Deserted Village

Mole National Park, Ghana

Holt

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Having travelled all over Australia together and separately, harold holt was formed out of a need to recapture the experience of this vast country in words and sound. In order to recreate the backpacker spirit, they closed themselves off in cottages in Kerry and Wexford, surrounded themselves with copious mind-altering substances and occasionally went down the local for quiet pints. The lyrics and music were arrived at in this relaxed fashion, with most recording done in the middle of the night.
Named after the prime minister who went for a swim and never came back, their songs reflect lives on the move and endless dirt roads, broken hearts and desert crossings, the sound of rain forests at night and birds on distant islands...
The music itself is as varied as the subject matter...wide eyed country, thundering squalls of guitar, wine stained piano and finger-picking, sad blasts of trumpet and the drone of didjeridu, bleary eyed harmonies and haunting late night sounds. Not content with any one style, their music is restless.
The album"80 mile beach" is available on deadslackstring records.

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