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aaamusic | On 20, Jan 2011
From the coast of North Wales Holy Coves unleash The Droner EP on February 14th, 2011; a gut busting, snarling blues influenced rock outing. Belying their Holyhead heritage, it’s a debut fit to fill city stadiums. Is it early Smashing Pumpkins, and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club’s oil-slick grooves? Perhaps, but then it’s also wholly new.
Atmospherics akin to Black Angels are as audible on the record as when the Coves take to the stage. Which is no surprise really, considering the EP was recorded at Bryn Derwen Studios, with the foothills of Snowdonia looming large over the epic landscape. This is country as big as the band’s sound, so there’s no more fitting a setting for these mountainous tracks to have been made in.
It was here the band developed a strong bond with producer David Wrench (Bat For Lashes, British Sea Power, Race Horses), himself a member of Julian Cope’s The Black Sheep. After being involved with the band since their early demos, it made sense that the musician-cum-studio wizard had his deft hand in the creation of Holy Coves’ first official release; the next chapter of a story gaining rapid momentum.
Holy Coves will be touring the UK in January/ February. Here are full dates:
29 Jan – Rascals, Bangor
03 Feb – Central Station. Wrexham
04 Feb – Mad Ferret, Preston
05 Feb – Stanley Theatre @ Liverpool Guild of Students, Liverpool
06 Feb – Night and Day, Manchester
07 Feb – The Old Bell, Derby
08 Feb – The Flapper, Birmingham
09 Feb – Harry’s Bar, Stoke-on-Trent
10 Feb – Buffalo Bar, Cardiff
11 Feb – Casbah, Coventry
12 Feb – The Musician, Leicester
13 Feb – Dublin Castle, London
18 Feb – Telfords Warehouse, Chester
26 feb – Y Fricsan, Cwm-y-Glo
