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YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE RUTH



After several years of playing shows in both Los Angeles and his hometown of Portland, Oregon, Dustin Ruth tired of trying to do things his own way and decided to commit his plans to God. It took a few more years before everything fell into place, but he soon found himself surrounded by a group of like-minded musicians, and suddenly they were playing shows and selling an EP, before finally signing with Tooth & Nail.



Recorded by the producer/mixer team of Aaron Sprinkle and J.R. McNeely (Jeremy Camp, Anberlin), Secondhand Dreaming is a solid album with straightforward rock songs that somehow sound modern while evoking flavors of post-’90s radio rock with a singer/songwriter flair (“One Foot In, One Foot Out,” “Secondhand Dreaming”), to songs with a definite americana influence (“Here to New York”), and closing the album with the worshipful “Well With Soul.”



Lyrically, the songs on Secondhand Dreaming deal with living life and a dependence upon God to get through the trials. Dustin Ruth sings with a passion that shows that these are issues that he has experienced, well, firsthand, and his desire to proclaim to others that God’s strength can see them through the valleys as well. Secondhand Dreaming, if anything, is a message of hope.