All Together Separate's modern-rock stylings, compared by some to the Dave Matthews Band, have been an area favorite since the Riverside, CA-based band played at an all-day concert event sponsored by the local Christian rock radio show several month ago. The College Street Church of God of Prophecy's Launchpad youth ministry invited the band back to the area to kick off a series of post-football game events. Although the show was scheduled to start at 10:00, due to the high school football game's overtime, it wasn't until 10:45 that Chad Bonham, the DJ from the Christian rock show, stepped to the microphone to introduce the band.

The band launched into "On and On", the leadoff track from their recent major-label self-titled debut. After another pair of songs from this album, Dex asked, "Do you guys want to do some worship songs?" When the small (approx. 50) audience cheered in affirmation, Dex said "That's good, because we were going to anyway." With that came about 25 minutes of standard worship choruses, including "I Could Sing of Your Love Forever," "Lord, I Lift Your Name on High," and "I Love You, Lord." I later found out that this was a typical part of All Together Separate's concert set. Dex has said that the band's ultimate purpose is to worship God, and the audience that night seemed to agree fully.

Dex spoke for a bit while the band played in the background. "There will come a time when you will either passionately accept or violently reject this message. There can be no middle ground." That set the stage for the song that has quickly becoming the band's signature track, "Paradigm." This song seemed to be the high point of the night, with the audience, who've been hearing this song both at the Launchpad and on the radio, singing along:

"I give my life to You so I may gain it back again I stand solid while the paradigm keeps shifting..."

The band closed with a pair of keyboard-based tracks from the album, Dex playing a small Korg keyboard. The show ended about 10 minutes after midnight.

After the show, the guys stayed around for awhile, signing autographs and dispensing information on such varied topics as video games (Ben, the drummer, is a PlayStation fanatic) and of course music. The concert was much enjoyed by everyone I spoke to. All too soon, it was time to go home, but not before Chad had secured a promise from the band to return soon, when they could play a full-length show.