Steve Kilbey and the Church conjure a spectral pop magic on their 28th album, 2026’s Lacuna. Moving away from the concept album storylines that marked both 2023’s The Hypnogogue and 2024’s Eros Zata and the Perfumed Guitars, Kilbey crafts an equally engaging production that retains much of dreamy sonic atmosphere of those previous efforts, but with a more direct psych-pop vibe that sticks with you. Backed by longtime drummer/producer Tim Powles, guitarists Ian Haug and Ashley Naylor, multi-instrumentalist Jeffrey Cain, and drummer Nicholas Meredith, bassist/singer Kilbey delivers on the Church’s classic sound. The spell takes hold from the start on the opening “Lumbini Grove,” a shimmering anthem whose title invokes the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama…

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