“Twisted”
Michelle Lang & Stillwater
From the forthcoming CD Obnoxious (release date: August 2009)
www.michellelang-stillwater.com
Formed in 2000 and expecting to do a “one time…just outside of town” type of gig, Michelle Lang and Stillwater from Seattle, Washington now has three albums to its credit and a fourth on the way. Lang was voted “Best Gospel Female Vocalist” for 2009 by Inside Tha Musik. So much for being a one-gig wonder.
Stillwater is a mostly-female band of singers, dancers, musicians and actors. Together, the group delivers a funky blend of hip hop, RnB, soul…and gospel metal.
Yes, I wrote “gospel metal.” Yes, I made that up just now. Yes, it best describes MLSW’s current single “Twisted.”
From the group’s upcoming fourth album, Obnoxious, “Twisted” features swirling, buzzing and growling guitars. Lang’s vocals swagger with toughness – “you don’t like it but I know you see my swagger,” she chants – while celebrating that Jesus turned her life around “so real that I’m twisted.”
Michelle Lang & Stillwater may be “Twisted” and enjoyably different, but “Obnoxious”? Anything but!
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Bob Marovich is a gospel music historian, author, and radio host. Founder of Journal of Gospel Music blog (formally The Black Gospel Blog) and producer of the Gospel Memories Radio Show.
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Just saw y’all on GTV in the video. I may not be from the Rap gen (I’m 52) but that hit a chord, ladies. GBY! JCDisciple in Palmdale, CA