Todd Snider - First Agnostic Church Of Hope And Wonder [Purple Vinyl] (New Vinyl LP)

Vinyl LP pressing. A folk record with funk elements and street singer elements and psychedelic elements. Todd calls it "P-Folk" or "Folkadelic." "With this album I had the idea for the sound first, I think. I wanted to do what I was calling funk in back and busking up front with [Beatles'] white album-y shit scattered about. I had done a lot of listening to and looking into Parliament and James Brown and lots of reggae music, too." Borne from Todd Snider's popular weekly live stream series from The Purple Building in East Nashville (pictured on the album cover). "The songs started for me when Jeff Austin passed away. I made up "Sail On, My Friend," then the touring stopped, and so I started a Sunday morning show. Viewers started jokingly referring to it as a church and to me as a reverend. I've only reverend-ed twice. But I have the license so in my mind this opened me up to play bossy kinds of songs... then John Prine passed away, and I made up a song for him ["Handsome John"]."

 Tracklist

A1     Turn Me Loose (I'll Never Be The Same)     
A2     The Get Together     
A3     Never Let A Day Go By     
A4     That Great Pacific Garbage Patch     
A5     Handsome John     
B1     Sail On, My Friend     
B2     Battle Hymn Of The Album     
B3     Stone Yodel Number One     
B4     Agnostic Preacher's Lament     
B5     The Resignation Vs. The Comeback Kid