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If you couldn't tell by the new and improved theme song, the CJN Crew has gone edgy y'all! No longer former youth group kids, we're just...former kids. Deep diving into...music...from the 90s and 2000s. In the first of an ongoing Patreon-exclusive series, we deep dive into SECULAR music, picking albums that are not related to Christian culture at all and giving them the full CJN treatment. Up first is the 1998 album Orange Rhyming Dictionary by Jets To Brazil. Let us know if there are any secular albums you'd love for us to cover on SECULAR JAMS NOW! If you like what you hear, please rate, review, subscribe, and follow!Connect with us here:Voicemail: 971-380-5660Email: churchjamsnowpodcast@gmail.comIG: @churchjamsnowTwitter: @churchjamsnowFB: https://www.facebook.com/churchjamsnowpodcastPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/churchjamsnowpodcast

This week we’re joined by Tyler Evans to discuss Life In General by MxPx. Tyler is the creative director at Walrus Audio, and he's a lifelong MxPx fan. We've got seventeen tracks to blast through, but there's plenty of fun to be had. This is the first punk record we’ve covered on the show, and we get into tourist propaganda, Kylan's wackiest game yet, and the fastest drummer in the west, Pacific Northwest that is.Visit colliderecords.com and use promo code “churchjamsnow” for 20% off your first purchase!If you like what you hear, please rate, review, subscribe, and follow!Connect with us here:Voicemail: 971-380-5660Email: churchjamsnowpodcast@gmail.comIG: @churchjamsnowTwitter: @churchjamsnowFB: https://www.facebook.com/churchjamsnowpodcastPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/churchjamsnowpodcast

It's time to get spooky y'all. The CJN Crew dives into 2004's Pretend You're Alive by Lovedrug. Did TJ see Lovedrug in concert? Bet you won't find out! Did Kylan concoct an entire movie based on this album? Take a listen and discover that Ohio Is For Lovedrugs with us. Also, we got our first sponsor! Please visit https://colliderecords.com/  and use code "churchjamsnow" for 20% your first purchase! If you like what you hear, please rate, review, subscribe, and follow!Connect with us here:Voicemail: 971-380-5660Email: churchjamsnowpodcast@gmail.comIG: @churchjamsnowTwitter: @churchjamsnowFB: https://www.facebook.com/churchjamsnowpodcastPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/churchjamsnowpodcast

This week we’re joined by Cortland Coffey & Meghan Crozier from Thereafter Podcast to discuss Jars of Clay’s eponymous debut record. Cortland and Meghan go way back with Jars, and we couldn’t ask for better guests to sink into the flood of this record. We’ve got the most 90s drums, a Jars of Clay/Star Wars game, and the longest song we’ve encountered thus far on CJN. What else can we say except I once was blind, but now I see the art in me. Also, we got our first sponsor! Please visit https://colliderecords.com/  and use code "churchjamsnow" for 20% your first purchase! If you like what you hear, please rate, review, subscribe, and follow!Connect with us here:Voicemail: 971-380-5660Email: churchjamsnowpodcast@gmail.comIG: @churchjamsnowTwitter: @churchjamsnowFB: https://www.facebook.com/churchjamsnowpodcastPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/churchjamsnowpodcast

All the boys in the podcast want a Valentine from a Superchick. This week our good friend Janielle Kastner brings the ruckus to the 2003 remix album Regeneration by Superchick. We play a new game, Superchic. And get way deeper on purity culture and unpacking our childhoods than anyone would have anticipated. Also, we got our first sponsor! Please visit https://colliderecords.com/ and use code "churchjamsnow" for 20% your first purchase! If you like what you hear, please rate, review, subscribe, and follow! Connect with us here: Voicemail: 971-380-5660 Email: churchjamsnowpodcast@gmail.com IG: @churchjamsnow Twitter: @churchjamsnow FB: https://www.facebook.com/churchjamsnowpodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/churchjamsnowpodcast

This is the final episode in our As Cities Burn miniseries. We mentioned our friend Joe Cutler in just about every episode, and it was quite the oversight not inviting him on earlier. He has some insight into the artwork for Hell Or High Water, and he’s here to set the record straight. But that’s not all! TJ has crafted an expertly deconstructed cover of “Capo”, which you can hear at the end of the episode.If you like what you hear, please rate, review, subscribe, and follow!Connect with us here:Voicemail: 971-380-5660Email: churchjamsnowpodcast@gmail.comIG: @churchjamsnowTwitter: @churchjamsnowFB: https://www.facebook.com/churchjamsnowpodcastPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/churchjamsnowpodcast

