“Consider the non-Christian Christian rock song. Its history extends back at least half a century: In 1969, a Jew named Lou crooned about Jesus on the Velvet Underground’s third and lovelist album. (Lou Reed was not religious—Jewish by birth, he liked telling interviewers his god was rock’n’roll.) Two decades later, the pre-fame Flaming Lips submerged Jesus imagery in glass-shattering feedback on a”
“Kevin Morby shows us the light on new album Oh My God”
“I was on my way to a funeral when Kevin Morby’s ‘Oh My God’ truly clicked. Starting out on a five-hour journey to a seaside town, it seemed that now, more than ever, an album about spirituality and the things that make us human would feel so important. From the contemplative ballads, heavenly motifs and soaring choirs, it’s an album to feel something to. Even if you don’t know what that feeling co”
“Dylan and other seekers pop up as influences on Kansas City songwriter's spiritually minded album”
“Cult hero and indie-folk rocker Kevin Morby has returned, and this time he’s shirtless. Not only is he back to provide us with an intimate look at his torso, he’s here to talk to us about religion, albeit mercifully under the guise of his fifth album, Oh My God. As undesirable as an unsolicited knock at the door from a scantily clad man wanting to talk about the lord and saviour, whom simultaneous”
“Morby’s spare fifth solo album conjures memories of Bob Dylan’s gospel-phase. The songs are lovingly performed but begin to fade into indistinguishable.”
