the church

http://www.ravemagazine.com.au/content/view/30845/82/ The Church TUESDAY, 10 JANUARY 2012 Brisbane Powerhouse – Fri Dec 23 A rainy pre-Christmas Eve night can be made special in a variety of ways – in this lifer’s case, seeing The Church, who are bringing the three-album Future Past Perfect extravaganza to the Powerhouse. Aided by a considerably-younger “utility man” Craig Wilson from Sydney dream/jangle-popsters Astreetlightsong, [Read more...]

“Stunning show. One of the best shows I have ever seen by them and I’ve seen plenty.” Noel Mengel

http://www.streetpress.com.au/online_mags/DM/DM_1091/
Click on page 109 for a great review of our three album show in street press magazine Drum Media!

AU Review – “If I had a crystal ball I would predict that the church’s future will remain as inspired, creative and perfect as their past and present”.
http://www.theaureview.com/sydney/the-church-enmore-theatre-17-12-2011

“Due to quirks in the schedule surfacing in the late afternoon, space saviours the church are forced to play an abridged, seven-song set at The Dome (Steve Kilbey is the first to admit the four-piece are going to be far more generous at a venue) as PNAU doof away at a close distance. The introspective Aura, Sealine and Cobalt Blue are interesting choices for [Read more...]

http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/reviews/events/30955/The-Church-The-Triffids–Ed-Kuepper-Red-Hill-Perth-041211
the church, The Triffids & Ed Kuepper at Red Hill Auditorium, Perth WA 4th Dec 2011 by carlosrockets
 
 

http://anotherlostshark.com/2011/04/15/still-psyched/ Still Psyched Almost a week on from A Psychedelic Symphony and my brain is still firing… From the moment George Ellis and his incredible 67 piece orchestra take the stage, the night is one of the most blissful of my life. They open with a superb arrangement of Metropolis, and as the band settle in, front of stage, the anticipation in the crowd is tangible. [Read more...]

http://www.voxmagazine.com.au/2011/04/the-church-opera-house-review/ The Church: A Psychedelic Symphony   The Church Sydney Opera House 10th April 2011 by Paul Kelly First and foremost: they deserve this. After 30 years of developing such a rich, lush catalogue of music, from 1981’s Of Skins and Heart to 2010’s Deadmans Hand EP, the church deserve to be onstage at the magnificent Sydney Opera House [Read more...]

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150153731136156 Traveling over to Sydney to see this once in a lifetime show was filled with many ‘first-of-moments’. It’s the first time I’ve been to Sydney as an adult, first time I’d ever been to the Sydney Opera House, first time I’ve been involved with the design of tour t-shirts for the *church*, first time I got to meet the ever-lovely Sue Campbell [Read more...]

http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/reviews/events/28166/The-Church-and-the-George-Ellis-Orchestra-Sydney-Opera-House-1042011 “With recent tours featuring acoustic shows, retrospectives and entire sets spent performing three (yes, three) albums in full each night, it’s not so surprising to see the church celebrate their three-decade mark with a conceptual show. And while rock bands collaborating with orchestras are neither new nor always a success, it was a bold enough move for their anniversary [Read more...]