Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter - SAVED! ALBUM REVIEW

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Kristin's creative approach to hymns and Appalachian folksong make SAVED! a powerful concept album.
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FAV TRACKS: ALL OF MY FRIENDS ARE GOING TO HELL, I WILL BE WITH YOU ALWAYS, MAY THIS COMFORT AND PROTECT YOU, THE POOR WAYFARING STRANGER, I KNOW HIS BLOOD CAN MAKE ME WHOLE, HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING
LEAST FAV TRACK: IDUMEA
REVEREND KRISTIN MICHAEL HAYTER - SAVED! / 2023 / PERPETUAL FLAME MINISTRIES / HYMNS
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Y'all know this is just my opinion, right?

[@bowietwombly5951]

I’m so glad she’s felt like it’s time to hang up the Lingua Ignota name. As much as I miss the sounds of those albums, I’m glad she’s in a better place with her life. ❤️❤️

[@TheAndrewj96]

100%. I don’t blame her one fucking bit for wanting to stop. She’s been through a lot and it obviously wasn’t easy having to relive it constantly through just about every aspect of her music.

[@mctheplaywright]

I saw her live during her last US Lingua performance, and you could see how much that music took from her. Moving towards a more performative approach is certainly more healthy for someone who puts as much into their music as Kristen does.

[@mugr]

​@@TheAndrewj96a

[@nochannelmusician769]

I personally feel like the new album isn’t different enough to create a whole new artist for, but I’m glad she’s doing better

[@syd5380]

The tape manipulation she used throughout this album reminds me of the Jonestown Massacre recording. It's incredibly eerie and very effective

[@witchhousetwerkteam]

omg yes, that audio is absolutely terrifying

[@berkeleyisonline160]

speaking in tongues is also known as glossolalia or lingua ignota. i think the inclusion of it not only adds to the concept of the record but is like a sort of goodbye to her old name.

[@Michael-wp2bp]

That's a great little nugget of info, adds so much context enhancing the experience of listening to this album

[@andrzejnawalany198]

Glossolalia and lingua ignota are two different things

[@noahshighlightreel]

@@andrzejnawalany198they are both often conflated so I guess it kinda counts

[@MadailinBurnhope]

this thing is like a perfect Appalachian folk-cult horror movie score, it's beautiful and bitter and angry and creepy and sad, I fucking love it

[@MadailinBurnhope]

hearing the tongues and the crying and angry wailing throughout "How Can I Keep From Singing" is unbelievably powerful

[@pwnedyouwithpurple]

It’s so good. It doesn’t have the SOUL CRUSHING ENORMITY OF PAIN that the previous albums did, and I love that for her. Instead this points to something else just as enormous…

[@sebastiaan3265]

Idk man that last track.........

[@pipocalaroca330]

@@sebastiaan3265she said that the healing process is non-linear and it’s an ugly one, so I understand there’s a lot of pain still inside her but the way she is perceiving it has metamorphosed into something more

[@emigrant1510]

SOUL CRUSHING ENORMITY OF PAIN sounds like a Lingua Ignota song title too, lol.

[@sebastiaan3265]

@@pipocalaroca330 oh yeah, totally agree. Just saying the last track on the album list is pretty fucking soul crushing

[@pipocalaroca330]

@@emigrant1510 i laughed irl

[@alik1986]

One of my favorite albums of the year. You can feel the passion and emotion behind it

[@KOOL_AID_KID]

It’s top 2 this year for me right now

[@alfonsodonotsi6691]

I was raised on a pentecostal charismatic family and this album its amazing. Its like going back in time, me being a confused child seeing all people screaming and singing on church. The last song was like a burning memory, when a woman stand up screaming and talking in tongues, when everyone on the church shut up to listen her. It felt so real.

[@musiquemacabre]

Precisely the reason it's a 10/10 from me. Listening to it, I felt people would have to have a certain, specific background to connect with things like speaking in tongues and the sing-songy gospel interludes.

