Music review: Crowder – 鈥楳ilk & Honey鈥�
The blessings freely flow on Crowder鈥檚 new album of inspiring arrangements focused on reemerging from the darkness of a pandemic to embracing the hope and promise of better times ahead.
鈥淢ilk & Honey鈥� is the fourth studio release by the contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter and three-time Grammy nominee from Texas.
鈥淕ood God Almighty鈥� opens the set with Crowder expressing thanks for the source of strength he can depend on through the good and bad times.
鈥淚 can鈥檛 count the times I鈥檝e called Your name some broken night/And You showed up and patched me up like You do every time/I get amnesia, I forget that You keep coming around/Yeah, ain鈥檛 no way You鈥檒l ever let me down,鈥� sings Crowder as he offers thanks and praise in the morning, noon and night.
Moving tracks like 鈥淚n the House鈥� and 鈥淗e Is鈥� outline the promise of having a place where we all can bring our burdens with the confidence that God provides hope for the hopeless, rest for the weary and help for the hurting.
The title track spotlights the glorious day of finally arriving at a destination that meets our every need with Crowder declaring, 鈥淐hoirs will be singing, saints on bended knee/Angels will be dancing, we will all be free/God in all His glory as far as you can see/It鈥檚 like every day is Sunday in the land of milk and honey.鈥�
鈥淲e lions not cowards/Put your robe on we the choir,鈥� proclaims Crowder on the rousing 鈥淗igher Power.鈥� The track pulsates with the help of Hulvey offering a spirited vocal performance when describing how we are now washed cleaned from the ways that have dirtied our heart and soul.
鈥淏etter Than Sunshine鈥� finds Crowder shifting into an easy pop groove as he details the experience of being born for the second time. Nothing outshines God鈥檚 love through this transformation that lasts for eternity.
鈥淭he Anchor鈥� tenderly closes the set by delivering a stirring declaration of assurance in knowing we always have an anchor in the rage of the storm with Crowder singing, 鈥淭o all who have faltered/There is an altar/Bring your plea on bended knee.鈥�
Fans can catch Crowder perform when he makes a stop in Pittsburgh at the Carnegie Music Hall on Nov. 4.