Holy Bouncer - Anticipation

1.   Who are these angelic looking crew?

Holy Bouncer are an indie rock band from Barcelona, Spain. Holy Bouncer have a short player Ladies and Gentlemen in the vault and Anticipation  (Nov'15) is a  single release from Holy Bouncer's as yet unnamed debut album.

2. What kind of magic have they weaved?

Kick arse drumming. Like those old seventies classic rock outs. The man on the skins belts seven shades of shit out of them. Anticipation sound like classic rock played by an indie band. There are bongos. Around the three minute mark the ladies in the back up line join in and elevate Anticipation into the realms of special.

3. Who do Holy Bouncer sound like?

Counting Crowes, Hootie and the Blowfish and Spin Doctors. My Morning Jacket swim in the same pool.

The band compare Anticipation to Joe Cocker, The Rolling Stones and Santana.

4. What do the press have to say?

 “Has that flavor of old-school rock” – Jungle Indie Rock Spain.

“A carefree, very rhythmic song, with good vibes” – La Mon Magazine.

“Garage rock and an irresistible mix of classic sounds and unpredictable turns” – Big Thing Music.

 

 

5. Who put the knuckle in Holy Bouncer's duster?

Holy Bouncer's influences are The Doors, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Eels, Jack White, Kings of Leon, Jimi Hendrix and R.L. Burnside.

 

6. Why should I give Anticipation a spin?

Anticipation is classic rock with a modern twist. Uplifiting and a dash of the cerebral.

 

7. Do Holy Bouncer have any more big swingers?

The Mysteries Of A Curly Jungle is the go to track here, a giant garage rocker.

 

8. Any more pearls of wisdom?

Holy Bouncer have said that Anticipation is "... about the mistakes we make as individuals, frustration felt by the protagonist to see that people choose a path before knowing oneself, i.e, to anticipate error."

Holy Bouncer do a carefree Arctic Monkeys cover, Snap Out Of It.  

 

“Your anticipation could be anything you want,
and that you’ve lost,
Your anticipation makes you be someone you’re not”

 

 

 

 

Dessert is served by Ex Hex. Ex Hex are a garage rock band from Washington D.C. who have been mixing it up since 2013. They have one long player Rips (2014) and a short player Hot and Cold behind them. Guitarist and vocalist Mary Timony played in bands like Wild Flag and Helium and the three piece bonded over their love for The Ramones and Johnny Thunders. Don't Wanna Lose (Jan'15) is a single from Rips called by Stereogum “a full-blooded guitar-pop anthem.” 

“Come on, take to me, baby, and don't be so cold,
Your kingdom comes from action and not from being bored.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Best Indie Songs of 2015 - D.I.D. (Dog Is Dead)

D.I.D. Hotel (Nov’14) has a straight from the seventies rock sound. You keep expecting Kelso to say something stupid. After the initial vocal harmonising the monster dirty ass glam guitar comes on like a kick to the yoghurt maker. But it’s not all guitar on steroids. There are vocal parts with sparse musical accompaniment providing the pauses between the noisy waves. 

Hotel rocks harder than a prison rapists grin and grooves like Deeelite . Hotel has delicate but powerful choral harmonies that soar above us mere mortals too. There is a sense of disappointment in the song but you won’t be. This song grows on you like a cock sore, faster than you ever believed possible. God damn right you’re listening to one of the best indie songs of 2015.

“Drunk fight, left of the line
I can run if I get desperate"

D.I.D. were formerly known as Dog Is Dead until disgruntled ex-dog owners forced a change of name. They are a five piece indie pop band from Nottingham, England. They’ve been offending peoples pretentious sensibilities since 2007. Hotel is a stand-alone single, maybe from their forthcoming second album.

Shit you need to know:

Hotel the band said is, “a complete Frankenstein of 70’s rock, soul and blues, something heavy enough to bang your head to but melodically soulful and harmony laden.”

The track Hotel has been compared to Royal Blood, Drenge and Muse. While others noted a wistful Ray Davies (The Kinks) and Alt J feel to it.

D.I.D. have described their music as “indie pop for the disco” and “uplifting pop for jazz junkies and choir folk”.

The group pitch wood listening to Dire Straits, Bruce Springsteen and Talking Heads.

The band have been described as ruthlessly professional and determined.

In 2010 D.I.D. supported Ok Go, in 2011 Bombay Bicycle Club and in 2013 Two Door Cinema.

The other smashing tunes from D.I.D. (what a fuckin stupid band name Dog Is Dead was cool) are Talk Through The Night, Do The Right Thing and Two Devils.

Sinful seconds is from the Californian rock band Rival Sons and Keep On Swinging (2012). Another nut cracking retro-rock number.

“Where there's a will there's a way
Lord helps those who help themselves”