EAT
Brooke Ligertwood
EAT is the sixth studio album by New Zealand-born worship artist Brooke Ligertwood, released on May 15, 2026 via Sparrow Records, Academy Records, and Capitol Christian Music Group. The album is built on an unusually rigorous conceptual premise: every lyric is drawn directly from Scripture, often word for word, with Ligertwood setting biblical passages to music rather than writing devotional songs inspired by the Bible. The project originated almost accidentally — Ligertwood was preparing for a worship night at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. when she began setting Psalm 117 to music, and the process gradually expanded to encompass passages from Psalm 130, Jeremiah 17, Philippians 2, Psalm 27, Lamentations 3, and others. As she told Relevant Magazine, she didn't choose the Scriptures — the Scriptures chose her: "I feel like God was driving the whole thing and I was in the passenger seat." The album's title references Matthew 4:4 ("Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God") and is, as Ligertwood acknowledges, deliberately direct. "I think it's appropriately weird and aggressive," she said. "It's not a subtle title." Thematically the ten tracks orbit hunger, nourishment, and daily reliance on God, and were co-produced by Ligertwood and long-time collaborator Jason Ingram, with guest contributions from Lauren Daigle, Victory Boyd, The New Respects, Abbie Gamboa, and Ingram himself.
Sonically, the album is a departure from the arena-scale congregational worship Ligertwood is best known for through her Hillsong catalog. Rather than chasing the anthemic sweep of "What a Beautiful Name" or "Who You Say I Am," EAT is more intimate, textured, and at times deliberately strange — pulling from corners of Ligertwood's musical history that rarely surfaced in her worship work, with African-tinged arrangements, close-mic vocals, moody instrumentation, and liturgical endings. Lead single "Even Death on a Cross!" — drawn from Philippians 2:8 and featuring Abbie Gamboa — is a piano-driven standout, while "The Water" (Jeremiah 17:7-8) signals the record's more atmospheric and artist-forward mode, and "Lest I Sleep" has been praised by some as among the most sonically layered Christian music in years. Ligertwood has been explicit that she does not see the album as a congregational worship record but rather something intended for personal listening — a direct invitation to encounter Scripture itself rather than a song about it.
EAT is the sixth studio album by New Zealand-born worship artist Brooke Ligertwood, released on May 15, 2026 via Sparrow Records, Academy Records, and Capitol Christian Music Group. The album is built on an unusually rigorous conceptual premise: every lyric is drawn directly from Scripture, often word for word, with Ligertwood setting biblical passages to music rather than writing devotional songs inspired by the Bible. The project originated almost accidentally — Ligertwood was preparing for a worship night at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. when she began setting Psalm 117 to music, and the process gradually expanded to encompass passages from Psalm 130, Jeremiah 17, Philippians 2, Psalm 27, Lamentations 3, and others. As she told Relevant Magazine, she didn't choose the Scriptures — the Scriptures chose her: "I feel like God was driving the whole thing and I was in the passenger seat." The album's title references Matthew 4:4 ("Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God") and is, as Ligertwood acknowledges, deliberately direct. "I think it's appropriately weird and aggressive," she said. "It's not a subtle title." Thematically the ten tracks orbit hunger, nourishment, and daily reliance on God, and were co-produced by Ligertwood and long-time collaborator Jason Ingram, with guest contributions from Lauren Daigle, Victory Boyd, The New Respects, Abbie Gamboa, and Ingram himself.
Sonically, the album is a departure from the arena-scale congregational worship Ligertwood is best known for through her Hillsong catalog. Rather than chasing the anthemic sweep of "What a Beautiful Name" or "Who You Say I Am," EAT is more intimate, textured, and at times deliberately strange — pulling from corners of Ligertwood's musical history that rarely surfaced in her worship work, with African-tinged arrangements, close-mic vocals, moody instrumentation, and liturgical endings. Lead single "Even Death on a Cross!" — drawn from Philippians 2:8 and featuring Abbie Gamboa — is a piano-driven standout, while "The Water" (Jeremiah 17:7-8) signals the record's more atmospheric and artist-forward mode, and "Lest I Sleep" has been praised by some as among the most sonically layered Christian music in years. Ligertwood has been explicit that she does not see the album as a congregational worship record but rather something intended for personal listening — a direct invitation to encounter Scripture itself rather than a song about it.
