Taken from his debut EP ‘The Beautiful’, the extremely talented Tyler Batts creates an impressive sound topped off beautifully with the powerful anthemic vocals on the chorus of this single ‘To The Very End’.
Lyrics: If I leave here would you go with me Where nobody can find, we can run and hide From the shadow of the devils tree Jump with me let’s take a dive
To the deep deep blue To the deep deep To the deep deep
I feel like Falling To the deep deep blue Where our fears are far away Just me and you yeah Falling To the deep deep Where we can breathe again I’ll love you till the very end
I won’t let them take your soul I’m gonna fight for your life, I will fight Take my hand and don’t let go Out of the dark and into the light
Lyrics: I was not made to live without You Jesus My heart will never find A love that frees like Yours does You sealed me with Your Ghost Now there’s no more loneliness Your love has made it’s choice And I am whole because of it
There’s so much freedom and life In Your presence It’s where I come alive In Your presence
You hold my heart inside Your strong hands You’ve loved me in and out It’s more than I can stand I can never find the words Big enough to express With You there’s always more Forever endless
Your Spirit’s bringing us together Your love’s infused in me forever You fill me up with so much pleasure And now I can’t keep my heart from lovin’ I can’t keep my heart from lovin’ You Yeah
And now I can’t keep my heart from lovin’ I can’t keep my heart from lovin’ You
Pacific Gold are back with their ‘repurposed hymns’ after crowd funding their project through the website KickStarter, as well as their new name (they were FKA Wayfarer) they also return with a beautifully refined, and well rounded sound that helps makes their hymns so distinct.
Devastation Oh, this house been laid low Every window been cracked, and I’ve tried But I just can’t keep out the coldDesperation Oh, this soul been laid low All of these changes that I can’t afford That I can’t ignore
It’s not over now Lift your eyes to the dawn Oh, it’s comin’ on
A light has come To this house that crumbled to the ground And the morning shows There’s still hope
Sweet consolation Bringin’ that comfort to my soul Let this heart be unbroken in ways That I’ve never known, oh, but now I can know
It’s not over now Lift your eyes to the dawn It’s comin’ onOh, a light has come To this house that crumbled to the ground And the morning shows There’s still hope
All of these bones, so tired and worn All of my memories are burned out and torn But that light kept comin’ on And all of my memories are of beauty now The beauty of light, pourin’ into every room of this house Shinin’ all that darkness out
Oh, a light has come To this house that crumbled to the ground And the morning shows Oh, it shows A light has come To this house that crumbled to the ground And the morning shows There’s still hope
Lyrics: Every day at dusk I chase the sunset, sunset Looking for a glimpse of Heaven’s skies I’ve been given a taste for something That nothing in this world can satisfy But I know that a time is coming When I will be in glorious delight
I know I will run through Heaven’s brilliant streets of gold Shouting “Hallelujah, Christ alone!” I know I will dance and sing and bow before the throne This I know! Oh oh!
Every day at dawn I chase the sunrise, sunrise Looking for a hint of Heaven’s light I’ve been given a taste for something That nothing in this world can satisfy But I know that a time is coming When I will be in glorious delight
I know I will run through Heaven’s brilliant streets of gold Shouting “Hallelujah, Christ alone!” I know I will dance and sing and bow before the throne This I know! Oh oh!
It’s been a busy year! Our audience has increased hugely – the YouTube channel now has over 12,000 Subscribers and total video views currently stands at 1.5 million! Amongst the growth though with some help from friends and family I’ve been in touch with more artists to bring you another free summer mixtape and here it is.
It’s not as long as last years, at just 11 tracks but I’d rather deliver a shorter mixtape of top quality music than fill it with anything I could get permission for!
Like last years mixtape I hope you are introduced to new artists through this compilation. I’ve come to know some of these artists really well whilst putting this together and by speaking to them throughout the year and I can honestly say there are some great people featured on this album who truly worship Christ with everything that they have to give. So, check out the poster that’s included and get in touch with the artists’ through Facebook and Twitter etc. and tell them how much you appreciate their music, knowing these guys most of them will probably even find the time to reply to you! (Then go download the rest of their work!)
Be encouraged by their music, share it with friends not just because you secretly hope they’ll become Christians through it but because it’s simply a collection of great music! Enjoy the diverse mix of genres, the different ways that people praise God and the different stories people have to tell.
My prayer this year is for this mixtape to spread further than before, to reach Christians throughout the world who need encouraging, Christians who wish there was great music for a great God, Christians who need a new song to sing and soundtrack to dance to.
