Family Force 5 to Release Remix Album 'Reanimated' on June 18
Christian rock, rap and electro band Family Force 5, is releasing their new remix project Reanimated on June 18.
Some of the featured artists on the album are: Tedashii, The Toxic Avenger, Nico Stadi, McSwagger, Riley Friesen, Smile Future, André Allen Anjos of the RAC, and others
Their first music video for the project is "Chainsaw" featuring Tedashii, and has already surpassed over 173,000 views.
FF5 are supporting the album with a small tour.
Last month the band sent a release out to JesusFreakHideout announcing their plans for the album.
"We have some really cool news - we are making... AN AMAZING ELECTRONIC ALBUM!! COMING JUNE 18th!! You might need to pinch yourself to believe it's true (just not too hard, you still need to be able to wobble). You'll get to hear some insane remixes of your favorite FF5 songs made by some of the best in the biz (McSwagger, Toxic Avenger, etc.) along with a few new-ish dancey tunes! Keep your eyes peeled and your ears clean for this monster, because these jock jams are getting reanimated!"
FF5 is what the band labels a "Crunk Rock" band, according to an interview with lead singer Soul Glow Activatur in 2011.
"Fun party inspired rock. Some think it has to do with synthesizers. I guess so ... we have plenty of 808 beats too," he said, going on to explain crunk rock as being "very southern."
He feels that FF5 is the pioneers of their style of music. Soul Glow and his brothers Jacob "Crouton" and Joshua "Fatty" Olds have been making music this way since the mid 90s and now there are a few other groups with the same style.
"We definitely helped usher in groups like LMFAO and 3OH!3," he said.
Another important aspect of Family Force 5 is their faith. Although not explicitly a Christian band, they are definitely Christians in a band who happen to have strong faith.
"We have strong faith, but don't beat people over the head with it. We just want to make fun positive music that humans can listen to, ya know?" he said.
Check out the Family Force 5 tour dates below:
June 19-21 Alive Festival
June 22 Big Ticket Festival
June 26 Creation East Festival
June 30 The Triple A
July 12 Roller City
July 13 Lifest
July 17 Sonshine
July 20 Beruna Music Festival
Aug 02 Rock the Desert
Aug 09 Creation Northwest