Really really, though, this is it, this is it: the final album in our As Cities Burn miniseries. It’s been ten years since the last proper ACB full-length record, and we’re curious what Louisiana’s finest jazz band sounds like all these years later. We also discuss our favorite shrimpin’ songs, accidentally sneaking into a Bo Burnham show, and TJ writes a worship song on the spot. Since this is the final entry in our miniseries we give our final ACB album rankings and our Top 10 song rankings. Thanks for joining us on this miniseries adventure!Album Rankings: 1:39:10Song Rankings: 1:49:39If you like what you hear, please rate, review, subscribe, and follow!Connect with us here:Voicemail: 971-380-5660Email: churchjamsnowpodcast@gmail.comIG: @churchjamsnowTwitter: @churchjamsnowFB: https://www.facebook.com/churchjamsnowpodcastPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/churchjamsnowpodcast

As we continue our ACB mini-series, we take a detour into Hawkboy. For those of you that don't know, Hawkboy was the side project of Cody Bonnette and Aaron Lunsford, and they released 2 EPs in 2011! And we decided to cover both of them! Did TJ open for Hawkboy? Do one of these EPs contain the best Bright Eyes B-Side? We answer these questions and even talk about the two ACB singles that dropped before Scream Through The Walls! This is an action-packed episode you won't want to miss. Also this is our chance to make a grassroots campaign to release the Hawkboy songs on streaming services! If you like what you hear, please rate, review, subscribe, and follow! Connect with us here: Voicemail: 971-380-5660 Email: churchjamsnowpodcast@gmail.com IG: @churchjamsnow Twitter: @churchjamsnow FB: https://www.facebook.com/churchjamsnowpodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/churchjamsnowpodcast

The CJN As Cities Burn mini-series continues with Hell Or High Water! Come Now Sleep left us re-thinking our rankings, but Hell Or High Water may provide the perfect rebuttal. As Cities Burn fulfills their destiny as Louisiana's finest jazz band and almost immediately morphs into Hawkboy, all on the same record. If Lady Blue has you going ‘round and ‘round throw yourself Into the Sea of sweet, sweet bass on this record to cure your Pirate Blues.If you like what you hear, please rate, review, subscribe, and follow!Connect with us here:Voicemail: 971-380-5660Email: churchjamsnowpodcast@gmail.comIG: @churchjamsnowTwitter: @churchjamsnowFB: https://www.facebook.com/churchjamsnowpodcastPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/churchjamsnowpodcast

Welcome to Part 2 of our 5 Part As Cities Burn mini-series! Take the train to the Interpolation Station as the CJN Crew is joined by the strong Jon Cannon to discuss the second album by "Lousiana's Finest Jazz Band", 2007's Come Now Sleep. We discuss tentpole songs, thematic snowballing, and overall how many thumbs a record can possibly get. Also featuring Beautiful Producer Josh's dulcet tones reading the album credits at the end. Audio Nerd Alert: We had a few audio issues with TJ and Jon, but bear with us, the content more than makes up for the quality! If you like what you hear, please rate, review, subscribe, and follow! Connect with us here: Voicemail: 971-380-5660 Email: churchjamsnowpodcast@gmail.com IG: @churchjamsnow Twitter: @churchjamsnow FB: https://www.facebook.com/churchjamsnowpodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/churchjamsnowpodcast

Welcome to the first CJN artist miniseries on As Cities Burn! We're going through all of ACB's discography and kicking it off with the record that started it all. We've got all the usual CJN treatment, but with a twist as we venture into their debut record, Son I Loved You At Your Darkest. Along the way we discuss musical earfeel, movie runtimes, and the narrative principle that is Chekhov's Daddy. Hold onto your keisters as we jump into the first episode in our miniseries on Louisiana's finest jazz band!If you like what you hear, please rate, review, subscribe, and follow!Connect with us here:Voicemail: 971-380-5660Email: churchjamsnowpodcast@gmail.comIG: @churchjamsnowTwitter: @churchjamsnowFB: https://www.facebook.com/churchjamsnowpodcastPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/churchjamsnowpodcast

