GOLD AFTERNOON FIX

There are little to be excited about this album. While the band developed a fine and dark rock with their previous "Starfish", this one is just a weak attempt to release a sub-sub par Bunnymen album (at least for several tracks, while the other ones are not even of this level).

There are hardly any song to be considered as a highlight and to be placed on the forefront of this average album. Even if some keyboards have their place in here, one can't say that some prog mood is prevailing.

So: nothing really prog, nothing really rock. What's left? Nothing great, I'm afraid. It sounds that the career of "The Church" is made of ups and downs and lacks of focus. Even if "Terra Nova Cain" has its own merits.

This album is a (too) long trip into some music that has been passed for quite a long time (new wave in the nineties?). No surprise, no fun, no pleasure unfortunately. Rather useless in their very long discography. If you're looking for some freshness, I can only recommend their debut. But this one is best avoided.

It is high time to propose some new angles to their late seventies sound. The worse is being achieved during "Disappointment". I really wonder how close of the reality lots of bands can express the way their music sounds like.

Two stars for this anonymous work even if the closing "Grind" has a desperate and oppressive feel which is quite welcome.