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Lock up your daughters and throw away the key while you're at it. Those wreckless, culture-vulturous Americo-anglophiles Holy Ghost Revival are releasing some astonishing raw and energy filled music (for the discerning and cool connoisseurs of music only)

'Embrace The Hate' is the blistering first single taken from the band's forthcoming album 'Twilight Exit' which follows on September 1st on 1965 records. Produced by Ryan Hadlock (Gossip, Modest Mouse, The Strokes, Stephen Malkmus) and HGR, 'Embrace The Hate' perfectly captures the raucous terrain so masterfully explored by Holy Ghost, from delicate to incendiary guitar riffs and superfluous arpeggios to all-out thrash metal, laced with front man Conor Kiley's histrionic vocals.

Embrace The Hate/ Angel Of Death Of My Dreams will be released as a double A-side 7" and download only on August 18th. The 7" single artwork will also feature two back to back shots donated by legendary Dior designer Hedi Slimane who has previously photographed the band for his blog http://www.hedislimane.com/diary/index.php

Single 'Embrace The Hate'
1965 Records Store
Columbia Store

Album 'Twilight Exit'
1965 Records store
Columbia Store

Gig a Proud in Camden: 1st August

See the incomparable Holy Ghost Revival do the do at Proud in Camden next Friday 1st August.

Details:
Proud Camden
The Horse Hospital, Stables Market, Camden

FRIDAY 1st August
8.00pm - 30am
6 quid before 9, 8 quid after
http://www.myspace.com/muchamarcha
http://www.last.fm/user/MuchaMarcha

Check out the rockin' flyer by clicking here

Gig on Monday

New date HGR followers: They're playing at the Old Blue Last on Monday 30th June, it's free entry. They're playing with Johnny Foriegner. 8 - 1am. Get there early if you want to get in!

Old Blue Last
38 Great Eastern St
Shoreditch EC2A 3ES

CHECK OUT THE FLYER - CLICK HERE

You are all invited to the housewarming!

You, the public of London Town (or otherwise) are cordially invited to the Holy Ghost Revival London house warming boat party on Wednesday 9th July 2008 at the Battersea Barge. There's no entry fee, just choose any item from the list below for us for our new London home in order to gain access to the gig:

- A Blanket
-Toilet Seat
-Rugs (Turkish pref)
-shower Curtain
-Chandelier/s
-Sharp Knives
-Cutting Board(s)
-Cookie Sheet
- Curtains
-Dictionary (English)
-Friends
- Lamps (reading)
- Coat Hangers
-Skateboards
-Toilet Paper/Bum scarves
- Sofa Covers
- Posters (kewl posters only)
- Spices
-Home Décor (paintings, plants, clocks, candles)

Place: The Battersea Barge, Nine Elms Lane, London SW8 58P
Click here for BAttersea Barge website
Nearest Tube: Vauxhall
Time: 7pm 'til late
Dress: Fancy Dress (Ball Gowns, Pearls, Tie n' Tails), Gypsy Rocker Chic (Steven Tyler, Shakey Jakes) Or come as any of the members of Holy Ghost Revival. Come together!

'Decline Of The Pacific Northwest: Seattle Rock N Roll Circa 2007' is released CD on July 21st 2008 and will be available in all good independent record stores.

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FLYER

Band now based in London!

For those of you not in the know- Holy Ghost are now based right here in the UK for the forseeable future. Why? Well to play live and tear it up! Lock up your daughters.

More coming soon....

Lead live review in this weeks NME!

Great news as the one and only Holy Ghost revival make their crazy mark on NME magazine as they feature as their lead review this very week. "They're out of control, but that's a good thing" the magazine proclaims and " they've descided they're not leaving the UK until every last soul has either smacked them in the face or fallen head over heels for their gloriously violent, over-the-top psycho-rock-majesty"

Amen to that! Check out the full review in NME magazine (the one with Glasvegas on the cover HERE )

Also read about the bands thoughts on this and the Metal Hammer awards by clicking on their blog HERE

Hedi Slimane's Holy Ghost Revival

Check out some shots of Conor at the 1965 Christmas Fayre in Hedi Slimane's photo diary...

Go here.

New Pictures of the Ghosts

Five new images of HGR have been uploaded to the Gallery Section of this website. Enjoy!

Video for Embrace The Hate

You can get the brilliant new video for Embrace the Hate video on your page, by grabbing the embeddable player below, or following this link.

