The Hollows - Hot Sand

Born from a Craigslist ad that included the phrases “60s, funeral, girl group, Shangri-Las,”  the Chicago band is making good on the promise of all of those seeds... The tough talking swagger of NYC’s Shangri-Las is a key component of their sound. Dara Puspita, the law-breaking girl group from Indonesia who turned conservative Jakarta on its head when they first appeared in the mid-’60s, is another antecedent. But Hollows specializes in an upbeat, lighthearted approach to that girl group sound.

Hollows take many of the elements established by the Ronettes and their contemporaries and combining those with a punk-informed aesthetic. The biting lyrics and lo-fi recordings insure a bracing, contemporary edge to compliment the syrupy melodies and the swells of la-la-las, the perfect soundtrack for cutting up Pixie Stix with a switchblade.” Noisey.com

Described by The Black Lips as possessing “a fire in them,” the band produces melodic harmonies that have racked up an impressive following.

‘’No band is currently making better use of the Farfisa-like Gibson G101 combo organ than Hollows. Deliciously blending ’60s girl-group harmonies, buoyant melodies and generous vocal reverb... conjures the winking charm of the sketched-art covers on ’50s pulp novels. Apt, given that, in spite the Hollows’ cuteness, their music is more apt to walk down a dark alley than a brightly lit sidewalk. Try not humming along’’. Chicago Tribune

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