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Music : Of Skins and Heart [Australian Import]
Rating: 
- EXCOMMUNICATING IN STYLE
OF SKINS AND HEART is the brilliant 1981 debut by Australian band THE CHURCH. And I still maintain to this day that they were as good as, if not better than, INXS with their driving and melodic pop/rock sound. That's just a subjective opinion, of course, especially when you take into account the latter's sales and worldwide popularity, but still...
This is an album chock full of psychedelic, lyrical imagery, jangling guitars, and husky vocals (courtesy of STEVE KILBEY, complete with refreshing Antipodean twang). Every element gels perfectly AND on their first attempt, no less, resulting in a collection of songs as potent - if not quite as well defined - as anything to be found on KICK. But feel free to argue the point.
CHROME INJURY
FOR A MOMENT WE'RE STRANGERS
THE UNGUARDED MOMENT
MEMORIES IN FUTURE TENSE
These songs in particular stand out and possess a melodic hook so compelling you're sucked in almost without effort straight away. And only marginally lesser material rounds off the album. The production is very 80's, but thankfully shies clear of that horrible 'big sound' so beloved of ASIA and their ilk. Nonetheless, The Church come across with power and presence and nothing about OF SKINS AND HEART is sub-par. Trivia note: FIGHTER PILOT...KOREAN WAR was replaced by TEAR IT ALL AWAY on the original UK release.
Amazingly, The Church are still knocking songs out today but it's an altogether more trippy and grungy affair, due as much to advancing age as musical progression. For me, the early-to-mid stuff stands the march of time best (follow-up album THE BLURRED CRUSADE, classic tracks such as TANTALISED and UNDER THE MILKY WAY, for example) but, as with all things musical, you need to hear it for yourself.
I don't remember being an atheist for long.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Rating:
- A Great Lost Album Found
Arrrggh why did it take 26 years for me to find this amazing group?!
This is their debut album, released 26 years ago in 1981 when all was right with music. This is an essential blend of early-80s contemporaries such as the Replacements and the Only Ones mixed with the lighter side of The Cure/Joy Division/Magazine. It still sounds fresh though, and if you can at least take a listen to 'Unguarded Moment' you might hear the influence they've had (It's if The Shins have lifted their sound directly from this song, it sounds EXACTLY like James Mercer on the harmony backing vocals).
That sums it up really, a post-punk/pop/rock blinder that I'm going to spend a very happy summer listening to. It's magnificent, as is the follow up 'Blurred Crusade'.
N.B. There are three extra tracks recorded with second drummer Richard Ploog tagged on to some versions which slightly drag the album down, better off without them...
- EXCOMMUNICATING IN STYLEOF SKINS AND HEART is the brilliant 1981 debut by Australian band THE CHURCH. And I still maintain to this day that they were as good as, if not better than, INXS with their driving and melodic pop/rock sound. That's just a subjective opinion, of course, especially when you take into account the latter's sales and worldwide popularity, but still...
This is an album chock full of psychedelic, lyrical imagery, jangling guitars, and husky vocals (courtesy of STEVE KILBEY, complete with refreshing Antipodean twang). Every element gels perfectly AND on their first attempt, no less, resulting in a collection of songs as potent - if not quite as well defined - as anything to be found on KICK. But feel free to argue the point.
CHROME INJURY
FOR A MOMENT WE'RE STRANGERS
THE UNGUARDED MOMENT
MEMORIES IN FUTURE TENSE
These songs in particular stand out and possess a melodic hook so compelling you're sucked in almost without effort straight away. And only marginally lesser material rounds off the album. The production is very 80's, but thankfully shies clear of that horrible 'big sound' so beloved of ASIA and their ilk. Nonetheless, The Church come across with power and presence and nothing about OF SKINS AND HEART is sub-par. Trivia note: FIGHTER PILOT...KOREAN WAR was replaced by TEAR IT ALL AWAY on the original UK release.
Amazingly, The Church are still knocking songs out today but it's an altogether more trippy and grungy affair, due as much to advancing age as musical progression. For me, the early-to-mid stuff stands the march of time best (follow-up album THE BLURRED CRUSADE, classic tracks such as TANTALISED and UNDER THE MILKY WAY, for example) but, as with all things musical, you need to hear it for yourself.
I don't remember being an atheist for long.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Rating:
- A Great Lost Album FoundArrrggh why did it take 26 years for me to find this amazing group?!
This is their debut album, released 26 years ago in 1981 when all was right with music. This is an essential blend of early-80s contemporaries such as the Replacements and the Only Ones mixed with the lighter side of The Cure/Joy Division/Magazine. It still sounds fresh though, and if you can at least take a listen to 'Unguarded Moment' you might hear the influence they've had (It's if The Shins have lifted their sound directly from this song, it sounds EXACTLY like James Mercer on the harmony backing vocals).
That sums it up really, a post-punk/pop/rock blinder that I'm going to spend a very happy summer listening to. It's magnificent, as is the follow up 'Blurred Crusade'.
N.B. There are three extra tracks recorded with second drummer Richard Ploog tagged on to some versions which slightly drag the album down, better off without them...