The Church
Starfish

THE REVIEW

The Church, an Australian group formed in 1980 by the singer, songwriter, and bassist Steve Kilbey (a voice unique of its kind), guitarist Peter Koppes, second guitarist Marty Willson-Piper, and drummer Kick Ward are still active to this day…

A group of skilled researchers and mixers of pop sophistication – psychedelia that will never have an end. "Starfish" is one of their best albums, the best-selling and most criticized for having contradicted their previous works by bringing a creation of honeyed clean and not very noisy nuances, but definitely concrete and fundamental, indeed the result was achieved with sky-high sales. The album opens with "Destination", an excellent warm-up to introduce the following overwhelming listening, and here we are talking about "Under The Milky Way" which will be their masterpiece, a melodic and velvety dream of disproportionate dimension, and what about the following "Blood Money" and "North, South, East And West", all tracks where the fundamental presence is characterized by the arpeggios of acoustic guitars that sometimes accompany bagpipe solos.

Continuing, "Spark" the catchiest and most progressive piece, entirely led by Willson-Piper's guitar, "Antenna" has an astonishing brightness that heralds a hypnotically amazing electronics in "Reptile", which blends into the 60s call of "A New Season" and "Hotel Womb". "Starfish" embraces unique atmospheres and every track is remarkable, as remarkable as it is to highlight once again, the continuous fundamental work of the acoustic guitars that chase each other in a "purple" pop – psychedelic song that positively colored the '80s. Ten tracks that direct you into a dimension beyond the dark or new wave that strongly reigned in that extraordinary decade.

"Starfish" is a fantastic real story that came from across the ocean, flooding every country in the world.