Holy Wave – Interloper (180 gram Cyan Blue Vinyl)

Format: LP, 180 gram Cyan Blue Vinyl
Catalogue No.: SSQ216LPC1 
Barcode: 0803238021614
Release Date: 19 Jan 2024
Genre: Alternative

New pressing on limited blue vinyl. "...Holy Wave is certainly dreamy in a sense, but theirs is the kind of dream that's more vivid than blurry, more present than passing." – CONSEQUENCE // "They’ve got the far-off, dreamy vocal wash of the shoegazers, but their guitars and hooks are anything but subtle." – PITCHFORK // Suicide Squeeze is thrilled to deliver a reissue of Interloper, the 2020 album from Holy Wave. Interloper sees Holy Wave adding new layers to their lush and mesmerizing songwriting style. Written about the duality between life at home and life on the road, it sees the band expanding on its most esoteric and thought-provoking themes. "I'm Not Living in the Past Anymore" is a mantra about breaking the cycle of the mundane, and "Escapism" is a dream-like meditation. "Interloper" serves as the centerpiece for this self-expanding record, asking, what happens when the world beneath your feet changes so much that you feel like a stranger in your own shoes? The band turns inward to blissed-out moments on album opener "Schmetterling," the saccharine haze of "R&B," and the freak-out catharsis of live favorite "Buddhist Pete." With Interloper Holy Wave weaves together a contemplative tapestry that can serve as a road map for the diffident, a soundtrack to self-realization, or simply an invitation to escape.

Tracks: 1 Schmetterling 2 R&B 3 Interloper 4 Maybe Then I Can Cry 5 Escapism 6 Im Not Living In The Past Anymore 7 No Love 8 Hell Bastards 9 Buddhist Pete 10 Redhead