Track Listing:
1. Stone Tower
2.Silvered sea
3.Blue communion
4.The end avenge

Special rough cardboard digipack edition limited to 200 copies.

Live document of a private performance.

Gothtronic.

The name Rapoon somehow always gets me a bit excited. Not that I am a die-hard fan and not that I like every release, but I do enjoy most of the work of Robin Storey.

Church Road is a so-called 'almost live' cd, a live performance slightly edited to make it sound better. The inlay tells the story of how Jim Robson met Robin at a life drawing session. The two connected, and when Jim asked Robin how he actually composed and produced his music, Robin said he would show him and did a gig for Jim and some close friends at Jim's house. Now who wouldn't like a thing like that to happen?

The album holds four tracks and clocks around 55 minutes. The first track, Stone Tower, is the longest with its 29 minutes and is like a live set in itself. Starting with the dark ambient layers I love Rapoon for, evolving into more rhythmic chaotic sounds and some repetitive rhythms, ending in some nice dark ambient layers again. Track 2, Silvered Sea, starts of sounding Scottish to me, evolving into a slow beat song and back to ambient. Track 3, Blue Communion, an intense track, a lot of voice playing, rough ended sounds and some soothing jazzy sounds now and then, into chaos again, a full spectrum song. The final track, The End Avenge, is officially a bonus track. Personally, I never understand the concepts of bonus and hidden tracks, especially when they are mentioned on the artwork. But what the hell, it gives me eight minutes more Rapoon, so you will not hear me complain. The End Avenge is a bit of a plain song compared to the others, the sounds are less rough but the structure is Rapoon.

So is this another masterpiece? No it's not; it’s again a very good Rapoon release. It comes with nice artwork, a great story, and in two versions, the special limited edition of 200 copies in a rough industrial cardboard digipack and a regular 500 copies version in a jewel case.

The album is dedicated to "Kirill Sokolov, a sadly missed friend.".

If you never listened to Rapoon you should try to find a copy of "Raising Earthly Spirits", which I consider a masterpiece, but if you cannot find that, Church Road is just as good a starting point then any other.