Drum Media
Friday, 18 September 2009 22:36
“If you had to write a song about missing Perth and drinking too much, what would you do? No, shut up. Forget it. You cannot write a song better than Paddy, There’s Got to Be One More Open. It’s been said again and again that Henry F. Skerritt, lead vocalist and lyricist, is more than capable. Evocative, rousing, brilliant. Listening to A Beginner’s Guide to the Sea I’m going to have to agree. It’s brilliant. A Beginner’s Guide... is a way to find your Australian self again. A call to land, to community. A fear of the unknown. Slide guitars. The Holy Sea, rich in Australian history, with a special affinity to Perth, always confronting those shapeless demons of nowhere. And Shtock! It’s a home run. Again”
S J Finch,
Drum Media
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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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“If Patrick White were a muso, this is probably what he would sound like. The Holy Sea play music that comes from a place of necessity and integrity, not anything to do with convenience or commercial considerations, which is not to say that you can’t dance to it... This is meaningful music, written from a sense of veracity above all…Read more...
