Worship debuts don’t get more ambitious than this. We Are Messengers captures the band’s epic fusion of piano rock and electronic alt-pop. A sunburst of chants and thumping beats, the panoramic “Everything Comes Alive” sounds like it was recorded on a mountaintop, while “I’m On Fire” pours yearning for God’s love into stratospheric choruses and swelling guitar resonance. For the closing “I Don’t Have the Answers”, Darren Mulligan slips into a soulful falsetto, delivering an atmospheric portrait of humility.
- Ryan Stevenson
- Stars Go Dim