Their perfomance charisma, which would quite easily equate a Robbie Williams or Queen stage presence, and yet their normality and plain love for Christian ministry to serve the church is somehow calling for a position of great influence – God willing.

Since then we have every album, supported the guys on their trips to the UK – including their opening for Delirious at Greenbelt (and who should have been the headline by all counts).

BUT THIS PIECE OF WORK must be one of the most goosebump experiences I’ve ever had. This record is headed for the heights and the boys for glory – the right kind.

Hey everyone the 7.5 is a fair assessment when you stack it up against “revolutionary art” in music as a whole, not just within CCM itself (if I’m reading John’s comments to Matt correctly).

Maybe it’s just me, but for quite awhile now I’ve been getting vibes from music critics that they’ve had their hopes pinned on downhere to be the band that will usher in a new era of “revolutionary art”, and be the “turning point in the public’s perception of Christian music.”, as John suggests.

I for one have been following downhere since day one, and without a doubt I can say with certainty that downhere is truly the most under-rated band in music today.

“Ending Is Beginning” gets my nomination for album of the year. Give it a close listen and it won’t take you very long to see why!

I only gave it a 7.5 because it works not as a piece of completely different, revolutionary art (think Radiohead or later Beatles stuff– music that sounds different from any other band that’s come before), but rather as a pop album that does what it sets out to do well. The reason, then, it’s an album of the year candidate is because it’s content makes for an important talking point in the discussion of “art vs. ministry,” not because it’s the WHITE ALBUM of Christian music.