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STEPHANIE GRETZINGER REND COLLECTIVE
Forever Amen Choose to Worship
room for an intimate look at how our God took
the altar of sacrifice and made it a table of
communion through the gift of His body and
blood. Gretzinger’s voice is angelic and magical
as she explores what true remembrance and
communion looks like.
“Center of All History” gives a much-needed
break from the piano ballads in favor of folkish
guitars and the perfect blend of Gretzinger’s
voice with Matt Maher’s smooth tenor.
The
guitars serve as the musical foundation as the
two artfully describe the new life we have in
1.
Remember
1.
Jesus.
2. More to Me (Feat. Chandler Moore)
I Choose To Worship
2. Revival Anthem
3. Forever Amen The best song on the album is “No One Ever 3. Day of Victory
4. No One Ever Cared for Me Like Cared for Me Like Jesus” which was co-written 4. Sing It From the Shackles
with Jason Ingram, Dante Bowe, and Chandler 5. My Advocate
5. The Olive Grove Moore. Gretzinger’s vocal disposition is almost 6. Still
6. This Close (Feat. Chandler Moore) story-like and this song actually brought me to 7.
7. tears as she describes in incredible vocal detail 8. Behold He Comes
how head-over-heels in love with us Jesus is. 9. Defiant
Jesus
Center of History (Feat. Matt Maher)
8. Christ the Lord Is with Me (Feat.
Amanda Cook and Wonder
Unconditional
10. Your Name Is Power
Gretzinger) Other than a few of the songs running together 11. Rend the Heavens
9. Great Assembly because of the arrangement and similar 12. Wholehearted
instruments, Gretzinger really hits a home run 13. Your Name Is Power (Acoustic)
Somehow without many people realizing,
former
Bethel
worship
leader,
Steffany
Gretzinger has dropped her debut solo album,
Forever Amen on us. Containing eight newly
penned numbers and one instrumental track,
right out of the gate. These are very well written
poems of God’s grace, mercy and love for us
that we all need to be singing in these uncertain
times. Go get this one.
Rend Collective, that band that always tends
to buck the tide of what most would consider
“normal” worship music, is back at it again with
their latest release, Choose To Worship. Their
her first foray as a solo artist will draw you to joyous and peppy Irish sound is all over the
the feet of Jesus with quiet yet powerful songs thirteen new tracks while thematically we are
of personal and corporate worship. In this time reminded that worship is a both a noun and a
of social distancing where many are already verb and God has given us the free will to praise
feeling disconnected and lonely, this album him in every circumstance.
presents incredible heart connecting moments
with the Savior.
Chris Llewellyn and Gareth Gilkeson start the
album with the title track that makes a clear
The lead track really solidifies the thematic thematic statement in this folksy first track. The
and musical foundation for the rest of the song begins; “I choose to worship / I choose
album. “Remember” takes us to the upper
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