With a solid background working in the "engine room" in melodic rock/pop as a drummer with Utopian Babies, Oblivia and more recently Shannon Noll, singer songwriter and acoustic guitarist Adam Church has obviously been able to develop an unerring sense of the craft of writing in this genre and delivers a collection of songs with subtle intelligence, articulate arrangements and a delicate understanding of the emotional power of dynamics.

In that sense, Church places himself at the Powderfinger rather than the Pete Murray (or, for that matter, Alex Llyod) end of the AOR power rock ballad spectrum; though as an indie artist, the chances he'll garner the same kind of attention are, to say the least, negligible. Which is a pity, after all, a little competition might help them lift their game, and a track like Instant Jesus would blitz it on Nova. Being able to call on Baby Animals Dave Leslie, Chris Kamzelas and the vastly underrated Tony Juke, as well as A list session bass player Dario Bortolin, just adds to the polish inherent in the material without overstating anything.

If ever there was a case for creating a credible Adult Oriented Rock station in Australia, it's artist like Church (and he's not alone in making music for grown-ups who aren’t baby boomers wallowing in the music of their halcyon days). My advice to Church is to get this album to America- Rick Sprinfield's fans will eat it up.




		New Album “Sum of all Parts” out now!