All Things New Tells the "Good News" with Their New Album

By Timothy Yap Sep 12, 2015 07:00 AM EDT

All Things New's sophomore album THE GOOD NEWS, which will release September 25. All Things New is made up of childhood friends Garrett Hornbuckle (vocals), Jeff Stein (guitars), Luke Wycuff (drums), and Drew Moenning (keys).

The band released their self-titled debut in 2013 on BEC and were already connecting with fans as they toured on the Newsboys' God's Not Dead Tour. The self-titled album peaked at #14 on the Christian charts and #5 on the Top Heatseekers chart. Success was imminent. And yet, the guys began to realize what they really wanted was something not dependent upon commercial success.

"We got what we thought our dream was - a record deal," Garrett says. "But in going through that, we were reminded that our dream is truly to share the love of Christ." With that renewed sense of purpose and direction, the four took to the studio to record their new album, THE GOOD NEWS. "That's what we focused on for this next record. We aren't in this for anything other than reaching people with the message of the hope that they have in Christ."

."The Good News, releasing Sept. 25, came out of conversations about how to boil the Gospel down to a musical format. "When we were talking about the second record, wewanted it to be cohesive," Jeff says. "It just came back to, why did we start doing thiswhen we were 16 years old in youth group worship service? Why did we decide to takethat elsewhere? It was to share the Gospel, the good news."

The title track has an old-fashioned, hand-clapping tent revival feel, with an unapologetic call to Christ, opening with, "Brothers and sisters, come listen to what I have to say" and the chorus proclaiming, "This is the good, good news / That He came to save / He made away / This is the good, good news."

"That's the gospel," Garrett says. "That's what the whole song is about. It's the simple truth boiled down in a three-minute song."

Tracklisting:

You Love Me For Me

I'll Be

Can't Hold Me Down

Believe

Take Me Back

We Are the Free

Who We Are

All Because You Loved Me

Changed

The Good News