Various Artists - Jesus People Music, Volume 2: The Reckoning (Various Artists)

Various Artists - Jesus People Music, Volume 2: The Reckoning (Various Artists)No one knew what to make of the Jesus People. A loosely aligned youth movement growing out of California in the late '60s, it found waves of hippies, burnouts, stoners, and weirdos turning to Jesus Christ. But that didn't mean they were going to tidy up. Jesus People wore their hair long and kept their slang wiggy, extolling the highs of "the Jesus trip" and asking, "You've tried everything else why not try Jesus?" Everywhere they went, from

Roddy Ricch

signing a worldwide deal with popular UK indie Earache Records to touring the globe-after the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact in 1991

featuring his unique take on tracks from artists like Elvis Presley

adding rich textures and dynamic influences to the album’s sound

Someday turned into some decades

Early recordings include songs from The Four Tops

The first release

It may surprise fans of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds to learn that some works in the band's canon - at least from the point-of-view of their creators - are tainted with misgivings

As recalled by David Rensin in Rolling Stone

" which is an infectious funk-hip-hop hybrid that flows with more than a few surprise embellishments

steamy rock n roll record" - is a marked departure from 2016's acclaimed A Sailor's Guide To Earth

as distant laughter and simple strums creates an exhale