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Working On My Soul
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Working On My Soul
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Data di uscita:: 1 gen 2009
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    Working On My Soul

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    River

    3:32

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    I'm Spent

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    Just Another Day

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    Nine Pound Hammer

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Informazioni generali

  • Genere: Altro / Soul

    Posizione Sydney, New South Wales, Au

    Visualizzazioni profilo: 100521

    Ultimo accesso: 21/10/2011

    Iscritto dal 11/01/2006

    Sito Web www.illustriousartists.com.au

    Etichetta Illustrious Artists, Repressed Records

    Tipo di etichetta Indie

  • Biografia

    Email merdremerdre@hotmail.com for info/management. .. Illustrious Artists: www.illustriousartists.com .......... .. Buy the new album with Damo Suzuki, 'Dead Man Has No 2nd Chance', at www.repressedrecords.com/ .. Oliver Heath's video for 'Train', filmed at the OAF .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. The Holy Soul live at Re-Pressed Records, Newtown. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Bookings: lukem@theharbouragency.com .. Snarling guitars with lazy bluesy vocals one minute and filthy fuck-off rock n roll the next – Mar Garvey, Drum Media .. The spectre of Animal Collective hangs over the Forum stage all day (or at least until The Holy Soul come stab it away with their jarring take on nocturnal ruminations) - The Vine review of the Metro FBi Fundraiser. (We'll take that as a compliment). .. DEAD MAN HAS NO 2ND CHANCE (DAMO SUZUKI & THE HOLY SOUL) (REP001) PRESS .. For this concert, recorded at Melbourne’s Toff In Town in February 2008, The Holy Soul were joined by The Drones’ Dan Luscombe on keyboard and renowned electronic sound artist Peter Newman. The idea of sustaining a completely improvised performance for an hour can seem daunting to musicians and listeners alike, but right from the opening notes of ‘A Stone Of Fortune’, it’s apparent this group is equal to the task - Rene Schaefer, Mess & Noise www.messandnoise.com/releases/2000815 .. Kate Wilson's brilliant drumming anchors both 'sides' perfectly; the interplay between Hunter and Marden's guitars adds emotion and bite to Suzuki's phrasing; and when Worrad lets loose (particularly towards the middle of 'Strangers In Blue'), it drives the entire feel of the band. 4/5 Nathan Jolly - The Brag (Indie Album of the Week, 17/1/10) .. (Damo) uses his voice as an instrument, not as a means of imparting words. It's one powerful device. It's compelling to listen to the aural equivalent of backward-masked guitar. 4/5 - The Barman, i94Bar www.i94bar.com/reviews/damosuzuki.php .. DAMN YOU, RA (IARC401) PRESS .. Damn You, Ra is a work of sheer passion and ferocity – from the wailing guitars and brief piano riffs of the thunderous 'The River' to the cacophonous barfight of 'I'll Be Drinking 'Til We Meet Again' and the menacing sexiness of 'Nine Pound Hammer' (penned by bass player Sam Worrad). Elsewhere, something close to hip-shaking pop music (the good, hard, fast kind) finds its way onto the album in the form of the furiously catchy 'That's All'. Drummer Kate Wilson hits powerfully as Jon Hunter's guitar crashes over the pulsing piano line of guest accompanist Monika Brooks; the whole thing a clutter of energy and handclap breakdowns. There’s also the sweetly sneering promise of a fleeing lover ('I'll Be Back For the Honey'), and the more plaintive closing track, 'Rosetta', a haunting, accordian-based ditty that closes the album perfectly. A.H. Cayley www.messandnoise.com/releases/2000539 .. Top 50 releases of 2009, Mess and Noise critics poll. .. Top 10 of 2009 - Dave Graney i94bar.com/wordpress/ .. Five Rolling Rocks out of Five at the i94Bar www.i94bar.com/reviews/holysoul.php .. Indie rock for 'Reign In Blood' - Repressed Records. .. Opener ‘Working On My Soul’ is a hypnotic slow number, something one imagines Tom Waits copulating with Can would produce. Its repetitious refrain and hazily relaxed delivery is haunting and the perfect entry in to ‘Damn You, Ra’. But before you start expecting polite improvised guitar jams, ‘River’ blares out of the speakers with vicious spurts of guitar…it’s volatile music, one minute serene before careening in to a ditch of dirty riffs and a cacophony of piano and drums. The record heads towards a climax with ‘I’ll Be Drinking ‘Til We Meet Again’…the song is taut in its ability to walk the tightrope between pure