Premiering via US Yahoo! Music, the church have released a Wes Anderson inspired video for ‘Undersea’, the second single from their 26th album Man Woman Life Death Infinity, out now.
Singer, lyricist and bassist Kilbey explains this 26th album from the ARIA Hall of Famers is what he terms the band’s “water record” — “I guess water is my element,” he notes. “I’ve always marveled at the sea and rivers and rain. It wasn’t conscious at all but on reflection, it definitely is a preoccupation on this record.”
“Sitar, sake, smoke and mirrors,” is the band’s description of the video. Ushering the song in from the ether, filmmaker Eden Mulholland carefully edited self-shot footage that the band each collected near water. The result? A honey drenched, ‘Wes Anderson-ish,’ bees-eye view of humans foraging through inner space.
The band take ‘Undersea’ and their second album with the rejuvenated line-up – Steve Kilbey, Peter Koppes, Tim Powles and Ian Haug – on tour this November/December. “This is an album we’re really looking forward to exploring live,” Steve says. “The way I write lyrics is very stream-of-consciousness. I never question them until we perform live, so I discover them in time as much as the audience.” Woven with classics spanning almost 50 years of underground glory, the set will feature the Australian debut of selections from Man Woman Life Death Infinity, including the shape-shifting dreamscape of the first, exhilarating cut, ‘Another Century’.
The Church will be joined onstage by special guest, former Remy Zero (UK) guitarist Jeffrey Cain on keys, additional guitars and vocals. Tickets for the church’s Man Woman Life Death Infinity Tour are on sale now.
Man Woman Life Death Infinity vinyl is available here.
THE CHURCH
MAN WOMAN LIFE DEATH INFINITY TOUR
PRESALE FRI 6 OCT, 9AM AEDT | SIGN UP HERE
GENERAL PUBLIC ON SALE TUE 10 OCT, 9AM AEDT
THU 16 NOV | THE GOV, ADELAIDE SA (18+)
Tickets available from www.oztix.com.au | 1300 762 545 | All Oztix Outlets
FRI 17 NOV | ROSEMOUNT HOTEL, NORTH PERTH WA (18+)
Tickets available from www.oztix.com.au | 1300 762 545 | All Oztix Outlets
SAT 18 NOV | DUNSBOROUGH TAVERN, DUNSBOROUGH WA (18+)
Tickets available from www.oztix.com.au | 1300 762 545 | All Oztix Outlets
THU 30 NOV | THE TRIFFID, BRISBANE QLD (18+)
Tickets available from www.oztix.com.au | 1300 762 545 | All Oztix Outlets
FRI 01 DEC | 170 RUSSELL, MELBOURNE VIC (18+)
Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au | 1300 GET TIX | All Moshtix Outlets
WED 06 DEC | LIZOTTES, LAMBTON NSW
Tickets available from www.lizottes.com.au | 02 4956 2066
SAT 09 DEC | THE FACTORY THEATRE, SYDNEY NSW
Tickets available from www.factorytheatre.com.au
