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TechnoratiRecent tours have taken Delirious? to some of the poorest countries on earth, where they’ve faced encounters with life that made poverty personal and forced hard questions to be asked by each member of the band. According to the group, it sparked a newfound commitment to social justice and compassionate ministry.
“Playing in places like India makes us think about how we distribute our finances and how we’re living our lives,” Smith said. “It’s imperative that we reach out and be a friend to the poor. That’s the only way that God’s light will shine upon us.”
Taking their renewed faith, thoughts and questions about these journeys into the studio for its current album, Kingdom of Comfort, the band emerged with an album full of songs that encompass every aspect of highs and lows they faced in their travels.
“Seeing children looking for scraps on the rubbish dump they call homes in Cambodia and the education and feeding projects in the slums of Mumbai really had an impact on us,” recalled lead guitarist Stu G. “It wasn’t possible to simply proceed with business as usual. We had to ask ourselves, ‘What am I building? A kingdom of comfort? Or a kingdom of heaven?’”
Smith echoed Stu G’s sentiments, saying, “We just can’t carry on the same way in any sphere of our lives.”
“Everywhere you go there’s a shift happening. People are evaluating what’s truly important in life, and I think our new album reflects that urgency,” Smith said.
Earlier this year, Stu G and Smith teamed up with Christian music stars Michael W. Smith, Steven Curtis Chapman, Darlene Zschech, Matt Redman, Tim Hughes, Chris Tomlin and other internationally-respected songwriters for an unprecedented songwriter’s retreat held in Scotland.
Together, the songwriters wrote 22 songs that will benefit the charities of their choice and a charitable project agreed upon by all 12 songwriters involved. The songs will be featured on an upcoming album that will also raise money for the charities.
So far, 14 songs have been recorded, and future recording sessions with the songwriters are being planned.
The release date for the star-powered CompassionArt album is set for Nov. 24, 2008.
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