Like a Clarion

I'm getting excited about Thursday's Church show. Steve Kilbey's blog The Time Being is usually interesting reading, and today's posting is no exception:

...and the churches journey begins
trawling thru wrecked lives
and impossible futures
and broken hearted romeos
and dirty horny devils
and futuristic pasts
and timeless distances
and unspeakable things
things of great wonder
and irony and contempt
and loads of wide eyed fourth form naivete
and drugs and withdrawals and stoned reveries
and voyages into the unknown and just untold
and greek hits n myths and romans and west virginian women
and stupid junkies and crone-like infants
and all the rest of the mess
that i shook outta my pure bread brain...

The Boston Phoenix also had a preview of their show, but it was mainly a disappointing discussion with Marty Willson-Piper about why they're "not an 80s band". Boring. At least MWP made the discussion interesting, no small feat considering how often he's had to address this "issue":

You could call our music psychedelic, but I think it's more . . . moody. It needs you to come to our party. It's both jagged and dreamy — but at the same time, if you see us live, you're going to see a quite powerful rock band. We have moments of atmosphere and beauty, but lots of heavy moments and wailing solos.