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I’m not sure why this guy gets as little notice as he does; I’ve thoroughly enjoyed every piece of music he’s put out and he nearly single-handily showed the world you can mix worship with energy, passion and a bit of rock when he released Sonic Flood’s first album, literally paving the way for the likes of Crowder, Hillsong United, etc to make their mark with mainstream modern worship. (okay, so that’s a pretty bold statement, but at least partially true)

Unveil is a great album that follows suit of everything else he has put out. While his style and musicianship hasn’t really changed since his Sonic Flood days, the album still feels fresh and delectable. The building blocks of Deyo’s music has never really been the aforementioned passion and energy, rather it’s the heart behind the music and lyrics. He finds ways to keep it simple and authentic without too much lyrical cliche (though he doesn’t completely get out of this trap) –one of my main turn offs to the likes United is that while they may have fairly profound lyrics, they are often wordy and difficult to fit into a worship set.

Thematically the songs flow quite nicely together. This is one of the few albums around today can be played straight through (as most worship albums can be), but most songs are also strong enough to stand on their own in a mix.

Worship albums get different categories than standard albums…

Worship Service Worthy:
So In Awe
Unveil
More In Love (fav from the album)
You Are God

Please Don’t Play These In Service:
I Forever Love Your Name (nice riff, but this is one that does feel cliche)
Glory (although take away all the production aspects of this, and i’m sure all you Tomlin fans would like this one.)

Bottom Line: This will get plenty of play in my worship mix and a few will definitely make the workout mix. 7 out of 10

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