[@miguelberrios3445]

my PTSD from those times came to a conclusion with the ending of this album... I became an instant fan of this new incarnation of her

[@arrolate]

We getting to heaven with this one!!!

[@istompkulaks]

I agree with it not fitting the vibe as much, but I fucking LOVE this version of Idumea. I had been listening to recordings of her live hymns before this came out, including Idumea. I wasn’t expecting them to sound very different, but this Idumea knocked my socks off and sent me to another dimension when I first listened to it.

[@lorenzo10322]

SHE IS INCREDIBLE AND THIS PROJECT IS GREAT AS USUAL

[@Henry-Paget]

Its Kristin, of course its amazing, 9 out of 10 for me. This album is already one of the strongest releases in 2023.

[@pbxkreal]

Fr

[@mctheplaywright]

Might be the best of the year imo, I can’t think of any project this year so expertly crafted. The amount of work necessary to craft this specific sound, from the research to the performance itself, is so vast

[@darcy_robin]

already? in october?

[@justkiddingtypebeat]

Talked to Seth Manchester who engineered this album and the recording techniques are so impressive too- it’s all analog. Especially all the effects on the first track are what is so cool to me- it’s all done by manipulating the tape.

[@smurfette_blues7922]

A soon as I heard the first notes of THE POOR WAYFARING STRANGER and saw the 7 minute runtime I knew I was going to be playing it over and over. It has such a gorgeous melody... I don't know how but Hayter just somehow gives exactly what I want and exceeds my expectations with her records. But like how are you able to just so easily create pure transcendence with every album you put out???

[@alabamaisyourdaddy6137]

This album is a light to decent 9 for me. It marks a shift away from what she was doing with the Lingua Ignota project yet that does not make it any less unnerving. Those bits when she is speaking in tongues are terrifying, Saved is a mixture of beauty and frightening like all her work. Only difference is that now she is pursuing new sounds in order to achieve her usual stunning results.

[@wakingthewitch7855]

I am absolutely obsessed with the sounds and aesthetic she used on this record. Funny enough that exactly the messages being addressed on the album are things I’ve been lately dealing with. Ty kristen♥️

[@kodypatterson3227]

The first song literally made me feel uneasy at the end. It’s so incredible to illicit such a reaction with music like that.

[@umyum1895]

It is almost a sample of how gospel like this can be so compelling to it's believers. I felt entranced and captivated after just a few songs. I was listening and in my head I wanted to almost stand and raise my hands to God from my spot in the pews (I was actually on the toilet)

[@sbilldmilk]

bro was taking a Holy Shit ‼️

[@Benheartsart]

Easy 9/10 for me, I started out really upset by the switch because I didn’t like the singles. Turns out, I just didn’t realize this was a concept album until it was released. It is FANTASTIC, and meets its concept PERFECTLY. Amazing!!!!!!!!

[@dontpickonme]

Yeah remember when I WILL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU dropped and it was so disappointing and then it came on in the album and it was blood-curdling?

[@pedrogarzon12]

Does anyone instantly think of Black Sabbath while listening to ALL MY FRIENDS ARE GOING TO HELL? Really blew my mind how ingrained in gospel music metal really is

[@GARTHWAVE]

This album is “sitting drinking whiskey and staring at a Christmas tree” music for people with fundamentalist trauma

[@suntzu751]

Should’ve been a 9 Anthony. Should’ve been a 9

[@diesehnswurdigkeit9019]

I actually loved IDUMEA and felt like the transition to I will be with you always was great... this last song... omg... one of the most conceptual and deepest songs this year, the story progresses in a way that may have different meanings in such a tersely writen way. It is a great followup to the past records imo. 9/10

[@Aryeh487]

3 yellow flannels in one week and he hasn't even reviewed Census Designated yet? This could make history folks.

[@dew62169]

inb4 light 7

[@IJSONSINO]

The streak should indeed continue tomorrow but with MIKE

[@jerrys1]

I hope CD doesn’t get a yellow flannel

[@traviscrawford6516]

@@jerrys1 you must be so cool

[@ggguitar.]

