Thee Sacred Souls released their 12-track-long second studio album, “Got a Story to Tell,” Friday and their new album might contain even more hits than their last. 

The band is composed of three men from San Diego: Josh Lane as the lead vocalist, Salvador Samano on bass and Alex Garcia is on both guitar and drums. 

Their album is a throwback of the ’60s album, which coincidentally was named, “Got a Story to Tell” by a band named “Kavetts.”

“Got a Story to Tell” has been heavily anticipated following the success of their self-titled debut album released in 2022. “Can I Call You Rose?,” the first track on their debut album, garnered much success after it went viral on the social media platform TikTok, with over 419,400 videos using the song.

“Got a Story to Tell” is a 38-minute long album, and the cover art is reminiscent of 1960s vinyl covers you  might see at your local record store.

 I was intrigued and excited to listen to this album, knowing that their music typically has a vintage flair to it. Their sound reminds me of the ’60s rock band, Tommy James & The Shondells. 

The album opens with “Lucid Girl”, a great intro song accompanied by soulful echoing vocals, soft but punchy drums and buttery bright guitar notes.

The chorus is sweet and playful, “She’s a lucid girl (Lucid girl, lucid girl) / She can’t be held down by this world / Can’t be held down by this world.” A pattern you’ll notice when listening to this album is that most of the tracks, if not all, are love songs or songs about relationships.

However, I don’t mind as I typically tend to prefer songs about love and adoration. 

The eighth track,“My Heart is Drowning,”is a heartbreaking ballad and seems to be written from the perspective of someone who regrets hurting their partner and ruining their relationship.

The first verse begins,“Like a fool with my selfish ways / I have to make you cry / Never did I ever think / What it would be like if you left my side.” 

Although the lyrics aren’t very complex, I think it goes well with the older ’60s and ’70s style of music that is in tune with the band’s image. The lyrics are simple and digestible, making it easy for listeners to play during any time of the day or night. 

“Stuck in the Mud”is a song about comparing the process of falling in love to being stuck in actual mud and becoming trapped and engulfed in it as you sink in.

It is one of the catchier tracks on the album and both the verses and choruses use an echo technique, making it hard to forget the lyrics or get them out of your head.

“Deep he goes / Mmm, deep, he goes / Kiss by kiss / Mmm, deep he goes / Stumbling a bit further / Mmm, deep, he goes / The boy’s been hit” shows great imagery of his comparison.

A complaint I did have about the album is that a lot of the songs sounded the same and blended together because the band used similar arrangements.The same instruments like the guitar and drums were used throughout the album which made it hard to differentiate which song was playing while I listened to it.

One of my personal favorite songs on the album, “I’m So Glad I Found You, Baby,” is a beautiful love song not only because of its harmonious sound, but also its lyricism.

The lyrics, “Every night I sleep, I pray up to the sky / After all the gifts I’ve seen, since you stepped in my life / Oh, there’s a girl who’s changed the world for one man” to me, comes across  that he’s found the love of his life.

The tender and warm background vocals that repeat in the chorus, “I’m so glad that I found you / I’m so glad that you found me,” remind me of 1950s love ballads such as songs by The Everly Brothers. 

“I’m So Glad I Found You, Baby” was the perfect song choice to close the album, and perfectly encapsulates the sounds heard and the emotions felt throughout the entire album. 

I was pleasantly surprised by the album, “Got a Story to Tell”, as I never really fully listened to Thee Sacred Souls’s previous album before.

Overall, I would recommend this album to anyone looking for good love songs to listen to, or anyone looking for something easy listening to put on in the background.