CityAlight – Home
CityAlight is a team of songwriters and musicians from St Paul's Castle Hill with a characteristically nu-grass sound carried by a motley of of mandolins and banjos alongside the traditional guitars and keyboards. Their debut album, Yours Alone, is a collection of these highly singable songs, and my favourite thing about the album is that you can clearly hear the congregation singing together at the top of their lungs, especially in "Home", where you can hear them joyfully cheer "Yes!" about running towards home. Also on this album is "The Love of the Father", a high-spirited anthem that you might find familiar if you went for Retreat.
Also by CityAlight: The Love of the Father, Jerusalem
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Strahan – Home
"We are all posters here. Makeshift images of perfection. Hope’s advertisements, worn with frayed edges and waning shades of red. It is the Psalmist who reminds us that we are still works of art." This is the heartbeat behind Posters, the debut album from New Zealander Strahan Coleman, known mononymously as Strahan. His music is flooded with vivid imagery and poetry, and "Home" shows just that, as its lyrics speak about life found in God's presence. Its raw acoustic sound and densely layered vocals are characteristic of his music, and they convey a deep sense of intimacy and honesty that few other artists deliver.
Also by Strahan: Deliverance, Feel the Night
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