Second Son, by Holy Oak

Second Son

by Holy Oak

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1.	Basilisk 03:01	buy track
2.	Second Son 04:30	buy track
3.	Laughing Man 02:51	buy track
4.	Silver Boys 03:15	buy track
5.	Dead Time 04:02	buy track
6.	Isabelle 06:11	buy track
7.	Cockatoo 02:56	buy track
8.	Two Dollar Movie 04:35	buy track
9.	#justmarried 06:45	buy track

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Holy Oak's new album Second Son is a captivating slow-burner. These electrified folk songs unfold in loose but vivid narratives of loss, hope and restlessness. Both plainspoken and strange, the deep unaffected vocals stand almost uncomfortably bare as the band plays like the ghosts of now skeletal country musicians.

Drawing from J.D. Salinger, the Song of Solomon and Greek mythology, singer-songwriter Neil Holyoak tells of silver street performers, long walks with vampire buddies, and talking flowers that grow old in a day. Producer Howard Bilerman faithfully captures this hallucinogenic narrative through the soft focus of his 2" tape machine.

credits

released June 9, 2017

All songs written by Neil Holyoak
© 2017 Neil Holyoak

Musicians:
katherine peacock - vocals
stefan schneider - drums & hand percussion
kent kataoka - electric guitar and bass
neil holyoak - vocals, guitars, synthesizer
howard bilerman - drums on "silver boys"
tamara sandor - vocals on "silver boys"
nic scribner - electric guitar & organ on "silver boys"
steven balogh - bass on "silver boys"
justin wright - cello
mariah andrews - trumpet
sebastian chow - violin
lewis handford - drums
michael begin - electric guitar & pedal steel
patrick latreille – bass

Recorded and produced by Howard Bilerman at Hotel2Tango, Montreal
except Cockatoo recorded on digital camcorder by Michaela Grill in Hjalteyri, Iceland
Mastered by Pete Lyman, Infrasonic Mastering

Album art design by Ip Hoi Wan
Thanks to the British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

In loving memory of Katherine Anne Peacock (1983-2016)

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Holy Oak Montreal, Québec

holyoakmusic.com

discography

Second Son

Jun 2017
Rags Across the Sun

Sep 2014
Silver Boys

Nov 2013
Better Lions

Jun 2010
Holy Oak

Jun 2008

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