| Saturday, May 5th 2007 - 12:18:28 AM | |
| Name: | Brien Comerford |
| Review or Comment: | Sometime Anywhere is the peerless masterpiece of the 1990's, not Radiohead's OK Computer. This album is so dreamy, creative and innovative it will perpetually expand your mind. The keyboards are great and they augment the stellar guitars and bass. Just imagine Pink Floyd, Radiohead and Steve Kilbey being in the same band. That's what "Sometime Anywhere" sounds like. The last song will blow your mind but it intoxicates like fine wine. All the songs are elaborate and musically fabulous. A long but perfectly crafted CD marvel! |
| Monday, December 5th 2005 - 08:56:34 PM | |
| Name: | fip |
| Review Source: | Unknown (clipping) |
| Review or Comment: | The Church still inhabit that limboland of dream pop, where the Australian trio remain lost in clouds of both metaphorical and smokable substance. Two albums have passed since 1988's Starfish, the album that finally broke them, during which time they've taken stock of musical trends, especially at the slow, sultrier end of dance. But Sometime Anywhere is still a further refinement of the psychedelic louchness that has seen them grow into the space between The Only Ones and Talk Talk. The melodies are too soporific to penetrate deeply but you can still get heavenly-lost in several chorus lifts (the best being the sublime AOR leanings of 2 Places At Once, where songwriters Steve Kilbey and Marty Willson-Piper sing different sets of lyrics) and textures that would shame a Persian carpetweaver. *** (3 Stars)
- Martin Aston |
| Sunday, March 13th 2005 - 04:27:07 PM | |
| Name: | Richie |
| Review or Comment: | Ok, so only HALF the band are actually here...3/4 if you want to get technical, but Tim WAS still new here...
An album that is ALL OVER the place but it works and it works quite well after many listenings. I loved it right away though, but I can see where some might find problems with it as a staring point. Day of the Dead continues their somber yet atmospheric opening track standard. Great great song with a creepy chorus that hooks you in. Lost My Touch and Loveblind are experimental, but then so are Marty and Steve! This is the album where they get quite trippy and these songs are pure examples. The Maven and Angelica are also flavored textures and are intriguing to listen to once the other tracks have grown on you (and they indeed do). The standouts here are the epics...both My Little Problem and Two Places at Once are pure Church magic. Soft and gentle where they need to be, then bombastic and glorious in just the right measure. at 7+ minutes each, they are the rare exception the "long song" that never wear out their welcome. Lullaby is a pretty little song that gets bashed by many fans as being wrong to put on an album. It's actually quite beautiful to listen to, even if it is kind of a Christmas tune. Steve's singing here is so lovely that is transcends any criticism that is unfairly leveled against it. Likewise, Business Woman is pure pop and also quite catchy. True, it is not really a signature Church tune, but damn, at LEAST they were trying out different things here! It works because of their song-crafting capabilities more than it's moxy and is quite Beatlesque and fun. Fly Home finds them once again in trippy Pink Floyd territory to astonishing effect. Marty's vocals are some of his best work here, along with the sharing of duties with Steve on Two Places at Once. I wish they would do that more often, since I think their vocals contrast so wonderfully on that song! All in all, a wonderfully worthwhile offering from a band that still continues to astonish and amaze and will do so for a long time. |
| Saturday, December 11th 2004 - 02:14:58 AM | |
| Name: | Jimmymo |
| Review or Comment: | I quite honestly had to wait ten years to fully appreciate this album. I heard and liked some songs but didn't fully "get it" until I pulled the CD out of the closet one night and listened from beginning to end...WOW!
The Church have always been ahead of their time. I just some growing up to do. |
| Friday, August 20th 2004 - 07:34:26 PM | |
| Name: | silvana |
| Review or Comment: | Excellent, Excellent...
Melodic, flowing, introspective melody lines combined with textured and advancing rhythm layers. The lyrics for each track are in fact stories with, at times, very "cool-like" situations. In all the album is mesmerizingly engaging and likewise adventurous with historical perspective-A metaphor of hope for mankind. |
| Sunday, March 21st 2004 - 03:32:20 PM | |
| Name: | Christian Schreier from Guatemala |
| Review or Comment: | Every time I see this album in the used section of a cd store, I feel the urge to buy it again. I don't understand why so many people don't appreciate this album for what it is. Don't compare it with the other ones; this one has a light of its own. Personally I think Dare Mason has a lot to do with the sound of the record. It starts where P=A left with the dark and haunting "Day of the Dead", followed by one of the most cruelly over looked and ignored Church songs, "Lost My Touch". This one is a gem, kind of electronic with a melancholic and dark melody that it's hard to get out of your head. "Loveblind" goes in the same direction as "Lost My Touch" but with more acoustic guitars and dreamlike female choruses, nice story by the way. My Little Problem is a nice melancholic song that grows on you after a few listens. The Maven is the hard rocking song of the album, followed by an almost dance song, Angelica, with a very interesting blend of guitar feedback and electronic beats, it has little oriental feel. 'Two Places At Once" is a mellow kind of romantic song (in a Church point of view), but not with a common story, do you believe in reincarnation? "Business Woman" and "Authority" are two songs that weren't suppose to be in the album, but I find them exquisite. If only pop would always sound like this. "Fly Home" and "The Dead Man's Dream" are two hypnotizing psychedelic peaces that will make you want to laid back and relax. If you're new to The Church and want to get a classic, may be this one isn't the right start, but never the less this is a hell of a good Church album. If you like SA, you may also like The Refo:mation. |
| Monday, March 1st 2004 - 12:44:23 AM | |
| Name: | Tom |
| Review or Comment: | A pared-down Church (reduced to Kilbey and Willson-Piper) produced this strange, psychodelia-meets-electronica-meets-god knows what as they struggled to retain the original vision of the band. At first listen overindulgent, the album reveals its treasures only after the listener peers past the over-bright gleam of the stylistic touches. In fact there are a multitude of soaring works here that take you to places no guitar duo has ever before. Pour yourself a drink, relax, turn the lights low (Kilbey would suggest a joint) and worship at the altar; no other response would do the band justice. |
