Arena Rock
2009
Jesus Is A Friend Of Mine
About This Album
Sonseed is a born-again Roman Catholic rock band that cut one light rock album in 1983 called First Fruit. The band made a second album that went unreleased and broke up. In 2008 a clip of the band playing a ska-flavored song from the album called "Jesus Is a Friend of Mine" appeared on the pop culture site Dougsploitation.blogspot.com. Its irresistible beat, driving bass line, rinky dink keyboards, and the bright pop vocals of bass player, lead singer, and main songwriter Sal Polichetti made it a YouTube sensation with millions of downloads. The band never intended to be professional musicians and only made an album because friends kept asking them for copies of their original songs. (The rest of the set list was made up of traditional hymns that the group arranged for a rock band.) This EP reissue has the band's four original tunes, and a cover of the Edwin Hawkins' Singers' "Oh Happy Day" given a disco-lite arrangement. "Sonseed" is a vaguely psychedelic song that likens faith to a blossoming fruit tree. Polichetti's high tenor has a pure pop sheen supported by the massed choral of the backing vocalists and some groovy flute work. It's a good tune, but perhaps a bit too sincere for unbelievers.
Track List (try tracks 1,2 and 3)

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