wholly surrender | He must increase, but I must decrease. -John 3:30

Well Mr. Aaron Shust has done it again. His newest album, Take Over, is another awesome collection of songs.

Aaaron burst on to the scene back in 2005 with his first album, Anything Worth Saying. He quickly gained a loyal following with his Rock n’ Roll infused anthems of worship. He followed up with his sophomore release, Whispered and Shouted, which rocked the charts and propped Him up as a major player in the Christian music market. So now his third full length album is out and just as great as the first two.

The two radio releases off this album so far, To God Alone and Come and Save Us, are good, but not favorites. To God Alone is a nice ballad proclaiming the truth that God alone is worthy of our worship. Come and Save Us has a much more driving rock beat to match the gut wrenching cry for divine rescue.

My personal favorite tracks on the album are Forever, Live to Lose, and Ever After. Forever is a great congregational song that declares the supremacy, everlasting, and majestic character of God. Live to Lose on the other hand has a more laid back coffee shop feel and confesses the necessary response to the message of Forever, that we are nothing apart from Him. Finally probably my all time favorite Shust song is Ever After. This song departs from his usual worship genre, and rather takes a more folky approach to  address the world his children are faced to live in and how we deal with that as followers of Christ. I love his brutal honesty and broken heart in this song, plus it has a fun little spunky groove.

Although Whispered and Shouted is still probably my favorite Shust album this one is a very close second. I would highly recommend you pick it up. You can do so on iTunes for $10 or, for a limited time, an autographed copy on his website for $10 plus shipping.

As always Buy don’t Burn!

–Wholly Surrender!

Posted on Monday, August 17th, 2009 at 6:08 pm in the category:Music. Comment RSS 2.0 feed. Closed.