Brandon Bee

Inside These Walls
Save the City Records

Brandon Bee’s second full-length release, “Inside These Walls,” further bolsters Bee’s reputation as a performer in the pop-rock Christian music scene.

While best known as a Christian music producer and worship leader, this CD as well as his 2009 release, “This Is the Revolution,” has won Bee critical acclaim and recognition as a rising star in Christian music.

Several of the songs, such as “Majesty Reigns” and “Everlasting Song,” have a congregational sound and appeal, but Bee can rock with the best, as evidenced by songs like “Helpless” and “Stones on Bones.”

Even the more ethereal and introspective songs often surprise with sudden stabs of grittiness, just as his rockers surprise with unexpected melodic complexity.

As expected, given Bee’s reputation as a producer, this record is intricate, beautifully layered and masterfully recorded, but the songs and music stand on their own.