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This week on the pod we dive into Beneath Medicine Tree by Copeland!! How many times can Luke say, "Oh, this song is SOOO good!!" As many times as it takes!! **CALL US (205) 235-2379** Follow and review on Apple Podcasts tysm we love you all!! Follow us on Instagram God bless!!

This week on the pod, Jonathan welcomes Cameron Heath on to talk about the coffee industry and Christian heavy music!! More importantly, Jonathan dusts off his proselytization skills and tries to convince Cameron to join him at youth group using a playlist of deep cuts from Plumb, Call to Preserve, and more!! Come for the jams and stay for the story of when Cameron saw someone take out the drummer of Impending Doom with a folding chair!! Watch Cameron on the Black Coffee PDX Panel **CALL US (205) 235-2379** Follow and review on Apple Podcasts tysm we love you all!! Follow us on Instagram God bless!!

This week on the pod, Luke and Jonathan revisit Jars of Clay's 1995 self-titled record! Luke processes his feelings about Jack Antonoff for 10 minutes, tries to convince us that the record is about urine, introduces us to BPE, and states that this record makes Dave Matthews Band sound like Hatebreed!? Oh yeah, ever heard of a song called FLOOD?!? Do you or someone you know have Biblical conspiracy theories?? **CALL US (205) 235-2379** Follow and review on Apple Podcasts tysm we love you all!! Follow us on Instagram God bless!!

This week on the pod, the boys welcome Alex Henery (Fiddlehead, Basement) to talk about his journey with faith and life in music! They talk about the differences between being raised religious in the UK vs US, the state of faith in society, and the time Liam Gallagher told him to keep his head up!! Listen to Fiddlehead's new record!! Follow Alex on the gram!! **CALL US (205) 235-2379** Follow and review on Apple Podcasts tysm we love you all!! Follow us on Instagram God bless!!

It's time to come together singin 217!! This week, while Luke is on sabbatical, Jonathan is joined by friend of the pod Dan Drinkard of Seasick Records to discuss Two Seventeen by PAX217! Lots of inside baseball with discussions of Psalty the Singing Songbook, the world of Christian cinema, and Dan's lifelong fandom of the band! If you love 311, have we got the record for you! OPEN THE FLOODGATES!!! Buy all your records at Seasick!! Check out the Memphis Punk Archive!! **CALL US (205) 235-2379** Subscribe and review on Apple Podcasts tysm we love you all!! Follow us on Instagram God bless!!

This week, Luke and Jonathan revisit the VERY underrated No Sir, Nihilism Is Not Practical by Showbread!! They talk artcore, getting in fights at Family Force 5 concerts, and gush about guitar tone! RAW ROCK KILLS!!! **CALL US (205) 235-2379** Subscribe and review on Apple Podcasts tysm we love you all!! Follow us on Instagram God bless!!

This week, the boys revisit a somewhat sentimental record -- Never Take Friendship Personal by Anberlin! Luke tells a moving story about how the band changed his life and how... he has to go to church!?! This is another fun one! Check out The Wrenches!! **CALL US (205) 235-2379** Subscribe and review on Apple Podcasts tysm we love you all!! Follow us on Instagram God bless!!

This week, the boys are joined by the one and only Ryley Walker to discuss Glo by Delirious?! They take a stroll down memory lane, remembering playing in the church band, traumatic youth trips, and you guessed it... CORNERSTONE! This is a conversation that is vv fun!! Check out Ryley's record, Course In Fable, out now on Husky Pants Records!! **CALL US (205) 235-2379** Subscribe and review on Apple Podcasts tysm we love you all!! Follow us on Instagram God bless!!

Grab your checkerboard vans and get ready to skank!! This week, Luke and Jonathan revisit one of CCM's greatest ska bands - The OC Supertones! They discuss ska (duh), preaching from stage, Tim Lambesis (???), all while wondering what ska kids wear on bad days! : Insert horn hits here : Subscribe and rate the pod on Apple Podcasts!! Follow us on Instagram @ourpodisanawesomepod! CALL US (205) 235-2379 World peace!!

THROW UP YOUR RAWKFIST IF YOU'RE FEELING IT WHEN WE DROP THIS (EPISODE). This week, Luke and Jonathan revisit Thousand Foot Krutch's 2003 release, Phenomenon! If you are in the mood for the best that Christian nu-metal has to offer, you are in for a TREAT! The boys talk a lot about Korn, push pits, and even have a famous call-in!! m/ m/ **CALL US (205) 235-2379** Like and review on Apple Podcasts tysm we love you all!! Follow us on Instagram God bless!!

Luke and Jonathan revisit Underoath's genre-defining 2004 release They're Only Chasing Safety!! They talk youth group pizza, rowdy white boys, Myspace soft boy aesthetic, and screamo stylings! Pull that deep-v back out and get ready to mosh! **CALL US (205) 235-2379** Like and review on Apple Podcasts tysm we love you all!! Follow us on Instagram God bless!!

WE'RE BACK!! Luke moved! Jonathan was sad! But now they are continuing to follow their calling to fill your hearts and ears so full! This week, Luke and Jonathan dive into Pedro the Lion's 2002 release Control! There are few artists that have impacted Christian and, more specifically, former Christian music more than David Bazan. This record take the boys down memory lane! CALL US (205) 235-2379 Like and review on Apple Podcasts tysm we love you all!! Follow us on Instagram God bless!!

This week on the first ever WAP appreciation podcast, Luke and Jonathan revisit Skillet's 2001 release Alien Youth! This is a nonstop fun fest as they discuss fun church speaker stories, John Cooper's terrible opinions, and bands trying to sound like Nine Inch Nails!! **CALL OUR HOTLINE (205) 235-2379** Like and review on Apple Podcasts tysm we love you all!! Follow us on Instagram God bless!!

