Love Without Measure by Parachute Band

LOVE WITHOUT MEASURE gets released at Parachute 2011 (January 28) and we’ll be playing all new songs from the album on our Sunday night set at the event.

In the meantime, we thought we’d give you a rundown on what it’s all about…

LOVE WITHOUT MEASURE is the first album we’ve ever self-produced, and the process has been one non-stop learning curve. We've loved experimenting with new sounds and concepts and it feels like we've pulled together something that reflects where we're at both sonically and heart-wise. It's liberating to put your heart down into music with no real preconceptions of how it should end up... We also worked with a small collective of Kiwi songwriters throughout the process and it was amazing to see similar themes coming through a lot of what was being written.

LOVE WITHOUT MEASURE is about embracing the fact that our Heavenly Father gave of himself in a way that was uncontained, and immeasurable. It's also about seeing the incredible depth of need and immense imbalance in the world that we live in; both in the developing world but also right on our doorsteps and in our neighborhoods. It's about realizing that the one thing Jesus commanded us to do was to follow the example he set and go be love. This is our worship. 'Saviour Of The Broken Heart' is a song straight from our heart on this stuff, as we try to explore and explain how the act of doing justice isn't just a nice add on to being a worshipper, but rather a concept that fulfills it.

The album's packed with moments that we're hoping will impact you and draw you deeper into realizing the love that Christ has for us. Some standout moments include having one of our heroes Martin Smith (Delirious?) lending his vocals to the song 'It's You', and the ambient instrumental finale track *SOAR* (2 SAMUEL 22).

The first international single from LOVE WITHOUT MEASURE is a song called 'Peace On Earth'. It's a call to arise and shine the light of Christ in a dark world. You can already hear this song on the music player at the top of this site, along with our first NZ single 'Gave It All'. 'Peace On Earth' will also be released worldwide on iTunes on December 14, so keep an eye out for that!