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Ghosts of the Horizon
The release of the band’s new album ‘Ghosts of The Horizon’ was delayed by a few months earlier this year, but now, almost 12 months later, the band are happy to announce the album will be in stores in the last week of September, with a national tour from October 2nd.
The new album is a stunning work that has the hallmarks of a landmark Australian album. It’s an album as grand and sweeping and complex as its muse, this promised, yet conflicted land of Australia. The stories it holds are rich and evocative, delving deeply into the national psyche. Haunting and expansive, it’s a brilliant foray into the rich Australian folk-rock tradition that brings to mind the band’s influences such as The Triffids, The Go-Betweens, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Paul Kelly and The Drones – but these are inspirations that have been imbibed and transformed into a sound that is uniquely and beautifully, The Holy Sea.
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News
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29.05.11
The Holy Sea are very pleased to announce the launch of their first vinyl release: the 7- inch vinyl AA-single 'The Ten Rules/St Thomas Sound'.
The release follows on from the critical acclaim for their 2010 album 'Ghosts of the Horizon', which was nominated for Album of the Year in the 2010 Rolling Stone Magazine Awards.
The limited edition, numbered single features two Holy Sea favourites. Co-written by Henry F. Skerritt and Daniel Hoey, ‘The Ten Rules’ relates the storied, afflicted life of Thomas Wentworth ‘Tom’ Wills, the brilliantly flawed codifier of Australian Rules…
Reviews
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This single from The Holy Sea’s forthcoming second album arrived in my letterbox with one of the wordiest press releases I’ve ever encountered. In it, the band stresses their own artistic ambitions, literary allusions and obsession with Australia’s colonial history. Such extensive baggage could easily weigh down the actual music with heightened expectations, especially since they reference such heavyweights as…Read more...
