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Holy Hail

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NEWNEWNEW: Cool Town Rock/Samo 7" on Adventures Close to Home
November 26, 2007

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TV :: TV :: TV ::
Click here to watch HH perform Luck Will Find You from the Dinner With the Band TV episode "Miso Butterscotch Halibut with Holy Hail"
iTunes DWTB podcast
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RECORDS :: RECORDS :: RECORDS ::
Our first-ever US release, a "Big Guns / Old Man Manlove" 12", came out on Kanine Records May 29, 2007. Buy buy buy the black black black vinyl here.
Holy Hail's limited-run UK 12", "Born of a Star / I Owe," released on Adventures Close to Home Recordings April 2, 2007. Snatch up your copy here .
Our digital-only single "County Fair (Part Two)", released by playlouderecordings, is available now for download here , at iTunes and other online digital shops...
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WORDS :: WORDS :: WORDS ::
"Holy Hail's U.S. debut single for Kanine Records, imagines Le Tigre's "Deceptacon" as a Western with hold-ups, whiskey, holy water, trips south of the border, and a sky filled with a big black sun. ... It ends just like it begins, with a mysterious fadeout, as if Cat and her posse are riding off into the sunset. Play this when you're getting ready to go out, even if it's just to the grocery store."
- pitchfork :: Click for full review.
"...gospel-hop-electro-country...punctuated with the odd piercing scream..."
- trash club uk (RIP)
"sounds like Glass Candy getting down and dirty with a fractured bass heavy breakneck paced hillbilly disco thang, fuck angular guitar, lets square dance with Beth & Brace & Hannah, throw some neon 80s disco shake-it-beat-it-hop-it L'Trimm shapes for added excitement, so many ace noises it's like being 8 again"
- 20jazzfunkgreats
"Holy Hail is a party-starting coed dance-pop quartet ... this band has a fun live show and a bunch of smart, thumping tunes to its credit."
- time out ny
"Make room for these guys between Love Is All and Long Blondes--swooning, lovesick hooks that are nonetheless aloof enough to land the band some gigs at Cake Shop...There's an unexpected bridge with hypnotic guitar pulses, but the bigger surprise is the song's gentle country-western lilt...
- pitchfork
"like the dirty south of The Gossip mixed with some B-52s madness or maybe even something like the Scissor Sisters mixed with Rilo Kiley. Like if Rilo Kiley wasnt dripping in Omaha infused country and the Scissor Sisters werent totally overproduced Top Of The Pops nonsense. New wave vs. house music for the thinkers."
- bigstereo
"Holy Hail...are in sum far more than their four charmingly lo-fi parts. Wielding new-wave keys, post-punk bass lines, and occasional hip-hop beats, the quartet masterfully constructs moody backing tracks at once languorous yet spirited, innocent yet sinister under girl/boy vocals."
- flavorpill
"Crush-worthy singer Cat has reemerged with a new band, Holy Hail, whose demo finds New Wave keyboards driving oddball country-tinged harmonies and an original-sounding brand of freak-hop enhanced by Cat's knowing "Who me?" tease of a voice.”
- new york magazine
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Management, North American Booking & US Press: Matt Cornell
Exclusive European and Rest of World Booking: Matt Bates @ Primary Group
European Press: Beth @ TOAST Press
Legal things and that: Clintons

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/22/2005
Band Website: holyhail.com
Band Members: Cat - vocals, guitar
Kevin - vocals, keys
Michally - bass

Influences: The Fall, TV on the Radio, Talking Heads/Tom Tom Club, New Order, ESG, The B-52's, X, Can, Fleetwood Mac, Sly and the Family Stone, The Band, Nas, Leadbelly, June and Johnny, The Doors, spirituals, southern soul, westward expansion, easterly winds, northern lights, stoners, b-boys/b-girls, trailer folk, gypsies, dub.

HOLY HAIL 'COOL TOWN ROCK' OUT NOV 26TH on ACTH Recordings

Holy Hail 'Cool Town Rock'

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Holy Hail - Born Of A Star

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CLICK TO ORDER THE THICK BLACK VINYL BIG GUNS 12" (Kanine) FROM KANINE

CLICK TO ORDER THE THICK BLACK VINYL BORN OF A STAR 12" (ACTH) FROM PURE GROOVE

Or to go digital...

: Big Guns / Old Man Manlove + Remixes

: Born of a Star / I Owe + Remixes

: County Fair, Part Two
Record Label: Adventures Close to Home, Kanine
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Don’t Panic you Dummy, get a Guardian

Hi everybodyWe did some interviews in Europe recently, and here they are:Don't Panic OnlineThe Guardian Dummy MagYappy Hew NearHH x...
Posted by Holy Hail on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 06:03:00 PST

COOL TOWN ROCK COMES OUT TODAY! AND PLEASE VOTE FOR HH FOR BAND AID

Hey HH friends and family... we were on NEMONE'S show bright and early this morning on Radio 6. They played a clip of Cool Town Rock (which came out today!!) and now it's up to the voters as to whethe...
Posted by Holy Hail on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:04:00 PST

Free Digital Download of "Endless" for Kruger Magazine Singles Club

Hey guys... check out our newest jam on the Kruger magazine website. The Kruger guys are our buddies and may even go on tour with us when we open for Bonde do Role. How rad is that?You can listen here...
Posted by Holy Hail on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:59:00 PST

check out our luna lounge show with northern state

hey everyone...CHECK IT OUT! Baeble Music recently filmed our concert on August 29th at the Luna Lounge in Brooklyn New York. You can watch the whole concert by clicking HERE.or just watch it aqui: ...
Posted by Holy Hail on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:04:00 PST

REMIX...

hey ya'll. our *very* good friends from Adventures Close to Home in London did a special unreleased remix of "Born of a Star" for us. It's different from the Shir Khan and Bonde de Role remixes that a...
Posted by Holy Hail on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:22:00 PST

Check out the new muzak!

Hey ya'll... So. we realized that we have had the same songs up on our page for what feels like the last decade. We wanted to give you a taste of the new recordings that we have done. And let you know...
Posted by Holy Hail on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 09:50:00 PST

Holy Hail-ibut

Dinner With The Band combines two of life's passions  food and music  to create an innovative cooking and music show. Check out the Holy Hail epsiode.Holy Hail stop by this week to share jokes, cook...
Posted by Holy Hail on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:56:00 PST

Liveroom.tv :: Live (duh) Mini Set

The good folks at Liveroom.tv, the free internet music venue, had us in to their amazing North London studio back in June and we pounded out a tight mini live set (Big Guns>Born of a Star>Cool Town Ro...
Posted by Holy Hail on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:57:00 PST

HH Summer Update

Hey guys and girls. It's been a while since we have written anything on here, and we know that after our last trip to the UK , we've got tons of new friends (yay!). Don't want to neglect anyone, so ju...
Posted by Holy Hail on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:08:00 PST

We win Fresh Meat

Holy Hail's 'Born of a Star' was elected winner of the Fresh Meat on Zane Lowe's BBC 1 radio show on Monday March 12. Our single was voted the winner over ace tracks by The Ponys and Manikin. Check ...
Posted by Holy Hail on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:16:00 PST