Chris Renzema Releases Debut Centricity Music Album, "Let The Ground Rest"

Chris Renzema releases his sophomore, full-length album and Centricity Music debut, Let The Ground Rest, today. Available now, the album's acoustic, soul-stirring songs shift seamlessly from indie rock to folk worship to Americana. Renzema's voice and lyrics cut to the bone singing about hope and echoing the universality of both pain and praise.
With more than 36 million audio streams of his first album, I'll Be The Branches, over one million Spotify track saves over the last 12 months and Pandora naming him a 2020 "Artist to Watch," Renzema's groundswell continues to build.
"The music we're making isn't being engineered to hit any playlists or radio or anything like that," says Renzema. "The strategy is to let it hit the people that want it already and let that inform where it's going. We're taking the toolbox we have and refining it, not adjusting or changing or moving it."
Tracking some songs live in the studio, utilizing one-take vocals with no overdubs and playing guitar on one track and piano on another for the new album, Renzema shows his versatility in every song.
"The heartbeat behind Let The Ground Rest is the idea that growth comes from periods of rest, of barrenness," shares Renzema. "It's a process to exist, to learn and understand God's love. While His love is not seasonal, we go through seasons as we understand and experience it. Spring is not spring without winter, and that process is a good thing."
In between the opening and closing tracks, Renzema shares real-life, hopeful messages along with worship in singles like "17" and "Better." The latter song was written "as a sort of 'get well soon' card to the world, having no idea I'd be releasing it during a worldwide pandemic and a national quarantine, but here we are," says Renzema. "I hope this song can be a prayer for tired hearts in this crazy time, but if not that then at least a small note from me to you, saying, 'I hope you get well soon.'"
Renzema is further sharing gift cards to coffee shops across the US in markets he was originally scheduled to perform before the pandemic hit, including San Diego, Phoenix, Minneapolis, Columbus and more. "In order to both celebrate the album release and support local businesses, I decided that I want to buy you a cup of coffee for when this is all over," says Renzema on his Instagram.
Hoping to connect during this time, Renzema will host an Instagram Live virtual listening party April 24 beginning at 7:00 pm CDT. Interacting with a global audience, Renzema will take and respond to questions while they listen through the new music together. Fans can follow Renzema at www.instagram.com/chrisrenzema to join in.
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