Genre: Pop/Rock
Members: Jason Roy (vocals, guitar), Michael Anderson (drums), Jesse Garcia (keyboards, guitar)
For fans of: Lifehouse, Third Day, MercyMe, The Fray, Matchbox Twenty
Label: Word/Warner

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Some artists are a slow burn, quietly honing their skills while churning out albums of craftsman-quality tunes, and slowly building an intensely loyal fan base through commitment and perseverance. Other artists seem to drop into the public consciousness fully formed, their debut project so perfectly crafted that you wonder where they came from … and where they could possibly go from here. Then, occasionally, you find an artist like Building 429, who epitomizes both traits—the proverbial ten years in the making overnight success.

The band was formed by frontman and primary songsmith, Jason Roy, while still in college. After playing nearly 200 shows a year as an independent endeavor, Building 429 burst onto the scene with its first project on a major label. Crisp rock sensibilities and finger-on-the-pulse lyrics combined to produce the band's debut record-breaking single, "Glory Defined." The song topped eight separate charts and was declared BMI's Christian Song of the Year, while Building 429 went on to capture the Dove Award for New Artist of the Year. Its follow-up project, Rise, challenged the presupposed sophomore slump with chart-climbing singles "Fearless" and "I Believe," and the group toured both nationally and internationally in support of the album.

Of course, nothing succeeds like success, so when it came time to write for the band's new record, Jason did what he had always done—got by himself and started cranking out as many new songs as possible. And while the songs were good, they just didn't seem to work—not for this band, not for this project. With its current lineup of Jason (guitar, vocals), Michael Anderson (drums), and Jesse Garcia (keys, guitar), the group sensed that God was calling them in a new direction.

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