Second Motion Records

The Church – Untitled #23
Review by Mike Bax

It’s been a wee while since ‘Under The Milky Way’ captured the alternative airwaves… and almost 30 years in business for The Church as a band. They are certainly not musicians with anything to prove. And if you approach their new record with this headset, you’ll totally love the album. With the success of bands like Sigur Ros and many UK Space-rock bands, The Church almost seem like they are owed some payment of dues or something – they have been crafting clever dream-pop for so many decades. Available on a ltd pressing as a 180 gram vinyl double album with three bonus tracks, audiophiles should be all over this quiet little comeback album. Watch for tour dates from The Church with Adam Franklin of Swervedriver handling the opening duties through June and July.

‘Space Saviour’ should hit home with fans of Spiritualized, it’s rumbling and steady building chorus of “I gotta get up / I gotta get on” building to an impressive crescendo at the midway point of the album. Heady stuff!