The Time Being | Steve Kilbey

hedonist shot

kilbey your mind

this is the day of choice

choose night choose day

you dribble out your feeble burst

you swim in the green n golden sea quite a sight to see

you talk about yerself i blah blah blah

you use yer gadgets touch touch touch

figures change in yer accnt

thanks texas david neil is under resurrection

david neil on the slab twitchin’ like a bitch

david neil coming back to life

ricky miami breathing life into his grooves

soon david soon

soon you will sing your long lost songs to the people of universe #23

was there ever talk of love asks neil

the days bring dark news my friend

all things put together must fall asunder

we see the dissolution we see the wide spread anguish

we see the diseases striking us down in our prime

we gotta live tho we gotta prevail

cmon sister i exhort thee from my wobbly pulpit

alkaline fine raw raspberries n cauliflower stew

all washed down with adams ale

swim through these days sleep through these nights

sit on a deck chair n eat breakfast

lie in a hammock listening to the vast silence

lie about the past lie about the future lie about the house

i drive thru streets in dream

my car purrs my tires roll my wheel turns

my daughters have flown

all five in stockholm now i wonder if its snowing

i turn up for church rehearsey

the boys ha ha

the instrumence

the talk talk talk

lets decide this

lets decide that

i cant concentrate

everything all behind

sorry bout that folks

premium sk still coming folks

so is david neil now thanks

david neil dead now so long so long david

baby im all confused see me drowning drowning on land

please come up to the cockpit i need a hand

boy i feel sleepy guys

i could just curl up here n ………

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like a fine fuzz of water like a million points

tiny droplets of rain

we walk home from a hotel thru its mist

we stub our toe we sigh we laugh

strange days surround us have found us

things are weird things are distorted

i play behind the glass in a humid room

the people look in at me like i’m in a zoo

a performing beast at least i growl politely

i talk and i sing i dunno i ching

i jump up n down on the poor spot

i strummy  strum strum my old guild 12

thats it goodnight folks i finish in a sudden

whoah people smoking weed outside like its new orleans

the wine doth flow too like some martyrs blood

the fine fine rain you can only see in the lights

the lights question the night

although it never replies

the mist kissed my fist n i wonder why

the rain is suspended in mid air hanging there

the street is empty and shiny the trees are ultra green

its going on midnight

i wonder where everyone is never seen

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The Church: Much more than ‘Under The Milky Way’

Read Michael David’s article
here

what next

the world turns

the earth moves

people come n go

being passing leaving returning

flickering forms on a screen

as if talking to a ghost

some autumnal twilight

some hazy summer day

the ever present wind bringing us news

news of the ocean where there is no news but hunger

the clouds oh all the usual stuff

the tourists the shouting the pushing the queues

the smell of frying food

the ice creams

the fruit shops the fizzy drinks the bikinis

hard to find somewhere to park

hard to find the money to get everything you need

the leaves rustle in the garden they whisper late spring-ish things

i forgot to eat i eat too much

i cant sleep so well but i oversleep the day by a mile

check the mirror nobody home

old age patiently waiting on each line

all struggle is futile

the universe will swallow us soon

i rush towards my doom impelled by years

sunday market bustles regardless

the sea is cold someone says

the sun is hot someone says

the summer is here i say to no one in particular

the sand is so white i think

the people are crowding in today

in their cars and buses and trains and bikes

they arrive and arrive and arrive

a cloud passes over the sun a wave crashes a child shouts out

young handsome dads carrying lovely kids

surfer girls in rubbery black suits

visitors from other places stand around gawking at the spectacle

everywhere the feeling of money money money

someone recognizes me hey stevekilbey you iconlegend

hey i listened to you my wholelife allyourrecords

oh gosh i say but the moment has gone

what says the guy whatdoyoumean

a helicopter flies overhead

look i say its an insect world…..

the guy walks away shaking his head

see ya later stevekilbey he mutters to his familiar a one legged gull

women come up n say hello to me too

hello steve they coo how are you?

oh nice ladies i am very well thank you

do you need anything honey they wink in unison

oh no ladies i am fine fine fine

well if you think of anything at all……

yes ladies yes i say

but they are already on a bus into town

i stick my card in a slot n some dosh appears

i buy a fizzy drink n some greasy item

i look in the shops but theres nothing there for me

i run into lucky jim and i run into eddie the photographer

i run into the dutch twins and i run into somebody else

oh hi oh bye i say

the water does feel cold even to me

its salty and it stings where i shaved

a car beeps another car

gee

life in 2010

the church return to Australia, November – December 2010 for “An Intimate Space” 30th Anniversary Acoustic Tour.

The band will be performing one song from each album over the last 30 years in reverse chronological order. Starting with a track from their critically acclaimed most recent album Untitled #23, falling slowly through the years and landing gently on the first EP from 1981. The tour will be an intimate and inspiring journey from the past to the present.

Included in the ticket price, every ticket holder will receive a complimentary 28 page colour programme with discographies and reviews as well as short overviews of each album written by Marty Willson-Piper. That’s not all. Ticket holders will also receive a free copy of the Deadman’s Hand EP with the title track from Untitled #23 and four brand new tracks recorded specifically for this release. This CD has not been available at retail and comes in a beautifully designed picture sleeve.

The band has already taken this tour around the USA earlier in the year to lively response.

The band will be doing two sets with a short intermission and no support, so be early.  And please note, “Acoustic” means with drums and bass.

