Church With No Magic

‘Church With No Magic’, the follow-up to PVT’s 2008 album ‘O Soundtrack My Heart’, released

on August 9th through Warp Records, reflects a literal and sonic transformation for

the band, demonstrated first in the form of lead single ‘Window’ and its’ powerful new video.

‘Church With No Magic’ was a different process for PVT. For a start, they found themselves

in the same countries at the same times. It took them from Sydney to a basement studio in

London with one of Europe’s largest collections of vintage synthesizers – including the Yamaha

CS80 famously used for the ‘Blade Runner’ soundtrack - to a grandmother’s music

room in a 120 year old house in the countryside near Paris, juggling live commitments

along the way.

Their efforts would take the form of ‘Church With No Magic’, an album that builds upon the

anthemic synth-driven instrumental movements for which PVT is renowned, along with the

power of their visceral live shows. The sound has been brilliantly tempered and expanded

by the trio into brooding, melancholic experimental pop - an amalgam of rock synthesis,

propulsive rhythms and huge melodic strength. It’s a dark and expansive sound that PVT

has made substantial movements on this record to make their own.