19 March 2026

WEST COAST MENNONITE MEN'S CHORUS

 


While it feels kinda weird to get behind some likely reactionary religious shit, I'm holding on to a few things:
• The sounds are legit haunting and (at times) low-key beautiful.
• IDK, seems like there are a few parts of The Texts that suggest that The Prophets were socialists who practiced street level harm reduction, and that seems generally chill.
• The logo with the face coming out of the cross is sick.
• It would be easy for someone with more and/or different skills than me to turn these tracks into some seriously diabolical missives, even with and/or and especially because of the spoken sermons between tracks.
• "It Is Finished" is about fighting and war and shit, and has words like 'demons,' 'evil, 'devils' and 'glory' in the lyrics. Sounds tough.
• Listening to this tape makes me feel like I am watching a movie with extended family who I like but don't really talk to or feel connected to while a oaring fireplace warms the room. 

Anyway, I'm pretty sure this is related to the WEST COAST MENNONITE CHAMBER CHOIR tape I posted several weeks back, if only because I bought them at the same place at the same time (100 American cents for both, in case anyone is asking).

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