Anyone who has experienced the (barely!) controlled chaos and infectious wildness of a Rend Collective performance will know that celebration and joy have always been core values for the worship artists.“We at Rend Collective have a confession to make,” says Gareth. “We are not actually an indie-folk band- despite all the beards and bow-ties and banjos. We are a celebration band. It’s just a coincidence that folk music and celebration make a great pairing! “This record is an attempt to reflect something of the irrepressible laughter in the heart of God,” continues Gareth. “It’s a call to the cynical to once again choose celebration over condemnation and a reminder to the broken that ‘the joy of the Lord is our strength’.” Having developed something of a reputation as tastemakers and pioneers within the worship music scene, hints as to the musical direction of The Art of Celebration have been eagerly anticipated by fans and music press alike. True to their personality, the experimental musicians are resistant to categorization. “We would far rather be defined by joy, fun, freedom and laughter than any genre title or pop-culture label,” says Gareth. “The biggest clue as to what The Art of Celebration sounds like is in the title. We tried to make it sound like fun. It’s what the Psalmist calls, ‘a joyful noise’.” “Our process was to just pick out the instruments that seemed like fun to us and let the genre definition work itself out,” says Chris. “We use an arsenal of the weird, wonderful, whimsical music toys that we’re still not too old to love, our native Irish folk instruments, some good old-fashioned rock’ n’ roll guitars, and even some synth-pop inspired elements. (And it goes without saying that Gareth once again wields that awesome, homemade weapon of mass celebration we know only as ‘the Jingling Johnny.’) ”So what can we expect from the multi-instrumentalists’ latest recording? “Come expecting all the ramshackle, foot-stomping energy and freedom you’ve heard from us before but freshly reimagined,” adds Chris. “Come expecting playful, worshipful sounds that raise a smile.” #safetoshore #rendcollective https://youtube/watch?v=JPtIv2lnkTY#t=213
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 20:14:54 +0000
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