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8 October 2026 – The Church Release Sky And Hill and Forever Ahead of Seventeen-Track Album Lacuna
By Editorial Team - October 8, 2026
Summary
Australian alt-rock icons The Church release dual singles Sky And Hill and Forever ahead of 17-track album Lacuna on Cooking Vinyl.
Key Facts
- The Church release twin singles Sky And Hill and Forever from upcoming 17-track album Lacuna.
- Lacuna arrives October 30 via Cooking Vinyl, following recent conceptual albums The Hypnogogue and Eros Zeta.
- Tracks were tracked at Arlyn Studios in Austin, Texas featuring acoustic country textures and grand piano ballads.
- Entities: The Church, Steve Kilbey, Ashley Naylor, Cooking Vinyl, Lacuna, Sky And Hill, Forever, Arlyn Studios, Austin Texas
- Tags: the-church, steve-kilbey, lacuna, sky-and-hill, forever, cooking-vinyl, psychedelic-rock, australia
Australian alternative-rock veterans The Church have released two new songs from Lacuna, their seventeen-track album arriving October 30 through Cooking Vinyl. "Sky And Hill" and "Forever" reveal contrasting sides of a band that continues to explore fresh musical territory in psychedelic rock and art-pop more than four decades after its formation.
"Sky And Hill" began during a particularly hot afternoon at Arlyn Studios in Austin, Texas, where Steve Kilbey developed an acoustic guitar idea with an unexpectedly earthy character. Kilbey describes the result as his closest approach to country music, although traditional Nashville purists may reasonably request a second opinion. In contrast, "Forever" developed from Ashley Naylor experimenting at a grand piano before Kilbey joined him to shape the composition into an emotional ballad with expressive guitar lines.
Both tracks follow earlier album previews "Western," "Martian Skyline" and "Sacred Echoes Part II." The Church remain best known internationally for classics like "Under the Milky Way," but their recent catalogue demonstrates little interest in resting on nostalgia. Lacuna follows ambitious recent albums The Hypnogogue and Eros Zeta and the Perfumed Guitars, proving that the most effective response to a forty-six-year career is to keep writing.