EAT
Brooke Ligertwood
EAT is the sixth studio album by New Zealand-born worship artist Brooke Ligertwood, released on May 15, 2026 via Sparrow Records, Academy Records, and Capitol Christian Music Group. The album is built on an unusually rigorous conceptual premise: every lyric is drawn directly from Scripture, often word for word, with Ligertwood setting biblical passages to music rather than writing devotional songs inspired by the Bible. The project originated almost accidentally — Ligertwood was preparing for a worship night at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. when she began setting Psalm 117 to music, and the process gradually expanded to encompass passages from Psalm 130, Jeremiah 17, Philippians 2, Psalm 27, Lamentations 3, and others. As she told Relevant Magazine, she didn't choose the Scriptures — the Scriptures chose her: "I feel like God was driving the whole thing and I was in the passenger seat." The album's title references Matthew 4:4 ("Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God") and is, as Ligertwood acknowledges, deliberately direct. "I think it's appropriately weird and aggressive," she said. "It's not a subtle title." Thematically the ten tracks orbit hunger, nourishment, and daily reliance on God, and were co-produced by Ligertwood and long-time collaborator Jason Ingram, with guest contributions from Lauren Daigle, Victory Boyd, The New Respects, Abbie Gamboa, and Ingram himself.
Sonically, the album is a departure from the arena-scale congregational worship Ligertwood is best known for through her Hillsong catalog. Rather than chasing the anthemic sweep of "What a Beautiful Name" or "Who You Say I Am," EAT is more intimate, textured, and at times deliberately strange — pulling from corners of Ligertwood's musical history that rarely surfaced in her worship work, with African-tinged arrangements, close-mic vocals, moody instrumentation, and liturgical endings. Lead single "Even Death on a Cross!" — drawn from Philippians 2:8 and featuring Abbie Gamboa — is a piano-driven standout, while "The Water" (Jeremiah 17:7-8) signals the record's more atmospheric and artist-forward mode, and "Lest I Sleep" has been praised by some as among the most sonically layered Christian music in years. Ligertwood has been explicit that she does not see the album as a congregational worship record but rather something intended for personal listening — a direct invitation to encounter Scripture itself rather than a song about it.
EAT is the sixth studio album by New Zealand-born worship artist Brooke Ligertwood, released on May 15, 2026 via Sparrow Records, Academy Records, and Capitol Christian Music Group. The album is built on an unusually rigorous conceptual premise: every lyric is drawn directly from Scripture, often word for word, with Ligertwood setting biblical passages to music rather than writing devotional songs inspired by the Bible. The project originated almost accidentally — Ligertwood was preparing for a worship night at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. when she began setting Psalm 117 to music, and the process gradually expanded to encompass passages from Psalm 130, Jeremiah 17, Philippians 2, Psalm 27, Lamentations 3, and others. As she told Relevant Magazine, she didn't choose the Scriptures — the Scriptures chose her: "I feel like God was driving the whole thing and I was in the passenger seat." The album's title references Matthew 4:4 ("Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God") and is, as Ligertwood acknowledges, deliberately direct. "I think it's appropriately weird and aggressive," she said. "It's not a subtle title." Thematically the ten tracks orbit hunger, nourishment, and daily reliance on God, and were co-produced by Ligertwood and long-time collaborator Jason Ingram, with guest contributions from Lauren Daigle, Victory Boyd, The New Respects, Abbie Gamboa, and Ingram himself.
Sonically, the album is a departure from the arena-scale congregational worship Ligertwood is best known for through her Hillsong catalog. Rather than chasing the anthemic sweep of "What a Beautiful Name" or "Who You Say I Am," EAT is more intimate, textured, and at times deliberately strange — pulling from corners of Ligertwood's musical history that rarely surfaced in her worship work, with African-tinged arrangements, close-mic vocals, moody instrumentation, and liturgical endings. Lead single "Even Death on a Cross!" — drawn from Philippians 2:8 and featuring Abbie Gamboa — is a piano-driven standout, while "The Water" (Jeremiah 17:7-8) signals the record's more atmospheric and artist-forward mode, and "Lest I Sleep" has been praised by some as among the most sonically layered Christian music in years. Ligertwood has been explicit that she does not see the album as a congregational worship record but rather something intended for personal listening — a direct invitation to encounter Scripture itself rather than a song about it.