FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE \u2014 Mawcore has released their own rock and roll take on the poignant Christmas classic \u201cWhat Child is This,\u201d lending it their signature heartfelt passion and dynamic rock sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Recorded with Chris and Lori George of Ocean Studios and mastered by Grammy-winning engineer Marc Frigo, \u201cWhat Child is This\u201d continues to prove the kind of musical quality Mawcore can create. They offer a unique blend of symphonic, alternative, electronic hard rock that the band self-descripts as \u201cRenaissance Rock.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis song hit us in a way that it hadn\u2019t before,\u201d lead singer Joshua Redding shares. \u201cIt has always been performed with a more upbeat feeling, but there is a more thoughtful challenge coming from the song that, to us, didn\u2019t allow it to be performed with such careless glee.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Guitarist Jeff Redding adds, \u201cThe song contains a rhetorical question: what child is<\/em> this? At the sight of the Babe in the feed trough, so many emotions must have been evoked \u2014 maybe even disappointment. We cannot have a casual glance of this image. We all need a life-changing gaze!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n That life-changing gaze is what marks Mawcore\u2019s reverent rock spin on the classic. \u201cIt\u2019s not just a joyous exclamation, but also a call to a respectful realization that \u2018this is Christ the King!\u2019\u201d Joshua says excitedly. \u201cBoth the church and the world have forgotten the Child. Because of our loss of awe and adoration for Christ the Child, we are also failing our own children. Just as the shepherds realized that this child is truly Christ the King, the Savior, Messiah, Redeemer and Emmanuel, we must remember Him in order to fully know and understand the gift we have been given. When we remember the Child, we remember what matters most to God.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n That sentiment is communicated through riffs tinged with wonder and charged with holy energy. It\u2019s the result of a year that Mawcore has spent falling back to focus on growth and deepening their roots even through a season of change. The fruit of this season will be more new tracks released in 2023. \u201cWhat Child is This\u201d serves as just a preview of the kinds of things the band is set to achieve, with their hearts set on communicating hope \u2014 this Christmas season and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt feels like we are in need of hope, more than ever,\u201d Joshua earnestly confesses. \u201cBut we keep looking in all of the wrong places. We have forgotten that it was found in the most unlikely place. It was not found in the castle, or the overly ornate cathedrals. Instead, it was found in an animal barn. This doesn\u2019t mean it can\u2019t be found in the amazing places, but it definitely means we can find it in the broken and run-down shacks and stables of our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat Child is This\u201d is going for adds at Christian rock radio now. You can hear more from Mawcore on iTunes<\/a> and Spotify<\/a>, and follow them for future music updates at mawcore.com<\/a> and on Facebook<\/a>, Instagram<\/a> and YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mawcore releases a rock and roll take on Christmas classic \u201cWhat Child is This\u201d FOR…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1022],"tags":[341,1542,1931],"class_list":["post-8779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-d70","tag-christmas-music","tag-mawcore","tag-what-child-is-this"],"yoast_head":"\n