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Album Review: Nothing is missing from The Church’s sparkling magnum opus ‘Lacuna’.

Will no-one think of the poor music reviewer? Steve Kilbey’s prolific output is matched only by the sheer quality of his songwriting, whether with The Church, solo or in collaboration…

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Live Gallery: Sunday service gets a psychedelic makeover as The Church go orchestral 01.11.2026

It’s Sunday night in Sydney, and we’re all off to Church. But tonight’s service comes with a 30-piece orchestra, a healthy dose of psychedelia and some of the finest songs…

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News: The Church announce release date for new album ‘Lacuna’ with two brilliant new singles released ahead of Australian tour

Four and a half decades in, The Church have announced their 28th studio album — a stat that would close out most careers and is, for this lot, simply Thursday.…

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Album Review: Things We Did on Earth – The Kilbey/Kennedy sonic spaceship alights in our universe, and they’re better than ever.

Over the years, writing about Steve Kilbey and Martin Kennedy has become a little like tracing constellations across different skies. Whether reviewing latter-day albums by The Church or previous Kilbey…

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News: The Church Announce A Psychedelic Symphony With 30-Piece Orchestra

Few Australian bands have built a catalogue as atmospheric and quietly influential as The Church. More than four decades after first emerging from Sydney’s underground with their unmistakable blend of…

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Live Review +Photo Gallery: The Church tantalise at Princess Theatre, Launceston 10.12.2025

With over 40 years of material to choose from, The Church brought their ‘The Singles Tour: A Career Retrospective‘ tour to the beautiful Princess Theatre, Launceston in a one-off stop…

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Track: The Church are back in session and unveil shimmering new single ‘Sacred Echoes (Part Two)’ ahead of Australian singles tour.

Normal service in an increasingly bizarre world has been at least temporarily been resumed with the exciting release of a new single by one of Australia’s finest exports, The Church.…

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News: The antipodean guitarist’s guitarist Ashley Naylor (The Church, The Stems, Paul Kelly et al) announces new album ‘Alexandria Sunset’ and kicks off with sublime single ‘Good As Gold’

Ashley Naylor is simply a guitar god. Not only is he at the helm of the super jangle pop gods Even, a feature player in the Rockwiz Orchestra on the Rockwiz program…

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News: The Church announce ‘The Singles Tour: A Career Retrospective’ with Australian dates in November.

In exciting news, one of Australia’s greatest music exports, The Church, has just announced an Australian tour that will feature all their singles: a stunning retrospective of their storied career.…

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News: The works of legendary Jack Frost – the collaboration between The Church’s Steve Kilbey and The Go-Betweens’ Grant McLennan – now available on a multi-disc compilation.

Easy Action Records have today announced the release of a multi-disc compilation of the work of Jack Frost – the legendary collaboration between The Church‘s Steve Kilbey and The Go-Betweens’…

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