"Go on, buy it, read it. Imagine you had lived that life." -Steve Kilbey
"You have rarely read a more personal and revealing biography as this. Highly recommended." -James Mann, The Big Takeover
No Certainty Attached began its life in the early 2000s as my Master of Fine Arts thesis at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Casting about for a nonfiction topic that could keep me engaged for 300+ pages, I kept coming back to the idea of writing about my favorite band: The Church. Their music (Steve Kilbey's singing and lyrics in particular) had held me spellbound from the age of 14 onward, and there was no full-length biography then available. I essentially set out to write the book that I wanted to read: a history of the band from the perspective of its co-founder and chief lyricist, overlaid with the fan experience.
I was extraordinarily blessed to have the participation of Steve Kilbey along with several of his past and present bandmates, collaborators, family members, and acquaintances.
It was a privilege to work on this, and I will always be grateful to everyone involved.