Category: Album – 6 tracks, runtime – 31 min
Genre: Contemporary Christian Music (CCM)
Release Date: 13.March.2026
Rating: ★★★★★★★★★☆ – 9.1/10
Right out of the gate, it’s interesting that this is billed as a full-length album, despite consisting of only half a dozen tunes. But it makes sense, given the group’s trajectory, and quite frankly half an hour’s a satisfactory runtime for the framing. Moreover, given the refrain-heavy approach on this joint, it’d likely veer into self-indulgent territory if the tunes were twice as many, for instance.
First things first, the intro is quite the herald of the thick sauce coming up across the project. The Fray-esque piano rock swelling with larger-than-life pomp and all. Honestly, for a while the team forgot we were consuming output from a 256 CCM act, that’s how we knew we were in for a good serve!
One of the album’s defining features is its multi-lead format, our fav of the bunch being Jesse Igga who shines on both the fourth number “Oli Mukulu” and the closer “Sijja Kutya”. The tunes, respectively about God’s grandeur and sacred self-psyche against gripping fear, showcase dude’s Luganda-laced, delicate-voiced chops that shine gloriously above the group’s catchy choral arrangements.
There’s also something to be said about Jojoe Bunjo’s production proficiency all through the joint. His helsmanship is very consequential on all tracks, but most enjoyable of the second tune “Egullu Likka”. Setting out with alternatingly panned siren-like sustained blarings that meld into explosive drums joined onto a SciFi-coded synth explosion akin to a Stranger Things sound track. Quite fitting with the song title metaphorically alluding to a celestial descent. The euphoria collapses into a Jehu Muhumuza electro-styled Psalm-24-derived verse that showcases his delightfully ethereal vocal delivery. Fresera’s a highlight too, what with that dispersive floodlike set of pipes, sublime!
But back to Jojoe, bro’s not only killing it on the sonically flamboyant numbers, but on the subtle too. Case in point, “Tore The Veil”, which as a by-the-way is the only lyrically atonement-centric piece on the project (just thought it’s cool to point it out). The track’s super straightforward, instrumentally speaking, buoyed by refrains galore, and typical choral hooks, but Jojoe aces it by way of moderation. He was aware enough to let it breathe and not do too much. Like the cliché goes, sometimes less is more. Credit to bro & the crew for whipping up an effort more technically and artistically adept than the vast bulk of mainstream efforts so far this year. And have you guys noticed the bump in their stream count & playlist inclusions. Heart’s warm over here! The crew’s on the best of their game, and we earnestly hope they’re already cooking up more material to grace us with.