What?! No Volume Number this time?! This year has been a doozy, and if you’ll allow us here at CJN to be a little self-indulgent, we decided to break our typical format and talk about our favorite moments from the past year of doing Church Jams Now! We talk “Jammiest Moments”, our favorite (and least favorite) albums of the year, and pick the Album of The Decade from the 70s through today. We also want to hear from you! What were you favorite CJN moments of the year? Special thanks to all of our amazing guests this year: Faith Rugen Bethany Johnson Never Show The Monster Sadie Hawkins Pod Aaron Cooper Sydney Davis Jr. Jr. Jonathan Hoogendoorn Joe Cutler Sarah Dickard Mason Mennenga Steven Dail Leanor Ortega Till Jonathan Clark Orion Walsh Sincerely, from Josh Kylan and TJ, may all your favorite bands stay together and peace out mon freres. See ya in 2023! If you like what you hear, please rate, review, subscribe, and follow! Connect with us here: Voicemail: 971-380-5660 Email: churchjamsnowpodcast@gmail.com IG: @churchjamsnow Twitter: @churchjamsnow FB: https://www.facebook.com/churchjamsnowpodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/churchjamsnowpodcast

Hark! A Christmas pod proclaims! Bursting forth with spirit, glad tidings, and a healthy helping of humbuggery, this seasonal affective volume finds the Church Jams fellas grappling with the reason for the season: Sufjams! (Duh!)… 𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦, the 5th and final volume of the 2006 collection Songs for Christmas, from everyone’s favorite para-Christian folk rock iconoclast, is an eclectic combination of highly original Christmas tunes and lesser known old seasonal standards (we’re talking 1500s). As we make our way through this sad-boi cosmic Christmas voyage full of conflict, comfort, and joy, Kylan shares some super accurate research about Stevens, Josh gets to relax for once, and TJ gets weird with roman deities and casparus prisms. This episode is sufjam-packed with fish on bikes, honky-tonk choirs, spaceships, tonys, tinsel-time, and a surprise grinch. It’s sure to put you in the holiday spirit, or at least get you in your *feels*, so mash that play button! Happy Jams-mas to all! Also, check out TJ’s cover of “Sister Winter” (a collab w/ Tanner Robinson), and let us know what you think! https://soundcloud.com/tannerrobinson/sister-winter-feat-tj-smith If you like what you hear, please rate, review, subscribe, and follow! Connect with us here: Voicemail: 971-380-5660 Email: churchjamsnowpodcast@gmail.com IG: @churchjamsnow Twitter: @churchjamsnow FB: https://www.facebook.com/churchjamsnowpodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/churchjamsnowpodcast

Unfortunately this week our regular CJN recording got messed up! When we went back to edit it there was some kind of crazy multi-dimensional feedback. Ah well, we'll try to upload it anyway. If you don't hear us on this episode then it's probably a version of Church Jams Now from a different dimension, one where previous guests Bethany Johnson, Faith Rugen, and Sarah Dickard host the show. They deep dive into the 2000 self-titled ZOEgirl album and it gets wild! Thank you so much for jumping in with us and checking out this artifact of early 2000's CCM!If you like what you hear, please rate, review, subscribe, and follow! Connect with us here: Voicemail: 971-380-5660 Email: churchjamsnowpodcast@gmail.com IG: @churchjamsnow Twitter: @churchjamsnow FB: https://www.facebook.com/churchjamsnowpodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/churchjamsnowpodcast

In honor of Five Iron Frenzy Day, this week the CJN Crew is joined by none other than the inimitable Leanor Ortega-Till! We discuss everything from how Five Iron Frenzy got back together, how the democratic process works in the studio with so many members, and Leanor even puts the guys on the spot naming their least favorite Five Iron Frenzy songs. Church Jams Now is so excited to share this interview with Leanor with all of you! Stick around til the end of the episode for a listen at the BRAND NEW FIVE IRON FRENZY SONG “When They Find You” ft. Mike Herrera If you like what you hear, please rate, review, subscribe, and follow! Connect with us here: Voicemail: 971-380-5660 Email: churchjamsnowpodcast@gmail.com IG: @churchjamsnow Twitter: @churchjamsnow FB: https://www.facebook.com/churchjamsnowpodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/churchjamsnowpodcast