@@IJSONSINOidk man melon really isn’t a fan of mike, hopefully that changes though

[@BradTasteInMusicOfficial]

Great review. Loved the analysis. Loved the album. Feeling a light to decent 0

[@Torbinsky]

Once in a lifetime talent tbh

[@AgainstTheeWickedlyMusic]

I'm not sure if anyone else interpreted it this way, but the closing track kind of feels like it's trying to represent an exorcism, or at least Kristin's demons being purged, to me. The way the incoherent speaking builds, and then eventually dies off, ending with her coughing and breathing heavily. Perhaps that is the true moment of her shedding her trauma. The speaking in tongues arguement also makes a ton of sense, though. Regardless, I absolutely love this album, it's definitely one of ny favorites of the year. More than anything, though, I'm just so happy that Kristin is healing. She seemed like a completely different person in your new interview versus the one when SGR released, and it was just so great to hear her laughing with you and see her smile so geuinely.

[@psychokitty444]

The preceding albums may have had bigger peaks that struck a more personal chord, but as a front-to-back listen this might be my favorite thing she's ever done. I was grinning like mad when I realized the concept at play.

[@jonsmith1956]

Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter or Father John Misty: Who's church you going to?

[@korakuen]

Idumea in worst tracks tho? i think it works perfectly in tandem with I Will Be With You Always, like you really can't take them apart

[@macedamiachocolate]

This is honestly album of the year for me. I sobbed!

[@bugbear89]

I can totally understand how this didn't hit for some people. For me obviously Kristin is a great artist, that goes without saying. But I love her work most through her lyrics and working through her music in both a traumatic and vulnerable way. As an agnostic witch born Catholic there are just some things that stick with you culturally even if you're not religious. I also relate very much to her words on being a hellish force of nature as well as a small frightened person. It just makes me feel seen in a way that most music does not reach me. I think this is her most personal album yet. She did a wonderful job just going for it and you get a sense of ritualistic bodily purging that some of us desperately need in order to let go. Seeing her live is one of those "I'd like to experience this before I die" things.

[@RobertLombardi04]

Kristin continues to kill it, and it shows. Stunning new record!!!

[@ultraconceptmode]

Album artwork got that obscure listing on discogs aesthetic

[@thelastpepsi9369]

I think this might be my favorite of hers. Sinner Get Ready is immaculate but I can’t listen to it more than once a year or every couple months,it’s overwhelming and it’s supposed to be. I feel like with this,every element I love about her songwriting,her performance and production is all intact on this and still has a haunting element to it without feeling as real and disturbing as Sinner Get Ready. It’s a hard choice,definitely might be my favorite of the year

[@casualnerdeverything2816]

This is my album of the year. It’s so good. Easily greatest Christian album of the last 15 years. It’s certainly the scariest album. It made me flipping jump a couple times

[@yuenos3418]

I will be with you always absolutely took me out the first time I listened to it, I had to stop doing anything else to just hear this woman sing about this burden that follows me ever since I was born. I swear to god Kristin is a which, cause everything she writes is pure black magic and I love it.

[@miguelpastran4127]

to no one’s surprise, it slaps.

[@tonightsbigloser]

If you believed in God, you would've given it a 10.

[@VinnieGer]

This album SAVED me from going to hell (I’m going somewhere worse)

[@Thegbear]

“I’m going somewhere worse” sounds like a Lingua album title

[@chickenstand8905]

(Britain)

[@sutakku1]

@@chickenstand8905 dear god please anywhere but there

[@TheTriangleOffense47]

Dawg, this type of music isn’t normally in my wheel house but something about this album and the way she sings draws me in. This feels like an old gospel album dug up from long ago. Aesthetically and vocally, some of the most interesting stuff I’ve heard in a while

[@shortseater9379]

i agree, it took some time to grow on me but ive come to love the album

[@sfglim5341]

