Make Believe: Going to the Bone Church

Make Believe was originally intended as the more aggressive outlet for the Joan of Arc touring members. They achieved this with their excellent self-titled debut EP and their first full-length, Shock of Being. Going to the Bone Church is created with the exact same tools (guitar, bass, drums, wurlitzer, vocals) and approach to songwriting (you could almost call it post-post-punk), but resounds of maturity because of its patience and lack of purely punk-derived chaos. These are finely pieced together songs – however jagged the final product may be – with a number of rather affectionate moments. For example, the band reveals their playfulness for the first time as Tim concludes a spoken-word rant at the end of the title track. Instead of masking it in serious artfulness, they leave the tape rolling as he breaks out into a silly sing-song which causes the entire band to erupt in laughter. Because what’s more satisfying than having fun at what you enjoy to do?



Tracks:

1. Ooo-Yum
2. Just Green Enough
3. Sam Rollerskating Backwards
4. For Lauri Bird
5. Wearin' Torn
6. Garden Stencil
7. Goin' to the Bone Church
8. (I Can't Understand) Satisfaction
9. Taste, Touch, Smell, Deceit, and Touch
10. People Laughing

Members:
Tim Kinsella - Vocals
Bobby Burg - Bass
Sam Zurick - Guitar
Nate Kinsella - Drums, Wurlitzer
Greg Norman - Trombone on People Laughing