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Holiday Ghosts

city: Falmouth
country: UK
genre: Rock
styles: Alt-Rock, Garage Rock, Indie, Lo-Fi

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credits: James Sharp

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Favourite Freak

out on March 20, 2023

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Reviews and Comments

“Falmouth’s finest blend primal garage rock, rock’n’roll, DIY punk, blues and giddy exuberant tunefulness” The Guardian

“Retro garage-pop” Stereogum

“Jangly, infectious” Brooklyn Vegan

“Holiday Ghosts’ scrappy, snappy rock & roll feels almost timeless” KEXP

“Rough hewn jingle-jangle with a heartwarming feel” Clash

“Triumphant and blissful” Gigwise

Garage rock outfit Holiday Ghosts share brand new jangle-fuelled effort ‘Favourite Freak’, out today (March 20th), the third reveal from the group’s upcoming ‘Absolute Reality’ LP, set for release April 21st via FatCat Records (TRAAMS, Honeyblood, The Twilight Sad, We Were Promised Jetpacks).

Marking the follow-up to acclaimed 2022 EP ‘Credit Note’, ‘Absolute Reality’ tackles different themes of social commentary, with fiery lyrics and hard-picked guitars, holding both honest confessions and tall tales, lived stories and movie-like landscapes. Bringing that warm and familiar HGs jangle, ‘Favourite Freak’ further demonstrates the band’s indie sensibilities and deep inspiration from the New York punk and the New Wave era, a theme prevalent throughout their fourth album.

Between their last record ‘North Street Air’, to the present day of ‘Absolute Reality’, Holiday Ghosts have rocked iconic stages throughout the UK and Europe, from Latitude Festival to Left Of The Dial, from Dot to Dot to ‘Misty Fields’ from the Pyrenees mountains to the chapels of Chester. They’ve shared countless stages with acts such as Black Lips, Bodega and The Bug Club, attracted widespread praise across the press community (The Guardian, The Independent, Stereogum, Brooklyn Vegan, KEXP, DIY, So Young, The Line Of Best Fit, Clash, Gigwise), and ticked off live sessions/interviews aplenty on BBC 6 Music with key tastemakers (Steve Lamacq, Mark Riley).

Detailing their upcoming single release, Holiday Ghosts explained: “Favourite Freak is a really upbeat moment in the album that runs through hectic city scenes as well as the joy of being in love. So I guess it has a duality to it, where the chaos of the day to day is balanced by familiarity and contentment through the people around us”.

Holiday Ghost’s ‘Favourite Freak’ is out now via FatCat Records and will be available on all digital platforms.

Holiday Ghosts is Katja Rackin (vocals, drums), Samuel Stacpoole (vocals, guitar, synth), Benedict Nightingale (guitar, backing vocals), Morgan Lloyd Matthews (bass)