Sister Irene O'Connor Fire of Gods Love

Among the sea of sound-a-like private-pressed Catholic lps that came out in
the 1960's and 1970's, Sister Irene O'Connor's 1976 album stands out with
its primitive drum machine and spooky, echo-laden vocals. Released in 1976
on the 'Alba House' label, the dual-titled Fire of God's Love/Songs to
Ignite The Spirit lp features several haunting and remarkable songs,
including the three below. In particular, the title track "Fire of God's
Love" strikes me as so otherwordly and uniquely eerie that I wonder how far
Sister Irene's O'Connor's seeming solipsism extended beyond music.

http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2010/03/two-australian-nuns-turn-on-drum-machin...

Category:

Music

Tags:

• delia derbyshire nuns . weird
• Catholic

[Mikeraske]

In Solitude! 

[Plunderherz]

Simply amazing. Spooky and catchy at the same time. :)

[ilovecasinoes]

This track is just amazing... A friend showed to me a year ago and couldn't believe my ears. It reminds me of Broadcast somehow...

[usernameemanresu]

I've just heard this on Danny Baker's BBC London show. What a strange song,very good though.

I'll give her other songs a listen now.

[quizzicalsphinx]

Eerily beautiful. What a treasure to find in such an odd place! Thank you for sharing.

[yvessonace]

if anyone has this LP available for sale please let me know!!

[Thatchapdean]

amazing

[ArlynisCOOL89]

lol great song! its a trip

[NJtoTX]

Glad to see someone posted this! The back story is at blog (dot) wfmu (dot) org

[Autolycus84]

Someone had better go and call the exorcist!