likely one of my favorite compilations, ever. i might add.
― stephen, Thursday, 18 October 2007 04:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Check the AMG listing...
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 18 October 2007 04:41 (sixteen years ago) link
i have hindsight, it's a very strong compilation, particularly from the perspective of the non-LP stuff
― electricsound, Thursday, 18 October 2007 04:43 (sixteen years ago) link
hahah yeah Ned, read the AMG listing before, i know you have it. you have everything Church-related i assume.
and the b-sides are pretty listenable, yes! as opposed to certain other artists, whose b-sides aren't worthy to grace a 7-year career comp.
― stephen, Thursday, 18 October 2007 05:24 (sixteen years ago) link
I should get Hindsight, I really should. I remember seeing it in stores many times and just thinking "oh I don't need that, I've already got everything on it" but hell I don't have all the cassettes I used to, either. It looks like a real nice comp now, in any case.
― Bimble, Friday, 19 October 2007 03:55 (sixteen years ago) link
According to Kilbey, the Space Rock Xmas show mentioned upthread is going to get an official release. Apparently titled Mercator Projection, there might be a DVD to go along with it.
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 16 March 2008 23:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh my god! Look, I've looked upthread for that bit, but you apparently posted it on the sandbox so now I don't know how to find it! This is the one Ned kept salivating over right? Where they did a lot of Hawkwind or whatever?
― Bimble, Monday, 17 March 2008 00:59 (sixteen years ago) link
I wouldn't put it quite so stickly, Bimble.
Anyway, took 'em long enough!
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 17 March 2008 01:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Heheh. Well sorry for being "stickly". I don't know what that means exactly, but I meant no offense. :)
― Bimble, Monday, 17 March 2008 01:48 (sixteen years ago) link
stickily
― electricsound, Monday, 17 March 2008 02:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Mr. Marty Willson-Piper is playing here next week. I feel rather privileged though I know nothing of his latest or even probably last three albums. Looking at his myspace page, I remember how enthusiastic a music-lover he always was. He mentioned Neu! before I ever even know who the fuck that was! He just has lots of energy. He wants to talk about music, his brain is a sponge for it, he has zillions of records, he's the kind of guy you could have a good chat with and a cup of tea.
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Saturday, 3 May 2008 07:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Apparently titled Mercator Projection
this was actually the name of the band.
― energy flash gordon, Monday, 5 May 2008 03:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Doesn't the beginning bass line to "Anna Miranda" sound like early Cure??? It's like the early Cure version of "Under The Milky Way"! hahaha
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Saturday, 21 June 2008 01:55 (fifteen years ago) link
This band is awesomeeeee
― stephen, Sunday, 22 June 2008 02:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Thread revive because I can't think of an appropriate caption for this photo
http://www.vogue.com.au/var/vogue/storage/images/people_parties/events/2008/david_jones_american_express_card_launch/126939-4-eng-GB/david_jones_american_express_card_launch.jpg
(they played at some some AMEX corporate gig)
― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 9 October 2008 07:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Kilbey looks in a better shape than 2 or 3 years ago.Willson-Piper now is ready to join some Californian cult.
― Marco Damiani, Thursday, 9 October 2008 07:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Yikes, Marty! Uh...what happened? Next he'll be wearing a rasta hat.
― Bimble, Thursday, 9 October 2008 16:23 (fifteen years ago) link
they played at some some AMEX corporate gig
And don't they look thrilled to be there!
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 9 October 2008 16:40 (fifteen years ago) link
prolly had to play the gig to pay off their overextended gold cards...
― henry s, Thursday, 9 October 2008 17:55 (fifteen years ago) link
She put her foot down on the oscillation pedalAnd earned ... double Membership Rewards(R) points
― nabisco, Thursday, 9 October 2008 18:51 (fifteen years ago) link
In the space between our housesSome damage was discoveredBut thanks to the Purchase Protection PlanOur retail shopping's covered
― nabisco, Thursday, 9 October 2008 18:56 (fifteen years ago) link
I paid eighty dollars for this wedding ring,I couldn't take it off if I tried.Got 20,000 bonus Starpoints,Exclusive Privileges Worldwide.
― henry s, Thursday, 9 October 2008 19:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Sometimes when I just can't find my Gold CardAnd I'm on an international flightI think about ... the Global Assist(R) HotlineAnd how they'll replace that Card tonight
― nabisco, Thursday, 9 October 2008 20:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Apparently it paid pretty well. There's a hilarious Kilbey blog entry about it.
― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 9 October 2008 23:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, see now you've got me going back to his blog and damn me if it isn't even better than it was last time I was there. I never thought I'd enjoy just reading his words nearly as much as hearing their music, but the guy is remarkably talented, you have to admit.
― Hot Pants Floyd (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Saturday, 11 October 2008 03:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Magician Among The Spirits
― Get Your Goth On (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Sunday, 26 October 2008 07:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Who needs the Church when you have Church. Oh wait.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 16 November 2009 21:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Glad this thread is revived; The Church's latest album, Untitled #23, is one of their very best; an incredibly dreamy, confident album. Probably the year's most overlooked.
