THE TEXAS-JERUSALEM CROSSROADS

The epitome of "don't judge a book by its cover" (although this bling era hip hop style cover has grown on me and i personally wouldn't change it) LTE's "The Texas Jerusalem Crossroads" is one of if not the most groundbreaking and beautiful Post Rock/Shoegaze albums ever made. The album is about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ and depicts Texas as the Promised Land, inspired by the Bible's book of Revelations. The songs on the album are connected by a unifying theme and tell a story from song to song. The opening song, "Just as Told," is more of a setup than part of the story, explaining how an angel told a trio that the United States is the center of Jerusalem and the Second Coming. Aswell as the end of the world where Texas is the Promised Land, and a trio of good ol' Texas boys have been tasked by the Good Lord Himself with bringing God's people home in exchange for rock n' roll stardom y'know the usual stuff. The album opens with the track "Just As Was Told" which acts as the set up to this amazing story, the song itself is very SLINT like but with shoegaze effects, i should mention it now this album is very pretty sounding and the drumming is amazing. The next song is a very ethereal piece and is the first instance of Josh's very poetic Christian lyrics although i never really return to this song it's still good and gives the album an interesting flow. Falling From Cloud 9 is easily my favorite track here, the vocals are heavenly and there's a satisfying tempo switch near the 3:20 mark, Waiting To Hit and The Ground So Soft are also very heavenly sounding (no pun intended) and I don't even know were to start these songs (and the rest of the album really) are insane words cant describe how I feel about this record just please do yourself a favor and listen to it

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