FORGET YOURSELF

Eh, I dunno guys - isn't The Church beginning to sound a lot like the Flaming Lips or Mercury Rev at this point? Sure, sure, all three bands in their own way are peers in the neo-psychedelic scene and The Church marked out this territory well before the others did - but on Forget Yourself their sound seems to be increasingly shifting towards riding the bandwagon established by those other groups and their imitators. Whilst growing out of their early jangle pop style was doubtless the right move, and the material here is perfectly competent, I can't help but feel like I'd rather listen to Magician Among the Spirits or The Blurred Crusade again instead of this.