ARTIST: Love as Laughter
TITLE: Holy
LABEL: Red Ink
GENRE: Rock
BITRATE: 184kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 44m total
RELEASE DATE: 2008-06-24
RIP DATE: 2008-06-30
Track List
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1. Holy 3:35
2. Crosseyed Beautiful Youngunz 4:50
3. Paul Revere 3:10
4. Baby Shambles 2:52
5. Konny and Jim 4:54
6. All Parts of Me 3:28
7. Cleaning Man 5:34
8. Don't Worry 4:23
9. Peace 3:30
10. Coconut Flakes 4:54
11. Bonnie and Clyde 3:44
Release Notes:
For more than a decade, this Brooklyn band has been one of indie rock's
best-kept secrets, but its sixth album may change all that. Holy arrives with
the blessing of Modest Mouse's Isaac Brock, who picked Love as Laughter as an
opening act last year and signed them to his new record label. Modest Mouse fans
will find much to admire here. Singer-songwriter Sam Jayne has an affection for
classic rock and a great sense of whimsy about it. The title track hitches a
melody from Sly and the Family Stone's "Everybody Is a Star" to skewed lyrics
about sin and redemption. "Holy's never out of reach," he sings. "I heard that
demons don't hit the beach." Jayne also shares Stephen Malkmus' knack for ragged
guitars, rigorous songcraft and pleasantly puzzling lyrics. On "All Parts of
Me," skittering Afro-pop-flavored verses give way to cresting choruses, with
Jayne singing inspired bursts of doggerel: "Top of the holly-jolly, my holy
collar is falling off." He doesn't shy from the big subjects ù love, death,
immortality ù but any hint of bombast is undercut by woozy humor. In "Coconut
Fakes," he comforts a friend: "We're gonna get stoned with you/And laugh at your
mistakes." That promise could be the band's motto.