Singer/Songwriter/Worship Leader and Newfoundland native Matt Maher’s Empty & Beautiful, arrives at your local Canadian Christian retailer today.

The project includes songs that are both corporate and reflective, driving and soft, each one telling the story from a different perspective. Maher describes the heart behind his Essential Records debut, “The realization of our own emptiness without God is both a moment of sadness, and a window to joy, which opens to something so much bigger and more beautiful than ourselves. To lay down one’s life for the Gospel in service of God and neighbour, is a reflection of the beauty of God. That is our charge as Christians, and that is where these songs came from.”

Empty & Beautiful, primarily written by Maher, was co-produced by Maher and Jeff Thomas, except for, “As It Is In Heaven”, which was produced by Ed Cash (Chris Tomlin, Bebo Norman, Bethany Dillon).

The worship community has taken notice:

“The best thing about Matt Maher’s [Essential Records] debut, Empty & Beautiful, is he comes on the scene with a deserved air of confidence, yet his music is filled with an earnest humility. It’s like he has decided that he has nothing to prove. And that ends up proving a lot. Empty & Beautiful is marked by an acoustic sound that stands out from his contemporaries yet could blend beautifully into a set of corporate worship songs.”
Worship Leader Magazine

You can hear Maher talk about the album in the YMZ Savings section. Find out more about Maher and hear audio samples from the album on his YMZ artist page.