The Petra Zone

John Schlitt announced a new album's coming on August 29th.

Take a look at this interview with John Schlitt and Bill Smiley (TUOSS)

https://youtu.be/Zyrx83ihwNE

Looking forward to it!

Thorough interview. Looking forward to new material and can't wait to see these guys on tour again!

Well, it's about time!

At this point, I have to assume the official Union of Sinners and Saints website has been abandoned since it's still advertising their 2019 tour.

Mountain Man wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 04, 2022 7:40 am

Well, it's about time!

At this point, I have to assume the official Union of Sinners and Saints website has been abandoned since it's still advertising their 2019 tour.

Yes. Visit John's website for tour info.

Real excited

https://youtu.be/NO7oRrfqiqQ

Enjoy it!!

George Harrison wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 02, 2022 1:55 pm

Looking forward to it!

Hi Geroge!! if you have the lyrics of "Saving Grace" please post it !
I don"t understand the whole message of the song.
Canela

Good song

They have a very distinctive sound. I can't think of any other band that sounds like them. I'm really looking forward to the full album!

It's here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/one-mo ... 1641432623

But there's very little new material on this 'album'. Bundling old stuff and adding a couple of new tracks doesn't make it an album...

I just bought it on Qobuz:

https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/one-m ... q1jnsoojdc

I haven't listened to to the whole thing yet (the opening track kicks pretty hard), but I will say, the cover is atrocious. It looks like a placeholder until someone gets around to making a real cover.

p-freak wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 28, 2022 3:53 am

But there's very little new material on this 'album'. Bundling old stuff and adding a couple of new tracks doesn't make it an album...

So I've now listened to the whole album, and I don't think your description is accurate. Eight of the ten tracks are original songs as far as I know. Track six titled "Group of Songs" is a medley of White Heart and Petra covers which I quite like. And then there's "God of Wonders" which is, perhaps, an over used praise and worship song, but that's really the worst I can say about it.

This doesn't seem out of step with the band's self-titled debut which featured nine original songs, one Petra cover ("Beyond Belief"), one White Heart cover ("Independence Day"), and a traditional praise and worship song ("Christ the Lord is Risen Today").

Overall, I think One More Shot is a very good album.

Tracks 5 to 8 have been previously released:
https://www.discogs.com/release/1642866 ... And-Saints

So, this 'album' is an old EP that's been around for almost two years with the addition of six new tracks, only five of which are originals.
Announcing a new album raises the expectation that it will contain new music. Too little of that here for me.