Montreal’s Common Holly has released her debut album When I say to you Black Lightning. Out now through Solitaire Recordings. The record is more experimental than Brigitte Naggar’s debut. It is rougher, looser, louder and more atonal. It feels edgy, but still kind. When I say to you Black Lightning ditches fear without losing vulnerability, and trades in sadness for the healing powers of anger, and the strength of observing,...
Common Holly have released their latest single ‘Joshua Snakes’, from their new album When I say to you Black Lightning, out Friday 18 October . Using sounds composed of quirky materials like bouncy balls, fidget spinners, and accidental recordings of roommates— an area where electroacoustic producer Devon Bate (Jean-Michel Blais, Jeremy Dutcher) thrives. ‘Joshua Snakes’ works through the themes of restlessness, jealousy, even mild obsession, and paints a picture of the damsel in...
So excited to be joining forces with Common Holly and her new album When I say to you Black Lightning, out 11 October through Solitaire Recordings. Check out the video for first single ‘Central Booking‘ below. Holding fast to the emotional honesty of Playing House (2017), Common Holly’s second record, When I say to you Black Lightning is a look outward; an exploration of the ways in which we all experience pain, fear and self-delusion, and how we...