Dazed and Confused Feature

The January Issue of Dazed and Confused featured a 2-page spread on the band and their "neo pagan dandy" ways. Take a look by clicking here and here.

New Video from Black Gardenia

Back in November the band performed a special show at Soho's tiny Black Gardenia club. Footage of this show has now been uploaded to the band's media player which you can get for yourself and embed in your page here.

NME: Conor is quite possibly the future of rock'n'roll

The NME came along to the 1965 Christmas Party last week, and were suitably impressed by HGR. They enthused thus:

"Strutting on stage soon after like he not only owns the venue but, quite possibly, the whole of London too. His name is Conor Kiley and he is, quite possibly, the future of rock'n'roll. They play for a mere 15 minutes but it's enough to make every single soul here realise that 2008 is going to be rather special indeed"

Grab this week's issue to read the rest, or click here and here.

Fused Magazine - Birmingham Bar Academy Review

The band have found some fans over at Fused Magazine, who reviewed their gig at the Birmingham Bar Academy last week and said:

"The entertainment factor is certainly high but this is a band with tunes and musical talent to back it up...A band which is sure to get plenty more attention in 2008, Holy Ghost Revival may just be the group to bring the fun and excitement back to your local venue."

Read the full review here.

HGR - The Guardian's New Band #239

Take a look at what Paul Lester has to say about the band...

The Guardian Online

Bolton Evening News feature

"A rock show should be an eruption, like a riot"
By Kat Dibbits

SEATTLE dandies Holy Ghost Revival have been described as "Elizabethan theatre meets Pagan Glam" and were recently signed to the uber-cool Sony imprint, 1965 records. Intrigued, Kat Dibbits set out to discover more.

How would you describe the band?

Holy Ghost Revival is a collective of dudes wailing away in the basement of a house in the rain. We're rockers. We don't know how to save, we only know how to spend. That applies in all avenues of life, not just our economics.

Who are your influences?

The Scorpions. Diamond Dogs. Dead Moon. The Germs. Rufus Wainwright. The Doors. But our key influence, the one we really rip off the most, is an unknown seattle band called Cold Way Walking. They were a kinda Glam/Metal outfit that would at times evoke a folk-rock feeling. It was pretty far out, they were pretty far gone.

Where did the name come from?

The name comes from a sign over a shop in a part of Seattle called "The Blade." The Blade is full of folks whose souls might not be in tip-top shape. The store is in the business of saving souls. We just thought it was a cool name and an incongruous place.

What can people expect from your gigs?

Someone's cable is bound to fall out of their guitar. I'm bound to bump into someone in the band (probably Jean-Paul) and either knock their instrument over or out of tune. Folks can expect a prime example of the decline of culture to squeal in their dumb ears. Holy Ghost Revival is a rock band. We can''t satisfy sissies or guys with beards. We also play music. It rocks and sometimes it sways.

How important is it to you guys to put on a show?

I love playing shows! And if you play one you will invariably put one on. But I think our goal in playing to people is to shake them out of apathy. A rock show should be an eruption, like a riot.

Your press release says "The Holy Ghost Revival perform amid a self-inflicted maelstrom of homoerotic confrontation and crooning sadness." Discuss!

Yeah, that goes along with what I was saying before. Self-inflicted maelstrom: Depending on the situation, we have the tendency to turn an audience against us. Homo-erotic confrontation: Men aren't made to feel like sex-objects enough. He should be aware that eyes are on him and to dress and act accordingly.

Are we likely to see a Holy Ghost Revival clothing range?

Yeah man! I already customize peoples clothes during our show. I might give them a well placed beer stain or artful tear in the jeans. Sometimes we even do body alterations. Come down to the show! Dog and Partridge! It'll be our third time there and we're excited, they got good people there.

Holy Ghost Revival, Dog and Partridge, Manor Street, December 6

UK Tour Dates Added

See the upcoming UK dates in full on the live section of holyghostrevival.co.uk now.

Live Dates Added

Keep checking the live section for HGR coming to a town near you. Go to the LIVE section on the site and more dates will be on their way.

To Blog Or Not To Blog?

Well the answer is that there is one so tough. Check it out here. Sign up, sign up!

Embeddable players, mailing lists - what joy

Get involved with the HGR world by signing up to the mailing list here and get all the video/audio content you can shake a guitar at by putting our very own media player on your myspace/blog/site/whatever. Click here to setup

New Site LIVE!

www.holyghostrevival.co.uk is live and what a brand spanking new site it is. Have a look around and don't worry a lot more content to come.