INTEGRITY MUSIC ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF BETTER WORD, A LIVE ALBUM FROM LEELAND, SEPT 13;
New Song "Way Maker" Drops Today With Pre-Order
2019/08/16.LeelandAnnouncesReleaseofBetterWordANewLiveAlbumOutSept13.asp NEWS SOURCE: Merge PR August 16, 2019
16 August 2019 - Brentwood, Tenn. - Today, Integrity Music announces the release of Better Word from GRAMMY®-nominated worship group Leeland. Better Word, their first full-length live album, will drop September 13, 2019. The first single, "Way Maker," is available now.
Leeland, comprised of founding frontman Leeland Mooring and fellow singer/songwriter and worship leader Casey Moore, have spent a decade-plus career considering what worship truly means through the medium they know best - music. Inspiring and facilitating musical worship in various settings around the world, Mooring and Moore have a unique front-row vantage point to observe how people’s perspectives of God, others, and themselves are shaped by personal moments of praise. It explains why Better Word, Leeland's eighth release, is a live 12-song worship experience, captured earlier this year during a gathering of fellow worshipers at Christ For The Nations (CFN) in Dallas, Texas.
As for the songwriting and accumulating of songs for Better Word, Mooring explains, “ We usually don’t start seeing a theme emerge until we’re in that mode of finishing songs, but right in the thick of Better Word we found that all of these songs weren’t trying to be anything. They were simple, easy to sing, and the lyrical themes were either about Jesus and His goodness, or songs of faith that challenge us to lift our eyes off of our circumstances and onto the face of Jesus. I really feel like it’s a returning back to the things Leeland did at first.”
The album's third track, "Way Maker," is a powerful favorite of Mooring and Moore. Originally made popular by Nigerian gospel singer Sinach, the globally rising worship standout has quickly, and inspiringly, gained traction in churches around the world. It's no wonder why Mooring and Moore wanted to cut their own rendition of the song, which is available now with any pre-order of Better Word. A video for the song also released today, which can be viewed here and below.Additional songs will become available as instant grats in the coming weeks leading up to September 13.
As young veterans in the world of modern worship music, Better Word is bound to further cement Leeland as a primary musical leader in the world’s progressing modern worship music movement. But for Mooring, worship is much more than a lyric, or a song, or even the gathering and singing.
“Worship is a combination of alone time with Jesus that is planned, and the not-so-planned moments – all of the in-between times in the day when I’m reminding myself to fix my heart and mind on Him,” he explains. “It’s incredible how fast singing, saying, and thinking on Him so quickly changes my attitude and perspective.”
Better Word Track Listing:
Inhabit (Live)
Burning With Your Love (Live)
Way Maker (Live)
Better Word (Live)
Waiting For You (Live)
Wellspring (Live)
Rain [ft. Noel Robinson] (Live)
Where You Are (Live)
The Sending (Live)
Highest Price (Live)
First Love Fire (Live)
Lead The Way (Live)
ABOUT LEELAND: Leeland came to the forefront of the worship music world in 2004 and debuted their first project, the revolutionary Sound of Melodies, in 2006. Fast forward to now with four GRAMMY® nominations and eight GMA Dove Award® nominations under their belts, Leeland has become one of the most important voices in a new generation of worship music. Their lives, ministry, and music are a true extension of their passion to simply worship God personally and in community. For the latest information on Leeland, please visit Leelandonline.com
This Friday, October 30
ALBUMS Beach Chapel A Special Place In Heaven (independent) Kirk Franklin I Am What I Am [Uptown] The Oak Ridge Boys Buried Treasures [Lightning Rod] The Hyssongs We've Got a Song to Sing [Horizon] Various Artists Songs Inspired By The Chosen: Season 1-5 [Capitol CMG] Vomitorial Corpulence Martyrdomical Symphonanthem [Rottweiler]
SINGLES 2 Lane Summer How Do I Live - Single [Quartz Hill] 1K Phew & Timbaland Seven Trumpets - Single [Reach] Gracie Binion & Mitch Wong Gloria - Single [BEC] Lauren Daigle with Preservation Hall Jazz Band Sleigh Ride & Go Tell It On The Mountain - Double Single [Centricity] Will Ellis My Yesterday’s Are Gone - Single (independent) Forrest Frank (TBA) - Single [River House] goodwill., GodFearin & Xay Hill IN MOTION - Single [Syntax] I.A.N. Pray For Me - Single [Syntax] Lady Audri My Body - Single [Syntax] Leem of the Earth The Cavern of Dark - Single [Velvet Blue] LOUDWERX Bass Go Boom (feat. Magic & Bird, Andy Mineo) - Single [Artist Influence] Malcolm Rue & A Tribe Apart Omemma - Single [Syntax] Kevi Morse Is it too late? - Single [Syntax] Nai and J Follow - Single (independent) Lloyd Nicks Glory (Angels We Have Heard) - Single [Curb] Blessing Offor Broken Me (from The Chosen Album) - Single [Capitol CMG] Hunter Plake It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas - Single [BEC] Razzie & OnBeatMusic Brick After Brick - Single [Syntax] Jordan St. Cyr Guide Me Home - Single [BEC] Carly Ann Taylor How Glorious (Amazing Grace) - Single [Curb] TobyMac The Hard Times - Single [Capitol CMG] ZOEgirl I Still Believe - Single (independent)
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ALBUMS Big Daddy Weave It's Time For Christmas - EP [Curb] Hillside Recording & Addy Prado Come and See - EP (independent) Meadows DESERT WALKER (CD) [Facedown Records] Mystical Death Across [Rottweiler] Chris Tomlin Good News Of Great Joy (Christmas Songs Of Worship) [Capitol CMG] We Are Messengers Rejoice! (A Celtic Christmas LIVE) [Curb] Mark Wills Grand Ole Revival [Gaither]
SINGLES Olivia Lane Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Single [BEC] Tasha Layton & Dave Barnes What Should I Get You For Christmas - Single [BEC] Hunter Plake Holly Jolly Christmas - Single [BEC] River Valley Worship Come and Behold - Single [BEC]
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