Furnace Fest is back!! Luke and Jonathan invite their friend and vinyl plug, Dan Drinkard, back on the pod to discuss Furnace Fest past and present and to, more importantly, draft fantasy Furnace Fests! Furnace Fest is/was a largely Christian heavy music fest held in Birmingham, Alabama from 2000-2003. Bands such as Further Seems Forever, Underoath, Zao, Norma Jean, and more cut their teeth and made a name playing the fest. It became the stuff of legends in Christian heavy music lore and has been brought back for a one-time resurrection September 24-26th of 2021!! FIND OUT MORE ABOUT FURNACE FEST: https://www.furnacefest.us/ FOR ALL YOUR RECORD NEEDS -- SEASICKBHAM.COM Like and review on Apple Podcasts tysm we love you all!! Follow us on Instagram God bless!! **CALL US (205) 235-2379**

This week, Luke and Jonathan welcome Greg Jehanian of mewithoutYou on to the pod! They discuss all things mewithoutYou, Greg's musical and spiritual journey, and lots of inside baseball!! Much fun is had! Like and review on Apple Podcasts tysm we love you all!! Follow us on Instagram God bless!!

We're back!! As it stands, it is both very hard to post a podcast when you spill coffee on a laptop and to talk about records that you genuinely love!! Listen to Luke and Jonathan gush all over a record and a band that they both love! Luke said it best -- "Which, there is no proof of breakdown without proof of mosh" Did we mention we love this record!? Like and review on Apple Podcasts tysm we love you all!! Follow us on Instagram God bless!!

This week, Luke and Jonathan have the distinct privilege to welcome legendary songwriter Damien Jurado on to the show! They discuss a wide array of Christian subgenres -- Xian psych, gospel, choir ensembles, and more!! They also touch on how punk early Christian music was, seeking genuine expressions of faith, and, most importantly, Keith Green. *Damien's Curated Playlist* for the episode (Spotify) Things Damien references (and recommends!): The Green Fog (Criterion) No Compromise: The Life Story of Keith Green by Melody Green (link) Book Jonathan references (and recommends!): American Apocalypse: A History of Modern Evangelicalism by Matthew Avery Sutton (link) Like and review on Apple Podcasts tysm we love you all!! Follow us on Instagram God bless!!

Luke and Jonathan are joined by Brad Vander Lugt of La Dispute to revisit Blindside's 2002 release Silence! They discuss life in Australia during times of COVID, reminisce on a bygone era of Christian heavy music, and swoon over the sweet post-hardcore sounds from the great north! Jonathan's mic didn't work, but this is a great Christian record!! We start talking about the record at 29:07!

This week, Luke and Jonathan revisit a true time capsule of 90s radio rock for Christian consumption -- Underdog by Audio Adrenaline. They discuss Audio Adrenaline's not-so-subtle "influences," Luke's most and least favorite songs of all time, and how many of these songs are low-key BANGERS (save the lyrics)!! Essay Jonathan references (and recommends!): Ur-Fascism by Umberto Eco (link) Like and review on Apple Podcasts tysm we love you all!! Follow us on Instagram God bless!!

Luke and Jonathan invite their boy Dan Drinkard of Seasick Records on to dive into Newsboys' 1996 release Take Me to Your Leader! They talk about Luke's favorite song of all time, the strange, toxic world of men's conferences, and Dan tries to convince them that "wild game dinners" were a thing!? They don't serve breakfast in HELL!! **Shouts to the homie Dan Faughnder (@danfaughnder) for the new theme song!!** FOR ALL YOUR RECORD NEEDS -- SEASICKBHAM.COM

Luke and Jonathan revisit Switchfoot's The Beautiful Letdown. The album that gave us classics like Meant to Live and Dare you to Move also begs the question... is Switchfoot punk? They discuss music videos with Spider-Man, guess what kind of car Jon Foreman drives, and much more!!

Luke and Jonathan break down what was at one time Luke's favorite record of all time -- Further Seems Forever's The Moon is Down. They discuss awkward band height dynamics, Chris Carrabba's future as Dashboard Confessional, excessive snare rolls, and even check in on former members of blink-182. Non-stop fun!!

Luke and Jonathan break down Steven Curtis Chapman's certified gold 1994 record Heaven in the Real World. *SPOILER* -- we don't love this record!! Luke reacts to the record in real time and Jonathan gets to yell about imperialism and books he has read! This is their first overwhelmingly negative review but we still have fun!! Books Jonathan Mentioned (and recommends): Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery by Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Rah (link) One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America by Kevin Kruse (link)

It's the most wonderful time of the year!! Luke and Jonathan reminisce on Christmases past and discuss what makes the season merry and bright. Jonathan proclaims his love for carols and hymns while Luke recommends what song you should fight your racist uncle to.

Luke and Jonathan break down one of Luke's favorite records of all time -- Mmhmm by Relient K.  Are they singing about Jesus or their girlfriend? Will Jonathan have the stamina to make it through the entire record?

Luke and Jonathan tackle P.O.D.'s breakout 2001 release Satellite. BOOM!! ALIVE!! You know them. You love them. Spoiler: this record rips.

Luke and Jonathan jump right into the SINGLE GREATEST CHRISTIAN RECORD OF ALL TIME -- Jesus Freak by dc Talk. Does it hold up in 2020? Why are the songs so long?? Was the intersection of grunge and rapcore dc Talk's greatest gift to the zeigeist!?