Toronto electro-rockers Holy Fuck are clearly banking on the continued rise of satellite radio, because they're just not gonna get that far in a broadcast world still under FCC restraints. The eight lengthy songs on their debut album are largely improvised, with two drummers (one of them, surprisingly, Glenn Milchem from the languid AAA country-rockers Blue Rodeo) and three keyboardists creating completely rhythm-oriented instrumental grooves that are introduced, percolate around for five to eight minutes with little variation, and then recede. So melody and lyricism are entirely beside the point here, but what makes LP something far more interesting than the average LCD Soundsystem knockoff is the album's thrillingly live feel. In a style of music that's mostly created by pressing buttons and manipulating touch screens, the drummer-powered, live in the studio feel of LP provides both musical excitement and textural variety missing from most similar electro-dance albums. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide
LP
10/23/2007 | Xl Recordings
All Music Guide Review
LP Track Listing
LP Notes
LP is the title of the new long player from Holy Fuck.
Without rehearsing or arranging parts prior to hitting the stage, Holy Fuck wrote the songs from their album, LP, live on tour. Each time they'd return from tour they'd check into a studio and cathartically capture the energy of the live show, recording the songs that had now taken shape. The only problem was they had too much material. A couple of unfortunate computer hard drive crashes later a good chunk of the material was lost. Maybe this was a good thing as it brought to light recording sessions that would have been otherwise overlooked, like the live satellite radio recording on Verge XM, or “Super Inuit”, taken from a live recording made while on tour with !!!.
Drawing from different recording sessions, even with different members, the new album maintains a unique feel from song to song. While the material was recorded for the most part in a studio environment, Holy Fuck recorded it live, as if on stage. Therefore the songs still breathe a live frenetic energy. The final sheen of the studio feel may come largely from the mixing hands of both Eli Janney (Girls Against Boys) and Dave Newfeld (Broken Social Scene).
Credits of LP
- Michael Bigelow
- Bass
- Echo Sam
- Bass
- Glenn Milchem
- Bass
- Joao Carvalho
- Mastering
- Kevin Lynn
- Bass
- Dave Newfeld
- Engineer, Mixing
- Craig James
- Engineer
- Matt Schulz
- Drums
- Paul Aucoin
- Engineer
- Owen Pallett
- Strings
- Graham Walsh
- Engineer, Group Member
- Brian Borcherdt
- Group Member
- Loel Campbell
- Drums
- James Mejia
- Artwork, Photography
- Eric Emm
- Mixing
- Eli Janney
- Mixing
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