dear goodness, if i have ever loved a band like i love gungor, i have no memory of it. gungor is an incredible "musical collaboration" that laughs in the face of genre, and expresses the spiritual side of life like no other band could even dream of doing. adam and i hate to label them under the worship genre, because their lyrics are not always completely theologically sound. but that's okay with us. because even though the members of gungor are awesome, God-fearing, Christ followers, a lot of their music is about how their knowledge of and experiences with God manifests themselves in their own lives, instead of being purely about praise. kinda like they're working out their relationship with the creator right before our very ears. their music is so raw, so emotional and so human. which we feel is just so...refreshing. in a culture that sees lyrics like "let's have a night you won't remember, i'll be the one you won't forget" as pure lyrical genius, hearing michael gungor sing out the lyrics "temporary carbon stories, filled with ashes, filled with holy ghost" gives me chills.
but anyway, the whole point of this rant is to get you to listen to the new gungor album "i am mountain" at least three times. why three, you ask? because the first two times, you're gonna hear it and think it's super weird and hate it. it's so divergent from what we think of as "typical" gungor, that i feel like people are just going to be prone to write it off as an anomaly and hope for a better album next time. and those people couldn't be more wrong. it's on the third listen that you really pick up the lyrics and hear just how talented and insanely creative this band is, and how much they are using their gifts to glorify the Lord. while the lyrics may not mimic the latest chris tomlin song, these tracks are insanely moving and profound, even with the auto-tuning. what, what? auto-tuning you say?! see? now you've gotta give it a listen.
xoxo
hannah
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