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She's a celebrated soloist known for her ethereal vocals and introspective songs. He's remembered as the frontman for the short-lived band Common Children, and more recently, one of the most prominent creative voices influencing the City On A Hill albums. Upon marrying in 2000, Christine Glass and Marc Byrd discovered a mutual love of atypical worship music -- music that worships through observation of the beauty of living life and appreciation for God's design and Jesus' sacrifice.
The music has a rich, blissful, dreamlike quality, employing rock guitars, drum loops, and everything in between, but rarely moving above a mild tempo (a la "God of Wonders," a new version of which is also included). Glass and Byrd blend their voices well, despite their very different vocal styles, and the production serves as a perfect hybrid outlet for them both.
The disc's thirteen tracks address topics ranging from the beauty of nature, thankfulness for Christ's sacrifice, reflections on the journey, our need for God's eternal mercy, the joy romantic love brings, and how we all share similar wounds and how this draws us all together. There's a recurring theme of trying to figure God out, describe Him, get a tangible hold on Him, and the closer you get to succeeding, the harder it becomes. This is music the kind of music that digs deeper -- much deeper, and frankly, we get far too little of this from Christian Music.
- Robin Parrish
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