El Paso's Holy Wave have been around for quite a while and have pretty much marked out their territory now and on Interloper, their fifth album in all they don't make radical changes. This is sun drenched, awestruck Shoegaze Psychedelic wonder. Waves of guitar, hypnotic trippy, melodic sea of sound. Think Rain Parade, Felt, Ride, Pale Saints, Spiritualized, Sterolab, Allah Las, Cool Ghouls.
So if Holy Wave have plenty of fellow travellers, and never quite break free from the pack over the course of this record, there are plenty of highly enjoyable moments when they mount and maintain some druggy plateaus. No classic, but the sound of five people hitting giddy, hypnotic grooves.
I didn't like every song on the album but I did go for several big time. The ones I've posted. A good album to listen to inside on a beautifully sunny, Sunday morning looking through a window and imagine the world you're being tentatively but actively encouraged to go out and enjoy. Holy Wave are well named. They surf their own to great effect on occasions here.
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