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Forget Yourself
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After 24 years of service, most bands are just waiting for their next reunion tour or VH-1 appearance to roll around. Not the Church. The Australian quartet's seventeenth album offers plenty of appeal for both longtime devotees and fans of newer acts like Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Although nothing here feels immediate as their 1988 chart hit "Under the Milky Way," the 64-minute program as a whole is just as mesmerizing as their masterpieces Heyday and Starfish. Awash in reverberating guitar fuzz and Steve Kilby's haunting vocals, the undulating opener "Sealine" exerts a pull as powerful as any undertow. "Telepath," which kicks off with a swath of Beach Boys-style vocal harmonies, is one of several cuts where the intertwined guitars of Marty Wilson-Piper and Peter Koppes deliver a more modest--but no less captivating--variation on the grandeur peddled by U2's The Edge, while Kilby's sinewy bass lines add a touch of the sinister to "Reversal" and "I Kept Everything." --Kurt B. Reighley
All Music Guide January, 2003
a timeless, magical disc that is easily as strong as anything from their 1980s peak.
Album Description
Formed in Sydney, Australia in 1980, The Church scored one of the most enduring alternative hits with "Under the Milky Way" from their record "Starfish." Remaining true to their musical vision while evolving with time, "Forget Yourself" is the 17th release by the Church. The band’s 1960s inspired psych-pop has echoed and inspired bands for over two decades, but "Forget Yourself" reminds the world how vital the writing and playing of the Church still is.