innocence mission - classic or dud?

Hadn't actually heard them before but that NPR performance upthread is amazing.

There was certainly a time in the 90's when the taint of religiosity around any 'alternative' band was kind of a death knell (Velour 100 caught up in this as well ... plus the endless debates about whether His Name Is Alive were actually secret church goers). Seems a bit ridiculous now.

― akm, Thursday, December 6, 2018 3:36 AM

Did it hurt Low?

My friend mentioned them last night, and all I could recall was "The Lakes of Canada" and "Bright as Yellow," then today stumbled on this one on YouTube, and it's just absolutely stunning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ABOGpyu18I

Live in a Cleveland Borders Books in 1996.

I haven't been into their work the past dozen years or so - it's ok, just hasn't grabbed me - but Karen Peris' new solo album ("A Song Is Way Above The Lawn") is great, full of beauty and tenderness, wonderful piano and strings, and a sweetness that is refreshing in this world.

https://theinnocencemission.bandcamp.com/album/a-song-is-way-above-the-lawn