Beautiful Ashes

Beautiful Ashes is the band's fifth studio album. Éowyn says, "The purpose behind this album will be to encourage others that God is a restorer of hope, and that He is a restorer of dreams. That no matter what has happened in their life and no matter how bad their circumstances seem around them, God wants to bring their situation back to life that it may become beautiful once again."
The album was funded via Kickstarter where she raised $20,000 from 150 supporters to re-enter the music industry after money woes forced her retirement two years ago. Assuming she was done with the frequently unrewarding, brutal business of making Christian music for mass audiences, Éowyn sold her equipment, only to find God had other plans.
So the phrase "beautiful ashes" conveys several meanings, not least the mythological phoenix rising from the rubble of its own demise.
"It felt as though everything that was built over the years had crumbled and burned to nothing," she wrote on her Kickstarter site. "But then God began to rebuild my faith, and slowly my hope returned as I turned all that I had over to Him. He began to show me the beauty that still lingered amidst the ashes, the rubble waiting to be rebuilt."
The album was produced by Travis Wyrick, (P.O.D., Disciple, and Pillar), at Lakeside Studios.
"Cliche" hit No. 17 on the Billboard Christian Rock Airplay chart in October 2012.

Lineup

Éowyn - Vocals

Guests

Dakotah Tate - Guitar
Rob Tate - Guitar
Travis Wyrick - Guitar
Mike Dearing - Lead Guitar/Bass
Lester Estelle II (Pillar, Stars Go Dim, Kelly Clarkson) - Drums