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About Me


Song Force Crystal, out now on Tender Loving Empire &nbsp and &nbsp Sohitek Records.
Purchase: &nbsp Hand-screened CD &nbsp :: &nbsp Colored Vinyl &nbsp
Download available through &nbsp iTunes!
Distribution: Talk to Skip at Burnside
About Song Force Crystal:
"“…It’s hard not to appreciate what Church achieves on Song Force Crystal. You’ll be hard pressed to find another album that paints such a perfectly serene environment for listeners in which to lose themselves..." - Popsense
“Church, with Song Force Crystal, brings a measured and complex delivery.” - OPB Music
"Song Force Crystal takes the group’s experimental tendencies and ratchets them up a notch. The songs drift like a bee in search of just the right flower, but almost every track on the album is filled with noise—clattering, floor tom-heavy percussion, skittering fret work, sighing clarinet, and various analog synthesizers." - Willamette Week
"[Song Force Crystal] is a testament to Church's fully realized aesthetic: a ghostly, vocal-weaving, existential stir through lush, barren, but always pretty worlds. They are like tides—placid and strong, inching back then crashing against a jagged cliff. Church can be frail; a plucky bird tiptoeing awkwardly in the sand, later opening its wings to float with confident grace and ease." - Portland Mercury
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 24/04/2007
Band Website: songforcecrystal.com
Band Members: Four tiny horses with shiny manes and shimmery wings burst forth from a dandelion seed!
Four magical horses who can fly!
Dancing on the wind, surrounded by magical haloes, they are the Wind Dancers:

Brandon Laws
Reechard Laws
Cristof Hendrickson
Lane Barrington

Influences:
Sounds Like:

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.. Church:

“The best, most unfuckwithable, avant-pop I’ve heard…my default jam of the month. One of Portland’s finest indie outfits.”
-Portland Mercury

“A perfection of textures that leaves little room for improvement.”
-Vanguard

“Lush melodic songs built upon echoing acoustics…”
-Willamette Week

“There’s no end to [their] spinning wheel of blossom/decay/sunshine/gloom.”
-Eashfa

“Soft beautiful music that pulsates, drones and spikes…you should be there for this.”
-Fuck Bad Music
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Record Label: Tender Loving Empire / soHitek
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Now you may buy our album at fine Portland establishments

Hey there!If - god forbid - you can’t make it to one of our shows, you may now purchase our album at the following fine Portland locations:Mississippi Records4007 N Mississippi Ave Tender Loving...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:08:00 GMT

Past Releases - Available Here Now!

Need more Church? We'd love for you to listen to some of our older stuff.Live on KPSU 1-9-08andUnreleased Demos >..Review the hit counters gallery.
Posted by on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:04:00 GMT