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| Forget Yourself Review in Q magazine (UK) |
| Jangly '80's Aussie rockers push back the years.
Three months of casual jams in a studio doesn't sound like a promising basis for a good album. True, there's little new stylistically in these ethereal, dreamy guitar songs - it's The Church's 17th album, after all - but the results are remarkably strong. Seductive melodies, spacey atmospheres and spangling guitars are propelled by solid but sympathetic drumming, while typically oblique lyrics, peppered with elusive romantic images ("empty houses full of scents") and mysterious movie-like scenes, benefit hugely from the urgency of live energy and less studio trickery. Their best album in years, showing there's magic in guitars and tunes yet.....
Ian Cranna
3/5 stars |
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| Forget Yourself review; Amplifier, January 2004 |
| "this album sounds confidently refreshed and relevant...Forget Yourself
validates the subtle magic delivered with Starfish"
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