NEEDTOBREATHE are one of modern rock's most inventive acts, thanks to a sound that matches deep personal inspiration to 21st-century indie flair. Their songs unfold like tapestries of rootsy twang, gently plucked mandolins, and alt-rock guitars. On 2014's Rivers in the Wasteland, they subtly add synth-shaded pop hooks to their eclectic mix. Graced with husky pipes, singer Bear Rinehart regularly makes his faith explicit—yet as the ecstatic “Let Us Love” shows, he also transforms questions of salvation into universal pleas for peace and understanding.