This week we get down with the DC Talk, d-d-down with the DC Talk covering their breakout 1992 record, Free At Last, for its 30th anniversary. This record has some slick production, but will it ultimately face the familiar flop fate like its follow-up record, Jesus Freak, fell into? Kylan’s daughter, Willow, gives her two cents as well as she delivers her first official bop or flop verdict on the show. Listen in as we discuss the best DC Talk song of all time, our DC Talk doppelgangers (DCTalkelgangers?), and Gerbert from Sandi Patti and the Friendship Company. If you like what you hear, please rate, review, subscribe, and follow!Connect with us here:Voicemail: 971-380-5660Email: churchjamsnowpodcast@gmail.comIG: @churchjamsnowTwitter: @churchjamsnowFB: https://www.facebook.com/churchjamsnowpodcastPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/churchjamsnowpodcast

Dark. Blue. Wet. Vampires. We’re joined this week by Chelsea Hollander and Kelly Attaway from Never Show The Monster and Debut Buddies to cover Evanescence’s 2003 album Fallen. This was a wild episode, and our two guests have set the bar pretty high in terms of preparedness. Stick around to find out if Fallen “brought us to life” as a bop or was a too scary flop. Please check out both Never Show The Monster and Debut Buddies wherever you listen to podcasts. If you like what you hear, please rate, review, subscribe, and follow!Connect with us here:Voicemail: 971-380-5660Email: churchjamsnowpodcast@gmail.comIG: @churchjamsnowTwitter: @churchjamsnowFB: https://www.facebook.com/churchjamsnowpodcastPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/churchjamsnowpodcast

Pentagrams, horoscope signs, ouija boards, dungeons and dragons… we encounter every occultic symbol you could fathom as we accept A (Boy) Witch’s Invitation. Brew yourself a cup of steaming herbal tea and join some ghostly hosts for a Church Jams Now Halloween special as we dive into Carman’s spooktacular song and music video. Is this CCM’s unofficial response to “Thriller”? Is “A Warlock’s Invitation” a more representative title? Where is the ideal placement for your wicker waste paper basket? All this and more will be answered with care, so please listen if you so dare. Please do yourself a favor and watch the full video (trust me it's worth it) before you dive in! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySscnbaGAy0&t=21s If you like what you hear, please rate, review, subscribe, and follow! Connect with us here: Voicemail: 971-380-5660 Email: churchjamsnowpodcast@gmail.com IG: @churchjamsnow Twitter: @churchjamsnow FB: https://www.facebook.com/churchjamsnowpodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/churchjamsnowpodcast

Jonathan Clark, producer/composer/multi-instrumentalist joins the CJN Crew to talk about making Further Seems Forever’s 2012 album Penny Black on its anniversary. We deep dive into Jonathan’s musical history, how he got connected with Chris Carrabba and Twin Forks, and get super nerdy about production chains! This one will make any music production nerd very very happy. This interview goes everywhere, so if you want to check out discussion on specific projects go to: Further Seems Forever 21:07 Twin Forks 63:53 Explicit content warning: We probably have more bad words in this episode than any previous one. Be sure to catch Jonathan on Instagram (@cliquelimon) If you like what you hear, please rate, review, subscribe, and follow! Connect with us here: IG: @churchjamsnow Twitter: @churchjamsnow FB: https://www.facebook.com/churchjamsnowpodcast

Mason Mennenga of the BlackSheep Podcast & A People’s Theology joins us to discuss Catch For Us The Foxes by mewithoutYou just in time for the record's 18th birthday. Mason brings an expansive and intimate knowledge of the band that eclipses the combined knowledge of Kylan, TJ, and Josh. Join us for a journey that parallels another famous journey in Middle Earth as we discuss Christian MTV, the best drummers in Tooth & Nail’s catalog, and Aaron Weiss’ lyrical fascination with stones, trees, animals, and food.Be sure to catch Mason on Twitter (@masonmennenga) and on his podcasts.If you like what you hear, please rate, review, subscribe, and follow!Connect with us here:IG: @churchjamsnowTwitter: @churchjamsnowFB: https://www.facebook.com/churchjamsnowpodcastPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/churchjamsnowpodcast