After Everything Now This

After Everything Now This
Studio album by The Church
Released	2002
Genre	Dream Pop
Label	Thirsty Ear Recordings
Producer	The Church
The Church chronology
A Box of Birds (1999) After Everything Now This (2002) Forget Yourself (2004)

After Everything Now This is the twelfth studio album by the Australian rock band, The Church, which was released in 2002.^[1] It was produced by group member, Tim Powles (Penny Flanagan), and the rest of the band.^[1][2]

Recordings for a follow-up album to Hologram of Baal (September 1998) turned out to be painstakingly slow due to numerous side projects and geographical locations of different members – with Steve Kilbey in Sweden, Marty Willson-Piper in England and the others in Australia. While taking time off to focus on solo efforts and other work – including a brief reunion of All About Eve for Willson-Piper; the bandmates met across several separate sessions. Partially recorded in both Sweden and Australia, After Everything Now This, appeared in January 2002 and saw a focus on the softer elements of the band. With only three obvious "rock" tracks out of ten, calm soundscapes predominated. The successive world tour had the band in a more subtle setting as well, with most tracks performed primarily acoustically, with guest tour and session musician, David Lane, on piano.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

Track listing

1. "Numbers" – 4:29
2. "After Everything" – 6:01
3. "The Awful Ache" – 5:17
4. "Song for the Asking" – 5:08
5. "Chromium" – 3:44
6. "Radiance" – 5:59
7. "Reprieve" – 5:40
8. "Night Friends" – 7:20
9. "Seen it Coming" – 4:58
10. "Invisible" – 7:48

Members

• Steve Kilbey – bass, vocals
• Peter Koppes – guitar, backing vocals
• Tim Powles – drums
• Marty Willson-Piper – guitars, backing vocals, lead vocals ("Chromium")

Additional players

• Clayton Dooley – Wurlitzer piano (1, 6 & 7)
• David Lane – ambient piano, grand piano (2, 4 & 8)
• Jane Seymour – violin, viola (2, 3, 7 & 9)

References