Pastoral is a place of peace and refuge, crafted to reflect the spirit of the Psalms and David’s work as a shepherd.
Pastoral
Tracklist
Awake
Delicia
Doe of the Morning
Still Waters
A Dove on Distant Oaks
Selah Song
Holyre
I Dreamt of Eden
Lilies
In the Valley
Pastoral Cove
Release Date: June 20th, 2025
Credits
Piano – Dawson Hancock
Violins – Savannah Burdett & Anna Thye
Viola – Prudence Trueman
Cello – Ian Babiniec
Harp – Grace Havel
Double Bass & Euphonium – Micah Newquist
Vocal Textures – Simon Crust
Ambience, Guitar, Cello – Dawson Hancock
Artwork – Bryan Hancock
Film – Marco King, Bryan & Dawson Hancock
Recording Sessions Conducted by Micah Newquist
Music Videos
A Dove on Distant Oaks
"In God, whose word I praise, in the Lord, whose word I praise—in God I trust and am not afraid. What can man do to me? I am under vows to you, my God; I will present my thank offerings to you. For you have delivered me from death and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.”
Psalm 56:10-13
Delicia
"Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun. Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him.”
Psalm 37:3-7a
For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
How precious to me are your thoughts, God!
How vast is the sum of them!
Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand—
when I awake, I am still with you.
Psalm 139:13-18