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]]> http://www.integritysongs.com/index.php/misc/thanks-for-visiting/feed/ 0 http://www.integritysongs.com/index.php/front/integritys-new-john-mark-mcmillan-economy-album-hits-no-1-on-itunes%c2%ae-amidst-overwhelming-critical-acclaim/ http://www.integritysongs.com/index.php/front/integritys-new-john-mark-mcmillan-economy-album-hits-no-1-on-itunes%c2%ae-amidst-overwhelming-critical-acclaim/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:46:57 +0000 Jim Gray http://www.integritysongs.com/?p=1632 Continue reading →]]> Tutorial For THE KING IS COMING As Recorded By Newsboys

Watch Jared Anderson and Seth Mosley teach you how to play their brand new song THE KING IS COMING, as recorded by Newsboys on their new album, God’s Not Dead. There’s an acoustic/electric full-song demonstration, an electric guitar tutorial, and a keys/synth tutorial.

Get a FREE chord chart in the Free Songs section and click HERE to download the MP3 from iTunes!

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Integrity’s New John Mark McMillan Economy Album Hits No. 1 on iTunes® Amidst Overwhelming Critical Acclaim

Following the November 1 release of singer-songwriter John Mark McMillan’s major label sophomore album Economy, the project hit No. 1 on the iTunes® Christian chart with the exclusive iTunes® Economy “LP” landing in the No. 17 position overall ahead of major mainstream acts such as Toby Keith, Foster The People and Mumford & Sons.

Available on Integrity Music and distributed by Provident and RED/Sony, McMillan’s Economy follows his 2010 release The Medicine. And like its predecessor, Economy is being lauded by critics and fans alike. (See reviews below.)

Perhaps best known for penning the anthem “How He Loves,” McMillan is hailed for his concise, poetic and often “raw” lyrics.

“Raise your voice, chase away the ghosts.” So begins the title track from Economy. A natural progression and a departure, McMillan’s latest album has moved away from the themes of death and resurrection that clothed The Medicine to the interior psychology of a man trying to live in the uneasy valley between this world and the next.

“For me, the greatest days—the birth of a child, the success of a career—have always been coupled with the worst ones—the death of a loved one, a friend’s divorce,” McMillan explains. “It’s a tension we all live in.”

On Economy, that tension is electric. From the first drumbeat of album opener “Sheet of Night” to the post-rock cacophony that closes out “Seen a Darkness,” there is a palpable weight that permeates the entire project. Economy is the sound of glory and shame, murder and grace, darkness and daylight and all those spaces in between. And it shows up in the songs—in the delicate beauty of “Love You Swore,” in the rowdy drawl of “Daylight,” and the quiet solemnity of “Murdered Son.”

For those following the North Carolina-based songwriter’s steady rise as an artist, Economy will not disappoint. Lyrically and sonically, the album is far greater than the sum of its parts, served by McMillan’s band and producers Jeremy Griffith and Joel Khouri. The team has created a perfect accompaniment to McMillan’s searching, searing vision of a world that is “not as it should be.” But it’s not just a broken world that McMillan is singing about. With Economy, he’s pointing across the horizon to the hope of something much more than “broken hearts and counterfeit currency.”

McMillan has been touring the U.S. with the David Crowder Band including sold-out dates in New York, Seattle, Dallas, San Diego, Chicago and Charlotte before heading to Atlanta on Nov. 5 and Orlando on Nov 11. In spring, he launches a 30-plus city Ruckus tour. Additional information, including tour updates, can be found at

http://thejohnmark.com

https://www.facebook.com/TheRuckusRoom

http://www.paradigmmgmt.com/stories/john-mark-mcmillan

An EPK for Economy is posted at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVacXZg7Xm8 with a new music video for the album’s first single, “Sheet of Night,” premiering the week of November 7.

What reviewers are saying:

“Sturdy rock with a heart of praise… a strong, turbulent collection that rambles with the same mid ’70s rock-influenced drive of artists like Wilco and Bright Eyes.” – ChristianityToday.com

“With a cracking voice and soaring, fuzzed-out amplification, McMillan stands out as a true worship pioneer.” – Relevant magazine

“John Mark McMillan continues to create vivid lyrical imagery and supports it with moving melodic and rhythmic arrangements… there is absolutely nothing that I don’t like here. NOTHING.” – TheWorshipCommunity.com

“Poetic lyrics, nuanced imagery and a folk-indie rock sound make this one of the most authentic releases of late.” – Worship Leader magazine

“Thematically profound and technically tight, Economy rises from the strong, inspiring foundation McMillan’s previous efforts have built, and stands on its own as an earmark in this artist’s career, as a portent for the music scene at large.” – TheBlueIndian.com

“…Economy serves not only as a great album to enjoy musically, but also one to soak in lyrically.” – CollisionCM.com

“…a CD that invites us to listen to it again and again. –NewReleaseTuesday.com

“Whatever your expectations for Economy, I assure you, he(and his team) exceeded them… If John Mark can do one thing, it’s write poetry that also perfectly fills in a melody that you can’t not sing.” – TheEstherProject.com

Empty hearts are filling up

Wicked ways are coming undone

Every eye is looking out for You

City lights are burning out

Freedom’s song is ringing loud

Dead men are waking up to the sound of You

And all our hearts can sing

All our hearts can sing is

CHORUS

Make a way for

Make a way for

Make a way for the King

The King is coming

Split the sky with your glory

Bring to life an awakening

Burn away everything that’s not for You

Hear our voices crying out

We won’t stop ‘til heaven’s come down

We won’t stop ‘til every knee bows to You

And all our hearts will sing is

BRIDGE

Open up the doors

Open up the doors

Open up the doors

Our King is coming

Open up the doors

Open up the doors

Lift your eyes to see

Our King is coming

There is a blood that cost a life

paid my way

price

it flowed

from the cross

My sins were gone

My sins forgot

There is a grave

That tried to hide

This precious blood

That gave me life

In three days

He breathed again

And rose to stand in my defense

CHORUS

So I come to tell you He’s alive

To tell you that He dries every tear that falls

So I come to tell you that He saves

To shout and to proclaim that He is coming back for you

This Life this Price this Blood this One

There is a blood

That sights the blind

That heals the sick

The lonely finds

It has the power

To free the bound

As chains fall

Upon the ground

So pour it out

To cleanse my soul

And lets liquid glory flow

Because it lives

To make me whole

I owe my life

I owe my all

All our sins are stones

the bottom of Your oceans

all our filthy stains have been washed away

CHORUS

By the blood of a Son I have overcome the grave

By the blood of a Son I have overcome the grave

The grave

Recompense is made for the guilty and the shamed

For eternity is gained in the arms of the slain

BRIDGE

Oh my soul praise Him oh my soul

Oh my soul praise Him oh my soul

BRIDGE 2

Oh my soul praise Him oh my soul

Oh my soul praise Him oh my soul

Oh my soul oh my soul

Oh my soul oh my soul