Thursday, January 10, 2008

// 2007 Holy Fuck - LP

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Holy Fuck is a lo-fi improvisational electronica band from Toronto, Canada. The band have been called "Toronto's evil supergroup". They are a part of Dependent Music, a music label/collective that began in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 1994.

The band uses live instrumentation and miscellaneous instruments and non-instruments (including a 35 mm film sequencer, toy keyboards and toy phaser guns) to achieve electronic-sounding effects without the use of laptops or programmed backing tracks. According to Pitchfork Media, "The band was formed with the intent of creating the equivalent of modern electronic music without actually using the techniques—looping, splicing, programming and the like—of that music." Their music has been described as a "strangely melodic and pulse pounding free-form fusion of the heavy chug and groove rock of Trans Am and the quirkiness of Beck rolled into one mesmerizing viewing and listening experience."

Track listing

  1. "Super Inuit" - 3:33 (Recorded Live in Dave King's Barn)
  2. "Milkshake" - 3:28
  3. "Frenchy's" - 2:53
  4. "Lovely Allen" - 4:29
  5. "The Pulse" - 5:55*
  6. "Royal Gregory" - 3:49
  7. "Echo Sam" - 4:26
  8. "Safari" - 4:23*
  9. "Choppers" - 4:16*

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