tobyMac Opens up About "Life After Death"

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Posted by: Jeremy & Amanda | Thursday, August 18th, 2022 ( 8:52am)

tobyMac has a new album, "Life After Death" that features songs that came out of the loss of his oldest son, Truett.

tobyMac recently connected with PEOPLE magazine to share the story behind the new album and the grief he and his family have walked through.

Here's an excerpt from the article:

"I thought, honestly, with my five kids and my bride, that I had the perfect life. And we're really messy now. It's not so neat anymore."

Married to his college sweetheart Amanda, TobyMac (real name Kevin Michael McKeehan) and his twins Moses and Marlee, 20, and sons Leo, 17, and Judah, 16, have learned to live a new normal since Truett's death, a journey that the star has chronicled in his searingly heartfelt new album Life After Death.

Though the musician — who first rose to fame as a member of the Christian rock trio dc Talk, then found success as a solo artist — didn't plan to write about his loss, he found himself eventually putting pen to paper anyway as a way of dealing with his grief.

As he continued to write, the songs progressed from sad ("21 Years," "Everything About You") to more hopeful ("The Goodness," "Promised Land") as his healing process evolved.

"The pain and anguish was just killing us. I never thought I would ever have it together again," he says. "I want to write songs that resonate. It's amazing how many people have experienced loss and how a song just loves them well, wherever they are. I'm so grateful for that."

Read the full article with PEOPLE magazine HERE!