Hallelujah” by Underoath, Tuesday, July 16, 2024 (repost)
Musically, Underoath ’s most recent record Voyeurist pays homage to different points in their 25-year career. On the band’s breakthrough album, They’re Only Chasing Safety , Underoath experimented with elements not always heard in Metal. One example was including a church choir on the song “ It’s Dangerous Business Walking out Your Front Door .” According to Tim McTague on the episode of Labeled Deep Dives about today’s song “ Hallelujah ,” the Underoath guitarist said he made up a story about how the 2004 single had religious significance in order to record a youth choir in a church basement. Eighteen years later, the second song on Voyeurist prominently features a choir, this time in the chorus. But unlike “Dangerous,” Underoath had distanced themselves from the Christian music scene. In an interview with Loudwire , Tim says that “Hallelujah” is about “struggles with everything – faith, life and so on.” ...