― Evan R, Monday, 16 November 2009 22:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Really? It just didn't grab me aside from a couple of tracks, whereas everything else they done P=A has at least 4 or 5 *great* tracks.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 17 November 2009 02:56 (fourteen years ago) link
I agree with Evan R, I think Untitled #23 sits comfortably alongside Priest=Aura or Starfish. Top-tier Church album.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 17 November 2009 03:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, Untitled #23 proved to be a real grower for me. It's quite astonishing that a band who are approaching their fourth decade together can still conjure unexpected twists and sonic novelties for every album. (For example, the lovely, ghostly backing vocals in Pangaea.) A few other observations:1. Either Tim Powles has become a better drummer, or he's being better recorded these days. Perhaps both. This is the first record where I've really dug his playing and his drum sound.2. I was sorry that Marty didn't get a song to sing. However, his vocal cameo, when it appears, is all the more effective for its isolation.3. The spectre of mortality hangs heavy over these songs, and Steve's melancholy seems to have seeped into Marty's and Peter's playing. They're less energetic than in days of yore, more inclined to strum than arpeggiate. Their languor synergises with the opaque symbolism of the lyrics and the album's almost unvaryingly mid-tempo pace to create a unifyingly dreamy atmosphere, as referred to above by Evan R.
By the way, for anyone who missed it, a biography of Steve Kilbey was recently published. It's quite well-written, features some remarkable anecdotes, and is a definite must-have for any dedicated fan.
― Vast Halo, Tuesday, 17 November 2009 20:24 (fourteen years ago) link
This is a lot of material to catch up on, I feel bad about this, I suddenly realized how much I like this band and how they do what they do quite well. They are a really good kind of "boring".
― I AM NOT A BALONEY SANDWICH (u s steel), Saturday, 28 November 2009 00:41 (fourteen years ago) link
So which albums would you say are strong start to finish, aside from "Starfish"?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 21 December 2009 23:43 (fourteen years ago) link
i think heyday and seance are both reasonably strong throughout, though neither are quite as classic as starfish beyond the singles. i have never heard blurred crusade from start to finish.
― happy christmas your ass (electricsound), Monday, 21 December 2009 23:47 (fourteen years ago) link
"Forget Yourself" was a hell of an album, too, with some of their best songs. But even that album doesn't quite hang together as well as "Untitled." They recorded two semi-acoustic albums with a mix of classic songs and new material this decade. I know that sounds awful on paper---old band revisits old songs---but the new arrangements are utterly gorgeous and sometimes really innovative. And Kilbey's voice is pure silk; he gives great performances. It's not a place I'd recommend anybody to start, but for casual fans it's a real treat.
― Evan R, Tuesday, 22 December 2009 01:52 (fourteen years ago) link
The Church - "Priest = Aura"/the internet
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 22 December 2009 02:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Heyday. Priest = Aura is solid but overlong, like Disintegration.
― .gif of the magpie (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 22 December 2009 02:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Attention all -- will be interviewing Peter Koppes later today so if anyone has any burning questions about the band at present, suggest them here. (I have a ton myself but hey, nothing wrong with more!)
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 20 January 2011 16:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Just ask him when they're finally going to release a live album!
― Marco Damiani, Thursday, 20 January 2011 16:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Haha noted.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 20 January 2011 18:25 (thirteen years ago) link
ask steve about what drugs he was on at that awards acceptance speech, and if he can share w/ all of us
― ilxor, Thursday, 20 January 2011 18:41 (thirteen years ago) link
will be interviewing Peter Koppes later today
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 20 January 2011 18:51 (thirteen years ago) link
ahhh fxck me
― ilxor, Thursday, 20 January 2011 19:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Nice interview with Steve: http://blog.billkopp.com/?p=453
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 04:19 (thirteen years ago) link
And new Isidore album out today (Steve and Jeffrey Cain of Remy Zero etc.) -- first part of a two part interview with Cain here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karen-shepard/jeffrey-cain-isidore_b_1275316.html
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T22Ozz1ceHI
Okay, so this song "Maybe You" popped up a couple weeks ago and everyone writing about it seemed to agree it's great. Hardly anyone seemed to mention that the twins in question are Elektra and Anna Miranda Kilbey...daughters of Steve Kilbey.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 May 2012 22:06 (twelve years ago) link
Love how Steve Kilbey sings its praises in the comments on Soundcloud version.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 28 May 2012 22:10 (twelve years ago) link
lol I hadn't noticed that.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 May 2012 22:11 (twelve years ago) link
"reconciling all contradictions. at once modern and classic. following the aesthetic of beauty to an incredible conclusion. subtle. strange. familiar. 2 identicall voices weave in and out of each other creating a delicious silvery feeling. i am shocked at how good this is!"
haha
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 May 2012 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
I have all the time in the world for that guy.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 28 May 2012 22:15 (twelve years ago) link