9/10 for me, i love so many songs on this, love the spooky vibe, the gospel and appalachian influences and the tape music stuff. Love it, one of my favs of the year for suree

[@manytinyboxes]

everything kristen works on comes out as amazing beautiful art, her music means so much to me

[@woongielovebot7089]

this album came out at a time when I'm hyper fixating on Catholic/Religious Guilt inspired media, so is safe to say is one of my favorite albums of the year

[@kylesmith5633]

It is wonderful to see an artist as talented and consistently boundary pushing as kristin hayter continue to produce creative and stylistically unique, highly conceptual music that gets the acclaim it deserves. This is an artist who has earned all the laurels and overcome the literal worst someone can go through. Heres to more in the future

[@gagee.x]

review jane pls

[@swedishfolkrap3175]

no fr i saw a clip of her performing "i who bend..." and her performances on the record are so genuine that to replicate that on a tour must be fucking exhausting, like it feels a little sadistic to even want her to perform/maintain Lingua Ignota-- happy 4 her!

[@swedishfolkrap3175]

BTW would love more ppl who like RKMH, esp this record, to get into Diamanda Galas

[@klatchabobby]

So sad that you can't see Saved!, Sinner Get Ready, and Caligula are all tens, a trilogy

[@rens2182]

if you don't make a review on jane's album then im dying

[@HangryinBrussels]

I love this album but I feel like it is a bit of a sketchbook or a moodboard. It continues the research into spiritual music, but drops the very personal narrative about abuse, yet hasn't completely figured out what to replace it with. It feels less finished to me: the glitches and distortions don't always play as nicely with the music as they do on previous albums. It makes me very curious for future music. I also really love how it connects to the last track on 'Sinner Get Ready'. On this track she no longer adresses her abuser, but speaks about her own yearning for healing, what seems to be a central theme on 'Saved!'

[@sylvesteruchia5263]

I absolutely love the last track with her singing in tongues in the background , really nice.

[@boosay1146]

I have an appreciation with the first track because it tricks you into putting the volume up to 100

[@dustinchaffee722]

I got to see her in Toronto just after she announced that Lingua Ignota would be retired. You could tell the transition away from Lingua had already begun, and she really showed off her beautiful singing voice in a more subdued performance. A lot of the tracks on Saved remind me a lot of the first half of that show. Love this album, I'm addicted to it at the moment.

[@vozvolta271]

HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING destroyed me; I had to redo the song three or four times before I could finish it. a strong 9 for me :3

[@tommym7321]

It hit me in a weird way and made me cry

[@mishamazureka3486]

the prepared piano is really brilliant. ive been marveling at it for days.

[@kelleyreeves965]

I enjoyed this album, though it definitely felt more foreign to me than her last work did, since I'm not a religious person and wasn't raised religious either. I know this will be controversial to say, but for some reason i didn't find the speaking in tongues bits unnerving like others did, i actually found them funny the first time I listened 😭😭

[@kirbyliciouss]

I did too, but then I read an interview she did where she sort of explained how it was made and the catharsis she experienced and it made me want to try it too lmao

[@Tftapodcast]

So very happy she is in a better place. She deserves the peace and happiness she’s seemed to have found. I wish that for you all ❤️

[@Advent3546]

I wasn't amazed by this album but I am very glad Kristin is in a better place emotionally and creatively

[@_joey_4744]

Fantano can you review CAVS? It's the solo album from KGATLW's drummer.

[@soupsnorter]

Reminded me some of ys by Joanna Newsom, love both albums

[@SSGFreddie]

...I hate when you're right and on point. This is an INCREDIBLE album!

[@nyko9631]

is this album emotionally healthy to listen to?

[@ianwilson268]

HEY MELON! You should review Post-American by MSPAINT. They’re a smaller punk band and their album feels super alive and energizing

[@hydrahead836]

Album of the Year for me. A true masterpiece.

