Heart

Description

Heart is a six-track CD-EP by the American singer, songwriter, and producer Andrew Osenga of The Normals and Caedmon’s Call fame, self-released by Osenga in August 2014. Heart is part one of Andrew Osenga’s Kickstarter-funded Heart & Soul, Flesh & Bone project. Each EP features a different genre of music; Heart is acoustic singer/songwriter oriented.

Although I’ve been aware of Andrew Osenga’s impressive Christian music history – formerly the lead singer of The Normals, taking over from Derek Webb when that singer/songwriter left Caedmon’s Call, and releasing a stream of solo albums extending as far back as 2002 – I have only recently got up close and intimate with Andrew’s music. ‘Heart’ was issued in 2015 as the first of four EPs, the others being ‘Soul’, ‘Flesh’ and the still-to-be-released ‘Bone’. Each EP follows a somewhat different musical direction and this one can broadly be described as stripped-down acoustic singer/songwriter. It is, in my estimation, absolutely brilliant and has now become a must-listen-to item on the Cummings stereo. The quality of Andrew’s songwriting is breathtaking and two songs, «Until You Provide» – a plaintive narrative composition portraying the hopes and frustrations of an unemployed man trying to keep providing for his family – and «The House Where No One Spoke» which artfully deals with the human desire to feel some control over situations when in fact we have no control. If, like me, you’ve been slow to recognise that Mr Osenga is one of America’s great songsmiths, this EP is a perfect place to start your education. [Tony Cummings, Cross Rhythms, March 2016]

> iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/album/heart-ep/1678842818)

CD-EP tracklist:

01. No Heart Beats Alone – 5:21
02. Belle Isle – 4:50
03. Until You Provide – 4:11
04. Out of Town – 4:10
05. She is a Foreign Country – 3:47
06. The House Where No One Spoke – 4:42

Note: Also released as a 2-CD Set containing all the songs on the Heart, Soul, Flesh, & Bone EPs. Available at Bandcamp: https://andrewosenga.bandcamp.com/album/heart-ep

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