Kingsway 18th September

Title: Over All
First Line: Higher than all the heavens
Artist: Tom Read
Composer: Tom Read, Nick Herbert
Album: Compass
Mp3: Yes
Sheet Music: Yes
CCL: Too new
Popular sources: Too new

My thoughts: So a new one on me for a change, and a songwriter I hadn't heard of before now - to my shame I suspect if he's the Worship Central leader in Asia.  I "read" the music first and then the Kingsway site went off sick for a bit (it's still a little peaky now) but I thought OK, lively one and looks a good future candidate for those times you want to get your cong a bit undignified.  Just listened to it now I can access Kingsway and - hmm.  He's got a good voice, and it is a good song, but I was finding the chorus just a little irritating.  Maybe it's the format of the song which is very "80-fied" - don't get me wrong, love 80s music, but this actually sounds like one of those post 86 tracks when the best artists were running out of ideas and the new guys sounded plain awful.  Tom I suspect has done a fair bit of this before, although this is his first UK release.  I should try and get to hear snippets of the rest of the album before starting to judge really harshly - Kingsway are - quote - "more than a little excited" about the release of Compass, but I'm having difficulty.  Perhaps I'm just a rebel.

This song is available on Kingsway from today until 24th September inc.  To access, you must logon; or register with Kingsway, who in return will add you to their mailing list, but they are not serial spammers.