The reissue of Fire of God's Love by Sister Irene O'Connor through Freedom To Spend brings fresh attention to one of the most unconventional and affecting releases in sacred music history. Originally self-produced in 1976 using just a reel-to-reel recorder in a convent, the album features the nun’s voice threading through stark, spectral soundscapes built from organ, early drum machine rhythms, and tape echo. O'Connor's approach was driven by her devotion, yet her music—full of strange reverb, layered vocal effects, and hypnotic synth textures—resonates with the adventurous spirit of early electronic experimenters. Across ten tracks, she narrates gospel and prayer with a haunting directness, her arrangements unexpectedly foreshadowing tendencies in ambient, psychedelic, and experimental pop.​

Freedom To Spend, a label motivated by uncovering and re-contextualizing overlooked works, treats this reissue with equal parts reverence and curiosity. Run by Pete Swanson and Jed Bindeman, FTS is distinguished by its commitment to personal, boundary-pushing music from the fringe—much of it sourced from rare cassettes and private-press vinyl. Fire of God's Lovestands out, not just as a collector’s curiosity, but as an emotionally charged document of faith merging tape wonder with sonic innovation.​

The reissue offers a rich, remastered sound and reconstructed artwork that channels the album’s original spiritual ambiance, complemented by detailed liner notes chronicling its genesis within the Australian Catholic music underground. O'Connor’s compositions, such as “Fire of God’s Love” and “Mass for Moderns,” sound today as strange and urgent as ever—timeless meditations suspended in echo, longing, and transcendent reverence. For fans of outsider music, devotional song, and homespun experimentation, this edition reasserts Fire of God's Love as a rare and poignant incantation—a work that whispers across decades to remind listeners of the power latent in faith, technology, and radical imagination.​