Tour with Chris Tomlin and Christy Nockels in the Spring of 2011. Rend Collective was on the And If Our God Is for Us. The remaining members are there for support and to encourage the band "spiritually, musically, and missionally." They explained noticing a sense of hostility from the modern culture towards the church and Christians therefore sought to create music that would draw such individuals spiritually and encourage them to come back to church. Before the formation, most of the members were part of the "Rend" young adults ministry at Bangor Elim Church to where Gilkeson preached and Llewellyn lead worship." While the group comprises over 15 members, the band tours and records with 6 members. The band was established under the name of Rend Collective Experiment between 2002-2003 during a point which drummer Gareth Gilkeson described as "a bunch of us trying to figure out life. In 2017 they released the Build Your Kingdom Here (A Rend Collective Mix Tape) compilation followed by Good News in early 2018. Their second live album, Campfire II: Simplicity, was released at the beginning of October 2016. 1 was released in November 2014, and the sixth, As Family We Go, on 21 August 2015. Their fifth album, Campfire Christmas, Vol. Their fourth album, The Art of Celebration, was released on 17 March 2014. Their first live album Campfire was released on 29 January 2013 with Integrity. Their second studio album Homemade Worship by Handmade People was released on 10 January 2012. Their first studio album Organic Family Hymnal was released on 28 September 2010. The current lineup consists of Gareth Gilkeson, Chris Llewellyn, Ali Gilkeson, Patrick Thompson and Steve Mitchell. Rend Collective (formerly known as Rend Collective Experiment) is a Northern Irish Christian folk rock worship band originating from Bangor, Northern Ireland. But that’s not really it it should be the soundtrack to mission: community living, the soundtrack to a meaningful worship experience.Contemporary Christian, folk rock, worship
“We notice that sometimes music is seen as the end goal, that a worship encounter is having a music experience. “We want to make music that is journey music,” says singer Chris Llewellyn. Though that describes the sound on the new disc-a joyful mélange of foot-stomping acoustic grooves and full-on pop pockets worthy of U2-it only hints at the spiritual thread that pulls everything together. Then again, how many bands brave a family pilgrimage the way Rend Collective does? Or proudly present themselves as examples of a self-styled genre, “celebration music”? In this case, sleep deprivation yielded divine inspiration.
As Gilkeson puts it: “There wasn’t much time for sleep-just going for it.” The next logical step, then, was to hunker down in their private studio and work at a brisk, breathtaking pace-cutting the eleven tracks on As Family We Go in two weeks. This young, freewheeling band has seen so much recent success: from opening for the likes of Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman and Kari Jobe, to landing Christian radio hits such as the revival hymn, “Build Your Kingdom Here.” It’s just the foundation to foster faith and community through music, and forms the heart and strength behind their latest effort.Īnd my, how this musical family has grown. And they’re doing it differently than most other artists before them, living and working-singing and sharing the laundry duties-as a tight-knit family. It also tells you a lot about Rend Collective, a Northern Irish band that has ventured from its native land at the beckoning of an invisible hand. And so Brendan chose to “go”: a bold act of faith that not only echoes the album title As Family We Go, but also speaks volumes about the songs. “The only thing he knew was that God had called him,” says bandleader and drummer Gareth Gilkeson. Brendan sailed from the Irish coast without maps or any clue where he was headed. Some 1500 years ago, the Irish missionary St. To understand what makes Rend Collective so unique and special among worship artists, you have to go back-way back.
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