Evangelicals

”Evangelicals” seems like an appropriate name for a band from the Bible Belt town of Norman, Oklahoma - but this band's skewed, psychedelic take on post-Pavement indie rock seems unlikely to thrill the average church youth group. Heavily influenced by fellow Okie oddballs like the Flaming Lips and the Starlight Mints, as well as other members of the lysergic end of contemporary indie pop, the Evangelicals were started in 2005 by singer, songwriter, and (initially) sole member Josh Jones. After recording the majority of their debut album by himself, Jones recruited his childhood friend Austin Stephens as drummer and fellow Oklahoma University student Kyle Davis on bass, turning the group into a full-time studio and touring proposition. Signing to Misra, Evangelicals released their debut album, So Gone, on the thematically appropriate date of June 6, 2006. Evangelicals was last active in 2013.