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Source: Pulse Magazine (USA)
Issue: No.?
Date: Jul, 1994
Subject: Review - Sometime Anywhere
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REVIEW:
SOMETIME ANYWHERE ALBUM

(The reference to the Aeroplanes is due to the review of their latest effort being the preceeding paragraph....)

While the Aeroplanes have simplified their approach, Australian band the Church - once a quartet prone to ace hooks and stunning dual- guitar flights, now whittled down to multi- instrumental duo Steve Kilbey and Marty Willson-Piper - dives headlong into denser, darker territory on Sometime Anywhere (Arista). The reconfigured twosome makes the most of its new freedom, favoring a spacious, exotic sonic palette that's an effective vehicle for the subtle air of menace that suffuses the new songs. When the duo's pop sensibility does emerge, it's usually in conjunction with the album's more disturbing lyrics (for example, Kilbey's creepy confessional "My Little Problem"). As on it's previous effort, the also- adventurous Priest = Aura, the Church may be courting career suicide by downplaying its more accessible instincts in favor of mystery and insinuation. But Sometime Anywhere is dense and impressive, it resonates with repeat plays.

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