A huge thanks to all the artists involved, for supporting the blog and the work I do and wanting to be part of this small but influential mixtape.
And finally thanks to you the listener for the continued support to both the blog and the artists we feature, whether it’s simply by liking a link on Facebook, sharing the blog with friends or donating money so that we can give more copies of the mixtape away. Thank you for making this possible.
Genre: Experimental, Indie, Rock, Singer/Songwriter Experimental/Indie artist WASHA releases his second single Eyes. Brilliantly layering indie infused guitars to build a powerful wall of sound sweetened by his light vocals.
Genre: Indie, Rock, Experimental, Singer/Songwriter
Explained in WASHA’s own words:
“2013 was the hardest year I have ever faced, and it was almost over before any of the seeds God had planted could come to fruition. All my life I lived cloaked in an overwhelming sense of darkness. That was the norm for me. It was natural, everyday life. I thought it was something I had to adjust to and deal with as I become older. It wasn’t until I realized for myself that I didn’t have to live that way that I was able to understand. It took a personal realization from the Lord for everything to connect. That there was a light that could pierce every dark. And it was the maturity of that realization that enabled me to become set free of the bondage the enemy had on me. It was like waking up from a long dream; being uncovered after living blanketed for so long. I thoroughly believe that DEPRESSION is not a natural element of nature, but a perversion of God’s gift of love. I was at a crossroads: fall victim to the enemy’s will for my life, or overcome my lifelong struggle and claim victory over my life through the Lord. Without God’s love, I would not be alive today. We don’t have to live in darkness, because He has already overcome. And so I live as a portrait of what Christ has done in my life. this is my testimony. This is my life. This is Child.”
Lyrics:
Fell through the cracks
burnt there and back
Dark built from lungs
fate overcome
I was a child in my skin,
there is a man somewhere within.
Light floods the dark
fill, grateful heart
Yearn, thirst for love
death, overcome
I was a child in my skin,
there is man somewhere within.
Downtempo Indie Worship band Loud Harp are back after successfully crowdfunding their second album, titled ‘Asaph’. As the band themselves write, they now have a new focus with their music, “no longer songs from the bottom of the pit, these are the songs of a people ascending the hill of the Lord.” The familiar chilled, progressive acoustic sounds of these worshippers remains, but now perfected with extra subtleties in their compositions; with the centrepiece of the album being these two tracks that start as an instrumental that builds in to a meditative chant in the second song (121) I Lift My Eyes.
Lyrics: I lift my eyes to the hills My help comes from You
You never sleep, you’re watching me My constant help in trouble.
I set my eyes on I fix my gaze on I set my life on You
Loud Harp’s ‘Asaph’ will be released on the 8th, when it is available we will post a link
For more info on Loud Harp visit: http://www.loudharp.com/
Having left Mars Hill Music back in 2013, the worship group Kings Kaleidoscope now sign over to the brilliantly named Bad Christian Music label. That’s right, we are literally featuring Bad Christian Music on The Good Christian Music Blog! Their first release since the 2012 Christmas EP Joy Has Dawned, this new EP, Live In Color features 5 new original songs and a revamped version of the hymn Be Thou My Vision.
This track, ‘Felix Culpa’ sees the 10 piece band utilise their brass section to full effect by injecting their Indie Rock Worship with a high dose of Jazz that fully breaks in towards the end of the track. As if the catchy guitar riff wasn’t enough to make this an eligible best worship song of 2014, the lyrics brilliantly show the singer wrestling with God in prayer over his own sin to the extent of “fighting to be God” (Exodus 20:3) and the grace shown in Christ. Until the studio version comes, this track is a diamond in need of a little polishing, though even as it is, it’s rare to come across a song this musically brilliant as well as lyrically creative and biblical.
Lyrics: Turn the lights on, look at what I have See the twisted trophies of a dead man Countless stories, tell of sin and pain But they sing the sweetness of my savior’s grace
I’m a torn man, spirit fighting flesh There’s a battle raging deep in my chest But all that haunts me, all that leaves a stain Only sings the sweetness of my savior’s grace
A fortunate fall, my sins are stories of grace to recall A fortunate fall, I glory in my sins forgiven
Jesus bought me, and now I am His Dying with Him, in His death I now live All my vices, to which I’ve been chained Only speak the sweetness of my savior’s grace
And still I’m a wicked, wretched man, I do everything I hate I am fighting to be god, I see the and claw and thrash and shake I have killed and stacked the dead, on a throne from which I reign In the end I just want blood, and with His blood my hands are stained
See the God who reigns on high, He has opened His own veins From His wounds a rushing torrent that can wash it all away
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