Yesterday, Caedmon's Call divulged months and months of secret information to the fans and the Christian music world alike.  It has been little known for a year or so that Caedmon's Call's last album, In The Company of Angels II: The World Will Sing was their final album under their contract with Essential Records/Provident Music Group.  It was rumored that Caedmon's would stay independent, but yesterday's announcement told of signing with INO Records, one of the few labels in the industry that has a more independently-minded model.

The fifteen-year pedigree of this Nashville band is beyond question or dispute, and even the departure of founding member and contributing songwriter Derek Webb a couple years back, while not wildly received by the band's fanbase, really didn't threaten to derail the hit parade. Webb was replaced in due course by former Normals ringleader Andrew Osenga, and dang if Andrew doesn't know his way around a classy, reflective tune or two. The World Will Sing, a companion to 2001's In The Company of Angels: A Call To Worship, is simply vintage Caedmon's Call: polished production, great, honest vocal performances and a sincerity matched only by their instrumental talent. They're a seven-strong outfit in 2006, and with this second installment in the series they continue doing what they do best: collaborating on terrific interpretations of other peoples' songs, while continuing to let various individuals within their ranks write their own little treasures.