Category: Psychedelic

Late in 1985, The Church put out another splendid album, “Heyday.” The Wikipedia article on this record notes two important changes leading up to its release. First, most of the songs became a group...

So — this cover looks familiar, if you saw my last entry about The Church’s “Persia” EP. Clearly same model, same shoot, same feeling — spooky bride of death or something along those lines....

Next up comes “Persia,” another EP, released in August 1984, just six months after “Remote Luxury.” Very much in the same vein as the tracks on that earlier EP, just sweet dreamy jangle-rock without...

This Australian EP from February 1984 is just excellent. Oh, I do love me some Church, and every track on this EP is beautiful. It kicks off with “Maybe These Boys,” a pulsing little...

Just a simple extended single, with a very nice cover. “It’s No Reason” was a track from Seance, but “Someone Special” and “Autumn Soon” appear to be non-LP tracks. “Someone Special” would have fit...

Relistening to this album from 1983 and having the same impression of it that I always have. It’s The Church, and I love The Church. And it has a great atmosphere, and yet –...

This 12″ EP came out in 1982, though my version is apparently from the UK in 1983; it only saw release in The Church’s native Australia, and New Zealand and the UK. If there...

The title, which seems to have nothing to do with any Church lyric I’ve ever heard (and yet which sounds just like one) always makes me think that perhaps Winterland was a concert venue....

The Church is one of those bands where I feel like I need a prologue, like The Beatles or Marc Almond, because just mentioning that I have a lot of Church albums is not...