Grammy-nominated artist and courageous visionary Michael Gungor is not one to play it safe. With the arrival of his latest single, "All In," the first from his upcoming album "Magnificat," Gungor again invites others to get up in the wild tension of sublime truth and joy.
"All In" races forward with a bright urgency. Its groove is insidious, half dance floor, half meditation hall, a song that dares you to move your body while it softly poses for you the most significant questions of existence. It's a fundamental message of a surprisingly human reminder. Everyone is going to die. Don't forget to be alive. Gungor has a long history of smashing walls between genres, faith, and philosophy, and here he has distilled it to something enjoyable and inexorably spiritually arresting. That climactic bridge breaks like a collective exhale and is unflinching and strangely freeing.
Discussing the song, Gungor says, "All In" is about surrendering to the mystery and the absurd beauty of existence. That's where freedom is to me. That ethos hums in every beat, so that the track seems not so much a single as an invitation to risk, to release, to live.
On "All In," Michael Gungor reminds us again that music can also be a sandbox to play in the soul. It's a rare anthem that's as thought-provoking as it is fun, and it bodes well for Magnificat to be a thrilling, transformative ride.
Follow Michael Gungor on Facebook