PVT - Church With No Magic

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4...according to our Ant on Thu 05 Aug, 2010.

Now these Aussie's return with a snappily abbreviated moniker & some considerably stronger songs than before. Formerly named Pivot, they've hit upon that hinterland between ambient electronica, post-rock, prog soundtrack & even sleazy 70's electro-rock such as Suicide (or Gazza Numan!). The ideas on this new album veer between the antiquated & the revelatory. Spliced together, you're left standing with a rather remarkable record that sounds strangely dated in spots yet utterly compulsive - you'll happily bask in its retro-futurism. They're indeed capable of sounding like Fuck Buttons & Grinderman at the same time whilst another track possesses a sort of Coil-esque gothic wonderment throughout. Then they bring on a heavily percussive poppy track that recalls These New Puritans mixing it with Foals or something, the vocals processed, sampled & looped in a riveting way. Comparisons have been drawn with label mates Battles and I can see a definitive thread linking the two. Melding live, rockier instrumentation with electronic sensibilities can often lead to disaster but I think these guys pretty much succeed on this record - the avenues explored have plenty of life, colour & power within.

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Australian trio PVT’s anthemic second album, featuring vocals for the first time.

• ‘Church With No Magic’ is an album that builds upon theanthemic, synth-driven instrumental movements for which PVT isrenowned, along with the power of their visceral live shows. The sound has been brilliantly tempered and expanded into brooding, melancholic experimental pop - an amalgam of rock synthesis, propulsive rhythms and huge melodic strength. It’s a dark andexpansive sound that PVT have made substantial movements onthis record to make their own.

• The album’s release will be preceded by single ‘Window’, whichhad its world first play on XFM and Lauren Laverne’s 6Music,and the innovative first person video was premiered on NME and Pitchfork websites.

• The band have supported Yellow Magic Orchestra, Sigur Ros,The Arctic Monkeys and Gary Numan, played at Glastonbury and the Brian Eno curated Luminous Festival at the Sydney Opera House, and have collaborated with Prefuse73, Flanger, Savath & Savalas, Qua, Jan Jelinek, Burnt Friedman and Damo Suzuki.

• Available on CD and limited edition LP (100 copies).

Tracklisting:

Community * Light Up Bright Fires *Church With No Magic * Crimson Swan * Window *The Quick Mile * Waves & Radiation * Circle Of Friends *Timeless * Only The Wind Can Hear You

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