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tEMPLE - Foundations

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23 Apr 2019

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tEMPLE, who formed in 2018, have released an album called 'Foundations'. Led by worship leader and songwriter Jonnie Temple, the tEMPLE family was born out of the Burn 24/7 events, and inter-church gatherings in Croydon, UK.

Born in Bromley, South East London, Jonnie grew up in church life. Having fronted two christian bands (ska punk outfit, Blunt Skulls & swing/folk band, Little Blue Light) he also regularly leads worship at his church. Jonnie and his family moved to Beulah Family Church, Thornton Heath, in 2016, with a heart to serve the wider Croydon church. After getting involved in wider church meetings,...
Read More tEMPLE, who formed in 2018, have released an album called 'Foundations'. Led by worship leader and songwriter Jonnie Temple, the tEMPLE family was born out of the Burn 24/7 events, and inter-church gatherings in Croydon, UK.

Born in Bromley, South East London, Jonnie grew up in church life. Having fronted two christian bands (ska punk outfit, Blunt Skulls & swing/folk band, Little Blue Light) he also regularly leads worship at his church. Jonnie and his family moved to Beulah Family Church, Thornton Heath, in 2016, with a heart to serve the wider Croydon church. After getting involved in wider church meetings, he gathered a group of musicians to record his debut worship album.

With a desire to capture an intimate live feel on the album, they opted to record at West Croydon Baptist church, the host venue for Burn 24/7. On December 1st 2018, in front of a very small congregation, the album was recorded. Having totally crowdfunded the project, 'Foundations' was independently released on April 19th 2019. Opting for a realistic representation of the live session, a non-perfectionist approach was taken to the mixing of the album.

"The album was recorded in a couple of live sessions one evening", explains Jonnie. "We didn't want to produce a polished performance. There is so much of that within the Christian music industry, and granted, there are some incredibly talented musicians and gifted worship leaders in the world. But we wanted to produce a good representation of a realistic live worship session, errors and all."

'Foundations' is a solid and classic worship album. It pulls on inspiration from live worship albums that have gone before by the Redmans, Hughes and Tomlins alike. This album has so many positives and there are some really solid worship songs here. Jonnie really has allowed this album to be as raw and honest as it can be, so you can expect a few moments that could be tweaked, but it's rawness was the album's aim. Saying that I do wonder if recording these songs in a studio would give them a different angle?

Mixing together songs that are perfect for the local church, songs that are reflective like 'The Fathers Will', to songs with more of an upbeat tempo like ‘Jesus Reigns’, to more acoustic worship songs like 'The Name Of Jesus' and 'Standing On His Promises' - this album has it all and it has so much going for it. This is real, raw , intimate worship, capturing a moment and a time.

Review by Jono Davies

LTTM Rating 3.5 Out of 5 Stars
Standout Tracks
Still My Soul
The Name Of Jesus
Spirit Rain Down

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