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This eclectic Christian quartet revives the praise music genre with an unusually broad sonic palette, often building from quiet acoustic meditations to dramatic rock flourishes within a single track.  Michael Gungor's wonder-struck vocals are equal to the reverent themes of his lyrics - on songs like \u003ci\u003eDry Bones\u003c\/i\u003e and the title number he rises from soft murmurs to full-throated declarations of faith.  Dynamic arrangements make the folk-tinged \u003ci\u003eYou Have Me\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Earth Is Yours\u003c\/i\u003e into mood-shifting symphonic experiences.  \u003ci\u003eHeaven\u003c\/i\u003e features the vocals of Israel Houghton to help underscore its simmering blues feel.  The album's most affecting moment is \u003ci\u003eLate Have I Loved You,\u003c\/i\u003e a subdued yet intense hosanna carried by Gungor's voice and piano.  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Michael and Lisa Gungor may sing in subdued, almost murmuring tones, but the message they express is alive with awestruck joy, honoring the Creator in deeply personal, mystically-tinged language.  Together with their band mates, they embellish their idiosyncratic style of liturgical folk\/rock with bluegrass instrumental flourishes, shimmering orchestral strings and surging techno beats.  \u003ci\u003eCrags and Clay, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou Are the Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBrother Moon\u003c\/i\u003e are prime examples of Gungor's eclectic, multi-layered approach, far removed from the typical arena-pop bombast of modern praise music.  Particularly outstanding are \u003ci\u003eLet There Be\u003c\/i\u003e (built around a soaring choir and an oscillating electronica groove) and \u003ci\u003eWake Up Sleeper\u003c\/i\u003e (framing Lisa's earnest vocals with skittering, jazz-tinged violins).  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Most often, it's chaos.  It takes the truly gifted artist, at the exact moment when personal uncertainty is as its peak, to reach within and draw out music both noticeably free from constraints and laser-like in its focus.  Michael Gungor, through the musical collective known simply as Gungor, has achieved just such a work.  Setting aside his reliance on what he called \u003ci\u003emetaphysical constructs I'd known all my life,\u003c\/i\u003e Gungor has tapped his considerable musical reserves for a song set simultaneously re- velatory in its lyrical content, ambitious in its sonic scope and compelling in its approachability.  Finally given the opportunity to self-identify, Gungor uses his skills as an accomplished multi- instrumentalist, arranger and producer on \u003ci\u003eI Am Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e to kick off a journey of stories told, some personal, some allegorical, but all honest and forthright.  \"\u003ci\u003eThere's that sense of searching, wandering and loss within all these songs,\"\u003c\/i\u003e Michael says.  \"\u003ci\u003eOn the other side of that, there's a rebirth of hope and life within that. 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