Holy Hail for Fact's New Talent

A lovely, lovely band that I've had had the pleasure of interviewing a few times. Here's the first one though, from early Spring 2007, courtesy of Fact Magazine:

You know that bit in the Wicker Man when Edward Woodward first sees Britt Eckland, and he’s actually offended by how fit she is? Hearing Holy Hail is like that dancing to that glance. They’re the dance-punk band that is so warm, pretty, delicate, dark and different that it’s a little bit frightening.
A band that are as seductively clever as they are subtly riotous they formed eating in the clouds above the streets of the Rotten Apple: “Kevin and Cat [then with fantastically named Booty Bass band Fannypack] met at a rooftop summer barbecue in New York and came up with the conceptual ideas for Holy Hail. Matt came into the practice room one day and a week later he was playing drums in the band.” When Cat’s mate from Chicago Michal joined, HH’s rise from NY buzz to velvet, underground superstars was set. Their live shows at Trash, Adventures Close To Home and The Do Club on this side of the pond have established them as the band to bliss out the jams to live. One reason is that they have a habit of dressing up as the cast of Karate Kid, another is that they clubs “parties.” The biggest of all is that they sound like the band you and your mates wanted to be in when you were ten.
Their shit draws on all to wide a set of influences for them ever to become pigeonholed. You can hear shades of Giorgio Moroder’s tingly backbeats, Scott Walker’s darkly divine country, Chic’s black Panther disco and The Neptunes’ honeyed hip-hop vocals on their tracks. Seeing them live is like being an invited to your mate’s sister uni party when you were 16. Hearing them in a sweat-drenched club is nothing short of life affirming. It reminds you why you give a shit about music. “We want to keep pushing the envelope and keeping it interesting - surprising ourselves and writing songs we love to play and listen to. Inspiration can come from politics, love, history, southern boogie, western expansion, eastern winds and northern lights.” All Hail!

Born of A Star single comes the first week in April on adventures close to home recordings w. remixes by Shir Khan and Bondo Do Role.
Big Guns EP coming out on Kanine Recs in the States around the same time, remixes by Rory P and Dave P / Adam Sparkles.