Chiaroscuro of Sound: Church Blends Dark Sounds, Deep Themes

Review Score: (8/10)
Like other albums by the Church, this is an intriguing mix of rather dark, soothing melodies and guitar lines that really cause the lyrics and ideas to seep into your brain. The themes and words of these songs are quirky, but not really strange or too far beyond believability. "Two Places at Once," for example, is a love song that weaves speculations about multiple lives and the reality of deja vu with the simple sincerity of the chorus' "I've been waiting/Seems like eternity/I've been waiting/Waiting for you." "Sometime Anywhere" further explores the Church's ability to keep a sort-of-1980s pop style alive through creative writing and composition techniques--this album will still be great ten years from now.

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