Australian legends celebrate a timeless album but without the signature shirts.
When it came to making hits, it might have seemed The Church never really had a prayer. After all, the quartet started out playing 1960s-influenced psychedelic rock in 1980 punk- and Oz-rock Sydney.
“I’ve always tried to resist the zeitgeist,” says bassist-singer Steve Kilbey.
Their 1981 single Unguarded Moment, all jangling Byrdsian guitars delivered by four moody blokes in paisley shirts, got them a ticket to ride into the charts on both sides of the Tasman.
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