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| Name: | sebastian |
| Review Source (if not you): | muy buen disco |
| Review or Comments: | un disco muy poderoso y con guitarras exelentes es un disco q a cualquier persona llama la atencion ,as you will un temasotantalized un tema muy poderoso y myrrh igual aqui le habla un fanatico q tiene 17 aņos |
| Name: | Fip |
| Review Source (if not you): | SOUNDS [UK] 1986 |
| Review or Comments: | HOLY ROLLERS
by Richard Cook THE CHURCH 'Heyday' (EMI EMC 3508) **** (4 stars) Scattered through this group's prolific history - they can't stop pouring out the songs and the records, it seems - are a cluster of jewels: 'Constant In Opal', 'Almost With You', 'Electric', all of the 'Sing-Songs' EP. Will they sew together the classic record that lurks inside them? 'Heyday' comes decently close. Imagine Byrds grown into Bunnymen and feasting on the textures of Renaissnace psychedelia: you're nearly there, and so are they, except it pans out a bit too pompous at times. 'Night Of Light', 'Tantalized' and 'Myrrh' are complex swirls of guitar melody developed into huge canvases - they're a small group, really, and this chest-beating doesn't suit them that well. But Stephen Kilbey's voice phrases a fine and elegant melancholy out of their words, and they've learned how to burnish their music. 'Tristesse' is a rewrite of 'Lady Madonna' that soars effortlessly out of their mouths and hands. It's a difficult game to play well: 'Already Yesterday', exactly the same on the surface, topples over into a sickly never never land of rotten romance. Then they're back on the map with the booming time-trip of 'Columbus'. Needs a pinch of indulgence, a moment's belief, but The Church dream good dreams. A recent live set shot down all their pretty birds and left us with ugly metal stomp. I'll stick with the records. This one's fine. -Richard Cook |