Church - 2009 - Song Force Crystal

Genre: Indie Pop
Label: Sohitek (Vinyl) + Tender Loving Empire (CD)

Similar Artists: Grizzzzzzly Beer...

Ay, always that Grizzly Bear reference here, seems I don't know any other band with beautiful arrangements and lot of reverb ;-).

But it comes close.

I featured Church in a previous post - look here, with their wonderful Demo releases and now they put out a CD/Vinyl release. The CD is in a beautiful 3 coloured hand-screenprinted paperfolder and contains 8 tracks with, lets say melancholic slowed down surf music. Reverbed guitar, multiple voices, earthy synth basslines.

It lacks of a remindable hit like Happiness on the first demo, but it's a very constistent record with unique sound. So check it and visit their shows in the next two month (see myspace below).

Church utilizes this unique analog instrumentation to unite factions of noise rock with psychedelic folk and experimental pop. Song Force Crystal, the debut long play from Church, is a honing of musical themes heralded in two prior EP's. Picking up where previous titles Gold and With All Our Love for Francisco the Man left off, Song Force Crystal was recorded in a living room to an 8-track tape machine. The album reverberates with a warmth and rawness more familiar to 70's era basement productions than to modern day digitalia. The songs revel in dense slabs of tabe saturation, perfect for showcasing cavernous four-part harmonies, or trebly tube amplifiers. Song Force Crystal is a contradiction fo sounds, at once expansive, and cohesive, experimental yet familiar, brooding one moment and soothing the next. (Labelinfo)

PS: this is a medium quality rip, to give you a chance to say hi to the label, when ordering the CD/Vinyl ;-)

Tracklisting

1. Graveyard
2. Opposite People
3. Hidden Tone
4. Quilty's Guilty
5. Aquamarine
6. Paloma
7. Crab Magic
8. Golden Girls

Try it - Buy it CD / Vinyl - MicePays