Lisa Kekaula is a knockout vocalist; her voice has been heard torching songs for the Basement Jaxx (“Good Luck”) and the Crystal Method (“High and Low”), and she perked up ears when her band the BellRays provided the rocking soundtrack for a foreign-car TV ad, with “Revolution Get Down.” Slowly but surely, the world is taking notice of Kekaula, the BellRays and a 15-year career marked by stunning live performances and a handful of albums on tiny labels. “Have a Little Faith” is the biracial Los Angeles quartet’s most accomplished and varied album, a merger of raving Detroit-style garage rock and incandescent Southern soul, dusted with Memphis soul horns (“Third Time’s the Charm”), Eastern drone (“Beginning from the End”) and even hints of melancholy introspection (the quiet interludes in “Chainsong,” the title song, “Lost Disciples”). It’s the strongest showcase yet for the songwriting that underpins the BellRays’ scorched-earth concerts.
