The New Creation
Troubled
(Alphaomega Records // Companion Records)
Vancouver, BC
Originally Released: 1970
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From the countdown to revolution of Matthew Swann:

If you ask the average layperson, “Hey! You! What’s the best album by a Canadian band in the last half of the 20th century?” Obviously, they’re gonna say “Love Tara, by Eric’s Trip.” Duh, every time. However, ask Jesus the same question, and you’re gonna get a different answer; one spoken resolutely in Aramaic, and shouted through an echoplex. Jesus is gonna say… “Troubled, by the New Creation (((((((((((((( !!!!!!!!!!”

And here’s why! Originally released in 1970 on Vancouver’s Alphomega Records, and finally re-issued on California’s Companion Records, Troubled is sloppy, trippy, apocalyptic garage-psych. Imagine the Velvet Underground, Skip Spence, and the Shaggs holed up in a bomb shelter with the Partridge Family, while some loving Quakers homeschool them in Essene eschatology! Now imagine all that in 12 hot tracks. I’m not talking your parent’s apocalyptic, Jesus Freak scene (oh wait — it’s from the ’70’s, maybe it is). Anyway, pick this gem up, turn the other cheek (toward the speaker), and get down (((((((((((((( !!!!!!!!!!

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