Holy State - EP

New EP from Kerrang and Rock Sound favourites Holy State.

· Musically enlightened beyond their years, the band take influence from posthardcore legends Girls Against Boys, alt-rock gods Jesus Lizard, and indie institution The Fall at their darkest and most rhythmically driven, combined with a hint of Phil Spector’s Wall Of Sound and a nod to Man Or Astroman?’s sci-fi surf oddness. This EP is the sound of a band truly honing in on something special and individual.

· Holy State have previously released split singles through the magnificent Holy Roar label, with the like of Pulled Apart by Horses and Brontide, and were featured on Huw Stephen’s ‘Music Sounds Better With Huw Volume 1’ on Witchita, with a selection of the Radio 1 tastemaker’s other top tips.

· The band also opened up the now legendary DTTR Stage (and therefore the whole weekend’s festivities) at Leeds Festival to 7,000 hungry music fans, alongside Blood Red Shoes, Wild Beasts, Bear Hands and Airship.

· “A refreshing slap in the face to knock all the indie dross out of your ear holes” - Artrocker

“The Leeds quartet play a discordant, cathartic and utterly classy line in hardcore” - Rock Sound

, “‘The kind of urgent rhythm that prises you out of your seat through sheer force” - Kerrang!

“There’s this grinding intensity to their music that sound quite interesting simply because no one’s really doing the whole dirtpunk
revival” - NME.

Tracklisting:

Brain Caves
The Beaus And The Oglers
Skull On Skull
Palms

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