[@aubreyxengland]

the track titles make me feel like I'm being yelled at

[@5T3PH3N100]

Anthony do a classic review for Non Phixion - Future Is Now

[@Jeramiahstool]

I NEED THE CENSUS DESIGNATED REVIEW

[@heathmcateer]

Another banger from Kristin, for sure!

[@wingssatsuma]

Census Designated ?

[@jackbeswick4662]

Just listened to this all the way through, a great album.

[@rockozevenbergen3084]

FANFARE - DORIAN ELECTRA REVIEW WHEN.

[@神キラー]

He gave it the yellow lets GOOOOOO

[@zpumbaa]

would love for you to review EABS meets Jaubi - In search of a better tommorrow. It is a remarkable and genre-blending musical collaboration that beautifully combines elements of jazz, hip-hop, and South Asian classical music. I would say it's groundbreakingly goof

[@mxa-sound]

Really loved the analog effects in this album.

[@KOOL_AID_KID]

Here we go! Will she ever make a bad album?

[@LDVenus-kz2lc]

She needs to make a 0 next fr

[@KOOL_AID_KID]

@@LDVenus-kz2lc 😂

[@perlundgren7797]

I doubt it. Hayter's gonna Hayte.

[@DrThemoWorm]

After a few listens, ALL OF MY FRIENDS ARE GOING TO HELL really starts to strike me as something that would either be in a trailer or the ending credits of some sort of horror movie, and I mean that in a good way.

[@MadailinBurnhope]

this album sounds like a folk horror short story and I'm here for it

[@taffy55]

If this album had been called "SINNER GET READY" then you would have given it a 10.

[@erikhurt7996]

My album of the year so far. The girl doesn't miss

[@MsGemDoll]

pls review Dorian my king!!

[@zhenia2511]

I haven't listened to the record yet, but, damn, this cover goes hard.

[@Tichooon]

I dont know this album isnt kindling my emotions like the Lingua Ignota stuff did... Wich is a good thing, it shows that she is in a way different, and happier, mental state right now and thats way more important than me getting a kick out of her music. Still, the heavyness of the earlier records is a big part of what excitited me about the music and I just dont feel it here

[@proofofmyexistence]

This really is the year of the 8/10

[@s1ckdoll]

you should really review katie dey's recently released album never falter hero girl, its actually insane

[@klatchabobby]

I enjoyed it more than SGR upon first listen

[@anarchohelenism]

I’m glad you liked this one, it’s intentionally rough but it’s just as powerful as all her previous work.

[@haleybeldin9247]

Can you review Agriculture's self-titled album? I'm going to see Chat Pile again and Agriculture is their opener! I think it's a really cool record and would like to hear your thoughts

[@chairsmissing]

I knew this would be a decent8 before I opened up the link. A great album, gracefully bridging her old with the new self.

[@Thecriticalplug]

The first album i heard this year with a Jump Scare ..I loved it

[@user-ss3wb8he7h]

Why is there a satan is king vinil on the background?

[@sophiaisabelle01]

We appreciate your insights. Keep working hard.

[@Dear.Maria27]

Christian girl autumn is here ❤

[@DefJux93]

DUDE REVIEW THE NEW CASISDEAD ALBUM! Amazing mix of cyberpunk, neo-noir, grime, hip hop, 80s synth right mix of styles amazing album!

[@jinh605]

Is there anyone in music right now as consistent and thought provoking as Kristin Hayter? I feel so lucky to be around at the same time she is what a generational talent.

[@adrianabejo860]

How Can I Keep From Singing is wayyyyyy too devastating.

[@sand4273]

It’s been a yellow flannel kinda week

[@p.t.3693]

You won’t see this, but can you do a review of First of October’s (Andrew Huang and Rob Scallon’s one-day-a-year band) newest album “Across the Road”?

[@Julia-qt5wd]

I was waiting for this!!!

[@anastasis-cm5hw]

The privilege of watching an artist at her prime in realtime can't be understated

[@scottmceachern5673]

Call me a sinner, I'm ready