Come and see Steve Kilbey, Peter Koppes, Tim Powles and Marty Willson-Piper play through their own fascinating musical history.

Also, EMI Records have re-issued digipak editions of the first 4 albums, Of Skins And Heart, The Blurred Crusade, Seance and Heyday with extra tracks and extensive liner notes by Marty Willson-Piper.

A new compilation The Best Of The Radio Songs is also available. Untitled #23 and other titles are available on the band’s own Unorthodox label through MGM. www.thechurchband.net

the church
“An Intimate Space”
30th Anniversary Acoustic Tour Dates

• Nov 25th Thurs Judith Wright Centre Brisbane QLD
• Nov 26th Fri Joe’s Waterhole Sunshine Coast QLD
• Nov 27th Sat Judith Wright Centre Brisbane QLD
• Dec 4th Sat Tilley’s Canberra ACT
• Dec 5th Sun Notes Sydney NSW
• Dec 8th Wed Lizotte’s Kincumber NSW
• Dec 9th Thurs Lizotte’s Newcastle NSW
• Dec 10th Fri Lizotte’s Newcastle NSW
• Dec 11th Sat Milton Theatre Milton NSW
• Dec 16th Thurs The Gov Adelaide SA
• Dec 17th Fri Thornbury Theatre Melbourne VIC
• Dec 18th Sat The Drama Theatre (GPAC) Geelong VIC
• Dec 19th Sun Thornbury Theatre Melbourne VIC

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October 28th, 2010 5:00 pm ET
By Michael David, Boston Music Examiner

2010 has been an eventful year for the Church. The Australian rockers continue to celebrate their 30th anniversary with their on going Intimate Space tour, which passed through the Boston area back in April. They also were recently inducted into the Australian ARIA Hall of Fame. Yet many Americans only know them for their classic 1988 hit, “Under The Milky Way”.

Hopefully the band’s broader reputation will begin to change as Second Motion Records have recently started to reissue the group’s back catalog with remastered sound and bonus tracks. They also just brought out a 2 CD collection titled Deep In The Shallows: The Classic Singles Collection that covers their entire career. This compilation is a great place to start if you want to explore one of the most consistently interesting bands of the last 3 decades.

The Church formed in Australia back in 1980, and their front line of Steve Kilbey (Vocals/Bass), Marty Willson-Piper (Guitar/Vocals) and Peter Koppes (Guitar/Vocals) have been together ever since, although Koppes briefly left the band in the mid-90’s. Drummer and respected producer Tim Powles has been playing with the group since 1994.

The Church’s unique sound is a combination of Kilbey’s hypnotic vocals, stream-of-consciousness lyrics and supple bass playing, mixed with the intertwining guitars of Willson-Piper and Koppes which can clang and chime on upbeat numbers, or give off a spacey, ethereal vibe on their slower, softer material, which at times is reminiscent of Pink Floyd’s work in the first half of the 70’s.

Deep In The Shallows includes early Australian hits like “The Unguarded Moment” and “Almost With You”, 2 fine examples of power pop, with jangling Rickenbacker guitars and Kilbey’s distinctive vocals. Cult classics like “Electric Lash”, “Tantalized” and “Reptile” are also included, as is the aforementioned “Under The Milky Way”, which was voted by readers of the Australian in 2008 as the best Australian song of the last 20 years.

Commercial success may have started to elude the band in 1990’s, but they continued to release great music without compromise and attract a hardcore audience. Tracks like “Ripple”, “Comedown”, “Louisiana” and “Song In Space” hold up as well as anything to come out of the shoegazer movement.

Deep In The Shallows also includes songs from last years critically acclaimed Untitled #23. The dreamy “Pangaea” show a group still on top of their game. A rare feat for a band 30 years into their career.

While many of their peers play the nostalgia circuit, or have broken up in acrimony, the Church continue to persevere. They are always looking forward, and never make concessions to the record industry. Deep In The Shallows: The Classic Singles Collection is a fine introduction to a band that has been putting out quality music for the last 3 decades.

in the east a star appeared

come upon a strange child mourning the cities of the plain

oh strange child why do yet cry for wicked mammon

does she not lie in ashes one hundred leagues hence

and all her bones have gone bleach beach white

below the surface under glass

deep in the bubbled marble

in the melted night

my cities crying out

one for the beggarman

one for the thief

one for the sugarman

one for the king

my skull keeps me in

the speed of a dream

i stumble all crumble all feint n fumble

i whirl and i twirl standing so very still

i hang on i bang on

n on n on non

i am not alone here

none of us

we are not alone oh ha ha no no

surrounded by friday night

connected up we all swim in the same sea

voices argue over something stupid

hands manipulate me as if from afar

lips kiss my forehead and then i briefly see

my eyes are seemingly shut

where can i go

voices bickering guffawing whispering

in here where i am

words occur to me from dead languages

i labour in pain i labour in love

i am between body and mind

i am soaked in 2010 and sinking in it

i talk to anyone with a kind voice

outside the shops i am another old stranger

in my pocket the keys that will not let me in

in my hand the coins that do not purchase anything

in my desk the tickets are all void

someone cancels my appointments

someone chucks out my clothes

someone closes and reopens my eyes

i claw at faux pas

i climb my baby fig

sometimes beautiful women seem ugly to me

sometimes my hearts in the wrong place

sometimes i wish i never met you steven

sometimes