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Sacred Bones

Marching Church

This World Is Not Enough

New Wave Post Punk Lust self obsession and sweet soul from Iceage frontman Since 2010 Elias Bender Ronnenfelt Iceage Var has used the Marching Church moniker to a variety of musical ends both live and recorded However the project as it exists on 'This World Is Not Enough' wasn't born until November 2013 With a live performance looming and no real idea what the set would be Ronnenfelt found a new vision for the band while daydreaming at a gig at the venue where Marching Church was set to perform Ronnenfelt rounded out the line with Kristian Emdal and Anton Rothstein of Lower CA#cilie Trier Choir of Young Believers Bo H Hansen Hand of Dust Sexdrome and Frederikke Hoffmeier Puce Mary Under Ronnenfelt's leadership the group composed some music rehearsed twice and played their show It was decided that night at the behest of the sound engineer Lars Rex that this incarnation of Marching Church would make a record 'This World Is Not Enough' was influenced at first by obscure works like David Maranha's experimental dronerock saga Antarctica and eventually by soul bandleaders like James Brown and Sam Cooke The eight tracks that made the final cut are in Ronnenfelt's words songs of nocturnal longing preposterous selfobsession and cockeyed etiquette They move effortlessly between Bruce Springsteen bombast Nick Cave menace and James Brown swagger while never sounding like the work of anyone but Ronnenfelt himself 'This World Is Not Enough' is a defining statement in his career and doubtlessly the brightest star in the Marching Church firmament

Tracklist

• 1. Living in Doubt
  2. King of Song
  3. Hungry of Love
  4. Your Father's Eyes
  5. Calling Out a Name
  6. Every Child (Portrait of Wellman Braud)
  7. Up a Hill
  8. Dark End of the Street