New album: Holiday Ghosts || North Street Air

Any day Holiday Ghosts releases a new record is a good day in my book. North Street Air is the follow-up to West Bay Playroom (2019), and their self-titled debut (2017), both of which ended up high in my AOTY lists. What stands out first about North Street Air is the album cover, which unlike the multicolored previous record sleeves is limited to just red and blue. In terms of the music, the change is less explicit. It’s not a copy paste version of the first two records, but there is a progression in the band’s sound that feels natural rather than forced. North Street Air may have slightly more slower paced songs, but overall it has that same lo-fi ramshackle nature that is one of the charms of the music of Holiday Ghosts. There is a pureness, sense of joy and contagious energy to their indiepop, and it’s another one to skip the wantlist and go straight to the collection. Out now on Fat Cat Records.

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