Derek Webb started out as a member of the contemporary Christian band Caedmon’s Call. He released five successful albums with them from 1996 to 2003. In 2003 Webb branched out on his own and released his first solo album She Must and Shall Go Free. Musically it resembled Caedmon’s Call but it was lyrically deeper than Webb’s writing in that band. Earlier this year Webb released his fourth solo record The Ringing Bell, but today’s song comes from his third solo release Mockingbird. This album is probably Webb’s deepest lyrically. He touches on politics (“A King and a Kingdom”) and materialism (“Rich Young Ruler”) and today’s song deals with legalism in the American church. “A New Law” is about how we as Christians often aren’t as eager to find God for ourselves as we are to just be told what to think and what to do. Webb has recently rejoined with Caedmon’s Call for the recording of their new album Overdressed and it will be in stores Tuesday. I suggest you check out all of Derek Webb’s music because in a scene with a lot of cookie cutter artists and recycled lyrics and melodies, he actually has something to say.
Derek Webb - "A New Law"
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