EROS ZETA AND THE PERFUMED GUITARS (2023)

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This is a companion album to The Hypnogogue, featuring 15 tracks that expand the story and mythos of The Hypnogogue.


Tracks (click or tap a title for details)

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1.Realm Of Minor Angels (3:31) / /
2.Pleasure (4:23)
3.Amanita (3:28)
4.2054 (5:42)
5.Manifesto (4:37)
6.The Immediate Future (5:50)
7.Sublimated In Song (3:48)
8.Song 18 (4:16)
9.The Weather (4:47)
10.Korea (3:51)
11.Song From The Machine Age (5:48)
12.Sleeping For Miles (3:30)
13.Last Melody (2:19) /
14.A Strange Past (9:43) / /
15.Music From The Ghost Hotel (3:57) (instrumental)
   

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Credits

the church:
Steve Kilbey
Timothy Powles
Ian Haug
Jeffrey Cain
Ashleyt Naylor

All songs written by
Kilbey / Powles / Haug / Cain / Naylor

Nicholas Meredith drums on 2054, The Immediate Future and Sleeping For Miles

Produced by The Church

Executive Producer: Kip McClanahan, without whom this record would not exist

Recording Engineers:
Jordan Power, Andrew Beck, Jeffrey Cain, Timothy Powles, Ted Howard, Brad Timko, Darrell Thorp, Chris Steffan, Oli Jacobs

Recording Studios:
Brooklet Recording, Damien Gerard Studios, Spacejunk, Communicating Vessels, Best Western Cottontree Inn, EastWest Studios, Studio 606, Real World Recording

Mixed by Darrell Thorp
Mastered by David Ives / 101 Mastering

Additional production on Amanita:
Jordan Power

Additional musicians on A Strange Past:
Leslie van Trease: Drum Set Two
Eric Avery: More bass
Brad Timko: Synthesizer
Jebin Bruni: Synthesizer
Amanda Kramer: End Piano

Management: Peter Karsis, Joel Mark, Brian Tomasini

Booking: Ryan Farlow / Arrival Artists

Publicity: Rey Roldan / ReyBee, Inc

Cover collage by Christiana Monored

Photography by Steve Kilbey, Jeffrey Cain and Richard Bruxner

Design by Carl Breitkreuz

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Releases (rev. Aug. 5, 2026)

Notes

Future backstory in the album liner notes:

Eros Zeta and the Perfumed Guitars were formed in 2048 in Antarctic City in Antarctica. They had many hits including "Realm of Minor Angels" and "Sublimated in Song" and in all released 6 collections of music. They toured the post war world incessantly during the early 2050s and were capable on a good night of selling out concerts in most countries that still had gigs. The band were troubled with personnel and substance problems culminating in Eros Zeta's addiction to Sky and his subsequent inability to write new songs.

In 2054 he journeyed to Korea where he used the Hypnogogue to create new music. After the disastrous effects these songs created he died in a traffic accident whilst on his way to the airport to return home. The songs were thereafter prohibited in most places. In recognition of his services to Antarctican music a statue was built to honour him in the Australian Quarter of Antarctic City. The band continued on without him but to little success which led to them disbanding in 2057.