Chris Renzema - Manna (Vinyl)

Chris Renzema continues his hot streak of excellent devotional pop songs, and it is being criminally overlooked. Yes, unfortunately, a large portion of the modern CCM fan base has missed his now fourth full-length album spanning the last six years. Renzema maintains his incredibly poetic, yet relatable lyrics with a thinking man's edge. I'm truly baffled as to why it doesn't seem a perfect fit for radio, but to not make the effort to chase down his work means missing out on one of the best songwriters in recent memory. I highly encourage you to make the effort. By way of comparison artist-wise, think of the heart-on-the-sleeve approach of song-crafting similar to Jon Guerra, John Van Deusen, Taylor Leonhardt, and Andrew Peterson, and you get a pretty good idea of what to expect.

Tracklist

1. Not Giving Up On You (3:31)
2. Hereditary (feat. Jess Ray) (4:02)
3. Holy Ghost (3:52)
4. God & Prozac (4:3)
5. Square One (3:49)
6. My Heart Is A Stranger (3:27)
7. Faith!? (4:02)
8. A Four Chord Protest (2:17)
9. Narrow Road (4:25)
10. Manna (After All These Years) (4:25)
11. All My Worst Ideas (4:33)
12. ...I Still Love You... (0:43)