Today, Friday, August 13th marks the 25th year online for Christian music media pioneers JesusFreakHideout.com. To celebrate, the long-running CCM site that debuted back in 1996 is continuing their recent tradition of releasing a brand new, FREE indie music sampler to celebrate: Songs We’ve Been Trying To Tell You About (And Others We Haven’t), Volume Ten.
Along with the sampler, the JFH staff has been writing retrospective blogs highlighting albums that released 25 years ago, their favorite 25 songs from some of their favorite bands, and a unique Top 25 album list that selects one standout album each year from 1996 all the way to 2020. You can check out “JFH 25: Top 25 Albums From 1996 to 2020” by visiting the JFH Features section.
“25 years… it’s crazy to think how far God’s brought this site since its humble beginnings,” says founder John DiBiase. “It’s been a long journey with all kinds of roadblocks and ups and downs, but we’re super grateful to still be here all these years later. It’s been a challenging but exciting experience for myself and the amazing JFH team. I definitely want to thank them, as well as anyone who has been supporting JFH by visiting and connecting with us. We appreciate you!”
“I feel like this year was especially fun to put this compilation together. Scott Fryberger and I tag-teamed a lot this year, digging into the indie scene for some fresh – and familiar – names in the industry,” continues DiBiase. “I think this is one of the more diverse compilations we’ve put together so far, too. There’s certainly something for everyone on Volume Ten!”
The full, 62-song Songs We’ve Been Trying To Tell You About (And Others We Haven’t), Volume Ten track listing:
- Dragons (from “Imago Amor”) – Remedy Drive (3:26)
- World Gone Mad (Single) – The Fold (3:07)
- War is Over (from “Event Horizon”) – Glowing Moses (4:16)
- Say It Like You Mean It (from “You Gotta Say Something”) – Panther City Riots (3:19)
- Where The Streets Have No Name (from “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”) – VOTA (4:11)
- Clarity (from “Clarity EP”) – Tree Giants (2:43)
- Brand New (Single) – Holly Halliwell (3:43)
- Family (from “Full Circle”) – Ayiesha Woods (3:29)
- Joy Rider (from “Desert Flags EP”) – Miss Angie (4:51)
- Dragon’s Lair (from “Time Traveler”) – Jetty Rae (4:29)
- Curse of the Faithful (from “Curse of the Faithful EP”) – Justin McRoberts (2:34)
- All Flame (from “Recognition”) – Carolyn Arends (3:35)
- Pale Moonlight (from “Blue Flower”) – The Gray Havens (3:31)
- Better Off Than Yesterday (from “This is Home”) – Jamie Rowe (3:57)
- Slow Me Down (from “Hearts Over Charts, Vol. 1 – EP”) – Wilkes & The Coles (3:58)
- Valleys (from “Dipping Vat Sessions”) – Empty Atlas (6:35)
- Close Encounter (Reimagined) [Single] – Poetic Descent (3:22)
- Be Not Burned Up (Single) – The August Guns (4:17)
- Demons (Reimagined) [feat. Mike Mains] (from “The Boxes Humans Made” EP) – Gable Price and Friends (4:08)
- Intercede (Single) – Amanda Danziger (3:30)
- Letting Go (Single) – Kezia Harley (3:03)
- Wouldn’t Miss It for the World (from “Chapter Six”) – CHPTRS (5:55)
- First Love (from “You Are Fullness”) – Young Oceans (5:26)
- Mess ‘Reimagined’ (Single) – Brian Reith (4:26)
- Freedom (from “Broken Narrative”) – Elohin (3:15)
- Back At It (feat. Wordsworth) [Single] – Paradox & Dj Sean P (2:32)
- Gorgeous (feat. Braille) [Single] – HeeSun Lee (2:34)
- His Wings (from “Early Work, Vol. 2”) – Josh Garrels (3:40)
- Count On Me (from “Peregrine”) – Holden Days (6:04)
- The Hope of Christ (from “In Simple Trust”) – Adrian Mathenia (5:13)
- When I Met Jesus (Single) – Emily Faith (3:40)
- Loose Grip (feat. Allen Odell) [Single] – Dylan Case White (3:16)
- Kyrie Eleison (from “Night Prayers”) – The Fuzzy Robes (3:34)
- Wait Up, Pt. II (from “Somewhere Between EP”) – At the Wayside (3:10)
- Hum (from “Life After Poison”) – Cobra Cobra (4:13)
- Religion of Relevance (Single) – Nate Parrish (2:49)
- Anachronistic Anachronism (feat. Shawn Browning) [from “Salt 2: Trophy Hunting for Unicorns”] – John DeGroff and Friends (3:52)
- Fight Alone (from “Take 2”) – No Lost Cause (3:33)
- Refuge Forever (from “The White and Green and Brown Album”) – The Pear Republic (2:37)
- Beyond the Waves (Single) – Deep Valleys (2:59)
- Killer (Single) – Beach Chapel (4:14)
- Got This Holy Ghost (Single) – Stephen McWhirter (4:06)
- Ageless Light (feat. John Lucas) [from “As the Mourning’s Borne” EP] – Once & Future (5:36)
- New Wave (Single) – Theo MacMillan & Chase Tremaine (3:34)
- Coming Back (from “Where We Meet”) – CLOUDLAND (4:33)
- Refuge (from “Glorious”) – Jordan and Jessa (3:57)
- Where Is My Hope? [acoustic] (feat. John Van Deusen) [Single] – Tenielle Neda (3:52)
- Good God (from “Good Fear” EP) – Benjamin Daniel (4:33)
- Long Ago (from “Derby City” EP) – Homeplate (2:48)
- Possessed (Single) – Collision of Innocence (3:21)
- Nobody Cares (About Third Party Politics) [from “This is Just Sound”] – Last Chance Marie (4:04)
- Slowly But Surely (from “The Threefinger Opera”) – Jeff Elbel + Ping (3:03)
- Birthright (from “The Land of Canaan”) – J Lind (3:44)
- Waiting (Single) – The Lost Causes (4:03)
- Tomatoes, Pickles, and Kimchi (Single) – Caleb Lail (3:43)
- Dopamine (Single) – Jason Dunn (3:32)
- Scales (from “Breezewood”) – Zane Vickery (3:59)
- How Great (from “Vol. 1” EP) – Zeal House (3:28)
- More (Single) – Holly Starr (4:08)
- Because You Are (from “We Will Remember”) – Christopher Williams (5:05)
- Woods (from “Feeling”) – Michael Hughes Watson (4:05)
- God of Change (from “Dave Stovall” EP) – Dave Stovall (5:12)
Volume Ten is the fifth straight Songs We’ve Been Trying To Tell You About compilation to feature original cover artwork hand-drawn by JFH’s own John DiBiase. “I’ve loved designing mixtape covers ever since I discovered Christian music, so it’s become a really fun challenge to try to come up with something unique for each Songs compilation, and represent one of my favorite fandoms. And this year, I couldn’t help but pay my respects to my favorite space smuggler. Ha!” Prints of the original freehand-drawn artwork are available for purchase in DiBiase’s online Etsy art shop, where sales also help support JFH.
All previous Jesusfreakhideout.com indie mp3 compilations can still be downloaded completely FREE, at no cost, here: JFHmusic.com
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