{"id":29828,"date":"2018-10-07T17:15:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-07T21:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=29828"},"modified":"2019-05-31T11:22:20","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T15:22:20","slug":"holygram-announce-modern-cults-lp-stream-single-signals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=29828","title":{"rendered":"HOLYGRAM announce ‘Modern Cults’ LP + stream single ‘Signals’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

German post-punk shoegaze outfit HOLYGRAM has announced their debut LP ‘Modern Cults’. Comprised of eleven tracks, the album will be released on CD, double vinyl and digitally via Cleopatra Records<\/a> on October 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the first major release for the Cologne-based outfit since their 2016 self-titled EP<\/a>. They blend new wave and Krautrock with post-punk and shoegaze to achieve multi-layered bliss. This is a thoroughly contemporary homage to the sound of the ’80s with a resolute look to the future – the result is driving, dark and catchy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new album intensifies HOLYGRAM’s contemplation of themes such as big cities, alienation and anonymity, hope and memories, love and identity. These reflections interact closely with the band’s unmistakable signature sound. Atmosphere oscillates between the brutal sounds of the big city and the fragility of the people that lose themselves in it \u2013 intelligently observed scenarios of a world falling apart in which individuals have long ceased to play a leading role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The LP was produced by Maurizio Baggio, who also produced The Soft Moon’s ‘Deeper’ and ‘Criminal’ albums, this long-play was recorded at Cologne’s Amen Studios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lead track Signals<\/em> is cloaked in a new-wave guise that belies an emotionally torn lyric, elevating the deeply melancholy chorus (“Sometimes when I close my eyes I see you walk away \/ And everytime the sun comes up the feeling is the same”<\/em>) to a pop-like anthem, illustrating that in this world people are only cogs in a much bigger, increasingly autonomous machine. Watch the video for the single via YouTube below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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