Hi there. A new Church fan posting, recently I decided to take a risk and blindly purchase my first Church album (being Starfish), and subsequently stumbled across this messageboard. I also managed to pick up Priest = Aura yesterday - which I should be giving a thorough listen in the next few weeks. Strangely I hadn't actually been made aware of the band through Under The Milky Way which seems to be the standard entry point , instead I came across them when they were recommended in the liner notes of a Brian Jonestown Massacre record.

Anyway...Starfish. By the time I reached the lyrics "Draconian winter unforetold..." on first listen I already knew I was dealing with something special. Turns out the rest of the album is just as magical as that moment. My favourite track so far is Blood Money. I'm not sure what the songs are really about as yet but they sure as hell sound good.

I'll elaborate more on this once I've had more time to digest the record.

By the way this is a really interesting messageboard, it's nice to see a band forum where music (shock horror) is properly discussed.


adios