Gungor

Gungor is a musical collective formed by husband and wife duo Michael Gungor and Lisa Gungor.The group's music has been compared to the music of Sufjan Stevens, Bon Iver and Arcade Fire. Michael renamed the group from The Michael Gungor Band to simply Gungor in 2010.The first album release under the new name was Beautiful Things in 2010 that features a short gospel-blues jam featuring Israel Houghton titled "Heaven".In 2011, the album and its title track, "Beautiful Things", were nominated for the Grammy categories Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album and Best Gospel Song, respectively. The band subsequently released six more albums, the last one appearing in September 2016.These albums explored a broad musical soundscape and charted the couple's changing beliefs from traditional Christianity through a more panentheistic worldview, other religions, and apophatic theology.In early 2018, they announced a shift in direction that would see Gungor return to its Christian roots and the less mainstream material move to "other projects".