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Rating: A lost album, which I didn't notice upon its release, recorded for Cooking Vinyl instead of Arista. Horrible title and an even worse cover, looking like an '80s dark reject. But then you find the gems, "Buffalo" which brings us back to the Church we know and love, those of "Milky Way", with intimate lyrics, Kilbey's warm and understated voice, and the guitars of Peter Koppes and Marty Willson Piper that converse and trade parts. An acoustic guitar introduces the song and at the first verse “snow came on friday, I gotta go, spending the winter in buffalo,” a sleepy distorted guitar emerges from underneath. We are left speechless upon first listen. This album received zero promotion. "Louisiana" is introduced by reverberating echoes and Kilbey caresses us with his voice “...that’s my story.” "No Certainty Attached" is fast, upbeat. "Tranquility" and "This Is It" get a bit lost, unnecessary. "Another Earth" is a pleasant listen. Two great songs, two not bad, and the others are fillers, yet still a pleasant album, perhaps just unfortunate. The free CD included is titled "Bastard Universe", divided into "Stage 1", "Stage 2", "Stage 3", and "Stage 4" (but there are 6 tracks) and lasts 1 hour and 19 minutes. But I can’t listen to it, a prog rock-ambiental instrumental made of echoes and reverbs. Useless. Unfortunately.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
07 Buffalo (04:14)
Snow came up Friday, I gotta go
Spending winter up in Buffalo
Someone I met there is calling me so
Got to escape the blues man, don't you know
Days of sinking summer packed up and gone
Nothing helps me, there's nothing wrong
It was so pleasant, incandescent, it's over now
We should get going
Lady I know there, name of Christina
Six lonely lifetimes since I've seen her
She takes you places your heart cannot go
During the winter up in Buffalo
Days by her fire, dazed in the glow
Winter surrounds us up in Buffalo
Days of drowsy pleasure in the afternoon dark
We drift together, we drift apart
She's got the wherewithal, she's got the knowledge
It's wonderful
I should be going
Out there the Snow Queen is kidnapping boys
Her block-of-ice heart tunes out the noise
And soft in the bedroom her eyes indigo
Sleeping in the winter in Buffalo
Down in Buffalo
10 Glow-Worm (06:06)
You're so easy to love
You're so easy to adore
You're easy to want
I always want more.....
The way you talk
It puts me in a dream
Makes me feel like the cat who had the cream
You're so easy to love
You're easy to be with
I'm telling everybody that you must be a gift from higher planes
As a broken soul below I always wanna be living in your glow
You're so easy to love
You're so easy just to like
Don't change a thing
Cos everything's just right....
You fly like a swan
You sing like a bird
I wanna tell you everything
But I can't find the words
You're so easy to love
You're so lovely just to touch
So beautiful to see
I wanna see so much....
Alone in your head
I wonder where you roam
It doesn't really matter if you always come home
You're so easy to love
So nice just to kiss
You're standing in the light
I'm bathing in the bliss
Beautiful as hell
Wonderful as well
Don't you know I'm buying whatever you can sell
You're so easy to love
So easy to be round
Asleep so sweet but with your tiny sleeping sound/hand
I hold you in my arms
I see you in my mind
I need you every day
I need you every night
You're so easy to love
You're so easy to admire
You've got me by the heart
If anyone inquires
You're soft and you're strong
You're cool and your warm
Delicate, intricate, triumph over form
You're so easy to love
You're so crucial to my life
I want you to know
That everything's alright....
The way that you love
It's pure and it's strong
If you stay around
Nothing can go wrong
(These next two songs are on the Louisiana single)
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