Holiday Shores – New Masses For Squaw Peak

You know the heady and oh so giddy feeling you get when you find money in forgotten places; a twenty in jeans you haven’t worn in ages. You get the picture. Well, discovering Holiday Shores gives me that same feeling. Just multiply it by a higher numerical value and we’re on the same page. Listening to their record is akin to the first time I listened to Of Montreal, and a few other bands that have made a distinct impression on me in recent years. The album is  stocked to the proverbial gills with new sensations, and a varied collection of colorful sounds that would make Kandinsky proud. And New Masses For Squaw Peak has all those musical colors you get when rainbows go bad and start scrawling graffiti on abandoned buildings and subways cars; which make this a decidedly different kind of LP. I’ll call it Ethereal Sugar Pop with muted tones of dirty hands melancholy, how’s that? Holiday Shores is fresh and exciting, and they take you on a ride among roiling cumulus clouds in a laughter powered zeppelin painted by surrealist artist Oliver Vernon. Perhaps 2012 will see this band get the recognition they so rightfully deserve, but if not I’ll just share it with you and it’ll be our little secret. Peace.

3 Replies to “Holiday Shores – New Masses For Squaw Peak”

  1. Finding loose change (or indeed some actual money) is a very rare event- and finding a new (well new for me) band that actually sets the heart racing is even more rare… this is a good find! Great writing as always. ;o)

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