Friendly Fires VS. Holy Ghost!

New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Holy Ghost Official Website) - It started off as a drunken conversation at Corsica's Calvi Rocks festival in July 2009. Friendly Fires had just played live, Holy Ghost had just finished DJing, and in the post-gig haze the decision was made by each band to cover one of the other's songs. Eight months later and here are the quite brilliant results. Friendly Fires were the first to honour the agreement, finishing 2009 in the studio with a superb take on the DFA duo's 'Hold On' classic. Meanwhile, Holy Ghost's cover of 'On Board' took a little longer - sessions vanished, vocal tracks mysteriously vanished, hard drives were fractured and somewhere in the middle of it, the duo lost their close friend Jerry Fuchs, whose awe-inspiring drumming is at the core of this version of 'On Board'. The results are equally special.

Mp3 of "On Board" covered by Holy Ghost!, premiered on Stereogum!

Feel free to post and share the stream from Soundcloud!

"...Shimmery disco-dusted electro anthem..." - Stereogum.

'Hold On / On Board' will be available on the following formats:

12':

A1. Friendly Fires - Hold On
A2. Friendly Fires - Hold On (Instrumental)
B1. Holy Ghost - On Board
B2. Holy Ghost - On Board (Instrumental)

Download:

1. Friendly Fires - Hold On
2. Friendly Fires - Hold On (Instrumental)
3. Holy Ghost - On Board
4. Holy Ghost - On Board (Instrumental)
5. Holy Ghost - On Board (Dub)

XL RECORDINGS / DFA SPLIT 12' AND DOWNLOAD RELEASED ON MARCH 8TH, 2010.