Lovelite (band)

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Lovelite
Origin Southern California
Genres Worship, Christian rock, indie rock, pop rock
Years active2008 (2008)–present
LabelsCome&Live!
MembersAndrew Polfer
Jen Polfer
Brandon Burr
Jonathan Hall
Past membersAdam Taylor
Darla Hawn
Website www.lovelitemusic.com

Lovelite is an American Christian music pop rock worship band from Southern California, where they play a version of Christian rock, CCM, indie rock, and synthpop music. Their two main members are husband-and-wife, Andrew and Jen Polfer. They have released four extended plays and three studio albums, mostly with Come&Live! Records, where they got attention for In Three Persons .

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Background

Lovelite is a Southern California-based Christian pop rock worship group, established in 2008, who are a co-lead vocalist husband-and-wife lead band Andrew Polfer and Jen Polfer, where she is a keyboardist, Brandon Burr, a keyboardist and bassist, and Jonathan Hall, a keyboardist and guitarist. [1] [2] [3] [4] Their former members were guitarist and keyboardist, Adam Taylor, and drummer, Darla Hawn. [2]

Music history

The band started as a musical entity in 2008, [2] where they drew the most attention for the studio album, In Three Persons , that was released on June 12, 2012, from Come&Live! Records. [5] [6] [7] [8] Recently, Andrew Polfer co-wrote the song 'Body Mind & Soul' with Phil Wickham. It appears on Wickham's Living Hope album (2019).

Members

Current members [2] [4]
Former members

Discography

Independent albums
Studio albums
EPs

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