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Paul Janeway's voice has always carried the weight of someone who grew up in the church and never fully left, even as St. Paul & The Broken Bones pushed deeper into restless, shape-shifting territory. Recording at Sam Phillips' studio puts them in the company of a Memphis legacy that understood how to make music feel both intimate and enormous, a tension this Birmingham band has been chasing since their earliest shows.
When Paul Janeway learned he was going to be a father he decided to scribe his thoughts—joy, fear, confusion—as messages to his then-unborn daughter. Those letters became Angels in Science Fiction, the stunning 5th LP from St. Paul & The Broken Bones. Produced by Matt Ross-Spang (Jason Isbell, Margo Price) at the legendary Sam Phillips Recording Studio in Memphis. It finds the band stretching further out, building on the shadowy psychedelia and intricate, experimental R&B of the The Alien Coast.
Tracklist
Side A
1. Chelsea
2. City Federal Building
3. Magnolia Trees
4. Sea Star
5. Heat Lightning
6. Angels In Science Fiction
Side B
1. Wolf In Rabbit Clothes
2. South Dakota
3. Oporto-Madrid Blvd
4. Lonely Love Song
5. Easter Bunny
6. Marigold
UPC: 880882459611
Label: ATO Records
Release Date: 4.21.23
Format: LP Vinyl