The Christian folk-rock band Good Little Giants will return to Warren County with an album release concert this weekend.

The free concert will be held at Praise Fellowship on Saturday, June 4, with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. and the concert will begin at 7 p.m.

Two of the band members, Scott Phillips and Shane Maze, are Eisenhower graduates. Phillips grew up in Russell, and Maze in Sugar Grove.

Phillips describes there new album as upbeat folk and rock, and all cuts but one are original music. He said the one that is a cover is their arrangement of a traditional hymn.

“We’ve been really blessed to have such a supportive community locally and around the country, and even around the world. Our fanbase is growing and people are giving us great feedback about this new project,” But Warren County is where it all started for us. It’s where Shane and I were raised and where I’ll always call home no matter where I live. So we are always excited to bring the band along and share our music here in northwest Pennsylvania. We’re really looking forward to a stellar turnout and a fun evening!”

The Reverend Rick Rohlin of Praise! Fellowship, said, “Their blend of music is unique. They are high quality people, their hearts are really good and their music is exceptional.”

“For local people, the’ve gone big. Their band is one Warren County should be very proud of,” he said. “They’ve toured all over, before hundreds of thousands of people,” he said.

“One nice thing (about their music) is their appeal to a broad spectrum,” from grandmothers to teenagers, he added.

The band’s biography states, “Good Little Giants founders Scott Phillips and Shane Maze add a modern, dance-worthy pop twist to their singer/songwriter, folk, and bluegrass roots with their latest offering, ‘ARROWS.’ From humble beginnings as an acoustic vocal trio, GLG has grown into larger, more energetic audiences and venues and are bringing their music right along with them.

“ARROWS adds synth, electric guitars, big anthemic gang vocals and stadium-sized melodic hooks to their earlier, more subdued and mellow folk projects. The result is a dynamic, matured sound geared toward listeners who want to be entertained with fun music, but also want to plumb the depths of a faithful believer’s walk.

“Hip tracks like “Tiptoe” leave their hooks stuck in your head while encouraging a bold and unwavering pursuit of truth. ‘Olly Olly Oxen Free’ is an invitation to the lost to come out of hiding without penalty, and leaves the listener wanting more of the layered gospel choir in final choruses.

“Lead singer and songwriter Scott Phillips even dabbles briefly with hip hop in a tongue-twisting rap encouraging endurance and perseverance in the face of suffering in the crowd-pleasing anthem, ‘Glory Is Coming.’ The band even breathes new life into an old favorite – their celebratory remake proves that “How Great Thou Art” isn’t just for funerals anymore!

“Purposefully theological with a prophetic challenge to believers everywhere, even the project’s title makes a statement. ‘Oh, the mountains I have sculpted before you came to be, are the arrows of creation to point you back to me.” – from “So You Would Know.'”

“GLG makes it clear in the album’s liner notes that their prayer is for these songs and their lives to serve as arrows continually pointing back to a living, eternal, all-powerful, loving Creator who placed on his beloved Son the punishment for our sin in order that we might be reconciled to Him.”

Phillips said for the last six months they have been working very hard. “We did a tour of about 20 different festivals,” he said, and worked on the album, including a month in Nashville recording and another month mixing and mastering.

They will also play at a major Christian festival, Kingdom Bound at Darien Lake on July 22, and they will be giving away prizes in the form of free tickets for the festival at this Saturday’s concert.

Last year, the group was selected as the winner of the Christian Festival Association’s 2014 National Talent Search.