Disciple - Skeleton Psalms

They released a couple songs a few months ago, but the entire album officially dropped about a month ago. I have been streaming this one quite frequently at work. Longtime Disciple fan here.

Yes, another great album.  I thought maybe just 10 songs was a bit short, but as they're solid songs, it doesn't really matter.
Favourites would have to be Bow Down and Bad Words.

I reckon they should re-issue their first independent albums (before What Was I Thinking?)  That would be really cool.  Trail of Tears and Lake of Fire.  I'm sure there'd be a market for that...  maybe they don't want to release them though?

They (and Skillet) need to stop the deluxe edition thing.  I know if I wait two years there will be a Skeleton Psalms deluxe edition with a bunch of new songs on it, so I'll wait.  I never did buy Love Letter Kill Shot because the deluxe edition was never released on CD.  I've been a fan since My Daddy Can Whip Your Daddy, so this is hard to say, but this is the stuff that loses me as a fan.

I'd love to see the super-early stuff reissued too.

eatbugs wrote:They (and Skillet) need to stop the deluxe edition thing.  I know if I wait two years there will be a Skeleton Psalms deluxe edition with a bunch of new songs on it, so I'll wait.  I never did buy Love Letter Kill Shot because the deluxe edition was never released on CD.  I've been a fan since My Daddy Can Whip Your Daddy, so this is hard to say, but this is the stuff that loses me as a fan.

I'd love to see the super-early stuff reissued too.

I didn't know there was a deluxe of LLKS! I guess I wasn't paying attention.

As far as the new album goes, I like it but not as much as the last two. Long Live The Rebels and Love Letter Kill Shot were up with in their top 5 for me. This is better than average but a little less consistent. Bow Down is an instant classic. My kids love Bad Words. 20/20 Blind is a personal favorite. Seven out of ten tracks are great. For me, Resurrecting Reasons is a little dull though I love the message. For the Life of Me is way too familiar album closer. I've heard way too many songs like that over the years. The title track has a terrible lead riff and bogs down the album early in the tracklisting.

Good album, not amazing. Thankful these guys around and hoping my boys finally get to see them live now that they are older and the COVID crud is over. Still one of my favorite bands going and maybe the best showmen of them all.

I like it on first listen. Back Again is still my favorite, but this one is on th higher end of everything that came after that, IMO.

Fundy wrote:Yes, another great album.  I thought maybe just 10 songs was a bit short, but as they're solid songs, it doesn't really matter.
Favourites would have to be Bow Down and Bad Words.

I reckon they should re-issue their first independent albums (before What Was I Thinking?)  That would be really cool.  Trail of Tears and Lake of Fire.  I'm sure there'd be a market for that...  maybe they don't want to release them though?

Those are both up on YouTube, had no idea they had albums before that first CD! Pretty good, but my guess is that they will never release those, be seen as an embarrassment to the core fan base.

Horseshoes and Handgrenades will probably always be my favorite, but this is another good album. Love these guys.

I would love to hear Lake of Fire remastered, I actually prefer it's sound over their modern rock stuff.

Pro-Zak wrote:

Fundy wrote:Yes, another great album.  I thought maybe just 10 songs was a bit short, but as they're solid songs, it doesn't really matter.
Favourites would have to be Bow Down and Bad Words.

I reckon they should re-issue their first independent albums (before What Was I Thinking?)  That would be really cool.  Trail of Tears and Lake of Fire.  I'm sure there'd be a market for that...  maybe they don't want to release them though?

Those are both up on YouTube, had no idea they had albums before that first CD! Pretty good, but my guess is that they will never release those, be seen as an embarrassment to the core fan base.

I remember asking Kevin about them getting a release some day, when I saw them live, and he just rolled his eyes............

He seemed to be almost embarrassed to even talk about them lol

Good album, their best since Horseshoes imo. Scapegoat is their best song since Eternity, and an obvious callback to Big Bad Wolf in parts, which is one of their best songs imo.