Credits:The ChurchDescription:ProbablythemostobscurealbumtitleyetfromtheChurch,anddefinitelyoneoftheleastlikelytoprovideacatchyradiosingle,butwiththisdefiantreclaimingoftheirowndestinyafterthemessofGoldAfternoonFix,theChurchcameupwithitsbestalbumtodate.IfnotasgloriouslycatchyasHeyday,Priest=AurashowstheChurchfullyinchargeofcreatingevocative,poetic,andgrippingmusicwithadistinctlyunsettlingedge.PartofthestrengthofPriest=Auraisitsexcellentsequencing,organizedfromstarttofinish.Theopeningsong,"Aura,"findsthebandcominginafteranatmosphericsynthstart,Kilbey'sslylyricequallyapplicabletotheband'srecentsituationandstandingasacrypticinvocationofstrangeexperiencesawayfromhome."Ripple,"whichimmediatelyfollows,wastheleadsingle,itssoothingchorusfloatingaboveastrong,shadowyundertowofmusicbelow.Withthatasastart,everythingcontinuesupuntilthealbum'swrenchingconclusion,startingwiththedramatic,unnervingmusichallchantof"TheDisillusionist."Afterabri