Reviewed by Tony Cummings

The Elevation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, has grown phenomenally over the years and the worship music they create has been a spearhead for much of that growth. In fact, the church's founder and leader Steven Furtick even contributes a lyric or two here. Elevation Worship's sound has a strong EDM tinge and on a track like "Overcome" it could almost be something from a recent Hillsong United set. The epicentre of the album is the track "Fullness", previously heard in a studio version on the 'Speak Revival' EP but here its atmospheric call for us to come into the Holy Spirit's presence is truly uplifting. Maybe the three acoustic tracks on the end of this collection take away some of the album's impact, but overall 'There Is A Cloud' is just as attention-grabbing as their 'Here As In Heaven' album and this collective of singers, musicians and songwriters could well give the international Church a modern worship hit. My suggestion is it could be "Fullness".

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