Silence. That was the sound that you were greeted with if you happened to open the door to the band room of the Workers Club during songs last Thursday at Holy Holy’s ‘Impossible Like You’ single launch.
Living up to the allusions of reverie and rapture of the bands namesake, there was a misty shroud of sublime introspection hanging over the audience, as Holy Holy put on a performance that seemed to hypnotize all those within earshot.
Holy Holy is a musical project that merges the talents of two master musical craftsmen, award winning singer/songwriter Timothy Carroll from Brisbane and guitarist/producer Oscar Dawson (Dukes Of Windsor) from Melbourne.
Filling out the rest of the live band was Hannah Macklin on Keys, Graham Ritchie on Bass and Myka Wallace on Drum. Drawing their sound from the same downtempo slow burning folk pop well as Neil Young, Midlake, The National, and Bright Eyes, Holy Holy place a large emphasis on craftsmanship, generating song after song that starts small before building steadily into immaculately produced soundscapes.
After opening sets from the super talented likes of Ali Barter and Ainslie Wills Holy Holy take to the stage with comfortable ease. Although ‘Impossible Like You’ is only the second single to be released from the band, and the first to receive airplay, garnering a lot of positive critical feedback, Holy Holy have in fact already crafted their debut record back in 2011, demoing their material whilst Eurotripping around Stockholm and Berlin.
The tracks were then recorded in Brisbane with hit maker producer Matt Redlich (Emma Louise, Ball Park Music, Hungry Kids Of Hungry)
Carroll’s husky vocals compliment the storytelling nature of the music perfectly. One can immediately see that a lot of care and thought has been put into each and every element of the production, for as where sometimes individual components can often blur together, when witnessing Holy Holy perform, you can focus on each element both in isolation or in the overall whole simultaneously, depending on what draws your attention.
‘Impossible Like You’ is perhaps the best example of all these elements coming into play. it demands your attention and hooks you in with its warm vocal delivery and complex percussion. Other than debut single ‘The Crowd’ with its mix of reverb and harmony, the rest of the set was filled with yet to be released tracks from their upcoming record release.
Until that time though ‘Impossible Like You’ really is the perfect calling card to showcase the band, as it showcases the potential of the band in the best possible way. It was a mesmerising and unique night of master craftsmanship.
