Get Old!

The Holy Soul

'Get Old!'

Damn You, Records - DYR005

theholysoul.bandcamp.com

12" Vinyl

Digital Files

April 17, 2023

AU

1: Charming Host 

2: 747 

3: High

4: Fine By Tuesday 

5: Said Too Much Again 

6: D-Glass 

7: I Am Chemical Compound 

8: Bermuda 

9: Bench 

10: Weird Concept

Produced by Robyn Hitchcock 

Robyn Hitchcock: Vocals on 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 

Robyn says:

"GET OLD! Sage advice from my pals from the Inner West of Sydney. The Holy Soul fall into the un-niche that is Art Rock: they are blissfully genre-free, though you could safely say they aren’t pop music.

It’s the sound of four musicians being themselves, reacting to life as they effervesce in the glass of life, right next to God’s dentures. Not always pretty, but invariably some kinda fun.

Aside from grooving with them in the Newtown/Marrickville area of Sydney, my point of intersection with them is the electric guitar: I love to hear two axes in synch, be it in The Stones, The V.U., The Magic Band or Television. The Soul have this in abundance, all scranch and no sludge: Trent setting the rhythmic course with Jon adding the superstructure, blossoming into waspish lead at times. Sam anchors the bass and Kate expresses the drums bigtime, yet somehow keeps the beat.

Trent’s primo dystopian lyrics ice this mental cake and the whole gang clatter off to meet you at your stereo, arms akimbo.

Officially I produced this record, but let’s just say I helped them unleash it: my main contribution was to double-track things occasionally, being my default suggestion to anyone I work with including me. Well done, folks - if this is the sound of aging, I’ll stick around. 👍⭐️👍 Love on y’all, RH"