The Church is one of the most underrated bands of all time. Though titans in Australia, the band is largely loved everywhere else by in-the-know, classic alternative heads, which means The D Man is a definitely a fan. "Under the Milky Way" is one of my all-time favorite songs, "Reptile" and the rest of the tracks on the 1988 classic Starfish still resonate, and I was easily the only kid in my junior high that bought 1994's Sometime Anywhere. The band just released its 25th album and Steve Kilbey's voice still sounds like a conspiratorial shaman, dispensing wisdom over psychedelic, shimmering guitars. That said, I had never really listened to the band's 1982 and 1984 albums, The Blurred Crusade (second) and Remote Luxury (fourth). The band's distinctive sound emerges on both records, reveling in a kind of mystical, exquisite guitar pop, and I've been lost in the deep cuts all week.
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