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Soul-Junk
1952
Homestead Records

Being an agnostic, I can't say I fully appreciate Soul-Junk's message of keeping the Christian faith. However, I do believe in one thing: the songwriting talents of Glen Galloway.
Once a member of Trumans Water, before finding God, Galloway now sings slanted hymns, with lyrics lifted straight from the Good Book that are musically rooted in angular jazz, art rock, indie-pop, lo-fi noise and off-kilter electronic folk. If you can imagine Beck as a preacher who sings psalms with Gang of Four providing musical accompaniment and Thelonious Monk and Omette Coleman as their patron saints, then you might begin to understand the divine inspiration found on Soul-Junk's 31 song release, 1952. If you are a Christian, then the lyrics are the icing on this heavenly cake. And if you're not a Christian, pick this up anyway for its musical attributes. Don't be a heathen !

Grade: A-

Thanks go out to Alex ([email protected]) for 'digitalizing' this article.