LP: Holy Fuck: Amazon.co.uk: Music

Frequently Bought Together

+

+

Price For All Three: �24.33

Show availability and shipping details

This item: LP ~ Holy Fuck
In stock.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
Street Horrrsing ~ Fuck Buttons
In stock.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
Oracular Spectacular ~ MGMT
In stock.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
Eligible for FREE UK delivery on orders over �5 with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Oracular Spectacular

~ MGMT

4.4 out of 5 stars (56) �4.37

Vampire Weekend

~ Vampire Weekend

3.9 out of 5 stars (58) �4.98

For Emma Forever Ago

~ Bon Iver

4.1 out of 5 stars (64) �4.98

Fleet Foxes

~ Fleet Foxes

3.9 out of 5 stars (141) �4.98

Merriweather Post Pavilion

~ Animal Collective

4.2 out of 5 stars (35) �7.98

› Explore similar items

Track Listings

1. Super Inuit

2. Milk Shake

3. Frenchy's

4. Lovely Allen

5. Pulse

6. Royal Gregory

7. Echo Sam

8. Safari

9. Choppers

Tags Customers Associate with This Product

(What's this?)

Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.

battles(1)

Customer Reviews

6 Reviews

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

Average Customer Review

3.5 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews)

Share your thoughts with other customers:

Create your own review

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "Find something in the trash and plug it in", 19 Nov 2007

By	russell clarke "stipesdoppleganger" (halifax, west yorks) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

Name a good band with two drummers?.....It's not easy is it .I can think of one off the top of my chrome dome and that's The Butthole Surfers and they are a truly great band. Other than that I'm struggling .I'm sure I saw some footage of Sigue Sigue Sputnik on TOTP 2 with two drummers , but they were an execrable marketing exercise more than anything else so don't really count. Led Zeppelin often sounded like they had dual drummers but they had John Bonham so that's understandable.
The reason I bring this up is that Holy F***(Should I use the asterisks bearing in mind their name is emblazoned all over the top of the page?) use two drummers and it shows. Even better than that it makes the music more exciting and gives it a rhythmic base that is suitably propulsive and yet diverse enough to bring something fresh to every track. More bands should try it, but what most bands really need to do is try writing some decent songs.
Holy F*** for the uninitiated is a lo-fi improvisational electronica band from Toronto, Canada. The band have been called "Toronto's evil super group". They are a part of Dependent Music, a music label/collective that began in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 1994.The band uses live instrumentation and miscellaneous instruments and non-instruments (including a 35 mm film sequencer) to achieve electronic-sounding effects without the use of laptops or programmed backing tracks. The core of the band are Graham Walsh and Brian Borcherdt though the line up seems to be in a constant state of flux which neatly mirrors the music. The music ahhh yes.... is difficult to describe accurately but I think describing it as an antagonistic melding of percussive mayhem and adroitly manipulated sounds will do just fine. That or it sounds like a dustbin cart backing down a narrow alley while alien mechanoids learn the art of disco dancing on some scaffold nearby will cover it as well.....though maybe not as well .
It's hard to view this album as a sequence of separate songs but "Lovely Allen" stands out as it approximates the nearest thing to a conventional song with a truly pretty keyboard melody. "Pulse " hammers home the point about how effective the dual drummers can be -its like Kraftwerk being hounded by a tribe of Burundi percussionists, as does the octane fuelled "Super Inuit". "Royal Gregory " integrates mangled vocals and a highly sussed dance susceptibility. "Milkshake" sounds like a funk band laying tarmac on the M62 at rush hour.
I'm not convinced that the album format is the best medium for this band to produce their music .Even over an album that has only nine tracks an album is difficult to stomach in one listen , or maybe that's just me. Mini albums or maybe E.P,s ( A sadly underused format nowadays) like the ones regularly employed by post rock masters like Bark Psychosis might suit their distinctive sound collages better. That minor point aside this is invigorating music that juxtaposes an almost organic and experimental resonance with the mash-up style of many an esteemed DJ. As the band themselves say :"Find something in the trash and plug it in."

