Its enough to make a recovering Catholic contemplate the Almighty once more.

Just as their two previous albums 5 and 7 arrived within months or weeks of each other, so Untitled (Black Is) now has an equally unexpected companion just three months later, in the shape of new album Untitled (Rise).

Pausing before pressing play, a thought occurred to me about the new release.

During Prince s golden era, his record label was loath to keep up with his output, preferring instead to avoid saturating the market with materialthey feared a drop in the quality of work and a downturn on their investment.

Untitled (Black Is) had become my soundtrack to the warped, weird times we find ourselves inhow could those feelings be replicated in me so soon afterwards I feared a dilution of the music and the moments it created in my mind.,resolvedBy:manual data-block-type32 idblock-yui3172116003663873322009503 data-provider-name.

From the first minute it is clear that this is further evidence of the collectives brilliance.

Strong is a tsunami of ideas thrown down like a gauntlet, daring anyone to doubt their abilities.

As well as a maelstrom of strings and the bass line rumbling, there is a percussive mastery that runs throughout the albumit is rhythmically irresistible.

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Lyrically, it picks up where Junes album ended, as Cleo Sol sings: Worship the skin Im in cause I love my color...

Nobody wants to admit that we are the chosen.

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The rhythm is gonna get you, but not before youve been uplifted, elevated and assured of a future free from the pain and suffering of a cold, racist world.

In a little over six minutes, SAULT manage to demonstrate more excellence than other groups could muster over an albums length.

On Fearless, the ferocity of the strings is only matched by the incessant bump of the bass and reaches its zenith with the hopeful glide of 80s synths to the uplifting accompaniment of eternally hopeful lyrics: Be yourself at all times, dont be afraid of nothing, nobody Be fearless Its all in your mind.,resolvedBy:manual data-block-type32 idblock-yui3172116003663873322012753 data-provider-name One key aspect of the album (like its forebear) is the inspired use of Melisa Young (a.k.a.

Kid Sister) on spoken word pieces.

Her cadence, enunciation and delivery are perfection at all times.

On Rise she is a heavenly presenceif she truly woke the world up with her voice and its words of wisdom, it would be a far better place.

For the first eighty seconds of The Beginning The End she is the voice of freedoms fight, elemental goddess of all that is good and leader of warrior women sent to take the world forward to a land of milk and honey.

Later though, her wry humor and acid-barbed tongue shine through as she cuts swathes through performative allyship on You Know It Aint.

Each repetition of the titular phrase has slightly different emphasis and a nuanced twist on deliveryeach one lands like a dagger from a smiling assassin.

These pieces are interspersed among the rest of the album and add to what is already an extraordinary piece of work.

I Just Wanna Dance is a tribute to the restorative nature of dancea way to feel alive even when in the pits of despair and it features a section that is part euphoric breakdown, part acid house interlude before another ridiculously infectious samba groove takes over.,resolvedBy:manual data-block-type32 idblock-yui3172116003663873322014872 data-provider-name.

Street Fighter bristles with revolutionary intent and a pride that inspires chest-beating exhortations and Son Shine sounds beamed directly from the days of 1980s rare groove records while glorifying the name of God.

In contrast to that shimmering groove comes Uncomfortable, which asks the questions of white onlookers to the tumult of the fight for racial equality: Maybe youre uncomfortable with the fact were waking up Why do you keep shooting us, how do you turn hate to love While a gloomy, morose bass line begets Scary Times and its pull-no-punches lyric: Hear us screaming out thief, you took a life Another ones gone, a lost soul Thats why were marching in the streets every night.

Untitled (Rise) finishes in the same way as Untitled (Black Is) didwith a delicious slice of soul.

Delicious it may be, but Little Boy is gut-wrenching lyrical content enveloped in a sweet soul style.

It begins innocuously enough with the songs title sung by Cleo Sol before it twists to become something else entirely: Little boy, little boy when you get older You can ask me all the questions And Ill tell you the truth about the boys in blue...

And the lost truth for those who look like you.,resolvedBy:manual data-block-type32 idblock-yui3172116003663873322018080 data-provider-name Beyond the incredible musicianship, production and performances of Inflo, Cleo Sol and Melisa Young though, is one of the cornerstones of soul musicGods endless love and the belief that salvation will be attained.