When Silence Falls
Music Reviews
by EXW Staff
July 21, 2004
Tim Hughes' New Release on August 24, 2004
(Nashville, TN) July 21, 2004 – EMI CMG/Worship Together lead worshipper, Tim Hughes, author of “Here I Am To Worship,” the 2003 Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year and 2004 Dove Awards Worship Song of the Year winner, is set to release his second album, When Silence Falls, August 24.
Teaming with US-based producer, Nathan Nockels (Watermark; Passion) and following the success of his debut album, Here I Am To Worship, the new album from Hughes explores the theme of finding God in the desert places, in the midst of pain or confusion and learning to worship from those broken places. Although seasoned with lament, this collection of worship anthems and praise arias is anything but melancholy. Songs such as “When Silence Falls” and “Beauty of Your Peace” acknowledge that things can be difficult and problems will arise, while songs like “Beautiful One” and “Giver of Life” employ awe-inspiring imagery to encourage a spirit of adoration and identify the goodness of God in every situation.
“How can we express God's goodness when life is hard?” asks Hughes. “How can we maintain that joy and amazement and wonder? As Christians we have to, because there are always so many things to be thankful for. For young people, that is especially important, because I think we can alienate and push young people away from God and the Church if we don't acknowledge that things can be difficult."
"Tim is one of those unique people that is able to infuse songs of worship to our God with artistry and intelligence,” says producer Nathan Nockels. “Making this record with Tim has been one of the most dynamic times of my life both musically and spiritually. I believe this record is not just music on a piece of digital media but, rather, the documentation of a lead worshiper offering powerful and artistic expressions of our Father's love for us and our love for Him."
At 26, Tim Hughes has already led worship for literally tens of thousands of youth across the globe for the past seven years while on staff with Soul Survivor, a youth mission that is sweeping the UK and most recently the U.S. with the purpose to mobilize young people to change the world, one community at a time. Soul Survivor holds eight gatherings in seven different countries per year with some events drawing as many as 22,000 attendees.
For more information regarding Tim Hughes, visit www.passionforyourname.com or www.timhughesmusic.com (Under development; to be completed August 9, 2004.)
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