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HOLY WAVE (Austin US, Suicide Squeeze)
Dienstag, 29. September 2026
Bumann & Sohn, Köln
Einlass 19:00, Beginn 20:00
“Austin five-piece Holy Wave is certainly dreamy in a sense, but theirs is the kind of dream that’s more vivid than blurry, more present than passing.” - Consequence of Sound
“They've got the far-off, dreamy vocal wash of the shoegazers, but their guitars and hooks are anything but subtle” – Pitchfork
Back at the beginning of their seventeen-year career, Holy Wave leaned into a tranquil realm of psychedelia, eschewing long-form jams and guitar heroics for a dreamy pop-oriented approach. As the band evolved, the early Sgt. Peppers-meets-the-Velvets sound yielded to more sophisticated melodies and tripped-out instrumentation, effectively steering their music away from sun-bleached nostalgia to a color-saturated dimension where sounds of the past, present and future intermingled.
Holy Wave will release it’s 6th LP titled “i’m DADA” July 10th, 2026 on Suicide Sqeeze Records.
'delightful Stereolab-like rhythms .. a perfectly neat alt-summer psychedelic soundtrack' - NARC 4/5
'Nun reklamiert die texanische Band Holy Wave auf ihrem aktuellen Album gleich für sich: "I'm Dada", und stellt dies in Songtiteln wie "s33.u.in/HAL", das musikalisch an die Dreampop-Shoegazer DIIV oder Cigarettes After Sex erinnert, unter Beweis.. Manche Songs wie beispielsweise "First Dae" klingen wie eine softere Stereolab-Version, andere wie das titelgebende "I'm Dada" an an verspielte Varianten von Veteranen wie NEU! und Can oder neue Acts wie Peel Dream Magazine." - Laut.de
https://holywave.bandcamp.com/music