Reviewed by Jonathan Harris

Recorded live at the Maag Event Hall in Switzerland last year, ICF Zurich are a big hit in their homeland and in the past have made the Swiss charts. It took me a few sittings for this album to grow on me as I'm convinced that my ears have become fatigued by that "Hillsong (and just about every other mega church)-esq" guitar/synth fuelled live worship experience. But if that's what you're looking for, then this is a pretty good example of the subgenre and ICF Worship deliver some reasonably strong new worship songs. Memorable tracks here are "Lifesaver" and "Spirit Move" and I particularly enjoyed the clever lyric "A love so strong it tears down walls/But lifts me up whenever I fall." However, the one song which for me has the potential to reach beyond the nation of Switzerland is "As For Me" which ironically is the simplest composition on the album featuring only six lines.

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