When do we get paid

"Luaka Bop's reissue of the Staples Jr. Singers' sole album, When Do We Get Paid, brings a crucial gospel LP back into circulation ... It's a recording of fragile beauty and turbulent groove ... By track two, the uptempo "I Know You're Gonna Miss Me", the band hits with the kind of swamp-funk that would have sent any audience to its feet. From here on out, the template is set. There's infectious party gospel ("I'm Going to a City") and slow, bluesy trance ("Somebody Save Me"), all written by the group and driven by RC Brown's pugnacious electric guitar churn. For 13 tracks, they hold tight to these grooves, adding a bit of wah-wah or organ here and there ... Thanks to Luaka Bop's attention, the group - still driven by [Brown siblings] Annie, Edward, and RC - not only played their first live set in 40 years for the Paris Review but YouTube and Vimeo house more recent interviews and performances as well. Their music hasn't changed or aged a day, and the attention this crucial reissue is bringing them couldn't happen to more deserving folks".

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"Named after their chief influence the Staple Singers, with other touchstones including Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye, they sung gospel and of the civil rights struggle. By the time they recorded their sole album in Tupelo in 1975, [the teenagers] had recruited Ronnel Brown who was 10. Pressing just a handful of copies, they sold them at their shows and to neighbours from their front lawn. They clearly had gumption and their songs, switching from deadly solemnity to dancing-in-the-ailes jubilation, are testament to that".

"Their astonishingly world-weary music deserves your attention - passionate blues-soul with raw-from-the-pulpit production, and bone-cracking funk drums ... Once sold from the Browns' front lawn, this sole album later became a $500-plus prize for crate diggers. So, to answer the title track's question: hopefully now".