Rip It Up Magazine
Sunday, 18 October 2009 18:19
Bad Luck/King of Palm Island' continues to delight the critics - this time in Adelaide, where Rip It Up Magazine declared it Single of the Week.
Ben Folds and Anberlin can cram it – when it comes to lyrics name-checking our town, nothing beats The Holy Sea’s evocative line ‘The body of my lover stretches out just like the hills of Adelaide’ on Bad Luck. Inspired by Patrick White, colonial history and race relations, The Holy Sea’s forthcoming album Ghosts Of The Horizon sounds so devastatingly literate it’ll probably be sold with an ISBN. Like The Drones and Paul Kelly inventing folk punk in an 1850s Victorian goldfields tavern, it’s the sort of music Augie March could make if Glenn Richards wasn’t so goddamned earnest. Having already earned Saint Nick Cave’s patronage, there’s a subliminal nod to ol’ Nick in the impending doom of bonus track Jezebel, which sounds like a prelude to a murder ballad. All this and a band member who’s a ringer for the hairy weirdo from The Hangover too!
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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…
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In 2007, former Perth lad Henry F. Skerritt released his second album with The Holy Sea in A Beginner’s Guide To The Sea, and now he’s ready to unleash his next chapter with this double A side single release. Bad Luck is a fast paced song with an infectious melody that we’ve come to expect from the songsmith, while King…Read more...
