Our Discovery Download puts the focus on a different genre each week, offering up a free track we think is worth your attention. Audrey Assad, a Christian singer/songwriter from Phoenix, makes the kind of mature, achingly beautiful, acoustic folk tunes that are right at home on Lilith Fair. Set to a murmuring piano accompaniment, “The House You’re Building” shows off Assad’s ability to wax and wane from falsetto to breathy in the space of a minor note.
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Before taking the name VOTA, this Nebraska-based band were known as Casting Pearls. Sounding re-energized and refocused, the songs on their self-titled “debut” brim with ideas and passion. “Hard to Believe” is a glossy, alt-rock stomper of a track, finding middle ground between the Killers and Maroon 5. If you like the track, check out the album.
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This Tennessee-based trio takes the name 33Miles out of deference for the life of Jesus, who is said to have lived just 33 years. Making the most of our time on earth is a thought the runs through this track from the group’s self-titled debut. “One Life to Love” carries a country twang underneath the gospel and classic rock aspirations.
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