The Church
The Church took the chime of 60s jangle pop and stretched it into something dreamier and more mysterious, with Marty Willson-Piper and Peter Koppes weaving twin guitars around Steve Kilbey's languid bass and voice.
The Sydney band broke through with 'The Unguarded Moment' in 1981, and Starfish, recorded in Los Angeles, gave them a US Top 30 hit with the hazy, hypnotic 'Under the Milky Way'. Priest=Aura went deeper into sprawling psychedelia.
Kilbey has kept the Church going with new members, releasing The Hypnogogue in 2023 and Eros Zeta and the Perfumed Guitars in 2024, with Lacuna arriving in late 2026.
If you like The Church you should check out: The Chameleons, Echo & the Bunnymen, R.E.M., Hoodoo Gurus, The Sound, Television, Big Star, The Smiths, The Cure, Slowdive
