After marking time in its last two discs (Box Of Birds, which featured covers ranging from Hawkwind to Carole King, and the sprawling Hologram Of Baal), the Australian...
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Over more than two decades, Australia's Church ranks as one of the most uncompromising and dependable groups in all of rock. As a laundry list of musical fads have come and...
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With label woes, a rotation of drummers, and Stateside disinterest, the 1990s were difficult for the Church. Tough enough that most would have expected the veteran...
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The Church runneth over at the start of the new millennium, as Steve Kilbey and the rest of the tenured band released Parallel Universe, not just one but two discs, all of...
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With label woes, a rotation of drummers, and Stateside disinterest, the 1990s were difficult for the Church. Tough enough that most would have expected the veteran...
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Gold Afternoon Fix should have been a consolidation of the band's increased commercial profile and cachet after "Under the Milky Way," heightened by the welcome reissue of...
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Whether it was the assistance of Peter Walsh on production, a decision to bear down and see what could be done, or some further combination of that and other factors, the...
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On their debut, Of Skin and Heart, the Church play a straightforward pop/rock firmly rooted in new wave, though owing no small debt to '60s pop. Edgier and more direct than...
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Probably the most obscure album title yet from the Church, and definitely one of the least likely to provide a catchy radio single, but with this defiant reclaiming of their...
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Two Aussie EPs make for an album worthy of a religious experience, with the Byrdsian guitars of Willson-Piper and Koppes and the detached Bowiesque vocals of...
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Collecting the contents of two separate EPs into a full-length album for American purposes, Remote Luxury actually makes for a reasonable release, avoiding the miserable...
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The cover may have looked like something of a goth record of the era, though then again not many goths would have used pink as the dominant color of an album. On this, the...
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After such a fine debut as Of Skins and Heart, creating a follow-up might have been a burden for the Church -- and maybe it was, but the end result was well worth it....
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Over more than a dozen releases, Australia's the Church have crafted a highly textured, stylized sound that, in addition to being instantly recognizable, helped lay a...
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Signing to Arista might have seemed an unusual move to start with, getting produced by L.A. studio types like Waddy Wachtel even more so. But for the Church the rewards were...
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The Church initiate their aspiring parishioners into a haunted cathedral of delicate beauty (like stained glass) and lofty, vaulted poetry. The aptly named opener "Welcome"...
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At some point in the career of nearly every band, the opportunity presents itself to pay homage to a batch of songs that were particularly influential--or just downright...
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Covers albums could be seen as the last refuge of a dying band, but that's a cynical reading of the situation. At their best, covers albums can be fun and even revealing, as...
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Buddha's Under the Milky Way: Best of the Church is a terrific, comprehensive anthology, tracing their career from their 1981 debut Of Skin and Heart to 1994's Sometime...
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Arista dropped them but the Church soldiered on -- Tim Powles fully joined in the songwriting process a number of times, while Peter Koppes guested on various cuts after his...
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