Setting out to write songs that burrow deep into the hearts of the listener with genuine lyrics, emotive delivery and uncomfortable honesty, The Weak Need are once again poised to offer the comfortable Christian contemporary market something new and refreshing. Genre tags such as pop, alternative, and rock have been used to give the new listener a sense of what the band will sound like but fail to aptly describe the listening experience they are about to embark on. "...Music that is both modern and retro as well as passionately guttural yet technically brilliant." --Producer Andrew Horrocks "...think Bono's vocals mixed with a musical style heard in early material from The Police. " --Cross Rhythms UK After their second full length CD in less than a year, this Canadian band -- who follows the sensitive rock footsteps of such acts as Coldplay, U2, and One Republic -- return with a bolder-sounding, multi-keyboard layered EP. Pensive singer and band songwriter Sean Croley suitably emotes 8 new songs full of piano and strings, retro sounding synths, keys, and driving drums. There is an overwhelming sense of instant familiarity with The Weak Need’s lush ballads and haunting vocals as the EP opens up with the beautiful track ‘Invitacion’ full of glistening arpeggios, David Gilmour styled guitars and Croley’s signature soothing layered vocals. Wrapping his keening voice and swooping falsetto in a lush blanket of chiming guitars, supple Brit rock grooves and sharp production that commands your attention without overwhelming it and it can be heard on the EP's foot stompers 'Legacy', (Which he wrote to his son) and the title track 'The Ascent' inspired by a friends cry for help on the other end of the phone. Croley’s thoughts on ‘fathers’ – reconciling wounds with his own, leaning on his heavenly one, and learning to be a better one for his kids, along with relationships, worship, and the awesomeness that is Christ make their way into the group's emotive, sweeping, soul-baring music. This 'radio single rich' EP is a strong, satisfying listen from start to finish. "...dominated by progressive instrumental sections interspersed with vocal material which supports the more emphatic layers of musical progression." --Cross Rhythms UK