I was at the Tuesday night show. The band sounded great, particularly on "Tantalized", but yeah, some distinct Spinal Tap vibes with Nigel Tufnel on guitar and SK taking time on multiple occasions to explain the extremely convoluted plot of The Hypnagogue to the small crowded of mostly-seated attendees.
― Andy Fox, Thursday, 2 November 2023 20:28 (ten months ago) link
@ john -- wish i had known you were there! we were busy though and if you weren't in my section i probably didn't see you. agree about the heaviness -- one of the things i love most about this band! they are both transporting and grounding at the same time, pure magic. i think i caught an instrumental part of "Grind" and I was proud of myself for recognizing it without any vocals
@ f hazel -- yes, i absolutely would have debased myself to say hello to MWP. i was about to interrupt SK but it was a meet & greet thing and people had paid for their access and i didn't want to misuse my immense privilege of carrying their salads and pizzas back to the green room lol. i also did mention MWP to several of my tables to demonstrate that i am a trve head lol
@Andy - one of my tables told me they read the book and it was "better than they expected" but that he should stick to writing songs, which we all agreed he is very skilled at
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Thursday, 2 November 2023 20:53 (ten months ago) link
v curious about this loaded dentist!!
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Thursday, 2 November 2023 20:54 (ten months ago) link
I've certainly been skeptical of the loss of Koppes and MWP, but it is Steve's band after all.
Actually, the current lineup is playing very well - even or maybe especially on the older stuff. Seattle show had maybe the best performance of Grind that I recall seeing in person. And as much as I think Powles helped hold things together through some rough years, I think the change in drummer has paid off on this tour. (But I swear I've yet to hear Haug play MWP's part on Reptile w/o fucking up the riff at least once per performance...)
New tour-only EP is decent enough.
Have also heard the dentist rumor. Maybe on this board some time back.
― Edward Bax, Sunday, 26 November 2023 07:47 (nine months ago) link
Dartmouth business professor Kevin Keller (who has a very popular textbook) was "executive producer" for some recent Church albums, which is mentioned in his textbook bio. Guessing that means he partly financed them and advised on marketing.
― theo, Sunday, 26 November 2023 19:58 (nine months ago) link
first gay in Archie comics, ILX poster, business professor and Steve Kilbey investor
― bae (sic), Sunday, 26 November 2023 20:27 (nine months ago) link
Some lovely memories here, also confirms it was due to a stroke suffered two days ago in Prague.
https://www.facebook.com/luca.signorelli.33/posts/10230859418609528
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 26 November 2023 20:34 (nine months ago) link
Whoops wrong thread! That sadly was for the Killing Joke thread.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 26 November 2023 20:37 (nine months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXBasxt6FYo
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 22:32 (nine months ago) link
(just posted today)
Awesome
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 23:10 (nine months ago) link
Really great!
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 23:48 (nine months ago) link
was present for this radio session. really excellent. I nice follow-up to the show the night before. hoping audio surfaces of the pre-session warmup (video is very unlikely).
― Edward Bax, Saturday, 9 December 2023 08:09 (nine months ago) link
US tour dates on the way. Also Eros Zeta... is getting a full-releasehttps://www.thechurchband.com
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 6 February 2024 22:37 (seven months ago) link
Well that's good, I'm still a bit sore they didn't have it with their merch at Hardly Strictly!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 6 February 2024 22:55 (seven months ago) link
This last December my dad ran into Steve Kilbey at the local post office in our small regional little surf town. He's a massive fan, said g'day, and ended up scoring some free tickets for a solo acoustic gig that night.
Apparently Steve was a really lovely bloke to chat with and the gig was fantastic. My dad has been a fan his whole life; a very lucky encounter
― H.P, Tuesday, 6 February 2024 23:03 (seven months ago) link
That's great! Love stuff like that.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 February 2024 00:34 (seven months ago) link
Looks like they are touring with the Afghan Whigs here?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 7 February 2024 13:55 (seven months ago) link
Huge Church spree the last couple of weeks here. The post-stardom stuff has really opened up to me now.
― realistic pillow (Jon not Jon), Friday, 9 February 2024 03:49 (seven months ago) link
I remember feeling let down in the "Box of Birds" era but I love how the new stuff sounds, and that KEXP recording up thread is fantastic. Sorry I missed the tour.
― fajita seas, Friday, 9 February 2024 21:13 (seven months ago) link
Man, you didn't like that era? I saw the tour for that very album and it pretty well killed.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 9 February 2024 21:15 (seven months ago) link
they may not have hit the highest of highs but can't think of another band so consistently great from their debut 20+ albums into it
live they remain a FORCE
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 9 February 2024 21:32 (seven months ago) link
yeah I'm mad their set last year in Austin was abbreviated so I'm definitely seeing them on this tour
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Friday, 9 February 2024 23:34 (seven months ago) link
new one is my fav since untitled 23. great title too
― ciderpress, Friday, 29 March 2024 18:10 (five months ago) link