Singer-songwriter David Crowder has been steeped in student ministry and passionate worship for several years as the Music and Arts Pastor at University Baptist Church in Waco, Texas. Crowder has connected with peers nationwide, gaining a major grassroots support system via an appearance on the top-selling Passion release The Road To One Day, and most recently as a guest on the Passion Experience Tour. Now a large and growing audience is eager for the release of David Crowder Band's sixsteprecords debut, Can You Hear Us?Complete with a creative and personable crew, including an electronic violinist - DJ, David Crowder Band offers a blend of music that is simultaneously intellectual and heartfelt, at home in anyone's collection which may include Dave Matthews Band or Caedmon's Call. David Crowder's warm and confident voice sounds assuredly poetic on the instantly memorable sing-along 'Thank You For Hearing Me' and suitably progressive along the radio-friendly edge of 'Our Love Is Loud.' Soaring melodies, lyrical insight and dynamic musical fields planted with soft and stacked guitar, vivid violins and modern rock rhythms all make David Crowder Band's Can You Hear Us? worth an excited listen.
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