[Cover photo credit to Hugh Stewart]
Australian Pop band The Church have released the third single, “No Other You”, from their forthcoming album The Hypnogogue, which arrives on February 24, 2023, via Communicating Vessels. The song intends to read like a short story from science fiction author Philip K. Dick (“A Scanner Darkly,” “Electric Dreams”) and continues the album’s retro-futuristic, dystopian narrative. In that narrative, the plot revolves around “a fictional machine (the Hypnogogue) that extracts music directly from subconscious dreams”.
While the single “The Hypnogogue” introduces characters “Sun Kim Jong” (a Korean scientist/occult dabbler and creator of the aforementioned contraption) and her love interest/rockstar “Eros Zeta” who wants to employ the machine to revive his flailing career, and the follow up “C’est La Vie” served as a cautionary tale from Zeta’s agent not to mess with the Hypnogogue. New track “No Other You” continues the narrative on a more personal level.
Bassist/vocalist/founder Steve Kilbey explains that it is an “ultra-romantic song that Zeta writes for Sun Kim Jong, who is the inventor of The Hypnogogue. It’s a heartfelt song about an irreplaceable woman. And the Church gets to explore a slightly glam rock feel to boot.”
TOUR DATES
Mar 11 Los Angeles, CA — The Belasco – Ticket link
Mar 12 Solana Beach, CA — Belly Up Tavern – Ticket link
Mar 14 San Francisco, CA — Great American Music Hall – Ticket link
Mar 16 Portland, OR — Aladdin Theater – Ticket link
Mar 17 Tacoma, WA — Elks Temple Ballroom – Ticket link
Mar 21 Englewood, CO — Gothic Theater – Ticket link
Mar 23 Minneapolis, MN — Fine Line Music Hall – Ticket link
Mar 25 St Louis, MO — Delmar Hall – Ticket link
Mar 26 Chicago, IL — Thalia Hall – Ticket link
Mar 28 Kent, OH — Kent Stage – Ticket link
Mar 29 Philadelphia, PA — Theatre of Living Arts – Ticket link
Mar 30 New York, NY — Gramercy Theater – Ticket link
Mar 31 Boston, MA — The Sinclair – Ticket link
Apr 1 Hartford, CT — Infinity Hall – Ticket link
Apr 3 Asbury Park, NJ — Asbury Lanes – Ticket link
Apr 4 Alexandria, VA — Birchmere Music Hall – Ticket link
Apr 5 Norfolk VA — The Norva – Ticket link
Apr 6 Carrboro, NC — Cat’s Cradle – Ticket link
Apr 7 Asheville, NC — The Grey Eagle – Ticket link
Apr 8 Pelham, TN — The Caverns – Ticket link