unadulterated noise and cleverly constructed riffs. The record as a whole, in fact, walks that line – sometimes soft and sympathetic, other times loud and unforgiving. ‘Damn You, Ra’ is a record toying with sounds, manipulating doom and blues, colouring the music with narrative depth to make it an alluring listen. – Sevana Ohandjanian, Drum Media (CD of the week) .. What sets these guys apart from other local rock bands is their consistency; a long-running saga of line-up changes, international tours, a unique musical bond with improv maestro Damo Suzuki and a relentless pedaling of their singular and seductive brand of urban gospel. Second offering, 2009′s Damn You, Ra was a tapey, grandiose distillation of what they do best - Aidan Roberts, http://www.altmedia.net.au/best-local-muso-the-holy-soul/23433 .. Accordion and gospel isn’t the most likely combination, but Sydney’s The Holy Soul manage to make it work in Damn You, Ra’s hypnotic, repetitive opener ‘Working On My Soul’. It’s that sort of track that you could only really open or close an album with. When it gives way to the hellfire and damnation of ‘River’ and its doom-ridden bridge it becomes apparent that Drones fans should be sitting up and paying attention. The appearance of that band’s former guitarist Rui Pereira on ‘Train’ is further warning: like Hendrix’s ‘Machine Gun’ and Clutch’s ‘Apache’, this is a song that sounds just like it’s title, blues harp wailing and guitar squeals hauling plenty of weighty, rock’n’rolling stock...That accordion gets a workout again on the Tom Waits-ian beer hall romp of ‘Just Another Day’, as does Waits’ actual saxophonist Ralph Carney, which is instant cool and authenticity points in my book. Garage echo-fest ‘That’s All’ is pretty freaking catchy too...The slow colonial waltz of ‘Rosetta’ is a great closer, rounding out a record that deserves much more than just a passing glance - Tal Wallace, Time Off. .. Damn You, Ra is the eagerly anticipated follow up release of Sign Of The Triangle, and is ragged and evocative. The Holy Soul construct a remarkable feeling of the possibility within their music, and the exploration of this possibility is already proving evident, as the undeniable growth between their earlier releases and Damn You, Ra is one of confidence and strength. River surges ferocious guitar, shifting between serene and volatile before eventually tearing into a dissonant clamour of drums and piano. The track shifts between refined unadulterated uproar and craftily fabricated riffs. It’s characteristic of the band’s strengths and ultimately what they’re best at: grand, large-sounding songs out of illusory naturalness, something that’s perseveres throughout the duration of the album. The exceedingly memorable That’s All harks back to the band’s early garage rock eight-track live recordings, but instead sees the inclusion of a well-defined droning piano; a mere illustration of some of the experimentation found on the LP, closing a record that is truly deserving of more than a second glance, with recording practices that have since given rise to a far more polished but distinctively authentic sound. Damn You, Ra experiments with and manipulates a variety of sounds, with the final result proving to be a truly alluring and captivating album - jacONER, www.thedwarf.com.au .. Το μόνο σίγουρο (τσιμέντο σου λέω!) είναι ότι αυτόν τον δίσκο πρέπει να τον ακούσει οπωσδήποτε ‘κείνο ‘κει το παιδί που έγραφε μια εποχή στο tranzistor, (και απειλεί να επιστρέψει δριμύτερος από τον Σεπτέμβρη), που του αρέσει ο Tom Waits και οι Murder By Death, να διαβάζει και να γράφει ποιήματα, αλλά βασικά όταν δεν πουλάει δίσκους, περνάει τον καιρό του ακριβώς όπως ο τύπος του εξωφύλλου, δίνοντας υποσχέσεις σαν αυτήν του προτελευταίου κομματιού. I’ll be drinking ‘til we meet again. - Saunterer, Transistor.gr .. It roars! It howls! The Holy Soul are ones not to shy away from the most brutal sounds. They do it in a fashion though that's rough in a unique way. Well, in some of their songs from their latest release Damn You Ra at least, other songs kind of echo a slow daunting raging bull ready to pounce. When it does leaps at you it rips the insides of your intestines, ripping out your spleen, salivating on the tender skin of the buttocks and feeding the rest of the carcass to the rest of the troupe of bulls that arrived late. The Holy Soul give no eloquence here folks, and they like it that way! - www.thebandnextdoor.wordpress.com .. THAT'S ALL 7" (SIN021) PRESS .. In Australia, at least, there’s a constant flow of average garage bands laying blooze lix over their carefully crafted retro rock sound and because it’s such a classic combo, it somehow doesn’t cheapen everyone too much. It sure as shit makes you appreciate the bands that