Few bands enter their fifth decade of making music with all the fierce creative energy of their early years. Even fewer bands are like The Church. With a Fall Tour kicking off on September 28th in Seattle, WA and circling the States and hitting SoCal, New Mexico, Georgia, Florida, and Illinois in support if their critically-hailed 26th album The Hypnogogue (Communicating Vessels), these psych-guitar masters will be releasing a Deluxe Edition for this album on September 22, 2023.  In anticipation for both the expanded version and the tour, The Church is releasing the next single “Realm of Minor Angels.” As one of the additional tracks added to the Deluxe Edition, the song falls expertly within the band’s forward-facing oeuvre.

“‘Realm of Minor Angels’ is without doubt one of my favorite singles The Church has ever released,” says bassist/vocalist/founder Steve Kilbey about the shimmery track.  “From the moment [guitarist] Jeffrey Cain started playing the opening riff, I was hooked. The singing and lyrics are my own subtle homage to the torch songs of the ‘60s and check out Ian Haug’s mandolin lines and Ashley Naylor’s slide work!”

The first thematic and narrative album in their career, The Hypnogogue (released February 24, 2023 via Communicating Vessels), found the band with arguably some of the best reviews in their 40-year history. A.V. Club lauded, “There’s a warm intimacy to this trippy, low-key affair that invites you to trance out into contemplative bliss. Elements of the goth, new wave, and space rock worlds that intermingled when they started still coalesce here… The Hypnogogue works equally well as retro and timeless music.” BrooklynVegan adds, “Forty some years into their existence, these Aussie psych legends are making some of the most vital music of their careers.” Under the Radar assures, “The Hypnogogue reaffirms why this band have been held in high esteem for so long.”