Slow Sundown

By A Mystery Man Writer

Last updated 07 Jun 2024

SLOW SUNDOWN IS FINALLY BACK IN PRINT ON “SUNDOWN RED” VINYL! FIRST 100 RECORDS ARE HAND NUMBERED. FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. THESE SHIP AROUND 4/1 DUE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES AND MANUFACTURING DELAYS, BUT WE'LL GET THEM OUT THE DOOR EARLIER IF POSSIBLE. WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAIL THESE AS SOON AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE. About Slow Sundown 2017’s equal parts somnambulant and sultry Sleeprydr 7” was aptly described as “psychedelic rock that hits like a dream despite undoubtedly seeking to soundtrack nightmares” (-Stereogum). Thankfully, Slow Sundown, Holy Motors’ debut full length release, finds the Estonian dreamcatchers utilizing a similar sonic palette ranging from dark psychedelic pop to shoegaze-inflected western music. But while Sleeprydr, much like 2015’s Heavenly Creatures 7”, provided only a fleeting glimpse into the dreamscape that their music evokes, Slow Sundown’s eight tracks offer a more immersive experience for those brave enough to take the ride. While the guitar lines from lonely cowboy ballads like “Honeymooning” could easily serve as the central themes for unwritten Morriccone scores, dystopian anthems like the rhythmically propelled “Signs” break new ground for the band and demonstrate that Holy Motors are not bound by their influences. Thematically the album is comprised primarily of sad love songs centered around the idea of motion – the motion of a satellite orbiting a planet, the motion of a passenger riding shotgun in a car – as it relates to stellar-scale and existential isolation. Produced by Merchandise’s Carson Cox and recorded at Brooklyn’s Kutch1 Studios when the band was visiting the US on tourist visas, Slow Sundown is a beautiful alien artifact that definitively delivers on everything we have been promised by Holy Motors’ work to date. About Holy Motors Hailing from Estonia, Holy Motors is a five-piece twang and reverb band featuring three guitarists. They are cowboys at heart who come off as shoegazers by their presence and dreamcatchers in their music. In their time, Holy Motors have played alongside bands such as Kaleidoscope, Craft Spells, Sic Alps, Dirty Fences, and Rips. They will appear at South by Southwest in 2018 and are currently organizing a series of US tour dates centered around the festival. STEREOGUM Hits like a dream despite undoubtedly seeking to soundtrack nightmares THE FADER HOLY MOTORS makes shoegaze that sounds like the old west ADHOC Alluring in their delivery, entrapping in their substance

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zeynep on X: 1. epitaph, moriarty (2015) 2. the great abismo, family time (2019) 3. slow sundown, holy motors (2018) 4. sleeping patterns, anomie belle (2008) / X