Strange Faith and Practice is the seventh album by American-born singer/songwriter Jeb Loy Nichols, released in 2009 on Impossible Ark Records.
Track listing "Sometime Somewhere Somebody" - 2:59 "Lake Whitfield" - 4:14 "The Day That Never Came" - 4:10 "Can't Stay Here" - 4:39 "This Morning" - 3:10 "Probably Never Stop" - 3:05 "Interlude One" - 2:03 "Strange Faith and Practice" - 4:36 "If I Can Come Home to You" - 4:41 "Interlude Two" - 3:15 "Cruel Winter" - 2:39 "Home Wasn't Built in a Day" - 5:43 "Next Time" - 3:43
Reception
Nichols' seventh release received positive reviews. Allmusic said "this is the most organic-sounding record Nichols has ever made -- and that's saying something, because all of his previous offerings have been warm and intimate.' [ Allmusic.com review] The Independent said "this foray into drifting, downtempo jazz is a wonderful and surprising departure, the 13-song sequence of Strange Faith & Practice deepening as it goes."The Independent Music review
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