Music Mondays are a weekly reflection on a different Christian album and artist written and shared by community members of UCM at UBC. Most modern day Christians get the brunt of their theology from music these days, so we're digging into these songs to let you know what's going on and why. For weekly updates, go check out our social media (@ucmatubc on IG and UCM at UBC on fb).

Hey all, our album for this week comes from Bifrost Arts, an ecumenical music organization working out of Virginia.

The arrangements are simple, with a focus on raw, choral vocal pieces. The lyrics reflect the title of the album: Lamentations, songs that reflect the broken and restless hearts of God’s people living in hope. Bifrost’s mission here is to re-awaken the church to the practice of biblical lament. Lament is basically verbal mourning—sorrow and brokenness put to words and song by a person or people. Biblical lament is the outcry of God’s people to God himself, and is chiefly distinguished from regular lament by the presence of hope. Biblical lament is to mourn hopefully. I hope that this album will speak to the present moment.

Listen to the full album here: https://open.spotify.com/album/0S1d9NMlxp1khYDcjkfe2v?si=wVL-RC_ORmCSNn78ZkaAgA

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Music Mondays are a weekly reflection on a different Christian album and artist written and shared by community members of UCM at UBC. Most modern day Christians get the brunt of their theology from music these days, so we're digging into these songs to let you know what's going on and why. For weekly updates, go check out our social media (@ucmatubc on IG and UCM at UBC on fb).

This week’s album is “All Things New” by Rivers & Robots which is a personal fave. When I first heard this album, I mainly liked it because of it stands out from typical worship music sounds (InDiE vIbES OnLy) . Musically, it’s a mix between acoustic and electronic instruments (which is where the band got their name!).

NGL I am not a musical genius so if you hear funky fresh sounds for the Lord on this album that you want to share pls comment below!

After taking a closer listen to the album’s lyrics, you’ll find that most of the songs have very short lyrics that are repeated. It reminds me that simple lyrics often make for the most beautiful words that capture just how wonderful our Creator is. The lyrics in this album really feel like simple, personal prayers that are often direct quotes of Scripture (we love that). I hope you give it a listen – let me know if there are any that stick out to you!

Listen to the full album here: https://open.spotify.com/album/3jXUhc7v2rGvSJss6cxt6a?si=JykAWcKUQ5GT-Wcl3KSt4g

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Music Mondays are a weekly reflection on a different Christian album and artist written and shared by community members of UCM at UBC. Most modern day Christians get the brunt of their theology from music these days, so we're digging into these songs to let you know what's going on and why. For weekly updates, go check out our social media (@ucmatubc on IG and UCM at UBC on fb).

Hi friends! Here’s your album of the week!

We’re gonna start switching gears a bit: so far the albums have been pretty explicitly worship albums. Now we’re gonna start broadening our range a bit to include albums that might not be “worship”. Christian art is always worshipful in a sense, but not always in the same way that typical worship music is—I wouldn’t sing everything I listen to in church, even if the lyrics are about God.

Our first hop in this direction is Page CXVI’s ‘In the Garden’, an airy, spacious album with only four tracks on it. Page CXVI is by Latifah Alattas, a producer, singer, songwriter, and has up to this point only included re-vamped hymns and spiritual songs. On this album, she includes three originals besides one hymn. Enjoy the artistry and see my commentary below. 

Listen to the full album here: https://open.spotify.com/album/2YM7ewNPRvu6sUYzPnm7sV?si=dOoZGN3EQKe1JFfC3soTxA

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Music Mondays are a weekly reflection on a different Christian album and artist written and shared by community members of UCM at UBC. Most modern day Christians get the brunt of their theology from music these days, so we're digging into these songs to let you know what's going on and why. For weekly updates, go check out our social media (@ucmatubc on IG and UCM at UBC on fb).
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Got a banger for you this week. I decided to just keep with the Mars Hill band vibe that I’ve been leaning into, and this song felt like a good one for the end of term and beginning of summer (even if this is a hard one). The next album is called ‘Join the Triumph’ by Citizens. Tonally, it’s a little more synth-poppy than their normal stuff—I didn’t love it at first, this album had to grow on me—but it makes for a pretty hopeful, glorious feel. It doesn’t have much nuance, either musically or lyrically, but it is praise from beginning to end! Enjoy

Listen to the full album here: https://open.spotify.com/album/49BOvLIdtkmPrbkFstWHxR?si=3fscQ_oYSp6FA0FlANwrCg

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You may have noticed that the Worship team at UCM has been introducing a few new songs. The first of these was ‘Is He Worthy’ by Shane & Shane (2019)—at least that is how it appears in our UCM@UBC SongBank. The song was originally written and released by Andrew Peterson on his Resurrection Letters Vol 1 album in 2018—I recommend you give the original arrangement a listen if you have the chance. I thought it would be worthwhile to introduce this song, elucidate some of the lyrics and themes, and spend a bit of time articulating why it has been introduced to our community.

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