar); David Davidson , David Angell (violin); Kristin Wilkinson (viola); John Catchings (cello); Otto Price (accordion); John Painter (horns); Trish Price (Mellotron); David Das (programming); Love Sponge String Quartet.

On its third full-length studio outing, 2007's HOW CAN WE BE SILENT, BarlowGirl offers up another energetic set of Christian pop/rock tunes. Consisting of Illinois sisters Alyssa, Lauren, and Rebecca Barlow, the band reinforces its commitment to God through revved-up, guitar-heavy tracks ("Million Voices") and plaintive ballads ("Here's My Life"), revealing an earnest charm that will draw in many CCM fans and secular listeners alike.

BarlowGirl might look like a Christian teen pop group on the cover of their crossover-minded third album, How Can We Be Silent, but they sound like a Christian Evanescence, singing harmonies in fifths over dark, roiling riffs and all manners of goth textures. In this brooding atmosphere, such Christian calls to arms like the title track feel ominous, as if nonbelievers should take their faith as a threat. BarlowGirl do this goth rock about as appealingly as Evanescence, but they're a bit more charming when the cloud lifts just a bit, like on the off-kilter "One More Round" that opens with Mellotrons and waltzes into some psychedelic jazz, or when they punch the melodies a little bit harder as on "Take My Chance," a piece of barbed melodic pop-punk that also showcases the trio's harmonies. Although "Take Me Chance" is an anomaly on the album, How Can We Be Silent is certainly more interesting overall than a lot of CCM rock -- and a lot of secular rock in this vein, for that matter. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

BarlowGirl might look like a Christian teen pop group on the cover of their crossover-minded third album, How Can We Be Silent, but they sound like a Christian Evanescence, singing harmonies in fifths over dark, roiling riffs and all manners of gothic textures. In this brooding atmosphere, such Christian calls to arms like the title track feel not inspiring but ominous, as if nonbelievers should take their faith as a threat. BarlowGirl do this gothic rock about as appealingly as Evanescence, but they're a bit more charming when the cloud lifts just a bit, like on the charmingly off-kilter "One More Round" that opens with Mellotrons and waltzes into some psychedelic jazz, or when they punch the melodies a little bit harder as on "Take My Chance," a piece of barbed melodic pop-punk that also showcases the trio's harmonies. "Take Me Chance" is the anomaly: most of the album is overly labored, either in its crushed velvet guitars or noisy, cluttered multi-segmented songs. It's certainly more interesting than a lot of CCM rock -- and a lot of secular rock in this vein, for that matter -- but not necessarily a lot more successful. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine minimize