Dustin Kensrue's 'Lowborn King' Christmas EP Sees Thrice Frontman Bring His Take to Traditional Holiday Tunes

Dustin Kensrue

The Modern Post (Dustin Kensrue) released a Christmas EP, Lowborn King, this week, and it is available digitally everywhere and features five songs including the Thrice frontman's take on Christmas classics as well as a re-recording of his own song "This Is War." Click here to purchase the album.

"I love Christmas songs and there's a few classics on this EP that I haven't tackled before, as well as a new arrangement of my song 'This Is War' with an added bridge that some friends and I wrote a couple years back," said Dustin Kensrue in a press release, "There's also my new arrangement of a great song called 'Child of Glory' by my friend Brian Eichelberger, who is also the producer of this EP and my album The Water & The Blood. Lastly I wrote a new arrangement of 'Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence,' a very old Christmas hymn that we lifted a bit out of it's overly somber vibe and added a new chorus. In the end, I think that what really defined the overall direction for this project was that rather than trying to shoot for some sort of classic Christmas vibe, we set out to let the lyrical content really drive the arrangements and moods of each song and I'm really pleased with the result."

Kensrue released his solo worship project The Water and The Blood, which debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard Christian chart, No. 52 on the Billboard 200 chart and No. 10 on the overall Vinyl chart. The record was a collection of mostly original worship songs with modern sounds and lyrics looking deep into theological truth.

Prior to his role as a worship leader, Kensrue was known primarily as the voice of the rock band Thrice, which is currently on an extended hiatus after 14 years, eight albums, and vigorous touring. For more information on Kensure's upcoming releases and why he's under the name The Modern Post - visit DustinKensrue.com. Track listing for Lowborn King:

  1. Angels We Have Heard On High
  2. Child of Glory
  3. Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
  4. What Child Is This
  5. This Is War