Holy Fuck Signs To Young Turks 22 Aug 2007

TORONTO’S HOLY FUCK SIGN TO YOUNG TURKS
NEW ALBUM, LP, AVAILABLE OCTOBER 23RD
On Tour with Wolf Parade

Young Turks, part of the Beggars Group of labels, is pleased to announce the signing of Toronto’s electro-indie band Holy Fuck.  The label plans on releasing the band’s new album, LP, on October 23rd.

A little over three years ago, Graham Walsh and Brian Borcherdt started Holy Fuck, a chaotic live celebration of lo-fi noise and weirdo casio-driven rock.  With a rotating rhythm section consisting of some close friends and multi-talented players they were described as "Toronto's evil super group".

Without rehearsing or arranging parts prior to hitting the stage, Holy Fuck wrote the songs from their album, LP, live on tour.  Each time they'd return from tour they'd check into a studio and cathartically capture the energy of the live show, recording the songs that had now taken shape.  The only problem was they had too much material.  A couple of unfortunate computer hard drive crashes later a good chunk of the material was lost.  Maybe this was a good thing as it brought to light recording sessions that would have been otherwise overlooked, like the live satellite radio recording on Verge XM, or “Super Inuit”, taken from a live recording made while on tour with !!!.

Drawing from different recording sessions, even with different members, the new album maintains a unique feel from song to song.  While the material was recorded for the most part in a studio environment, Holy Fuck recorded it live, as if on stage.  Therefore the songs still breathe a live frenetic energy.   The final sheen of the studio feel may come largely from the mixing hands of both Eli Janney (Girls Against Boys) and Dave Newfeld (Broken Social Scene).

Holy Fuck’s well-known live show has become a force to be reckoned with.  One of their first shows was at Pop Montreal where New York based MC, and ex-Antipop Consortium member Beans was so impressed with their unique take on 'electronic' music that he invited them to Coachella as his backing band.  

Now only a few years later they have become a heavy hitting live act, with a devoted audience consisting of cultish fans and new comers drawn by their reputation.  They've toured with Do Make Say Think, !!!, Clinic, Wolf Parade, Cornelius, Metric, and Mouse on Mars. They’ve also made appearances at world renowned festivals like Vegoose, All Tomorrow's Parties, Montreal Jazz, SXSW, and CMJ.

Their reputation as a must–see live act gained them a slot on this year's John Peel stage at Glastonbury. This performance ended up being hailed as on of the top three performances of Glastonbury by NME.

Holy Fuck on Tour this Fall:
Aug 17    Camp Bisco     Patterson, NY
Sept 6    Sugar         Victoria, BC*
Sept 7    Richards on R     Vancouver*
Sept 8    Neumos         Seattle*
Sept 9    Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR*
Sept 10    WOW Hall     Eugene, OR*
Sept 12    Great Am Music     San Fran*
Sept 13    El Rey Theater     Los Angeles*
Sept 14    Canes         San Diego*
Sept 15    The Glass House     Pomona, CA*
Sept 21    Call the Office     London, ON   LOLA festival
Sept 26    Empty Bottle     Chicago
Sept 29    Nuit Blanche     Toronto
* with WOlf Parade

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