Worship Musician January 2020 | Page 26

NEW MUSIC NOW HEAR THIS | Gerod Bass BRYAN AND KATIE TORWALT SOVEREIGN GRACE WORSHIP Anticipation The Glorious Christ This is a bold song grounded in Biblical truth that will center us on the Gospel while reminding us of the all-encompassing power of our God. “Freedom is Coming” follows as Bryan takes over the lead and is accompanied by an infectious choir in this declarative song of expectation. The title track is a song of awakening to the tangible ways that God moves in our lives. The constant 16 th note acoustic guitar strum on the verses and the majestic blasts of drums and keys on the victorious chorus create a hopeful 1. Remember 2. Freedom is Coming expectancy that makes this song stand out 1. both lyrically and musically. 2. How Vast the Love 3. Anticipation Turn Your Eyes 3. He Is Worthy 4. Save Me “Save Me” is an honestly written vertical offering 4. Glorious 5. Interlude (Surely As the Sun) about the weariness we often feel when life 5. Come O Sinner 6. Your Will Your Way gets messy. What I loved about this song was 6. Jesus Your Mercy that there was no quick musical answer to the 7. With the changing culture of music and cry for help as a part of the lyrics. The Torwalt’s 8. Christ Our Glory technology, we are seeing more and more just let the prayer dwell where it is without 9. See How He Loves Us artists releasing singles and EP’s rather than connecting all the dots, and then follow that 10. The King In All His Beauty full-length albums. The challenging part of track up with “Interlude (Surely As the Sun)” 11. Christ Our Treasure releasing music this way is for artists is to which is a wonderful musical expression of 12. All Hail the Glorious Christ develop and tell a linear theme when their trust in God’s time and His will to answer every 13. Worthy One music is so fragmented. Jesus Culture’s Bryan prayer in the way that is best for us. 14. When Christ Our Life Appears and Katie Torwalt’s latest EP, Anticipation Christ Exalted Is Our Song 15. Turn Your Eyes (Reprise) masterfully defies these trends when it comes “Your Will Your Way” wraps up the thematic to seamless flow of thematic ideas and song idea of the entire EP with this song that calls Sovereign Grace Music does a commendable transition. The album carefully but purposefully us to trust in God and to surrender to His will. job of seamlessly mixing current worship takes the listener on a journey exploring God’s trends with modern hymn-like songs of vertical The Torwalt’s vocals are as good as ever, the worship on their latest release The Glorious songs are written well and the mix and overall Christ. Being in existence for over 30 years, The journey begins with the poetically written production are spot on, but these things alone Sovereign Grace Music is a collective of “Remember” with its out-of-the-gate honesty are not what make this album effective. The real worship pastors and leaders who regularly join and truth about who God is and how much we impact on the soul comes when you listen to together to write and compose music for the mean to Him. There are no subtle, watered- the EP from start to finish and begin to grasp church that is Biblically grounded, spiritually down messages of who Jesus might be here. the honesty and grace within. Go get it. faithfulness when it comes to prayer. 26 January 2020 Subscribe for Free...