The Church

On the face of it, the high guitar priests of the Australian band the Church have been
making pretty much the same record for nearly eight years – with twin guitars overlapping
in crystal formations of pinging harmonics, staircase arpeggios and clarion twangs and
singer-bassist Steve Kilbey's voice walking a thin line between a melancholy drone and an
embittered hiss. Yet no two Church records ever actually sound alike. At its mos... More >

Anybody who can't hear this album's pretty textures and expert hooksmanship has problems with his or her central nervous system. I mean, facts are facts. But tastes are open to dispute, and anybody who gets off on its lulling rhythms and obscure lyrics has his or hers stuck in the '60s and up his or her ass respectively. (Grade: B)