The House You’re Building
Audrey Assad
Sparrow Records
Audrey Assad’s light and airy voice (no operatic gymnastics here) delivers lyrics that are thoughtful yet not too heady. She’s inspired by literature, poetry and, of course, life. Her debut album is about faith, “about the cross and fear and pain and how God is carrying me even though sometimes it doesn’t feel like it,” she says. “The first reason I write songs is to preach to myself.”