Chris & Jennie Orange are worship leaders at Ichthus Christian Fellowship in London and their debut album is made up of six original worship songs, written for their congregation. It is a meditative record with a mellow feel to the songs, evident in lack of a drummer or bass player on the recording. The opening [...]
Newday’s 2011 offering unsurprisingly features two tracks from Matt Redman’s latest album. “Here For You” is a great opener and “10,000 Reasons” is fast becoming a classic: both are well executed here. Bethel’s “One Thing Remains” makes an appearance, cementing its place in the collective consciousness of UK worshippers. Of the new songs, “No One [...]
Samestate are Sparrow Records latest signing and have produced this debut album due for release in early 2012. The driving rock vibe that permeates this recording is evident from the first bar of the opening track, “Realign”. This is probably one of the strongest on the album, along with “Sons And Daughters” and the more [...]
Digital Pilgrimz are a trio of London based DJs who started working together on a regular garage night in the 90s. Having produced for many other artists, this is their first release as a group in their own right. This EP is comprised of four extended mixes which follow a contiguous theme and blend well [...]
Here’s my review of Icon For Hire’s ‘Scripted’ – originally appeared at http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Icon_For_Hire/Scripted/117100/ Icon For Hire are a four piece punk combo from the Midwest whose debut album is already receiving much critical acclaim. With a female lead singer, the obvious acts they could be compared to would be Paramore, Evanescence and Avril Lavigne, but [...]
Here’s my review of Hillsong’s ‘God Is Able’ – orginally appeared at http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Hillsong/Hillsong_Live_God_Is_Able/116297/ Hillsong’s live series has always been a Premier League worship institution, and ‘God Is Able’ continues the tradition of stadium-filling anthems, high quality visuals and seamless production. This, the 20th album in the series, has more impact than the slightly bland ‘A [...]