Released 5 years ago today, this is the second solo album from pop/rock artist Stephen Christian, most well-known as the original lead singer of Anberlin. While Anberlin was a rock band that made mostly love songs, Stephen Christian's solo music has been more Christian pop/rock. Stephen here records 10 songs of worship-oriented music, most of which he wrote or co-wrote along with some of the biggest songwriters in Christian pop/worship music. While I think these songs are not as great some of his other works, it's clear that Stephen Christian has a lot of talent in songwriting and performance. These songs use a lot of religious and biblical language that most non-Christians will not understand, but musically they are interesting, guitar-led rock sounds that I find really enjoyable. I've been playing the track "Call/Run" often since I first heard it, and the rest of the songs are really well-made as well. It seems to me like Stephen Christian is one of those artists who will always be writing and recording music and I'm happy to see it in whatever type he wants to do, no matter if it's this Christian music or his more mainstream pop/rock works under the name Anchor & Braille or even something else.

Release Year: 2021
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