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TOM SMITH NEW WINE WORSHIP
Everyday You Restore My Soul
storm with Christ in our lives. "Jesus I Love
You" brings us back to the basics of faith,
and the arrangement mirrors the writing in this
stripped back, admirable song thanking God
for His love and grace.
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Everyday
2. You In My Life
"Christ is Risen" is inspiring as an Easter anthem
that begins at the cross and takes us to the day
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Pray
2. Yes and Amen
3. Jesus I Love You of victory on Easter morning as Smith declares, 4. Christ Is Risen "Christ is risen, death is beaten. Christ You 4. Spirit and Truth/Do It Again
5. 1000 Years overcame. It is finished, Hallelujah! Christ will 5. You Restore My Soul
6. Obey (Acoustic) come again." 6. Stir a Passion
This was a great little EP with some surprises 8. The King Is here
Soul Survivor has been the training ground for
several significant worship leaders including
Matt Redman, Tim Hughes, and Beth Croft.
The latest worship prodigy to be released on
the worship world is Tom Smith, who has been
featured on Soul Survivor's last two albums
while releasing his first EP, Sound of Heaven in
2015.
Sounding like a young Martin Smith, Tom's
youthful vocals mixed with millennial EDM
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that I would definitely consider adding to my
worship repertoire. For the most part these are
solid, decently written songs, and the recording
Nothing But Grace
9. Reckless Love
10. Living Hope
11. You Restore My Soul (Acoustic
version)
and arrangements have wonderful warmth
and sparkle. With a little more seasoning and New Wine Worship finds its home in the UK
attention given to deepening his writing and and is a worship collective born from the New
taking a few more musical risks, Tom Smith Wine Church Network that, like many of its US
could be joining the ranks of other great Soul counterparts like Bethel and Jesus Culture,
Survivor artists sooner, rather than later. puts on huge worship festivals that attract
thousands year after year. Their latest live
instrumentation make a nice combination for
worship release, You Restore My Soul, features
his second EP, entitled Everyday.
eleven songs that are along the same veins as
Hillsong and Bethel, with a few standout tracks
The title track gives us a glimpse into Smith's
that you should definitely take notice of.
soaring majestic vocals as he reminds us that
God finds each of us in our sinfulness and, even
The opening track, "Pray," which is led by
though we constantly turn away from Him, He
worship leader and song writer Nick Herbert,
is always there waiting for us to return with
is a high energy opener crying out for God's
arms wide open.
kingdom to reign here on earth. Big anthemic
keyboards, driving drums, and rockin’ electric
"You In My Life" follows and is a Youthful EDM-
guitars make this a great service opener full of
infused song of praise about how we can
passion and energy.
overcome every obstacle and weather every
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3. What a Saviour
October 2018
WorshipMusician.com