Church of The Cosmic Skull - There Is No Time (2022) [48kHz/24bit]

Church of The Cosmic Skull - There Is No Time (2022) 48-24
Country: UK
Genre: Progressive Rock,Classic Rock
Format: FLAC (*tracks)
Quality: Lossless [48 kHz/24 bit]
Time: 37:23
Full Size: 457.13 MB
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British faux-gospel prog rockers Church return with this splendorous fourth album. It's an entirely enigmatic project led by singer/ guitarist Bill Fisher, and the band's mystical origins and white-robed stage attire carry all the trappings of an early-70s hippie sex cult, but their sound is rooted firmly in crunching classic-era arena rock.

It's like Ghost and the Polyphonic Spree proselytising in some high-watt megachurch. One More Step, the album's lead single, is a mesmerising entry point into their world, both sinister and inviting, building from a stoner-rock organ groove into a pocket symphony of heavenly choirs and crashing guitars.

Elsewhere the band channel the grandeur of Queen (Seven Rays Of Colour) and the acid-burn of Hawkwind (Valley and Hills Part 1). Even the more intimate numbers, such as power-ballad closer We Lost It Somewhere, have an expansive, cinematic quality to them.

There Is No Time is a frequently enthralling collection that balances doomy invocations with life-affirming positivity.

01. Seven Rays of Colour (04:08)
02. Pleading With the Cosmic Mother (03:29)
03. One More Step (05:50)
04. Valleys and Hills Part I (Peel Away the Layers) (04:56)
05. Valleys and Hills Part II (Pure Illumination) (05:43)
06. Now's the Time (04:33)
07. Last Words of a Dying God (03:22)
08. We Lost It Somewhere (05:22)

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