This Is Love (EP)
This Is Love is the first extended play from Sanctus Real, and first release after the departure of lead singer Matt Hammitt, while they replaced him with Dustin Lolli.
They released the EP on February 5, 2016, but this time without a label.
Matt Hammitt
Matt Hammitt( born October 19, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, speaker and author.
He was the lead singer for Sanctus Real, which has released seven studio albums with Sparrow Records, toured internationally and released 14 top five and number one singles to Christian radio.
Hammitt left Sanctus Real effective December 2015 to pursue a solo career.
He has since released one solo album," Every Falling Tear".
Sanctus Real discography
The discography of Sanctus Real, a Christian rock band which formed in 1996.
QFX (band)
QFX are an electronic dance music group formed in 1992.
Their music style is generally a mix of bouncy techno and happy hardcore.
Sanctus Real
Sanctus Real is an American Christian rock band formed in Toledo, Ohio, in 1996.
The group is composed of Chris Rohman( lead guitar), Mark Graalman( drums), and Dustin Lolli( lead vocals).
The band is best known for their number one singles" Lead MeForgiven Whatever You're Doing I'm Not Alright Do n't Give UpWe Need Each OtherEverything About You", and" The Fight Song".
Since 2002, they have released five albums through the Sparrow Records label, an independent EP" This Is Love", and" Changed"( April 27, 2018) on Framework Records.
On July 1, 2015, lead singer and co-founder, Matt Hammitt, announced that he was leaving the band, which would take effect by the end of 2015.
Dustin Lolli joined the band as lead singer shortly thereafter.
Sanctus Real was formed in 1996, and the band released three independent albums over five years.
After signing with Sparrow Records in 2002, the group released their major label debut," Say It Loud", at the end of the year.
In June 2004 it was followed by" Fight the Tide", which garnered a GMA Dove Award win in 2005, and two singles that charted at number 1 on Christian radio, according to" R&R" magazine.
The band's third album," The Face of Love", was released in April 2006.
The single" I'm Not Alright" received a GMA Dove Award nomination in 2007.
Their fourth album," We Need Each Other"( 2008), was recorded in late 2007 and released in February.
It received a Grammy Award nomination and spawned the single" We Need Each Other".
Sanctus Real released their fifth studio album in March 2010, titled" Pieces of a Real Heart" also receiving a Grammy nomination with Christian Billboard chart topping hits" Lead Me" and" Forgiven".
The band's music incorporates a modern alternative rock style, and has evolved from power pop to a more melodic and guitar- driven sound.
Say It Loud (Sanctus Real album)
Say It Loud is an album by the band Sanctus Real.
It was released on December 24, 2002 under Sparrow Records.
This was Sanctus Real's first studio album, after three independent releases.
Happy Avenue
Happy Avenue (幸福大街 in Chinese; pinyin: Xìng Fú
Dà Jiē or Xìngfú Dàjiē; sometimes translated as Lucky Road) is a Chinese rock band based in Beijing, China, founded in September 1999.
Members include Wú Hóngfēi (吴虹飞, vocals), Gěng Fàng (耿放, electric guitar), Lǐ Wéiyán (李维岩, electric guitar), Zhōu Qí (周琦, electric bass guitar), and Tián Kūn (田坤, drum set).
Wu originally also played acoustic guitar in the group before deciding early on to focus strictly on vocals.
The original bass player, Shèng (胜), was replaced by Jiǎng Róng (蒋荣) in June 2000, and Jiang was eventually replaced by Zhou.
Wu Hongfei (surname Wu, b. 1975), Happy Avenue's vocalist and leader, is a graduate of Beijing's prestigious Tsinghua University, with bachelor's degrees in environmental engineering and the editing of scientific books, and an M.A. degree in modern Chinese literature (although she primarily studied Western literature).
Also the group's only female member, she has the distinction of being China's best known female rock singer.
Originally from Sanjiang, in the southern Chinese province of Guangxi and a member of the Dong ethnic minority, Wu is also a magazine journalist and a published novelist.
Her lyrics range from lighthearted, absurdist vignettes (like "The Orange Who Wished to Be an Apple") to darker and more melancholy meditations on subjects such as death, alienation, and longing.
