Midnight Empire, by Holy Island

Midnight Empire

by Holy Island

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Limited Edition Cassette (only 45 copies world-wide)
Cassette + Digital Album
Pro-dubbed solid baby blue cassette with pro-printed inlay and on-body print in yellow ink, in a clear library case

Limited to 45 copies world-wide

Catalogue No: CN210

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	1.	Dream Debris 03:27
	2.	Kant Remember The Right Way To Hell 05:38
	3.	Aint Apt 03:20
	4.	Fear Satans Tango 04:57
	5.	Psyche Surgery Under Disco Lights 02:11
	6.	_ 02:28
	7.	Picasso Was A Suspect 03:41
	8.	Knots 03:34
	9.	The Eye Provides 04:23
	10.	Midnight Empire 03:05
	11.	Slashers 06:37

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Holy Island is Graham Blyth, a multi-instrumentalist from Manchester, who also plays in the bands Easter and Sun Skeletons. 'Midnight Empire' is the debut outing for his solo indie-alt-pop project. With nods to C86, Creation and Sarah Records, along with a bit of classic Felt, this album encapsulates the halcyon days of shimmering guitar melodies fused with garage rock and psychedelia. All condensed into 11 tracks of stunning song-writing.

"Locating the experimental/post-punk element of indie pop that is often forgotten in favour of melodic jangling, Graham Blyth’s project is a refreshing surprise. There are even little moments of Shaggs style weirdness just randomly thrown in the mix. ‘Picasso Was a Suspect’ is the sort of tune The Wedding Present should be writing, while ‘_’ has the kind of atmospheric guitar tone that Maurice Deebank had with Felt and ‘Knots’ features moments of off-kilter rhythms and playback seamlessly mixed into the song, lifting it beyond the realm of jangly indie." (Predominance www.thepensivequill.com/2022/05/predominance-17.html)

"While the Sarah Records reverence is there, this in fact sounds more aligned to R.E.M. dabbling in ’60s psychedelic pop. And it’s brilliant." Sun 13, sun-13.com/2022/06/01/sun-13s-albums-quarterly-6/?fbclid=IwAR3rfNarf2jgCLvmpeaJs1ldwqGKXCr_5qv2_9MJQ-Iekk0NZBlhwHfmiXo

"An excellent album that takes its cues from the glory days of indiepop as well as psychedelia, shoegaze and post-punk, and infuses all this with a healthy dose of innovation. Very much recommended."
- Bliss / Aquamarine www.blissaquamarine.net/cn32.html?fbclid=IwAR2fXdLu6Nc_-j1XIz1uVx2piuOP2jUp27ktw1IF4tQtgk9WvMLe-eJosZY

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released May 27, 2022

All music and lyrics written and recorded by Graham Blyth (except 'Psyche Surgery Under Disco Lights' lyrics by Graham Blyth & Yusef Sayed)

Art, design and layout by Gavin Morrow, Yusef Sayed & Graham Blyth
Cover Collages by Yusef Sayed

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