| Holy Wave / Freaks Of Nurture |
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| Album: | Freaks Of Nurture | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Holy Wave | Added: | Mar 2016 | |
| Label: | Reverberation Appreciation Society | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2016-04-25 | Pull Date: | 2016-06-26 |
| Week Ending: | Jun 26 | Jun 19 | Jun 12 | Jun 5 | May 29 | May 22 | May 15 | May 8 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 08, 2017: | Magnetized Summer (Late Night Session 2) Western Playland | 4. | Jun 25, 2016: | Music Casserole Western Playland | |
| 2. | Jul 15, 2016: | Kick Out The Blues She Put A Seed In My Ear | 5. | Jun 17, 2016: | Kick Out The Blues She Put A Seed In My Ear | |
| 3. | Jun 30, 2016: | In The Year 1000, 8000: Summer School (Session 1-16) Western Playland | 6. | Jun 15, 2016: | Kick Out The Blues She Put A Seed In My Ear |
| Album Review |
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| DJ Aporia Reviewed 2016-04-24 | ||
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A hazy, blush pink sonic dream for fans of '90s psych and swirling guitar tones. Holy Wave are a band from El Paso, Texas whose music fluidly combines surf rock sensibilities with ambling psychedelic guitars and layers of reverb. Freaks of Nurture unfolds warmly in a consistently lush, golden, sprawling psych rock journey. It was released on Reverberation Appreciation Society, a label that curates Levitation Fest in Austin. Holy Wave play Levitation this year and I very much see how their sound fits the festival. RIYL Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Holydrug Couple, Melody's Echo Chamber, Tame Impala 'Innerspeaker' Favorites: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 No FCCs 1. (5:22) *She Put a Seed in my Ear—Mid-tempo. Direct, bright, round guitar tone. Plodding and patient. Sunny riffing and whistling synths at times. Urgent in its final minute. 2. (3:25) **Wendy Go Round—More uptempo with some less mellow guitar parts. Swirling guitars and organ riffs. 3. (5:09) **Western Playland—Whispery vocals about forbidden love. Vocals become gradually obscured by guitars and reverb. Gorgeously crescendoing, chiming guitar solos every so often. “I’ve been kicked out by doo-wop sisters." Bass gets crunchy at 3:25. 2:48 until the end is a sprawling, subdued psych jam. Love. 4. (2:27) You Should Lie—Uptempo and noisy yet retains those classic psychedelic synth sounds. RIYL Joanna Gruesome 5. (5:39) ***California Took My Bobby Away—Intro reminds me of early Tamaryn. Gazey, heavy, celestial. Slowly unfolds in melancholic waves of reverb. A Brian Eno take on dreamy psychedelic shoegaze. 6. (5:42) ***Air Wolf—Motorik beat featuring lots of reverb. Steadily picks up in tempo. Last 1.5 minutes are an epic feedback-drenched breakdown. 7. (5:29) Our Pigs—Upbeat, more twee melody. 8. (4:59) Sir Isaac Nukem—Violet synths and crashing metallic guitars. Brief noise breakdown towards the end before returning to the original melody. 9. (2:34) Magic Landing—Dark and churning. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club vibes + a vaguely darkwave background repeating guitar line. 10. (3:33) Minstrel's Gallop—More of what the first half of the album sounds like. Cool phaser effects at 2:15. Solid, if unadventurous, closer. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | She Put A Seed In My Ear | 6. | Airwolf | |||
| 2. | Wendy Go Round | 7. | Our Pigs | |||
| 3. | Western Playland | 8. | Sir Isaac Nukem | |||
| 4. | You Should Lie | 9. | Magic Landing | |||
| 5. | California Took My Bobby Away | 10. | Minstrel's Gallop |