Birmingham soul band St. Paul and the Broken Bones gets folksy in new album

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Paul Janeway, the front man for the Birmingham-based band St. Paul and The Broken Bones, grew up dreaming of becoming a preacher.

And watching the singer-songwriter perform live now is almost like being in church.

"It's like a lot more accepting church, and loving church," says Janeway, who grew up in a rural Alabama town where church was the epicenter. "And a lot more cursing."

Janeway wrote some of the songs for the band's new album, Angels in Science Fiction, after he found out he was going to become a father during the pandemic.

The music is more subtle and reflective than the raucous soul the 8-piece band has been known for since it was founded in 2011. Janeway says it's the closest they're going to get to a folk record. It even includes something Janeway had never written before, a love song.