Seventy-three minutes of spiritual funk and analog soul. Choral harmonies meet heavy, dry basslines in a sprawling, generous offering of modern gospel.
It's like a 70-minute warm hug from a choir that also happens to have the funkiest bassist on the planet.
A profound sense of communal hope and spiritual grounding delivered through warm, analog grooves.
Released as part of a massive five-album drop in November 2022, UNTITLED (God) stands as the centerpiece of SAULT's most ambitious creative period. While the band is known for their anonymity and genre-blurring soul, this record leans heavily into gospel and spiritual themes, framed through the lens of contemporary R&B and funk. The album was initially released for free via a password-protected link for only five days, described by the collective as an 'offering to God.' Sonically, it maintains the high-fidelity analog warmth and dry, punchy percussion that has become their trademark, but elevates the choral arrangements to a central role. Critical reception was overwhelmingly positive, with many highlighting the Little Simz feature on 'Free' and the album's ability to sustain its 73-minute runtime through sheer melodic invention and emotional sincerity. It represents a peak in SAULT's mission to create music that functions as both social commentary and spiritual refuge.
Put this on for
First light hitting the floorboards while the kettle boilsThat heavy-lidded Sunday reset when the world feels quietHeadphones on for a solitary walk through a cathedral of treesKitchen floor slow-dance with someone who knows your secretsDriving toward the horizon as the sky turns bruised purpleLate-night journal entry by the light of a single lampDeep breath before a conversation that changes everything
Moments worth waiting for
The way the bassline on 'Free' locks into a hypnotic groove under Little Simz's fluid verse.
The sudden, intimate shift into 'Rafael’s Prayer' that feels like eavesdropping on a private moment.
The massive, soaring choral climax of 'Life We Rent but Love Is Rent Free' that closes the record.
Sounds like
2022s production with a timeless soul
Sits beside
Black Messiah - D'Angelo, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill, Lianne La Havas - Lianne La Havas, A Seat at the Table - Solange
Lyrical territory
spirituality, freedom, self_examination
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UNTITLED (God) · vs · SAULT
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Sunday_morning
Atmosphere · ↑ +14% more than usual
On this album, sunday_morning sits about 14% more prominent than across the rest of the artist's catalogue.
