I absolutely love that picture.”Ĭreative, diverse and not limited to any one demographic, the heart of Hillsong UNITED is to create music that reveals the truth of who Jesus is. It’s grace, freedom, peace, life and everything that is good about God. But the aftermath of the Cross is hope for all mankind. “At the same time, when I look at the Crucifixion as an event, it paints an extraordinarily negative and horrific picture. “Normally ‘aftermath’ has a negative, even traumatic, connotation,” Houston says. The imaginative opener, “Take Heart,” sets the stage for the conversation as the stadium-friendly rock anthem “Go” reminds believers to be ready for whatever plans God has in mind, while “Search My Heart,” the first radio single from the album, is a pulsing, urgent cry to be used by God for His – not simply our own – purposes. “So we sat back and asked ourselves the tough questions, namely what are we trying to achieve, and why did we even start doing this in the first place.”Īs Houston and Hillsong UNITED’s team of songwriters penned and recorded the tracks for AFTERMATH, the theme of genuine, paradoxical hope in the wake of the apparent tragedy of the Cross emerged in track after track. We didn’t want to rely on what feels familiar,” says Hillsong UNITED’s Joel Houston. “I think we just wanted to create an album that didn’t follow all the rules and that we ourselves would want to worship to, whether we’re in the car driving home, on the train on the way to work or wherever we happen to be. Not willing to be bound by what’s considered “worship,” nor willing to rest on their past laurels, Hillsong UNITED offers an unabashedly creative collection of new songs that celebrates the One who saves, redeems and is the true representation of Hope in a world where hopelessness abounds. The band members took the time to challenge themselves musically and lyrically. The album follows a string of 2010 sold-out events in the US and around the world, and is its first new recording in the alliance announced last year with EMI Christian Music Group.ĪFTERMATH is also the first new album from Hillsong UNITED in over two years. Having its pulse consistently in tune with the heart cry of congregations across the globe and a fresh, forward-thinking soundtrack to match, Hillsong UNITED has been the veritable gold standard of modern worship music for the past decade and counting. Album Inspired by ‘Aftermath’ Paradox of the Crucifixion of Jesusīest-selling modern worship band Hillsong UNITED offers its highly anticipated, 11th full-length album and second ever studio recording, AFTERMATH, Feb.
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