Reviewed by Paul S Ganney

Cove Worship emanates from the North Carolina-based Cove Church and this five-song EP is a pretty good example of the current mega-church pop-rock style with very singable choruses (eg "Reaching"). On display is some very good guitar work (some lovely figures and the power chords are there for emphasis rather than focus). The vocals are not as clean as you'd expect from a worship band which may make you focus on them rather than being led by them - I certainly found that to be so. Overall this is a worship album you can listen to and not just sing along to. Fans of Chris Tomlin and the like won't be disappointed in the style at all but I did feel that it followed the formula of other bands too closely - for example the female lead vocal being only on the slower piano numbers, eg "Mountain Of God" despite being the better lead vocal (and being accompanied by some very good harmonies on this particular track). It all sounds like two different bands who then come together on the title track (on which the climactic "hallelujahs" are a sheer delight). Definitely a modern worship team worth looking out for and with a bit more integration and better sharing of the lead vocals they could well deliver an outstanding album in the future.

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