Louder Than The Music

Norther Ireland's exciting modern worship band Rend Collective Experiment continue to build excitement ahead of their highly anticipated second album 'Homemade Worship By Handmade People', which is released on 9th January 2012. The band have unveiled their latest taster of the forthcoming album in the shape of a new promotional video (see below) which features five of the album's new songs.

"With a truly inspirational - and engaging, captivating, un-pausable - second album, Rend Collective Experiment have hit send on a typically inspirational - and engaging, captivating, un-pausable - promotional video; discovering the story behind the band", enthuses the band's label, Kingsway. "Beautifully shot footage of the band showcasing several new songs from their forthcoming album - Homemade Worship by Handmade People. The video explains how Rend Collective Experiment is more like a collection or family of musicians than a band. Collaboration is at the heart of the matter and 'part of our DNA that we are not exclusive.' Its straight-to-camera, right-from-the-heart, both-barrels-at-the-same-time honesty that will leave a trail of 'Amens!' across the world. Of course, none of this should surprise anyone who’s ever come into contact with Rend Collective Experiment before. They've always taken delight in finding new ways of expressing ancient truths."

'Homemade Worship By Handmade People' was recorded and produced by the band in church halls and homes in their organic, collective style and fuses a depth of sung theology and fresh melodies that reflect themes of redemption, devotion and celebration with soundscapes that span from Arcade Fire and Mumford & Sons to Fleet Foxes and Snow Patrol. The eleven track album includes songs like 'Build Your Kingdom Here', first radio single 'Second Chances', and the band's contemporary new recording of the famous hymn, 'Be Thou My Vision'.