STARFISH

I'm a sucker for a well crafted tune and thats what you get with The Church's release of Starish. With their almost Byrds like jangly guitar sound of Piper and Koppes, as well as a very atmospheric laid back approach, at first I found it difficult to see them as an Art Rock Prog band. However with that said this is a very strong album highlights being too numerous to list. With vocalist/bassist Steve Kilby you get a partially spoken vocal style that certainly gives the band a strong identity and serves as almost another instrument. If this was not a prog site I would give this 5 stars but going by the guidelines I will say 4.5 stars and an excellent addition to any prog music collection.