The Harlem Gospel Travelers - Look Up! (LP)

Things are looking up for The Harlem Gospel Travelers, who return here with a new album, a new lineup, and a new lease on life. Produced by Eli Paperboy Reed, Look Up! marks the group’s first full-length release as a trio, as well as their first collection of totally original material, and it couldn’t have come at a more vital moment. The music still draws deeply on the gospel quartet tradition of the ’50s and ’60s, of course, but there’s a distinctly modern edge to the record, an unmistakable reflection of the tumultuous past few years of pandemic anxiety, political chaos, and social unrest. The songs are bold and resilient, facing down doubt and despair with faith and perseverance, and the performances are explosive and ecstatic, fueled by dazzling vocal arrangements punctuated with gritty bursts of guitar and crunchy rhythm breaks.

Label: Colemine Records
12” LP
33rpm
Paper Sleeve
Colored Label
Colored Cover

1 Look Up!
2 Hold On (Joy Is Coming)
3 God’s In Control
4 Help Me To UNderstand feat Aaron Frazer
5 Nothing’s But HIs Love
6 Fight On!
7 Hold Your Head Up
8 That’s The Reason
9 Let Me Tell You feat Kendall Kent
10 God Will Take Care Of You
11 I’m Grateful feat Pastor Cynthia McCants