Reviewed by Tim Holden

This is the first album from Yorkshire band Les Anon. Their stated aim is to bring glory to God rather than to themselves and to this end the album does not credit any of the musicians and all the royalties and payments for the album go towards orphaned children's charities. Unfortunately good intentions only go so far in making a good album and in some of the more practical aspects 'Light The Fire' is found wanting. The songwriting is not bad but does fall foul of some common faults, including rehashing old ideas and what I would call Christian shorthand, and is also theologically questionable in places. The song arrangements also tend to be a little over complex in places with the Spanish guitar finger picking rhythms clashing with the rhythm guitar on occasion. The tracks would appear to have been recorded at different times, and quite possibly by different musicians, so there is little in the way of continuity. Some of the tracks have almost no bottom end at all, so that the bass and kick drum are pretty much inaudible leaving it sounding very thin, and on others there is audible distortion from the recording being too loud. While the female vocal has nice tone, again the production and lack of experience work against them. While there is plenty of talent here, they need some quality time in a recording studio with the services of a producer to get the best from them.

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