As fascism was on the rise in the late 2010s and early 2020s, the Soft Pink Truth's Drew Daniel responded by approaching the project's fundamental concepts in a new way. On his two previous albums, Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Soft Pink Truth? and Why Do the Heathen Rage?, he subverted the macho sounds of punk and black metal into club anthems. With Shall We Go on Sinning So That Grace May Increase?, Daniel applies his skill at social critique and encyclopedic musical knowledge to express the good in humanity by ...
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As fascism was on the rise in the late 2010s and early 2020s, the Soft Pink Truth's Drew Daniel responded by approaching the project's fundamental concepts in a new way. On his two previous albums, Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Soft Pink Truth? and Why Do the Heathen Rage?, he subverted the macho sounds of punk and black metal into club anthems. With Shall We Go on Sinning So That Grace May Increase?, Daniel applies his skill at social critique and encyclopedic musical knowledge to express the good in humanity by trading cerebral mischief for beauty and community, and reacting with love instead of more hate ( Am I Free to Go? , which Daniel self-released less than a month after this album, reimagined crust-punk albums in the Soft Pink Truth's more expected style). As he did on Why Do the Heathen Rage?, he brings in an extensive range of collaborators: Colin Self, Angel Deradoorian, and Jana Hunter, percussionist Sarah Hennies, saxophonists Andrew Bernstein and John Berndt, and Daniel's partner in life and Matmos, M.C. Schmidt all contributed to the album, while an echo guitar pedal he borrowed from GASP's Mitchell Brown shaped its bordering-on-divine sound. Shall We Go on Sinning taps into the purity of many people joining as one, finding communion in faith or on a dancefloor. The album's choral vocals are powerful and moving, whether they're left naked, as on the opening invocation "Shall," a round that evokes the timeless impact of sacred music, or awash in shifting electronic textures on "Go," where they take on an eeriness that inspires awe. Daniel remains true to the project's club-inspired roots on tracks as diverse as the beautifully simmering pulse of "We" and the surreally shifting "Grace," where it sounds like opera divas turn into house divas with the addition of dive-bombing bass. As usual, Daniel's sound design and production are inspired, and Shall We Go on Sinning's emphasis on live source material makes it even more apparent just how skilled he is at harnessing all of its sounds. "Sinning," a fittingly unholy mix of classical, jazz, and dance music, conjures sex, war, and chaos in its smeared piano melody, sour saxophone and clattering percussion, yet remains as hypnotic as the gliding serenity of "So" and "That." While it's just as thought-provoking as the Soft Pink Truth's other albums, there's something magical in how the emotional dimensions and deep beauty of Shall We Go on Sinning So That Grace May Increase? reaffirm that positivity and creativity are the most powerful weapons against hate and darkness. ~ Heather Phares, Rovi
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