Comment Comments (5) | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Play it loud and don't look back!!!, 12 Nov 2007

By	Toby Staunton "dancing mole" (Derbyshire, England) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This album is a freight train of musical genius. I can now understand how the name of the band came around 'cause it was my instant reaction to hearing the dumfounding sound that these guys produce.

But all of that is not being very specific. Holy F*** kick the ass off any other band that I have listened to this year for one reason alone, they have everything in this album!!! From your pounding insesant drums on opener 'Super Inuit' to a near pop song in the form of 'Lovely Allen'. 'Milkshake' is a funky song that will have you somewhere between wanting to be in the middle of a mosh pit having you face punched in by flailing arms, and wanting to dance like you're listening to James Brown. To follow on after all of that you have 'The Pulse' and 'Safari' to come. There is just no end to the mastery and utter genius in this album. It is only 9 tracks long but for that it is perfectly formed and lasts just the right length of time that you can get to the end and start again without it getting drawn out and boring.

So who is gonna like it. Well fans of Battles, Foals and other similars will die when they hear this and will try and convince you that it is the greatest thing to happen to music since the gramaphone, and if I'm honest I would say that they're right!!!

ENJOY!

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)

1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Don't believe the hype..., 14 Dec 2007

By	Emerica "emerica43" (Manchester, England) - See all my reviews

I bought this on a bit of a whim after hearing a few of their tunes on myspace when I'd had a few drinks. It's pretty average to be honest. There's a few good rhythms and a couple of tracks that are ok like pulse but on the whole not really anything to write home about. Maybe it'll grow on me but it's gone in the cd rack and it may be a long while until it gets another airing cos there's loads of other good music past and present out there. One for ebay in the new year I think.

Comment Comments (2) | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)

Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review

› See all 6 customer reviews...

Most Recent Customer Reviews

3.0 out of 5 stars Lo tech electronica is the best description I have come across.
This is an interesting listen and there are a few really great tunes but as a collection it is more interesting than enjoyable. Read more

Published 6 months ago by genejoke

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice band, shame about the name
This is great fun, had me speeding along the motorway with its driving rhythms. Lo-tech techno or trance with a sense of humour. Read more

Published 11 months ago by A. M. Cameron

3.0 out of 5 stars drumbango!
another good band with two drummers? pink fairies, briefly... and there is a similarity in the throw it all in, get naked, throw it all up again, loon-stomp aesthetic underlying... Read more

Published 11 months ago by Nicholas Hutton

› See all 6 customer reviews...

Listmania!

Rise Up: A list by Nick Tasker
Future Chill Vol. 1: A list by Aditya Patel
Best of 2008: A list by Ted Maul "Ted Maul"

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Music > Dance & Electronic

Feedback

Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

The Body Shop

Protect and boost your glow with The Body Shop Vitamin C Skin Boost.

›Shop The Body Shop

Let Olay Amaze You

Amazon.co.uk sells all your favourite ranges from Olay, including Regenerist and Total Effects.

›Discover Olay at Amazon.co.uk

We've Got Converse

Stock up on your favourite styles with great deals on Converse shoes.

›Shop Converse

Treat Someone

With an Amazon.co.uk Gift Certificate, you can get them what they want (even if you don't know what that is).

›Learn more about Gift Certificates

	85% buy the item featured on this page: LP 3.5 out of 5 stars (6) �9.98
	6% buy LP 3.5 out of 5 stars (6) �6.99
	4% buy Holy F*** 5.0 out of 5 stars (2) �15.69
	2% buy Crystal Castles 3.6 out of 5 stars (17) �7.98


Amazon Home

International Sites: United States \| Germany \| France \| Japan \| Canada \| China

Business Programs: Sell on Amazon \| Fulfilment by Amazon \| Join Associates \| Join Advantage

Customer Service \| Help \| View Basket \| Your Account

About Amazon.co.uk \| Careers at Amazon

LP [Explicit Lyrics]

Frequently Bought Together

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Product details

Track Listings

Tags Customers Associate with This Product

Customer Reviews

Customer Discussions

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight

Start a new discussion

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

Listmania!

Look for similar items by category

Feedback

The Body Shop

Let Olay Amaze You

We've Got Converse

Treat Someone

Where's My Stuff?

Delivery and Returns

Need Help?

Your Recent History