Pressing Concerns: St. Lenox, ‘Ten Modern American Work Songs’

Release date: October 25thRecord label: Anyway/Don GiovanniGenre: Indie pop, singer-songwriter, synthpopFormats: Vinyl, digital I believe that Andrew Choi’s previous album as St. Lenox, 2021’s Ten Songs of Worship and Praise for Our Tumultuous Times, still holds the record for “most words I’ve written about a single album for this blog” to this day. St. Lenox’sContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: St. Lenox, ‘Ten Modern American Work Songs’”

Pressing Concerns: Bad Moves, ‘Wearing Out the Refrain’

Release date: September 13thRecord label: Don GiovanniGenre: Power pop, pop punkFormats: Vinyl, CD, digital Washington D.C. power quartet Bad Moves made one memorable first impression back in 2018 with Tell No One, which still stands as one of the best punk rock debut LPs in recent memory a half-dozen years later. Their sophomore album, Untenable,Continue reading “Pressing Concerns: Bad Moves, ‘Wearing Out the Refrain’”

Pressing Concerns: St. Lenox, ‘Ten Songs of Worship and Praise for Our Tumultuous Times’

Release date: June 11thRecord label: Don Giovanni/AnywayGenre: Indie popFormats: Vinyl, digitalPull track: Kroger Twilight Despite catering to a portion of American culture that is more prone than others to vent about “political correctness” and “cancel culture”, the contemporary Christian music industry certainly has very strict rules about what can be marketed as “Christian music” andContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: St. Lenox, ‘Ten Songs of Worship and Praise for Our Tumultuous Times’”