Anything “recorded live to tape” gets at least a few spins around here, but this one has been stuck on repeat. Holy Holy are an Australian duo comprised of Timothy Carroll and Oscar Dawson, a singer-songwriter and composer/guitarist, respectively. They took their time building these tunes, first demoing cuts as a team while in Stockholm and Berlin back in 2011. It was worth the work, though, as “House of Cards” and — their previous single — “Impossible Like You” find the pair settled into an ambitious singular vision of melodic folk-rock and cinematic swells. Add producer Matt Redlich to the mix and this stuff bustles with the kind of freshly inspired energy only a new collaborative project might conjure up. Check out the latest single above; it’s off their The Pacific EP, due out via Wonderlick on March 28th.
