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Australian dream-pop icons, The Church, have released their brand new single “Sacred Echoes (Part Two),” via Cooking Vinyl records. It is accompanied by a video, directed by Donald Baldie, which draws inspiration from the haunting photography of Dorothea Lange. Watch it below and find out more.
Celebrating 45 years as a band and still pushing their sound into uncharted territory, The Church have dropped what founder and frontman Steve Kilbey calls “intense, forlorn and exultant” – a gorgeously textured track that begins in fragile piano tones and swells into an orchestral storm.
Few bands enter their fifth decade of making music with all the fierce creative energy of their early years. Even fewer bands are like The Church. Experiencing a renaissance of sorts with their worldwide critically-hailed 26th album The Hypnogogue and its companion 27th album (that also serves as a worthy standalone) Eros Zeta and the Perfumed Guitars, The Church has witnessed their continued impact to astonishingly grow exponentially in audience size and media attention through not only their new albums but a world tour that took them through North America, the UK, Europe and back home to Australia. Coupled with the 2024 vinyl re-issues of their first four albums – Of Skins & Heart, The Blurred Crusade, Séance, and Heyday – their most recent Australian tour was one of their most successful tours to date.
The band also launched an exclusive fan community via a partnership with The Chorus, aptly named nightfriends. It is a first for this storied band – an online experience where fans can receive first dibs on concert and new release presales, have access to unreleased songs/demos/live cuts, never-before-seen live show video content and concert films, behind-the-music essays about the creation of pivotal albums, exclusive band Q&As and Forum interactions, and much more.
2025 is turning into a banner year for the band, getting ready to turn the page and both explore new music and celebrate their impressive catalog with a slew of live dates. Kicking off with their first-ever ‘Singles-centric’ tour this Summer in North America, they will be digging into their catalogue and playing the songs that launched them into mainstream consciousness, including “Metropolis,” “Ripple,” “C’est La Vie”, and of course, “Reptile” and “Under the Milky Way.” They also have a new album – their 28th! – planned for 2026! The band will also return to North America next summer for The Singles / 1980–2025 tour, celebrating their sprawling catalog – from “Under the Milky Way” and “Reptile” to their newest material.
Lineup:
Steve Kilbey – Bass, vocals
Tim Powles – Drums
Ian Haug – Guitar
Ashley Naylor – Guitar
Jeffrey Cain – Multiple instruments
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