The Church – “The Hypnogogue”

Australia’s The Church have been making music that has been both expansive and intimate since eighties hit “Under the Milky Way”, and now have delivered not only a song...
The Church - The Hypnogogue
The Church - The Hypnogogue

Australia’s The Church have been making music that has been both expansive and intimate since eighties hit “Under the Milky Way”, and now have delivered not only a song that does that in “The Hypnogogue”, but also a stellar video. Directed by Clint Lewis with film-level quality, it explores, in the words of frontman Steve Kilbey, “Invented by Sun Kim Jong, a North Korean scientist and occult dabbler, it is a machine and a process that pulls music straight of dreams,” set in a dystopian 2054, with a look evoking Bladerunner and more.

Watch “The Hypnogogue” below:

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