Holy Ghost - Holy Ghost!

This is the brilliant, eponymously titled debut from Alex Frankel and Nick Millhiser, the two New Yorkers that make up Holy Ghost!.

Signed to DFA Records, the label run by LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy, ‘Holy Ghost!’ has been in the making for some time. Nick and Alex have been releaseing records under the Holy Ghost! moniker on DFA since they dropped the astonishing ‘Hold On’ in 2007. Its cool, clean synths set them apart from similarly inclined disco heads, and suggested an understanding and originality that few could match.

Now with their debut long-player Holy Ghost! have delivered on that early promise. Kicking off with the stomping 4/4 beat of recent free track ‘Do It Again’, it’s a blitz through the old and new – from 70’s and 80’s R&B to disco and new wave – to create an brilliantly original and thrilling debut album. Cleanly rendered, it’s the work of two people with their finger on the pulse of the dancefloor, and an understanding of the unifying purpose that music can have, and they’ve gone and produced a work of art.

Holy Ghost! have become the pre-eminent remixes of the last two years, with reworkings for everyone from LCD Soundsystem and Phoenix to Kings Of Leon and Mark Ronson. They’ve also worked with luminaries such as Ghostface Killah, Caroline Polacheck of Chairlift and Michael MacDonald who features on album closer ‘’Some Children’. Holy Ghost! last year released a video to their track ‘I Will Come Back’, which remade the New Order video to the classic ‘Confusion’, complete with real life Arthur Baker. With fans from A-Trak to David Mancuso, Alex and Nick have also forged an incredible DJ career.

Last year saw the band finish put their finishing touches to this record, as well as releasing the brilliant snapshot ‘Static On The Wire’ EP, as well as release a limited 12” split with Friendly Fires, on which Alex and Nick covered the Fires track ‘On Board’ and Friendly Fires covered HG!’s ‘Hold On’.

Now their debut album is set to see Holy Ghost! move into the big-time.

Tracklisting:

01. Do It Again 02. Wait and See 03. Hold My Breath 04. Say My Name 05. Jam For Jerry 06. Hold On 07. It’s Not Over 08. Slow Motion 09. Static On The Wire 10. Some Children

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