When a crowd catches Rend Collective Experiment for the first time, the first few minutes are all about investigation. You can almost hear the thoughts of the audience as they ask, "Who is this band? Oh, they’re from Northern Ireland. Cool accents. Whoa… what is happening here?"
The accents are what get people’s attentions. The strange instruments and the high-octane, very physical expressions of praise onstage definitely maintain interest. But it’s the pure, palpable joy of the rotating troupe of musicians that presents Rend Collective Experiment as leaders in a new movement of "organic" worship. While the band[…]