"
Daughter" deals with the issues surrounding unwed motherhood.
Some other songs feature literary subject matter; "The Fish Who Loved Xiaolong" tells the story of a mermaid who gives up her tail in order that she might be able to leave the sea and marry a human.
The group's music is eclectic, and generally unclassifiable by genre, though occasionally somewhat reminiscent of such avant-garde groups as Talking Heads.
Songs range from quirky, upbeat, and sardonic ("Daughter") to somber and brooding ("May"), the latter style leading some reviewers to describe the group's music as gothic.
About the group, Wu says, "We never, ever let 'common taste' influence our music.
We do what we like."
The group's melodies are catchy, with Wu's often pentatonic vocal melodies showing the influence of Chinese folk singing (leading the band to be described by some as a folk rock act).
In some songs Wu's expansive melodies extend to the highest register of her voice in a manner reminiscent of opera, while others are rather lullaby-like ("Knife").
The group's albums often utilize vocal overdubbing to create an angelic choral effect.
In a few songs ("Daughter")
Wu sings in a more unorthodox manner, using abrupt sliding tones, whispering, and even screaming, displaying a wide range of emotions.
Her often consciously edgy vocals, thus, contrast considerably with those of the sweeter and more formulaic styles of Mandopop and Cantopop singers such as Faye Wong or Teresa Teng.
While Wu's youthful-sounding vocals often show the influence of Chinese traditional music, the musical background provided by the band is more or less based in straight-ahead rock, ranging from simple flatpicked lines to all-out rocking grooves, giving each song a musical character different from the others.
Lead guitarist Geng utilizes a wide range of guitar effects, lending a wide variety of timbres to the group's sound.
The group's demo, "Grain," features Wu's voice with only a sensitive, classical-sounding acoustic guitar accompaniment.
Like most rock bands in China, Happy Avenue is essentially an underground or cult group, whose audience consists largely of students and those of college age.
The group generally plays in bars such as Beijing's CD Cafe and Get Lucky Bar, and has also performed in several other Chinese cities.
Its first performance took place on May 1, 2000 at the Midi Modern Music Festival, sponsored by the Beijing Midi School of Music.
Despite their consistent efforts, Happy Avenue's members have as yet found it impossible to reap financial rewards from their work, due in part to poor promotion of their music by their record labels, as well as due to current Chinese musical tastes.
Happy Avenue released its first CD, "A Fish in Xiao Long's Room", in 2004.
During the recording of this album, Wu was writing her master's thesis, and, in order to complete the recording, postponed her graduation for a year.
Their subsequent disc was released in 2005.
Their track "Daughter" was included on the "Beijing Band 2001: New Rock Bands from the People's Republic of China" compilation CD, produced by American producer Matthew Corbin Clark.
Due to Clark's efforts, Happy Avenue's music achieved recognition in the United States with the inclusion of their song "Daughter" in "China in the Red" (2003), a PBS "Frontline" television documentary about contemporary China.
Wu has written candidly about her experiences with Happy Avenue in her semi-autobiographical novel "The Double Life of Afei".
She released a four-song solo EP in 2007.
Promises (Sanctus Real song)
" Promises" is a song by Christian Contemporary- Alternative- Rock band Sanctus Real from their sixth studio album," Run".
It was released on October 9, 2012, as the first single from the album.
Lead Me
" Lead Me" is a song by American Christian rock band Sanctus Real from their 2010 album" Pieces of a Real Heart".
The song was written by Chris Rohman of Sanctus Real with Matt Hammitt and Jason Ingram.
It was a big success staying nine consecutive weeks at the top of the US Billboard Christian Songs chart starting September 11, 2010 and until November 6, 2010 chart inclusive, staying a total of 52 weeks on the chart.
The song is their highest charting to date.
The Dream (Sanctus Real album)
The Dream is the seventh album from American Christian rock band Sanctus Real, released by Sparrow Records on October 14, 2014.
Sanctus Real worked with producers Pete Kipley and Christopher Stevens in the creation of this album.

Question: Are Sanctus Real and Happy Avenue from the same country?
Answer: no