The New Creation

The New Creation were initially heard by very few people, and for good reason. Released in 1970, their album Troubled was one of countless rock "vanity" albums self-pressed during the psychedelic era. Only 100 copies were made, none sold commercially, and it was only known to have been played on the radio once. More than that, though, it was extremely uncommercial, its wholly original material combining devout Christian religious lyrics with crude, even amateurishly played and sung rock music with shades of folk-rock, psychedelia, and gospel. The band's timekeeping wavered inc...