do it well, though. Like The Holy Soul. The big win here is that they sound like they know what punk is. It’s raw and low tech, swaggering in a way you don’t quite believe, which works out better because bravado and a forced game face are way more interesting than actual tough talk - Max Lavergne, Rose Quartz. .. SIGN OF THE TRIANGLE (REV023) PRESS .. ’Triangle’ has all the dirty twang of the blues and country meets punk formula of the Gun Club and The Scientists, but it doesn’t live in the grimy shadow of its influences – Justin Norrie, The Age .. There is a darkness on this album that will appeal to fans of the Beasts of Bourbon and The Drones, but The Holy Soul are very much their own band – Chris Scaddon, J-Mag .. Top 10 LPs of 2005 - Murray Engleheart, Drum Media. .. The Holy Soul’s debut long player has plenty to commend it…'Mary’s Tainted Lemonade' proceeds from a simple power strum that owes more than a nod to Link Wray’s Rumble into a potent angst-and-acid ridden slurry of guitar and feedback – Patrick Emery, Beat .. Very convincing, very dark and very alive – i94bar .. There’s such a naked and bleeding immediacy to what’s caught on disc that it’s hard to resist – Luke Martin, Fasterlouder .. An evocative record offering vague traces of everything from Howlin’ Wolf to Link Wray to Neil Young to the Birthday Party – Arlo Stecyk, Blunt .. Storms through your ears and kicks the furniture around in your brain. Mad, sad and bad in a very good way – Daily Telegraph .. Le dernier disque Australien que j’avais eu en main se nommait the Bad Machines et distillait une pop electro proche de Nelly Furtado. C’était de la pop, mais pas de la pop australienne, pas de la power pop. Je ne sais pas pourquoi je dis ça puisque Holy Soul ne font pas non plus de la power pop. Ils font MIEUX! - Le Blob (Morlock), Every Day Is Like Sunday .. It amazes me that something so generic exists. I struggled to get to the end of this without jumping out the window, but then again country isn't really my forte. I challenge someone to make an interesting country album, something original, something with heart that didn't just fall out of the stencil. I can't even fathom people sitting around in a room patting each other on the back after making this kind of music, let alone people listening to it. Try harder -The Buzz .. LOVE HAS LEFT THE CITY LIMITS (REV007) PRESS .. The Holy Soul pulled it off with ‘Jesus Caught the 5.19’ on Illustrious Artists’ stunning sampler ‘Playing Favourites’, and none of the other four songs on this EP suggest it was a fluke – i94bar .. ’Psychotic Notions’ gets near the essence of The Holy Soul live feel, the messy self production gives it a murky garage punk feel – Blunt .. And just as you’ve settled in that drawl with a reverb twang – and there have been few better examples of that in the last half-decade than the already previewed ‘Jesus Caught The 5.19’ – thinks crank up to get really messy with ‘Psychotic Notions’, complete with the perfect running-out-of-breath harp solo – Drum Media .. DAMO SUZUKI NETWORK PRESS .. Annandale Hotel, February 2008 .. Seeing Damo Suzuki perform with a new band is akin to watching an open paint tin thrown into the air- your breath is held in suspended panic, waiting to see where the paint inevitably lands and sets. Friday was an evening of formless improvisation and interlocking moods, held together by backing band The Holy Soul (who, by the way, are about as tight as is possible without imploding). Suzuki, hardly a diminutive-looking stage presence, drew us to his world with his beautifully indiscernible words and an unrelenting web of melodies and chaos. Alternating between crystal-sounding words sung with unrivaled passion, and yelling at us in a faux-death metal tones, Suzuki proved to be one of those ridiculously versatile vocalists that most frontmen wish they could touch - Josh Gibbs, Fasterlouder. .. Hopetoun Hotel, February 2009 .. They started gently, on Suzuki's signal, with a slow atmospheric hum underpinned by extraordinary drummer Kate Wilson and punctuated by electronic artist Peter Newman. It was a tidal thing, the music building, receding and overlapping. They seemed effortless in their togetherness, moving separately to make one evolving sound, but don't misunderstand me, this wasn't a soft or safe experience - Dale Slamma, Liveguide. .. DAVID THOMAS PRESS .. Intense was the word of the night, after it was done the audience staggered out onto Enmore Rd. They looked like newly released hostages - Dale Slamma, RHUM. .. .. .. .. ....

  • Iscritti

    Bipeds of human origin. Mostly. In order of appearance: Trent Marden - singing/guitar, Sam Worrad - bass, Jon Hunter - guitar, Kate Wilson - drums

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