{"id":18550,"date":"2023-01-26T13:04:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T13:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=18550"},"modified":"2023-01-26T13:08:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T13:08:12","slug":"long-serving-australian-psych-rockers-the-church-have-signed-with-uk-label-easy-action-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2023\/01\/26\/long-serving-australian-psych-rockers-the-church-have-signed-with-uk-label-easy-action-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Long-serving Australian psych-rockers THE CHURCH have signed with UK label Easy Action Records"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new partnership will see a UK and European release for the band\u2019s brand new full-length&nbsp;<em>The Hypnogogue<\/em>. Recorded just prior to the Covid pandemic, the album is the band\u2019s first new studio album in six years and the first to feature the newest line-up of founder, bassist and vocalist Steve Kilbey, drummer Tim Powles, guitarists Ian Haug and Ashley Naylor, and multi-instrumentalist Jeffrey Cain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Hypnogogue<\/em>&nbsp;is set for release on CD and vinyl on in the Spring\u2013 confirmed date to be announced shortly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Easy Action deal will also see Kilbey\u2019s expansive solo and collaborative back catalogue getting a much needed physical release, including a first time physical release for some previously download-only items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dating back to the mid-80s, the extraordinarily prolific Kilbey has released dozens of solo albums alongside collaborations with various musicians such as Grant McLennan (The Go-Betweens), Donnette Thayer (Game Theory), Martin Kennedy (All India Radio) and Frank Kearns (Cactus World News).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first planned reissues will be Kilbey\u2019s most recent solo albums, 2020\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Eleven Women<\/em>&nbsp;and 2021\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Hall Of Counterfeits<\/em>, both set for release on CD and vinyl this summer, with the CD box sets&nbsp;<em>Surge<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Monsters &amp; Mirages<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 in a new expanded edition \u2013 towards the end of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cIt is the Church\u2019s absolute pleasure to be getting into bed with Easy Action records in the UK,\u201d announces Kilbey . \u201cIt seems especially auspicious that the company is named after a T Rex song. Hopefully we can add the Solid Gold component (ha ha!)\u2026 It\u2019s been awhile in the UK since we had someone so needless to say we are damned excited!!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Church - The Hypnogogue (Official)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1_zkH4d3ITU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Formed in 1980, The Church found early chart success in their homeland, before establishing themselves as an international touring entity, earning a worldwide hit with the single \u2018Under The Milky Way\u2019 from their hit 1988 album&nbsp;<em>Starfish<\/em>. The band has since released a string of consistent and inspiring albums of which&nbsp;<em>The Hypnogogue<\/em>&nbsp;is the twenty-seventh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Often seen as the Godfathers of an Australian psych\/prog scene generating such internationally successful names as Tame Impala and King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, The Church have gone on to maintain a loyal and far-reaching following as their fanbase has expanded with their evolving sound.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new partnership will see a UK and European release for the band\u2019s brand new&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23,2],"tags":[365,391],"class_list":["post-18550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-news","category-news","tag-alternative-rock","tag-the-church"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18550"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18555,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18550\/revisions\/18555"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}