Kevin Max’s newest project, BROKEN TEMPLES, will officially be released on March 10. I’ll be counting down the remaining days to the release of the album on this page with a post each day exploring and celebrating, in no particular order, some of his prior creative ventures.
Stream the new album BROKEN TEMPLES at New Release Tuesday
2008’s CRASHING GATES
Somebody new to the music of Kevin Max, or somebody who knows him only based on his work with dcTalk and Audio Adrenaline, may not be aware of the edgier and more experimental music that he released from 2008-2010 on releases such as CRASHING GATES and COTES D’ARMOR. Lyrically and musically, Max stretched out the landscape that listeners had grown used to hearing by diving deeper into the valleys of life’s experience while simultaneously reveling in the lack of constraints afforded to him as an independent artist. It is, in fact, this aspect of his music that appeals to so many that have grown tired of the worn-out clichés and generic phrases that characterize much of our culture as a whole, let alone the Christian subculture that exists in America today. He was less concerned with playing it safe than he was with pushing the envelope. Today’s feature, “On Yer Bike,” (from COTES D’ARMOR) is a straight-forward rock and roll kick at the confines of those who’ve sought to box so many aspects of our lives up into neat, tidy packages. You’ll likely never hear “On Your Bike,” or any of the other tracks from either of the aforementioned releases, on mainstream Christian radio, but, they represent an element of the human existence that, for many, has been essential in their own personal prodigal journeys: a boundary-testing season after which many of us hit a breaking point and realize how helpless we are to find peace on our own. Max has described the theme of his forthcoming album BROKEN TEMPLES as being an acknowledgement the role that our brokenness plays in “allowing the light to find its way in.” I’m thankful, for his sake, that it has. I’m thankful for our sake that he’s releasing an album about it.
Join Kevin Max on NRT Live on release day, Tuesday, March 10 at 6PM PST/9PM EST
Read about what I get out of the music and poetry of Kevin Max and check out how you can get a digital download of the new project BROKEN TEMPLES (with two bonus tracks!) before the official March 10 release!
Pre-order BROKEN TEMPLES
OTHER FEATURED SONGS IN THE KEVIN MAX RETROSPECTIVE:
5 Days Until BROKEN TEMPLES: “Consume Me” & “Save Me”
6 Days Until BROKEN TEMPLES: “21st Century Darlings”
7 Days Until BROKEN TEMPLES: “Just Between You And Me”
8 Days Until BROKEN TEMPLES: “Kings & Queens”
9 Days Until BROKEN TEMPLES: “When He Returns”
10 Days Until BROKEN TEMPLES: “Day By Day”
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Tis a bummer those songs aren’t on mainstream radio…many could relate and find peace thru hearing them. These songs are hidden gems that need more exposure so they can glisten even brighter!! =) . . . but I have no doubt Broken Temples will open the door and MANY will see the True Light in this darkened world. Praise God for the creative ways He works in us and through us!
My sentiments exactly! 🙂