Phil Wickham :: Singalong

by | Aug 13, 2008 | Music

If you don’t already know about this… you should… Phil Wickhams new album is being given away in exchange for your willingness to receive his emails… not bad, eh?! The album, “Singalong“, is a live recording from a night of worship in Portland, Oregon, in May this year. It’s a great album, and the cover art is really interesting as well – faces of people who participated in the album recording somehow, either by being at the church or watching the online broadcast, and then sent in pictures of themselves. Looks really cool.

Basically, I think this album, and Phil’s music generally, are great, and you will be happy to exchange your email address for this album… trust me!

Click here to go download “Singalong”.

Hillsong :: This Is Our God

by | Aug 12, 2008 | Music

It’s not often I can say that I’m really looking forward to the release of the new Hillsong CD… but today is that day. The new live worship recording, This Is Our God, seems to have created quite a buzz about it. I’ve been listening to some of the songs off it on Youtube and various other places, and I really mean it when I say I’m looking forward to it! Hillsong albums have thus far tended to be ‘growers’ for me: I initially am disappointed because they (usually) sound very similar musically, then I start to hear the lyrics more, and then the music… and generally I end up really appreciating them. Actually, a previous Hillsong album, All Of The Above, has been my soundtrack for the past month.

I’ve been listening to this song, Desert Song, constantly over the past few days…

Fragile Iconoclast

by | Apr 16, 2008 | Music

Ryan sent me a copy of the new Cobalt Season album, Fragile Iconoclast, which is launched on Friday. I’ve been listening to it all day today, and it is stunning. I’m gonna write a better review of it soon, but on first listen my favourite song is You & I. It’s an incredibly vulnerable song about pursuing ideals and being let down, about realising our limitations and yet still striving after ideals.

You can have a listen to a couple of the new tracks on their Myspace, but you should definitely order the CD/DVD – Travis from The Work of The People filmed the recording process, should be an interesting DVD!

Wanted to post the lyrics to You & I, because I am lovin’ it right now…

I’ve reached the end of my rope
Once again
And now and then
I find myself drifting

Hoping that you’d send me some hope
Or drop a line
Tell me I’m fine
Tell me I’m going somewhere

Oh, but as it stands just now
I sure don’t know
Which way to go
Which way is certain

And that’s thing with certainty
It’s got it’s hooks in me
Just won’t let me be
Let me be

BUT YOU AND I
BOTH ARE LOOKING FOR
AND WANTING SO MUCH MORE
THAN WE MIGHT EVER SEE

And if I saw that star
Shining bright
Walking at night
You know I’d run as fast as I can

And I’d send you a clue
Of what to do
So you won’t feel
Like I do

CAUSE YOU AND I
ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR
AND WANTING SO MUCH MORE
THAN WE MIGHT EVER SEE

They said, “Son, just let things be”
Oh, just let it be
And I used to be the one to point at hypocrites like me
But how the tables turn, how quickly this heart cannot feel

And I’ve grown tired of these memories, I’ve grown tired of these dreams
And I’m sick of hearing my own voice about things I’ll never be
And I need someone to renew my hope in a world I cannot see
As I open up these calloused hands thinking I might be set free
Set me free

[You & I by The Cobalt Season, from Fragile Iconoclast]