This week’s premieres include the final new project from a beloved UK band and a concept album from some Canadian rockers.

Delirious? have a knack for coming up with the good names. History Maker defined an army of us, the Kingdom of Comfort is a place we all want to leave behind, always in pursuit of the King of Fools.

Now it’s time for My Soul Sings, a new live DVD and CD recorded early in 2008 in Bogota, Colombia. In front of 12,000 fabricante de historia (History Makers to the rest of us), the five blokes we know as Delirious? had the privilege of pointing heads, hearts and hands up to heaven.

Songs like “Majesty”, “History Maker”, “Deeper” all make it onto the album, along with recent favourites “Love Will Find A Way”, “God Is Smiling” and “Kingdom Of Comfort”.

Audio options for the DVD include 5.1 DTS Surround, 5.1 Dolby Surround and 2.0 Dolby Stereo Sound.

FM Static (composed of Thousand Foot Krutch singer Trevor McNevan, and drummer Steve Augustine) returns with Dear Diary, a concept album where every lyric is the innermost thought of a soul-searching teenager.

“This is the first concept album I’ve worked on, and it was a ton of fun,” says McNevan. “It felt theatrical from the start. I imagined this high school boy, new in town, writing through life’s big questions about faith and fitting in as he grows up toward college. He’s also falling in love for the first time with a girl from across the street and dealing with how crazy that can be. It’s been a while since I was in high school, but I’m still enthralled with all of those politics.”

No doubt FM Static listeners – by and large a student audience – will also be enthralled with the spot-on relatable happenings and character confessions of Dear Diary, a project whose special story can only be unlocked as it happens, from song one to song ten.

Although Dear Diary is a work of fiction, McNevan says, “the songs reflect thoughts me and my friends all had growing up. And there’s a lot of me in the more serious songs toward the end.” What listeners can ultimately expect is a rocking, melodically-charged coming-of-age story that somehow combines the creative vibe of independent films like Juno and Napoleon Dynamite, a dash of High School Musical charm, and the altogether rare element of uncensored faith.

My Soul Sings is available now while Dear Diary, specially priced at $12.99, will be available this Tuesday, March 31st at your local Canadian Christian retailer. Keep track of all the new and upcoming releases via your own personal copy of the April New Music Tuesday poster. Head over to HearItFirst.ca to hear these new releases.

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