Building 429 does not have a zip code.  Though they are not a physical locale made with mortar and bricks; they are all about the construction of the body of Christ.  Comprising of Jason Roy (vocals), Jesse Garcia (guitar), Michael Anderson (drums) and Aaron Branch (bass), their name was inspired from the Scriptures from Eph. 4:29 which reads, "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen."  Thus, at the constitutional fibre of Building 429 is this desire to build up God's house through their words in songs.  Throughout the course of this quartet's career since 1999, they have had five albums worth of church building hits.  Songs include their couple of number one hits "Glory Defined" and last year's "Where I Belong."  "We Won't Be Shaken" continues this Godly endeavor with a corpus full of building God's house songs produced by Jason Ingram (Rush of Fools, Chris Tomlin and Meredith Andrews) and Rob Hawkins (Anthem Lights and Fireflight).  In keeping with their last album "Listen to the Sound," this is also a tight fisted collection of ten new rock-pop songs torpedoed for incessant radio airplay.  Although Building 429 has the aggressive post-grunge rock edge of Matchbox Twenty, Lifehouse and Tonic, the songs here never strayed too far from the hook-laden melody demanded by today's Christian radio format.  This means that these songs are organically personal to the team yet they are never too self-indulgent that it becomes too esoteric for the average listener.

The album has been spearheaded by the lead single and title "We Won't Be Shaken."  Inspired by Psalm 62:2 which promises that those who find rest in God our rock will never be shaken, this Godly pop anthem is already the group's fastest chart rising song, making an impressive debut splash on itunes Christian chart at number five.  With cascading keyboard riffs and an Auto-pop tune, "All I'm Holding" is another sure fire hit with heartfelt worship lyrics of surrendering to Jesus and His finished work on the Cross.  And they go all the way into the worship genre with the guitar-and-drum busy average sounding "All the Glory." Attention, however, needs to be paid to the somehow unique-sounding "Bonfire."  This is where electronica and contemporary pop finds an amicable friendship calling to mind Fireflight at their best.  Using the bonfire as a metaphor, "Bonfire" speaks of our need to warm to others with the contagious love of Jesus.

Another song that warrants a mention is "Get Up."  Zoning back several decades to the 60s, "Get Up" has that hippie carefree whistling forming the context where we are challenged to waken from our stupor of a life of putting Christ anything but first in our lives.  If you think that poetic rhymes and careful word choices are dearth as far as modern Christian songs are concerned, "Blameless" would prove you wrong.  Constructed over thoughtful use of rhymes such as "blameless," "shameless," "nameless" and the like, this deftly crafted tune is a fine exemplar that poetry in song writing is still alive and well today.  However, one of the wrinkles to the album is that there is a lack of ballads.  The only slower song proper is "Set A Fire."  Though it starts off nicely contemplative, by the time the chorus rolls around, the heavy guitar and pounding drums morphs it into a upbeat rock song again.

Tagged on as a bonus track is a live acoustic take of Building 429's longest number one hit "Where I Belong," a song that hang onto the pinnacle of the charts for fifteen consecutive weeks.  On this live take, Roy takes us (in his own words) "back to church" when he turns this hit into a worship number.  Midway through the song, Roy stops singing and it is amazing to hear their fans singing so flawlessly.  Though not perfect, "We Won't Be Shaken" contains faith building songs in spades.  In their inimitable rock-pop style, they urge us through these songs that faith is built when we focus on God and the finished work of Christ.  Such construction, safe to say, is what will last for all eternity.