the church at the enmore

i missed the soundcheck, not sure what happened but from the street it sounded amazing, and then i sat down in my seat, front row, and watched the lights go down, the band walk on and start playing immediately, and here we are, someone's waved a magick wand, maybe i'm in an extra dimensional shift, an alternative earth, a place where the church just played their oldest songs and it felt like you hear them for the first time, so mutated from the originals, enhanced and pulled through a .........................hypnoguage?

these are songs i have heard so many times, on record and often live, old faves, classics from the first four albums. i know these songs intimately, every note and now they have been changed so dramatically sometimes i feel like i'm listening to hawkwind, teadrop explodes, echo and the bunnymen, it's like all my fave bands blended up and channeled through this new band, the church playing old songs but sounding new. it's joyous, it's audacious and intelligent. i have a new fave band, it's the church. i really love this new sound. i really love the way they are playing now, it's no disrespect to previous members or gigs, they all had their time and the music was magnificent and brilliant but right now, right now, it's just new.