Building 429 Lyrics, Chords, Music
July 22nd, 2009 -- Posted in Building 429 | No Comments »
Every building block leading up to who Building 429 is today has prepared them for such a time as this. The many valleys and mountaintops they’ve faced together have molded them-breaking them, making them, and priming them for what looks to be their most rewarding period yet.
In a way, Building 429 acts as a culmination and a beginning for the trio, a stepping stone in a faith journey through the highs and lows of life on the road and the busyness of music, to a place of solace and contentment in who God wants them to be.
If anything, Building 429’s eponymous INO Records debut is a testament that the band is ready to go to the next level-spiritually, musically, and otherwise. You could say they’re starting over: with a clean slate, a reinvigorated sound, and a renewed message.
Not that they haven’t already reached exciting plateaus in their past 10 years together. Having played 200 shows a year as an independent endeavor, Building 429 burst onto the scene in 2004 with their first project on a major label, Space in Between Us. The album’s breakout single, “Glory Defined,” was a record-breaker at radio, a chart-topper that earned the band a wide mantle of accolades and industry recognition. Topping eight separate charts and declared as BMI’s Song of the Year, the band went on to capture the Dove Award for New Artist of the Year. Jason Roy (lead vocalist), Michael Anderson (drums), and Jesse Garcia (keys, lead guitarist, background vocalist) moved forward to release the next two of their studio efforts, 2006’s Rise, and 2007’s Iris to Iris, which were received favorably, making significant appearances on Billboard’s Christian charts and heavily impacting Christian radio.
“This record feels like the beginning of a new season in our career,” says Jason Roy, Building 429’s front man and chief songwriter. “Having recently departed from Word Records, it felt like we are starting everything over for the first time. You don’t always get that opportunity, so it felt like this was the time to do a self-titled record. We understand a little bit more about who we are and what we’re trying to do.”
It was during this new season that Building 429 came in contact with INO Records. Roy recalls vividly the first meeting he had with label president Jeff Moseley. Having been a part of Christian music’s major-label system for three albums, the bandleader wasn’t quite sure what to expect, but the occasion was an eye-opener: Roy knew this is where his band belonged.
