New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Green Light Go) BBC 6
Radio shares Neil Holyoak's single "Red
Queen Of Autumn" on Tuesday's MPFree.
Check it out here and see why
Lauren Laverne's team at BBC 6
Radio says "He's another one for 2014 to put on your radar..."
"combines an exquisite guitar-driven melody with Holyoak's deep, soothing vocals that are filled back and forth with poetic images. It just can't get more romantically melancholy than that." - CMJ
"...surrealist, sometimes psychedelic, twist on folk and country music" -AllMusic
"...what struck me is that Holyoak's lyrics, which manage to possess the stream of consciousness-like logic of a dream, also manage to reveal a painterly attention to detail." - The Joy Of The Violent Movement
Holyoak's ethereal tone, echoed by complentative and minimalist instrumentation, guides listeners through an imaginary travelogue, evoking a surreal landscape where American urban sprawl merges with the Hong Kong hillside. The song came to Holyoak while he was living briefly in Gothenburg, Sweden. Walking around the countryside, he happened upon a grove, bathed in red hues. "The leaves were red on the trees, red on the ground, and that one color of blood red saturated my vision entirely," Neil described. "That vision of that grove of trees stayed with me as I was writing, and gave me the idea for the title."
Since 2006, Holyoak has released four full-length albums and worked with several industry greats. In October 2012, Neil began work on this new record with his band at Breakglass Studio in Montreal, working with engineer and producer Dave Smith (Wolf Parade, Stars, Patrick Watson, Sunset Rubdown, The Luyas). In July 2013, Holyoak recorded a single with
Howard Bilerman (Arcade Fire, Handsome Furs) at Montreal's Hotel2Tango and released The
Silver Boys EP (2013) on Epitonic. Neil Holyoak also opened for S. Carey of
Bon Iver in April of this year. Holyoak's fifth album Rags Across The Sun is set to premiere
September 2014.
Track Listing
1. Marigold
2. Sidereal Sunrise
3. Fancy Moonlight
4. Silvery Skies
5. Red
Queen of Autumn
6. Big Papa Daddy
7. Only Him or Me
8. Turpentine Water
9. Dark Winds of Winter
10.
Black Hen
11. Empress of Love
