SONG OF THE DAY [#265]

'bloodstream' | evangelicals

it'd be really easy to make some sort of statement like, 'with their second record, "the evening descends," the evangelicals continue to proselytize their own loopy, quasi-psychedelic gospel to the masses.' it's so easy, in fact, that i just did.

i gotsta say, evangelicals is a pretty darn good band. i've been really digging them this weekend. i'd never heard 'em before a few days ago, but a quick internet search tells me they're from the same hometown as those other loopy, quasi-psychedelic heroes, the flaming lips. sure, there are some similar touch points, but i think evangelicals owe just as much to pavement and slowdive as they do to the lips. 'the evening descends,' in my estimation, is a really good--bordering on great--record. no one as young as evangelicals has any right to write songs this complex and imaginative, and i think given a few more years they may just drop a masterpiece on us. i don't know that i've heard anything quite like them before, and that's really saying something. sure, head evangelical, josh jones, takes certain liberties when it comes to staying in key, but hey, the way i see it it's all part of the charm.

so get yerself over the chapel [in other words, go buy it] 'cos the evangelicals are about the unleash the almighty gospel of good music on you. [see, too easy.]

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