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When I’m told that an album will take me for a journey, I tend to
become a little cynical. When I’m told the album is a concept album I
become even more so. However, I’m an ass and Steal the Prize have just
proven that.

I was contacted by Ben Delaurentis who is the band
vocalist/guitarist and I duly settled down to listen to the album,
titled I Want To Talk To God. I had been told to expect psychedelia
but, seeing as LSD is hard to come by in my neck of the woods right
now, I decided to tackle it straight.

Let me firstly say that this is a killer album. It truly is. I was
thinking about how instantly ‘right’ it felt and how easily I
understood. That is, I understood from my perspective. Without wanting
to disappear too far up my own anal cavity, it spoke something to me.
Naturally we are all different and our meandering minds take us to very
different places so I would hazard a guess that what this album says to
people will vary greatly. I mentioned the music somehow feeling right –
even though I hadn’t heard it before – and the last time I recall
sensing that was when I heard my first Black Keys album. That isn’t to
say the two bands are actually all that similar but then they aren’t
miles apart either. That might make sense after you’ve heard both. Or
it might not.

I promise I haven’t actually smoked or swallowed anything that has
altered my consciousness but I am aware a lot of what I have written so
far does suggest my state of mind was altered. It was. For others that
might also be the case or perhaps I’m just in a highly suggestive mood.
I’ll leave you all to make up your own minds on that. Please do make up
your minds though and listen to it. You will find a link at the end of
this post to a free download of the whole album. I would echo what Ben
told me originally – that it should be listened to in one sitting and
starting with the first track and fo

Really.