Nashville, TN (September 18, 2007) – Surrogate Records and TAG Artist Group are pleased to announce that today, September 18, 2007, marks the release of Love Will Rise, the label’s debut project from Dove Award-winning singer/songwriter Mitch McVicker. Weaving a theme of truth and love throughout the project, McVicker pours his heart and soul into this 13-song declaration of faith produced by Nathan Nockels (Point of Grace, Chris Tomlin) and Margaret Becker (Ginny Owens, Rita Springer).

Ten years ago, McVicker nearly lost his life in the same tragic accident that claimed his best friend, Rich Mullins. Battered and broken, McVicker’s road to recovery was arduous and laced with obstacles both great and small. Victories were often counter-balanced by setbacks, yet it was through this season of wrestling with God that he earned the right to limp. “At times I’ve alternately been criticized and complemented for being something of a Lone Ranger,” McVicker explains. “That is still a struggle for me. But during this season of my life I’ve been forced to accept the fact that we all need each other. We are built for community. When Jacob wrestled with the angel, he walked away with a limp. That makes perfect sense to me now. We can’t walk upright without leaning on someone else.”

It was this realization that compelled McVicker to take a sabbatical from his rigorous 200-days-on-the-road regimen and concentrate his attention on his new family, which consists of wife Paula, daughter Brooklyn and stepchildren Jordan and Luke. Ironically, the sabbatical became the catalyst for a whole new collection of songs that comprise his new album, Love Will Rise. McVicker points to the works of Brennan Manning, John Piper and the Apostle Paul as inspiration for many of the songs on the album and for a number of “selah” moments in his personal faith journey.

While McVicker insists he never set out to make a thematic album, when it was all said and done, there was an overarching theme that suffused every song on the project. It was about being born again, about becoming, about the all-sufficiency of love. From the joyful, acoustic guitar strumming of “Hallelujah,” with its gentle exhortation to “Turn your face to morning’s blaze, May your day be graced by love,” to the purely vertical rock worship anthem, “Wonderful,” McVicker embraces the goodness of God throughout this new project.

Mitch McVicker’s Love Will Rise is available on Surrogate Records and distributed by TAG Artist Group. For more information on Mitch McVicker and his new album Love Will Rise, visit www.mitchmcvicker.com.