Given the rise of the whitebread N'Sync/Backstreet Boys popularity, it was only a matter of time before a Christian counterpart would manifest itself. And that counterpart is known as Plus One. And, if your idea of rock music is such that it begins and ends with "I Want It That Way" or something of that sort, "THE PROMISE," their new CD, ain't bad at all. All of the guys can sing, they have the harmony thing down nicely, and the songs, for this type of thing, aren't too overproduced. For some reason, by the way, each song has a different producer which makes it a little difficult to get a handle on things ("I Will Rescue You" sounds like a Roger Troutman song. Before his brother shot him). The boys also do go a little bit overboard on the God/Jesus/Savior thing for my taste (as opposed to the sex/drug/violence thing which permeates popular music and which, of course, we can never get enough of) but at least you can leave this CD with your 12 year old daughter in a room alone together without worrying about backward masking or something like that causing her to murder you in your bed. And best of all, PlusOne isn't going to disappoint you by performing at a benefit concert for a cop-killer. See, they already sound better than the Backstreet Boys, and you haven't even heard their CD!