An Astral Wordsmith and a Dream Weaver.
A Lyrical High Priest and a Soulful Sorcerer.
Pull back the red velvet curtain, switch on a spotlight and allow Steve Kilbey (of recent ARIA Hall Of Fame inductees The Church) & Martin Kennedy (ARIA nominated ambient instrumentalists All India Radio) to summon up their own brand of hypnotic reverie.
Following on from their debut Unseen Music Unheard Words they prove their pairing is no side project but a fully fledged musical force on their second album, White Magic.
White Magic is a collection of 11 songs, prayers, whispered spells and lyrical secrets, lightly brushed acoustic guitars and a bed of Lynchian drenched atmospherics that will beguile and seep inside the consciousness of any unsuspecting listener.
The Church
“The Church are one the best pop acts of all time” – The Vine
The Church are, at heart and their best, psychedelic electricians, and their full-volume shows in recent years have been ringing endorsements for their stubborn longevity. - David Fricke, Rolling Stone
Steve Kilbey's distant, breathy vocals and harmonies mesh with the mellifluous guitars and sparse keyboard sprinklings….ethereal sounds of early Pink Floyd ("Destination"), the boldness of Echo ("North, South, East And West"), and the pop savvy of Lloyd Cole ("Reptile") together make Starfish a cohesive and compelling work. If you're looking for pop salvation, look no further than The Church. - CMJ
All India Radio
One of the most elegant and simple instrumental rock albums I've ever heard..a heavenly cloud of radiance that is simply not of the material world. - Brainwashed.com
The 2003 Australian Album of the Year may well have been recorded by an act virtually nobody has heard of. Melbourne-based All India Radio's self-titled third album is a breathtaking triumph; one of the most exquisite, ethereal, instrumental records ever made in Australia. - The Brag Magazine
