Live At the Wheelhouse

I first heard about this group on Facebook youtube. Holy Water was being shared and I loved it immediately. I bought the album and really enjoyed their style and the words of their songs. The words of Dancing on the waves resonated to me, it was like God was singing to me. They'd make great songs for church worship.

The songs of We the Kingdom are captivating. They have straddled the tacit divide between raw expressions of worship and the polished stadium-filling explosions of praise well. This means their songs not only sound authentic but there's a sing along quality to them that posture them well in the context of congregational singing. Their versatility has also opened for them opportunities to record with a ray of diverse acts such as Chris Tomlin, Rend Collective and NEEDTOBREATHE. The Tomlin-connection shouldn't come as a surprise as We the Kingdom is fronted by Ed Cash. Cash has not only produced many of Tomlin's records, he has also been the co-mastermind behind the creation of many of Tomlin's worship anthems, including """"How Great is Our God"""",""""Red Letters,""""Jesus Messiah"""",""""Whom Shall I Fear"""",""""All My Hope"""" and many others. Like the songs of Tomlin, this 6-song EP is also geared for congregation worship. But the record is not shielded from lyrically ambiguity. Worship songs, like sermons, are teaching tools to be used in the church to draw the church to God's truth. So, lyrics need to be Biblically accurate and they need to be as clear and as precise as possible. First, one's not clear what the metaphor of """"Holy Water"""" mean. We the Kingdom sings: Your forgiveness/Is like sweet, sweet honey on my lips/Like the sound of a symphony to my ears/Like holy water on my skin. What on earth does """"holy water on skin"""" mean? \\n