xhristos|phoreo, based out of Lubbock, TX started several years ago as a worship band for a summer camp in Oklahama in 2005. The original lineup was Kris Schmitt, Brett Brock, Curtis Thomas, Harlan Bowling, Keith Tatum, and sound engineer Justin McDonald. After the camp, Harlan moved away to start married life, then Curtis left to take a job in another city. Keith left a year later. But several of the members still work together to write music that tries to be, at once, movi…

Claude says:Xhristos | Phoreo hit your rotation hard in late 2008 with Rain Down EP—devotional, introspective stuff that caught you at the right moment before life moved on, but those tracks still carry weight when they surface.