The Church are one of the most enduring and consistently creative bands of the last four decades. Hailing from Sydney they burst on to the Australian scene in the early 80’s with "The Unguarded Moment" and consolidated their success internationally with "Under The Milky Way" in 1988, giving contemporaries such as U2, REM and Echo & the Bunnymen more than a run for their money. They still do musically, thanks to the same melodic atmospherics of the twin guitars of Peter Koppes and Marty Willson-Piper surrounding the velvet hypnotic tones of singer Steve Kilbey.

Their excellent fourteenth studio album,‘Uninvited Like The Clouds’ , is out now on the Cooking Vinyl label. ‘Uninvited…’ represents what’s been hailed as possibly their strongest release since the multi-million selling classic, Starfish in 1988. The single Block was an airplay hit in Australia and could be well followed by the summery melodies of Easy or Unified Field.

Under The Milky Way continues to re-surface and was prominently placed in the movie Donnie Darko as well as seeing the band invited to perform it with a full orchestra before a televised audience of almost a billion at this March’s opening ceremony for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.

They have influenced and been imitated by many (Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, Grant Lee Buffalo, House Of Love), but remain unique and as creatively diverse and relevant as ever with each new album. Each of the band have extensive solo and collaborative back-catalogues. Singer Steve Kilbey will be known to many Go Betweens fans as one half of Jack Frost along-side Grant McLennan, whereas, guitarist Marty Willson-Piper was a long-term member of All About Eve and toured for much if last year with fellow Aussie legendary punk band The Saints.

This is only the second visit to Ireland by the full band, which will also include drummer Tim Powles, with each chance carrying the possibility of it being the last, so don’t make any excuses. For those who love their jingle-jangle or their atmospheric space-rock side, this promises to be a night to treasure.