From Saint Pepsi to Saint Raymond and Saint Motel, all of the sudden, there are a handful of bands that have Saint in their name. Why now? Who are they? Is there anything vaguely religious about their music? Have they earned the right to call themselves saints? Will their music save your soul? We investigate.

Who: Callum Burrows
Where: Nottingham, England
Why: He once lived on a road called Saint Street and his grandfather's name was Raymond.
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Who: Ryan DeRobertis
Where: Farmingville, New York
Why: The name popped into his head while drinking a—you guessed it!—Pepsi. This 21-year-old Boston College dropout makes electro-tinged feel-good pop. His sound is experimental, but also goes down easy. A tall order, sure, but we're talking about the guy who managed to turn Carly Rae Jepsen's candy-coated hit "Call Me Maybe" into a heartwrenching slow jam.(Seriously.) For never releasing a studio album, Saint Pepsi has an impressively deep discography. But he just signed to Carpark Records, so his full-length debut will be coming soon. In the meantime, fire up his most recent, and most riveting, single (above).
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Casey Lewis is pretty at peace with these Saint bands. She's on Twitter - @caseymlewis.--Want more Saints?Celebrate Making Out in the Summer with Saint Pepsi's Remix of Teen's "Not For Long"Here's Saint Pepsi's Remix of Erik Hassle's "Talk About It"