Following on from last month’s triumphantly massive teaser track “The Sky Is Falling Down”, Holy Monitor return with the first official single from their most accomplished album to date, Southern Lights.
"Naked In the Rain"
"Naked in the Rain" is inspired by the traditional music of Epirus and the Bacchanalian frenzied rites. Holy Monitor's wild, intoxicating psychedelic groove vibes triggered by elaborately carved soundscapes take listeners into hedonistic, mad dance to exorcise the rain and revolt against reality. This Bacchic ritual to the sun symbolizes the human need to rebirth, the ecstatic loss of self, a provocative critique of conformity.
Athens' quintet, Holy Monitor will release their eagerly awaited third album Southern Lightson 26 February 2021 on Blackspin/Primitive Music, an astonishing and affecting follow up to their 2020 critically acclaimed EP release, ‘This Desert Land’.
Holy Monitor is a music collective blending space rock with repeatable psyched riffs & beats and ambient sensibility. The band originates from Athens, Greece and founded in the summer of 2015 by guitarist Stefanos Mitsis and singer/guitarist George Nikas, as a studio project. After recording and releasing “Golden Light” and “Aeolus” EP’s, the band was joined by Alex Bolpasis (bass), Vangelis Mitsis (keyboards) and Dimitris Doumouliakas (drums) and started performing live as a five-piece. Their self-titled album was released in 2017 by Blackspin Records/Primitive Music. Blending motorik kraut rhythms, hypnotic vocals and sticky guitar riffs, the band creates an environment of cosmic-space feelings, leading the audience into a bright sonic swirl of psychedelic oscillations. Their sophomore album “II” was released in 2018 by Blackspin Records/Primitive Music. Applying new elements of frenzy psychedelia and classy motorik riffs succeed to build asymmetric kraut pattern surrounded from unstoppable groovy vibes.
Holy Monitor is:
George Nikas: Vocals, Guitars
Stefanos Mitsis: Guitars
Alex Bolpasis: Bass
Vangelis Mitsis: Keys
Dimitris Doumouliakas: Drums
HOLY MONITOR
"Southern Lights"
[Blackspin - Primitive Music]
"Southern Lights"
[Blackspin - Primitive Music]
Format: Vinyl LP, Digital
Release Date: 26 February 2021
Tracklist:
1. River
2. Naked In The Rain
1. River
2. Naked In The Rain
3. Blue Whale
4. Southern Lights
5. The Sky Is Falling Down
6. Hourglass
7. Ocean Trail
8. Under The Sea
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