No other Christian artist stirs up controversy like Derek Webb, and Stockholm Syndrome sets the cat amongst the pigeons like never before. Ostensibly, that’s because one song (“What Matters More”) includes a curse word. Don’t buy that for a minute. The real reason why Webb is a lightning-rod is because he is a thorn in the side of apathetic middle-class Christianity.

Lyrics such as, “I don’t want the Son, I want a jury of peers / I don’t want the Father, I want a vending machine” aren’t supposed to comfort, they are supposed to be prophetic. And it’s the music that the message is wrapped in which make his words so devastatingly effective.

It’s a sonic reinvention for Webb: all glitchy electronics that bring to mind Thom Yorke’s The Eraser album, but with a thoroughly addictive – even poppy – melodic sheen. Stockholm Syndrome is creative, mature and completely brilliant. Just remember: faithful are the wounds of a friend.