REVIEWS JUST IN FOR A LOUD CALL:
"Makes you want to lie back and look at the glowing stars."
****
THE AUSTRALIAN "Superb lyricism and subtly rich, oaky instrumentation, effortlessly veering from bright folk pop to spare, almost ambient acoustic laments."
****
RAVE "A Loud Call positively bellows from the highest point. It is simply outstanding."
****
THE HUB "This album sounds like finely blown glass."
****
J MAG"A series of tunes touching on love, death and memory. Despite the hushed tone of Throsby's voice, it's one you won't forget any time soon"
****
ADELAIDE ADVERTISER "Tender, evocative, gently inquisitive"
8/10
SUN HERALD "Gorgeous, beautiful, incredibly intimate songs. One of the Australian albums of the year so far."
MELBOURNE MAGAZINE "Brighter, livelier, more stunningly vivid. Holly Throsby has blossomed."
THE VINE "A pleasure. This album will course through the veins of those who hear it."
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD "This record is stunning."
DRUM MEDIA "Throsby has produced some fine work in the past but this is her best by a long shot."
BEATHolly Throsby is from Sydney, Australia. Her first album, On Night (2004), was recorded in a tiny house on Saddleback Mountain on the south coast of NSW. Her second album, Under the Town (2006), was recorded in the same house on the same mountain, but this time more people came up and they brought more instruments to play along with. (Many instruments were played by Tony Dupe. He lives in the house and produced both the albums.)
This year Holly releases her third album, A Loud Call, which was mostly recorded in Nashville by Mark Nevers. Some other parts – strings and horns – were recorded by Tony in the Kangaroo Valley in Australia. Holly is accompanied on the album by her long-time band - Bree van Reyk & Jens Birchall - and some very special guests including Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and members of Lambchop and Silver Jews.
In the last few years Holly has toured Australia many times and has played on various tours in the UK, Europe, America and Canada. She has toured on her own, with her band, and in support of artists such as Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Joanna Newsom, Bill Callahan, Mark Kozelek, M. Ward, Devendra Banhart and Low. She also likes to sing duets and she has done so with, among others, Sarah Blasko, Glen Hansard (The Frames), Jack Ladder, New Buffalo, Hayden and Andrew Bird.
In 2006 Holly was nominated for an ARIA award for Best Female Artist here in Australia but, you know, didn't win. Apart from music she is interested in 20th century literature, political intrigue, humour, naive art, and dogs.
A HEART DIVIDED video - co-directed by Yanni Kronenberg & Danielle Zorbas
MAKING A FIRE video - directed by Yanni Kronenberg
WE'RE GOOD PEOPLE BUT WHY DON'T WE SHOW IT? video - directed by Mike Daly