Light A Match, For I Deserve To Burn- The Beautiful Mistake

By Ashley Kiana

Light A Match, For I Deserve To Burn- The Beautiful Mistake

Riverside based band, The Beautiful Mistake, just released a new full length. The album, Light A Match For I Deserve To Burn, hits hard and straight to the point just like the band's lyrics. What is behind this band and this new album title? Christian beliefs. From "Salvation came and brought me in" to "God, I want to see you on the inside" are just some of the lyrics that profess these
beliefs. Along with other Riverside bands such as Falling Cycle and Sinai Beach, The Beautiful Mistake is another band in the slew of up and coming Christian bands hitting it hard in the music scene. Besides these Christian beliefs exists an extremely talented group of guys playing melodic chords and bursting out hardcore screams.

I recently saw The Beautiful Mistake play at Sounds Like in Riverside. They rocked the small record store. The place was packed out for the free record release party. The band played an intense show while making their audience think. During their set, the band talked about third world debt and jubileeusa.org. Jubilee USA is a network working to stop world debt. The crowd fell silent when the band strongly informed the crowd of this important issue. The band
spoke seriously of this world issue just as they speak strongly in their lyrics about their beliefs.

Combining incredible talent and solid beliefs, The Beautiful Mistake stands as one of the top melodic hardcore bands and in my opinion is the top.

On a scale of 1-10, I give The Beautiful Mistake a 10 for their CD and a 9 for their live performances. If you like Thursday, old Keepsake, or Thrice, this is a band for you.

-Ashley-Kiana