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Bethel Music - Without Words: Genesis

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Bethel Music

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Without Words: Genesis

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15 Nov 2019

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Bethel Music's latest Without Words offering, 'Genesis', is out now. The third installment in the GRAMMY-nominated worship collective’s instrumental series, 'Without Words: Genesis' celebrates the story of Creation, combining reinterpretations of 12 renowned songs with seven original interludes designed for personal reflection and meditation.

Produced by Seth Mosley (for KING & COUNTRY, Francesca Battistelli) and LaeL (Anberlin, Number One Gun), the project is hallmarked by its ambient instrumentation, vocal layering and gentle electronic soundscapes. Without Words: Genesis presents new arrangements of Cory Asbury’s GRAMMY-nominated chart-topper, “Reckless Love”; “No Longer Slaves”; “What A Beautiful Name”; “Raise A Hallelujah”; and the recent...
Read More Bethel Music's latest Without Words offering, 'Genesis', is out now. The third installment in the GRAMMY-nominated worship collective’s instrumental series, 'Without Words: Genesis' celebrates the story of Creation, combining reinterpretations of 12 renowned songs with seven original interludes designed for personal reflection and meditation.

Produced by Seth Mosley (for KING & COUNTRY, Francesca Battistelli) and LaeL (Anberlin, Number One Gun), the project is hallmarked by its ambient instrumentation, vocal layering and gentle electronic soundscapes. Without Words: Genesis presents new arrangements of Cory Asbury’s GRAMMY-nominated chart-topper, “Reckless Love”; “No Longer Slaves”; “What A Beautiful Name”; “Raise A Hallelujah”; and the recent Dove Award-nominated Josh Baldwin hit, “Stand In Your Love,” among other selections.

I'm not the biggest fan of instrumental albums, you might have guessed that if you are a long time reader of this page, and without throwing out a blanket statement about all of those instrumental albums out there, they can sometimes go on a bit and sound the same. Yet here, there is something very special going on.

Instrumental albums in general are reflective and atmospheric, and yes there is always a place for that, and yes there is a lot of that going on here. But when songs lack words, I try and look for something a bit more in the songs, and thankfully with this album I found just that.

Yes, the album in the main is reflective, but it also somehow at times has so much more going on. Not only does it have exciting sounds and moments, it also has creative, uplifting sounds that are enjoyable from the off, the album also has so much more to give than just being background music. In many ways it might also help that we already know the core of the songs on this album. What Bethel has done well here is give themselves space to try a few things, and in the most part they work well, and within that space they can change the song a little to make it more atmospheric and reflective but also not make it sound the same old sound that can sometimes feel a bit repetitive and boring. Bethel just about get this balance right, actually they have done it very well.

Review by Jono Davies

LTTM Rating 4.5 Out of 5 Stars
Standout Tracks
What A Beautiful Name
Ain’t No Grave
Reckless Love

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