Interview: Shane & Shane Share 'Pages' from Personal Journal
Monday, Aug. 6, 2007 Posted: 4:27:16PM EST
It’s been quite some time since Shane & Shane – the powerful worship duo composed of Shane Barnard and Shane Everett – have come out with an album. But their newest project set to release within the month, Pages, has made it well worth the wait.
Known for their busy touring schedule, the two continue to reach a number of venues spreading their message through music and the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
The Christian Post caught up with one of the Shanes – Everett – to discuss their new project and life in general. Through the interview, he expressed the vision for the album, and how the two hope that its songs can have an impact on listeners. They hope to build up God more and become less themselves.
CP: So your first album in three years is coming out on Aug. 28 called Pages. Can you tell me what that title represents and the process that you two went through to create the new project?
Everett: Yeah, like you said, it’s called Pages, and we were kind of trying to figure out what to call it, but basically, the reason is that Shane Barnard’s journal was the textbook for the record. I mean, if I have a mental picture of what happened in the studio, his journal was always open.
It’s kind of a real introspective look at life. And it’s even schizophrenic at times because some days your journal is happy, and you’re just loving the Lord. Life is good. Then the next day, it can feel like it’s falling apart. But in the midst of those little seasons there, the Lord is there, you know. And the record feels like that.
It’s music inspired by these journals, and it’s many different seasons of life. So that’s where we get the name Pages.
CP: Are there any particular songs that really stick out in your mind on the new album more than the others, and could you describe a little bit about them?
Everett: Um, yeah, the record kind of starts off with a song called ‘Vision of You.’ Basically, it’s kind of an expression of sorts saying, ‘God, all we have are songs, all we have are melodies, and all we really have are words to speak with a microphone on stage.’ But you know, we’re in music, because we feel we have a message. We have a platform, because we have a message. But the crazy thing about the message is that if we bring it without the Spirit of the Lord, it won’t work. It’s just words, and it’s just songs.
The song kind of starts things off right. It’s a great kind of decoration that works hand-in-hand with prayer. Unless God comes, nothing’s going to happen but songs and music and words. I really love the song. I really love what it says.
There’s another one too which has got the most emails and that people seem to respond most to called ‘Embracing Accusation.’ We feel like we have to explain it a lot, because it talks about the devil preaching the Gospel. But it’s basically Galatians 3 where it says, “If anyone cannot abide by the laws and its books, then they are cursed.”
Shane [Barnard] was jogging along the beach one day, and he kind of felt accused all day. He just kept hearing this voice telling him, ‘You’re a failure. You’re a failure. You can’t get the laws right in His book. You never can. You never will. Just give up man. Just give up.’ So he stopped there on the beach, and he remembered that verse in Galatians. It says that those that can’t abide by the laws are cursed, and he felt like, at that moment, the Lord was saying he was cursed because he was remembering that Scripture. But there was also the voice of the enemy saying he was cursed. So he was kind of like, ‘Ah man, this is like a dual accusation.’
