Christian pop/rock band Royal Tailor is to release its new album Black & White on June 7.

The band is Essential Records' newest signing and offers feel-good music with a positive message for today's young people.

The album is produced by Aaron Lindsey, Chuck Butler, and Daniel Kinner, and features 11 high-energy tracks that Essential promises will make audiences want to dance, pray, shout and sing along.

Band frontman Tauren Wells says, "We like to get down. If you ever spend any time with the four of us, at some point we're going to turn up the music, and we're going to have a good time. That's just who we are."

The band have just spent a year mentoring youth at their church in Granite City, Illinois, and are continuing to minister to young people while out on tour.

"We were personally working with these kids and dealing with their issues," says Royal Tailor bassist Blake Hubbard. "I think we learned a lot about our calling and what kids were really going through."

Consequently, songs like "Gravity (Pulling Heaven Down)" offer a unique perspective on life's challenges by reminding the listener how difficult times draw us closer to God.

The buoyant anthem "Control", which references hits by Ke$ha, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry, encourages youth to stand up for what they believe with the same boldness as nonbelievers who are pushing the world's agenda.

"This record is pressing against the flow of the mainstream," says Wells. "There are so many songs and influences out there today poisoning the culture. We hope to be a remedy to that, to show people it doesn't have to be this way."

The album's first single, "Hold Me Together", went to No 26 on the US Billboard National Christian Audience chart.

Comprising Tauren Wells (lead vocals), DJ Cox (guitar), Blake Hubbard (bass) and Jarrod Ingram (drums), Royal Tailor formed after meeting at Bible college and quickly amassed a loyal fan following, playing more than 300 shows in less than two years.

The group's soaring popularity garnered the attention of three-time Grammy nominated rock band Leeland, who introduced Royal Tailor to executives at Provident Label Group, Leeland's label home.