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Birmingham soul band St. Paul and the Broken Bones gets folksy in new album

For "Angels in Science Fiction" front man Paul Janeway wrote songs about fatherhood, love and starfish.
Eight-member band St. Paul and The Broken Bones is known for its raucous soul music. Its latest album "Angels and Science Fiction" is subtle, reflective, and the closest the Birmingham-based band will get to folk music.

Paul Janeway, the front man for the Birmingham-based band St. Paul and The Broken Bones, grew up dreaming of becoming a preacher.

And watching the singer-songwriter perform live now is almost like being in church.

"It's like a lot more accepting church, and loving church," says Janeway, who grew up in a rural Alabama town where church was the epicenter. "And a lot more cursing."

Janeway wrote some of the songs for the band's new album, after he found out he was going to

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