Following on from last month’s
triumphantly massive teaser track “The Sky Is Falling Down”, Holy Monitor
return with the first official single "Naked in the Rain" from their most accomplished album to
date, Southern Lights. (artwork by Bewild Brother)
"Naked In the Rain"
"Naked in the Rain" is
inspired by the traditional music of Epirus and the Bacchanalian
frenzied rites. Holy Monitor's wild, intoxicating psychedelic groove vibes
triggered by elaborately carved soundscapes take listeners into hedonistic, mad
dance to exorcise the rain and revolt against reality. This Bacchic ritual to
the sun symbolizes the human need to rebirth, the ecstatic loss of self, a provocative critique of conformity.
"The Sky Is Falling Down"
Athens' quintet, Holy Monitor
will release their eagerly awaited third album Southern Lights on 26 February
2021 on Blackspin/Primitive Music, an astonishing and affecting follow up to
their 2020 critically acclaimed EP release, ‘This Desert Land’.
Holy
Monitor is a music collective blending space rock with repeatable
psyched riffs & beats and ambient sensibility. The band originates
from Athens, Greece and founded
in the summer of 2015 by guitarist Stefanos Mitsis and singer/guitarist
George Nikas, as a studio project. After recording and releasing
“Golden Light” and “Aeolus” EP’s, the band was joined by Alex Bolpasis
(bass), Vangelis Mitsis (keyboards) and Dimitris Doumouliakas (drums)
and started performing live as a five-piece. Their self-titled album was
released in 2017 by Blackspin Records/Primitive Music. Blending motorik
kraut rhythms,
hypnotic vocals and sticky guitar riffs, the band creates an environment
of cosmic-space feelings, leading the audience into a bright sonic
swirl of psychedelic oscillations. Their sophomore album “II” was
released in 2018 by Blackspin Records/Primitive Music. Applying new
elements of frenzy psychedelia and classy motorik riffs succeed to build
asymmetric kraut pattern surrounded from unstoppable groovy vibes.
Holy Monitor is:
George Nikas: Vocals, Guitars
Stefanos Mitsis: Guitars
Alex Bolpasis: Bass
Vangelis Mitsis: Keys
Dimitris Doumouliakas: Drums
