Only on the 4th or 5th listen of Swell Season's "Strict Joy" do you suddenly realize: "Hey, this is Christian folk/rock music!" The melodies and arrangements are so meticulous that you barely pay attention to the lyrics on the first few go 'rounds.
I'm not trying to hate on Christian rock, it is certainly very positive and uplifting and all. Its just the approach always tends to be the same, its just too blatantly uplifting. I guess that's the point.
But that's why I love "Love That Conquers". It is so beguiling. It sounds like 60s pastiche - the Back in the USSR plane landing, the breezy 70s harmonizing, and them nice acoustic guitar leads certainly take you back to a gentler place. The song sounds so familiar, and yet it isn't derivative. The lyrics make you think of someone, something, but you just can't figure it out, you're too focused on the music.
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