Ian McIntosh vernieuwt worship

Hoorbaar beïnvloed door Delirious?, Muse en Coldplay trekt Ian McIntosh een vernieuwend spoor in de worship scene. Anders dan de pretenties van sommige collega's concludeert McIntosh "You are so beautiful, I cannot describe You." (Such Beauty). Sommige liedjes hebben weinig woorden en bijvoorbeeld Adoration is letterlijk sprakeloos. De explosieve instrumentatie, die Coldplay en Delirious? combineert, is duidelijk niet voor een achtergrond 'behang' bedoeld.

Over creativiteit en zijn missie stelt de singer-songwriter:

"I believe Christian musicians should be the ones who write the most creative music in the world. I believe God intends to see an industry changed, so He can in turn, turn a nation towards Himself. I often hear people praying for God to change a nation in a day, and I wonder what would happen if He did. If God showed up to every person in the world in a vision and everyone was miraculously changed, I wonder if everyone would still be in the same place the next week. The truth is, there is a stronghold and a willing submission to immorality rooted in the music industry. I am pushing to make the coolest and best music end up being Christian. I want to disciple a nation and the only way I know how to do that is to move my way up the industry. God has called us to be the head and not the tail."

Via iTunes kun je Awakened kopen. Meer info vind je op Last.fm of Myspace. Lees ook de uitgebreide CD recensie.