“The Innocence Mission” Archives

Also: Technology and dead relatives, Stephen King vs. Stanley Kubrick, midnight movies, creatio ex nihilo, and Ms. Marvel.

The album is dedicated to both of Karen’s parents, and that sense of loss and mourning permeates the album.

They’re too mellow to be pop, not nearly angry enough to be alternative, too lush to be folk, and too positive for the indie hipsters who crave irony above almost all else.