Holiday Ghosts

Arriving hot on the heels of acclaimed 2022 EP ‘Credit Note’, ‘Absolute Reality’ tackles different themes of social commentary, with fiery lyrics and hard picked guitars, holding both honest confessions and tall tales, lived stories and movie-like landscapes. Showcasing the noise and texture that Holiday Ghosts love from the New York punk scene and New Wave era, new single ‘Vulture’ cements their flourishing status within the alt-rock scene and lays down a real marker ahead of their spring LP release.

“Falmouth’s finest blend primal garage rock, rock’n’roll, DIY punk, blues and giddy exuberant tunefulness” The Guardian

“Retro garage-pop” Stereogum

“Jangly, infectious” Brooklyn Vegan

“Holiday Ghost’ scrappy, snappy rock & roll feels almost timeless” KEXP

“Rough hewn jingle-jangle with a heartwarming feel” Clash

“Triumphant and blissful” Gigwise

Garage rockers Holiday Ghosts announce brand new record ‘Absolute Reality’, set for release April 21st via FatCat Records (TRAAMS, Honeyblood, The Twilight Sad, We Were Promised Jetpacks), and share rollicking lead track ‘Vulture’, out today (January 26th).

Arriving hot on the heels of acclaimed 2022 EP ‘Credit Note’, ‘Absolute Reality’ tackles different themes of social commentary, with fiery lyrics and hard-picked guitars, holding both honest confessions and tall tales, lived stories and movie-like landscapes. Bringing the noise and texture that Holiday Ghosts love from New York punk and the New Wave era, ‘Vulture’ cements their status within today’s alt-rock scene. 

Between their last album ‘North Street Air’, to the present day of ‘Absolute Reality’, the HG’s have rocked iconic stages throughout the UK and Europe, from Latitude Festival to Left Of The Dial, from Dot to Dot to ‘Misty Fields’ from the Pyrenees mountains to the chapels of Chester. They’ve shared stages with acts including Black Lips, Bodega and The Bug Club, attracted widespread praise across the press landscape (The Guardian, Stereogum, Brooklyn Vegan, KEXP, DIY, So Young, The Line Of Best Fit, Clash, Gigwise), and clocked in live sessions/interviews aplenty on BBC 6 Music with key tastemakers (Steve Lamacq, Mark Riley).

Speaking ahead of their single release, Holiday Ghosts revealed: “This song has had two lives. I remember playing it a lot five or six years ago on acoustic guitar as a kind of spaghetti western instrumental. It was half the speed and really atmospherically menacing. I’ve lost interest in musically pretending that I'm in a western movie now. When reimagining this track I’d been obsessively listening to the first The Cure compilation ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ and Young Marble Giants/Weekend. That style of production which has so much emphasis on space really got under my skin”.

Holiday Ghost’s ‘Vulture’ is out now via FatCat Records and will be available on all digital platforms.

Holiday Ghosts is Katja Rackin (vocals, drums), Samuel Stacpoole (vocals, guitar, synth), Benedict Nightingale (guitar, backing vocals), Morgan Lloyd Matthews (bass)