Tonight, Amity Grace, JaiBird, and I will perform the three albums we just released this morning at Jackson Underground! I was so blessed to be able to produce and record Amity and Jaimie’s albums, which are packed full of some of the best lyrics I’ve ever heard. It’s not like they nailed it here and there—every single track is full of poetry.
Dreamscapes and Dragons by Amity Grace
Amity’s album has a lot to say about her inner healing journey. I’ve watched the Holy Spirit do some really cool things in her life while she’s walked this path. There are a handful of times that the Spirit inspired new songs right in front of me, which was amazing to watch with my own eyes.
I wanted this album to capture the magic and whimsy of her journey. I laid pretty heavy into an orchestral sound that blended well with the musical theater feel of her lyrics. I pray that as you listen to her album, your heart wells up with the same kind of incredible love and conviction that mine does. Her journey has been so real that we can’t help but enter into it with her as we listen.
Please Don’t Feed the Dark by JaiBird
When Jaimie came in to record her first songs, I was blown away by the lyrics. The imagery was incredible and poetic, and I didn’t quite know what it all meant. I felt like I had been handed a parable to chew on and that it had something very real to say to her in her own way and also something to say to me in my own. I found out that her lyrics came about the same way as Amity’s: they just appeared in her head seemingly out of nowhere, already written out.
Jaimie has taken the depths of her pain and joy and molded them into something incredible. Never before has it been so clear that God is especially there—abundantly there in our darkest moments. Like Amity, Jaimie has constructed something unique that flies in the face of cookie-cutter music. The lyrics have been earned, and the music walks alongside it.
Holy Ruckus by Jamin Bradley
I typically write slow songs with deep theological lyrics, so I made my goal for this album to create upbeat songs. This presented a challenge because I didn’t want to write the kind of Christian cheese I despise, and my upbeat songs usually end up being funny instead of serious. I tried to make the best of this dynamic by embracing humor and channeling all the playfulness I could into these tracks. A bunch of my friends decided to embrace the humor with me and joined the tracks. I was so happy with the end result! You can read the story behind each track here.
Jamin Bradley 
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