United Comes to Singapore

Hillsong United is coming to S'pore on the 24th May!

I heard it will be held at Expo. It is organised by New Creation Church, and I want to go!

Oh, and I just purchased my copy of With Hearts As One.  Recording quality is less than impressive honestly, I have most of the songs already, but what drew me to spend that 20+ bucks is that the live worship was simply fantastic.  A recommended buy!

United: With Hearts As One

As part of Hillsong United's I Heart Revolution, they have released their 9th album entitled 'With Hearts As One', the first out of a two part release. What this album entails is basically live recordings of the songs they sang during their tours all over the world, from Brazil to Africa to China to Japan and even Malaysia. These songs aren't new songs, but songs which originally appeared from past albums, dating back to albums as old as 'More Than Life'. Some have been played differently, so it's still refreshing. Way cool, but more importantly, it's amazing to witness how God uses people to spread the faith.

I always love live albums because I can feel the atmosphere and the voices of the congregation, as if I was there. So currently this album is available in the US and Australia, but there is no clue if it's ever going to make it to our shores. I badly want this album, so I hope it really comes.

In my attempts to find an answer, I dropped Hillsong an email asking them, and what they replied was this: For more information on the release of this album in your country please contact Alby Enterprises. Haha, guess they don't know too?

Oh and I found this new Hillsong song, Your Name High, on YouTube.

United Live: In A Valley By The Sea

HILLSONG UNITED has released another album!!

Haha, found that out while randomly surfing for guitar tabs! Hey, and I got to learn how to pluck the song "To Know Your Name" from Saviour King, well at least I could pluck the chorus and verse, but the bridge looks to "stretchy" for me, sorry it's way beyond my hands reach on my acoustic.


"The Hillsong United 'Next Generation' EP is the anthem of a rising generation of young worshipers crying out to God. With a raw passion and desire to see the Kingdom of God established on earth, “In a valley by the sea – the summercamp experiment” will encourage you to step into the presence of God like never before. Recorded live at Summercamp 2007, with over 1000 young people praising God in a new and fresh way, these under 21’s are taking worship to a whole new level."
- From Hillsong Music Australia website


I've heard the preview tracks over YouTube, and I can tell this is gonna be another fantastic album in the typical United style (remember, I'm a Hillsong fan :P), even though there are just 7 tracks!

I can't wait for this album to be in stores here, ah the anticipation is killing me... It couldn't come at a better time, I'm running out of songs to listen to!

Thank you, Hillsong

Scroll through my iTunes library now, and out of the 547 songs taking up 2.79 GB, 154 songs are by Hillsong and Hillsong United (the youth branch of Hillsong). Clearly, Christian music, especially Hillsong songs, has contributed to a very large percentage of the music I listen to.

And they have released two new albums recently, both of which I only knew of today!


Hillsong released Saviour King and United released All Of The Above (an uncanny title which is also shared with an album by Youth Alive WA). Kelvin bluetoothed most of the songs to my phone today, and now they are stored on my iPod to keep my bus rides company.

Hmm I must say that Hillsong is my favourite band! Not so much because they produce good music, yes they definitely do, but more because many of their songs throughout many albums have touched and changed my life. For example, At The Cross, From The Inside Out and Mighty To Save from Mighty To Save have a special meaning to me personally, these are songs that I treasure because they have comforted me and helped me draw closer to God.

I have seen Hillsong mature from their first few albums all the way till now. In their later albums, I could really sense true, genuine, sincere and passionate worship in their live albums. These two new additions are no exception, even though All Of The Above is a studio production. However, what concerns me is that Hillsong is being more and more like United in terms of musical style, leaning more towards the pop rock side, hence I don’t blame my dad (and many more adults) when they complain that Hillsong is too “rock” for their more “quiet” taste. Indeed, Hillsong has grown to be very much more pop, but still, all their songs are great for worship as a means to connect to God. The lyrics are still as meaningful and they continue to reveal different truths every time. They are my source of strength, encouragement and motivation.

Hillsong has shown me revelations, one after another, so keep it up, keep praising the Lord, and thank you! You have been a blessing to me! Oh...get those new songs if you haven't, they are phenomenal!

Everlasting

And the cry of my heart
Is to bring You praise
From the inside out

Lord my soul cries out.