In 2020 OM53 (formerly ØM-53) released their debut album Defender. The album was the band's first attempt at creating something that sounded different than most Christian radio at the time. Tired of the same sound and with little help, the New Jersey natives sat in their room, produced their album, and released one song a month. Defender, inspired by synthwave sounds, broke through all the noise and with over 1 million streams on streaming platforms made its way into radio in Latin America and the UK. Read more on Last.fm