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Do It Again | Holy Ghost! | 4:13 | $0.69 | View In iTunes |
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Wait & See | Holy Ghost! | 3:39 | $0.69 | View In iTunes |
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Hold My Breath | Holy Ghost! | 3:56 | $0.69 | View In iTunes |
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Say My Name | Holy Ghost! | 6:34 | $0.69 | View In iTunes |
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Jam for Jerry | Holy Ghost! | 4:44 | $0.69 | View In iTunes |
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Hold On | Holy Ghost! | 5:56 | $0.69 | View In iTunes |
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It's Not Over | Holy Ghost! | 4:10 | $0.69 | View In iTunes |
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Slow Motion | Holy Ghost! | 3:47 | $0.69 | View In iTunes |
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Static On the Wire | Holy Ghost! | 6:25 | $0.69 | View In iTunes |
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Some Children | Holy Ghost! | 5:51 | $0.69 | View In iTunes |
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Wait & See (Flight Facilities Remix) | Holy Ghost! | 5:19 | $0.69 | View In iTunes |
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Say My Name (Eli Escobar Remix) | Holy Ghost! | 8:09 | Album Only | View In iTunes |
| Total: 12 Songs |
Album Review
Like the most adept synthesists of ‘80s club music — Morgan Geist (Metro Area), Stuart Price (Zoot Woman), Trevor Jackson (Playgroup) — Alex Frankel and Nick Millhiser know their history inside-out and how to manipulate the studio gear that made it. The two have the total package, including but not limited to the zipping synthetic basslines, the wriggling rhythm-guitar lines, the torrents of fleet drums, and the melancholy vocals over a sound that is altogether colorful and uplifting. It’s all done with studious attention to detail and total sincerity, even when they evoke uncool-as-of-2011 mid-'80s reference points like Sly Fox (Frankel’s sung/rapped delivery on “Do It Again”) and stadium-era Simple Minds (the frosty piano on “Wait and See”). The same goes for the keyboard-triggered vocal chirps, the plastic horns, and — oh yeah — Michael McDonald, who’s on the glistening midtempo closer “Slow Children,” not as a stunt but out of necessity. (Frankel had written a part out of his range and used some connections to enlist the soft rock icon.) Three tracks from the duo’s 2007-2010 run of singles and EPs are woven into the sequence, and they’re naturally among the album’s highlights. The new songs are, for the most part, up to that high standard. What doesn’t make a direct hit on the hips and heart is, at the least, well constructed.
Customer Reviews
Holy Average !
New York's Holy Ghost! released their self-titled full-length last week and provide some evidence that they know the electro-pop formula well. Apart from the snappy beats and synth work hearkening back to OMD and others of their ilk, the HG boys don't add any distinctively fresh flavours. Holy Ghost! have been remixing many substantive artists, like Moby and their label's headmaster LCD Soundsystem, during the past few years, which has aided their ability to afford the very expensive rent in New York city and perhaps understand the nuts and bolts of song construction. However, with all the great music being released these days, the album is quite remarkably unremarkable, aside from Hold On, which they released as a single 4 years ago and finally appears on this long player. The only other oddly interesting moment is Michael McDonald showing up in the closing track Some Children. Apart from those two moments, the only other excitement would be the one, presumably, found at the exclamation point at the end of the band's name.
sweet!!
been waiting so bloody long for this!!
Less is actually less
You know that saying 'less is more' well the ultra simplistic structure for most of these songs is just not enough for me and I feel that less as actually less here. A friend of mine told me to check out Holy Ghost, so I did, initially I was drawn in by the beats, synth and 80's feel but I didn't give a full listen to every track and bought the entire album (mostly because it's a good price at $7.99), anyway, rarely do I listen to an album that I buy and actually regret buying the whole thing. Nice work guys, I think the talent is there but more could be done with it to kick it up a notch.
Biography
Formed: New York, NY
Genre: Electronic
Years Active: '00s, '10s
Top Albums and Songs By Holy Ghost!
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Wait & See | Holy Ghost! | 3:39 | $0.69 | View In iTunes |
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Some Children | Holy Ghost! | 5:51 | $0.69 | View In iTunes |
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Hold On | Hold On - EP | 5:58 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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I Will Come Back | Static On the Wire - EP | 5:21 | $0.69 | View In iTunes |
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Do It Again | Holy Ghost! | 4:13 | $0.69 | View In iTunes |
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Static On the Wire | Static On the Wire - EP | 6:25 | $0.69 | View In iTunes |
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Hold My Breath | Holy Ghost! | 3:56 | $0.69 | View In iTunes |
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Hold On | Holy Ghost! | 5:56 | $0.69 | View In iTunes |
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I Know, I Hear | Static On the Wire - EP | 6:43 | $0.69 | View In iTunes |
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Say My Name | Static On the Wire - EP | 6:24 | $0.69 | View In iTunes |
