INO/Columbia records' multi-platinum and award-winning band MercyMe officially launched their new project, "All That Is Within Me", live in New York City last week with a performance at BB Kings.
They followed up with a live Satellite Media Tour overlooking Times Square, hitting markets including Chicago, San Francisco, Tampa, Denver, Minneapolis and the Associated Press Broadcast wire.
Leading up to NYC, the band made live in-store appearances and performances and visited radio and retail in Dallas, Chicago, Minneapolis and Washington DC, while headlining the Friday evening event at the R&R Christian Radio Summit in Nashville.
They've since headed back home to Dallas and appeared the city's ABC morning show, Good Morning Texas.
Christian radio continues to be a formidable force with the band's new single "God With Us", which set the record for most AC adds (57) in a week, and almost 80 adds from reporting stations in the AC, CHR and Inspo formats. Currently Top 5 at Christian AC, Top 10 Inpso, New and Active CHR and moving up.
The past few weeks have seen extensive activity on the record as pre-sales are projected to reach record highs. Most accounts are pre-selling the Collectors edition which includes:
+ Six song live video
+ Interview footage of band
+ Three acoustic versions of songs
+ FREE Ringtone
+ FREE Wallpaper
Media are also supporting "All That Is Within Me" with what may be the best reviews of their career:
"It is impossible to deny that this is the group's best effort to date. MercyMe has yet again set a new standard for themselves. Millard's raw emotional connectivity on each track, combined with a sparkling array of musical styles, continues to be unmatched.
"MercyMe's latest record shows that the band's penchant for making hits might always remain."
All Music Guide
"MercyMe is an unstoppable music force... they bring something new to the table each and every time out. 'All That is Within Me' is no exception."
Infuzemag.com
"This CD is a deeply connected music journal.... the band infuses their songs with a trademark abundance of verve and life."
Beliefnet.com
"...filled with arena-sized worship anthems .... nothing counterintuitive about the emotion when he imagines throwing his arms around his late father's neck "when I finally make it home"."
USA TODAY
"... an exuberant, defiant, stand-up-and-shake-your-fist-at-the-devil, rock & roll worship album. 'All That Is Within Me' is MercyMe's best work to date."
CCM magazine
"There is not a weak one in this bunch....MercyMe seems capable of more than what is humanly possible - they keep putting gout good records without missing a step."
Worship Leader
"All That Is Within Me is rock, praise and outpouring of one's heart, and I'm happy to have spent the hour with the band."
HollywoodJesus.com
"...beautifully crafted featuring smooth production and strong musicianship"
JesusFreakHideout.com
"MercyMe is a well-oiled machine and one of the best out there."
ChristianMusicToday.com
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