Sojourn – Sojourn

Sojourn
Sojourn
1990 (no label)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Rich Colligan – Lead vocals, background vocals, guitars
Scott Stivers – Lead vocals, background vocals, percussion
Jim Dudley – Background vocals, keyboards
Don Kahl – Background vocals, bass guitar
Jill Stivers – Background vocals

Side 1:

1. I Am
2. You Will Be With Me
3. Here I Stand
4. Come to the Waterfall
5. Welcome Love
6. There’s More

Side 2:

1. I Found Love
2. New Tomorrow
3. Mercy for the Memories
4. High on a Hill
5. Discipleship Rap

The cover makes it look like you are in for a really cheesy ride with this tape. But then the first song is… kind of prog rock-ish? Still pop rock, but you would swear they are leaning towards Kansas. But that is hard to reconcile with the cover, so maybe I am imagining that? Or maybe not, since there is a Kerry Livgren cover on side 2. In fact, there are three cover songs on side 2. But the rest of the tape jumps back and forth between prog-ish pop rockers and rock ballads. Several ballads, actually. “I Found Love” is a Lone Justice cover, “Mercy for the Memories” is a Geoff Moore song, and “High on a Hill” is the Livgren track. “Discipleship Rap” is also a cover (not sure who of, though), and yes, it is a rap song. Too many bands took this ill-advised route back in the day. But it appears this song is still around on BandCamp in different forms. This demo was followed by Where You Are in 1991.