Former Underoath drummer and vocalist, and current lead singer of The Almost, Aaron Gillespie, is gearing up to release his second worship album Grace Through the Wandering on February 3.

Whether the music is metalcore, hard rock, or even worship, Gillespie's voice always finds a home on a song, and this album is no different.

The opening track "Wake Us Up" kick starts the album with an upbeat tempo and a song easily heard for a young worship audience. It just has the big feel Gillespie would be accustomed to be performing in front of and suits him well.

"Praise Him" again continues that big arena rock fell, but hits hard with full out worship. The song is heavy on the synth and features a booming anthemic chorus, which is definitely why it was chosen as the first single off the album.

Coming in with an almost lullaby feel, "A Love Like Yours" showcases a tender voiced Gillespie as he follows the theme of the album and sings about "searching the world" for the love of Jesus. The words of pressing,, and hopeful as he helps remind us we can never find a "love like yours [God]."

"Meet Me" has more of an indie rock feel to it, and really livens up the album with diversity. The track features a great march like drum beat along with great piano work and intense acoustic guitars. This is one of the better songs on the album.

"All That He Says I Am" is up next and tones down the indie rock vibes with more of a pop feel. The chorus is light and again speaks on God's love and how we are "alive" because we made in his image and forgiven.

Gillespie enters this next track sounding vulnerable, and sounds like he is digging from the depths of his soul to stay with God. "Keep Me In" is him doing just that, pleading to the Lord to keep him in a constant place of worship in his presence. "It's where I was made to be..." he sings.

"You Alone Are God" brings the worship back to the corporate setting, and also feels like it could be a single down the line. The song has a lighter piano laden break down that builds up to a layered almost choir like ending.

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"In You There's Hope" moves on at a moderate tempo with another modern church sounding jam. The song talks about putting faith and trust in God, and receiving His "grace" and "hope."

Up next is "Hold Me Close" revisits the synth pop sounds of earlier in the album, and puts a bit of an EDM twist on it. If worship music was played in clubs, this would be the song that has a chance. While it does not feature anything that will get a party moving, the aural tones are aesthetically pleasing to the ears for an audiophile.

"Give Us Your Heart" is a calm ballad like track with a steady pulse throughout that weaves Gillespie through the song as he prays out to God to have a heart like Him. The song is intimate and feels as if we are gathered together in prayer and in worship. The song has an amazing togetherness of being in God's presence.

Gillespie closes out Grace Through the Wandering with the folky "Come Thou Fount," which does justice to the old timey classic hymn that was originally written in 1757. This rendition of the song puts a wonderful cap on the album, and brings all the songs together nicely.

Grace Through the Wandering is a wonderful collection of worship tunes modern, classic, and original. Gillespie does a magnificent job building on his first worship release, Anthem Song. However, this album is leaps and bounds above it. The front man showed his worship chops are just as good as his metal chops much like Thrice singer Dustin Kensrue did with The Water & Blood. The common themes of the album involve, hope, grace, and the longing to be closer to Jesus. Overall, Gillespie hits the mark with the release, and is sure to leave an impact on worship culture.

Watch the lyric video put out by BEC Records below:

BREATHEcast recently did an interview with Aaron Gillespie. He spoke extensively on his views of worship and the new album here. He also spoke about a possible Underoath reunion and the Christianity of the band here.