You don't often hear about an artist reinventing their sound 18 albums into a celebrated career. But for Todd Snider, First Agnostic Church Of Hope And Wonder isn't so much a sudden change in direction as an arrival after years of searching. With his latest album, Snider may play a similar inspirational role for the parishioners in his church. “I'd like for people to have a moment with this record. That's what I'm going for. I know it's a cliché for people to say, 'This is how I've been meaning to sound forever.' But that's how it feels.”