[Cover photo credit to Adam Nicholas]
Celebrating 45 years as a band, Australian Psychedelic Dream Pop group The Church have returned with new single, “Sacred Echoes (Part Two)”, out now. The textured track builds upon a piano intro that eventually reaches a dramatic crescendo.
Bassist/vocalist/founder Steve Kilbey explains:
Bleak and yet beautiful ‘Sacred Echoes (Part Two)’ is unlike any previous Church song ever with its almost orchestral climaxes and its sombre mood. The lyrics and voice are the weariness at the point where hope and hopelessness merge. The music is by turns delicate and sparse turning into a churning monstrous racket. Intense, forlorn and exultant!
Directed by Australian visual director and musician Donald Baldie, the accompanying video brings to life the photography of American photographer the late Dorothea Lange whose images “humanized the stories of family strife during The Great Depression.”
“Sacred Echoes (Part Two)” follows the release of The Church’s first thematic album The Hypnogogue and its companion album Eros Zeta and the Perfumed Guitars, which tracks the dystopian narrative of aging rockstar trying to reclaim his faded glory through the use of a dream extractor, “The Hypnogogue.”
The Church will be returning to North America in the Summer 2026 for “The Singles / 1980 – 2025” tour. Initially postponed earlier this year, the tour was rescheduled, beginning June 5th in Seattle before concluding in Denver on July 11th.
| Date | City | Venue |
| Jun. 5, 2026 | Seattle, WA | The Showbox |
| Jun. 6, 2026 | Vancouver, BC | Vogue Theatre |
| Jun. 7, 2026 | Portland, OR | McMenamins Crystal Ballroom |
| Jun. 9, 2026 | San Francisco, CA | August Hall |
| Jun. 10, 2026 | Los Angeles, CA | The Fonda Theatre |
| Jun. 12, 2026 | Solana Beach, CA | Belly Up |
| Jun. 13, 2026 | Phoenix, AZ | Musical Instrument Museum |
| Jun. 14, 2026 | Phoenix, AZ | Musical Instrument Museum |
| Jun. 16, 2026 | Dallas, TX | Granada Theater |
| Jun. 17, 2026 | Austin, TX | Paramount Theatre |
| Jun. 19, 2026 | Atlanta, GA | Center Stage |
| Jun. 20, 2026 | Pelham, TN | The Caverns |
| Jun. 21, 2026 | Graham, NC | Haw River Ballroom |
| Jun. 23, 2026 | New York, NY | Sony Hall |
| Jun. 24, 2026 | Somerville, MA | Somerville Theatre |
| Jun. 26, 2026 | Washington, DC | 9:30 Club |
| Jun. 27, 2026 | Phoenixville, PA | The Colonial Theatre |
| Jun. 28, 2026 | Asbury Park, NJ | The Stone Pony |
| Jul. 7, 2026 | Chicago, IL | Park West |
| Jul. 8, 2026 | St Paul, MN | The Fitzgerald Theater |
| Jul. 10, 2026 | Kansas City, MO | Knuckleheads |
| Jul. 11, 2026 | Denver, CO | Summit Music Hall |
