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Like the most adept synthesists of ‘80s club music -- Morgan Geist (Metro Area), Stuart Price (Zoot Woman), Trevor Jackson (Playgroup) -- Alex Frankel and Nick Millhiser know their history inside-out and how to manipulate the studio gear that made it. The two have the total package, including but not limited to the zipping synthetic basslines, the wriggling rhythm-guitar lines, the torrents of fleet drums, and the melancholy vocals over a sound that is altogether colorful and uplifting. It’s all done with studious attention to detail and total sincerity, even when they evoke uncool-as-of-2011 mid-'80s reference points like Sly Fox (Frankel’s sung/rapped delivery on “Do It Again”) and stadium-era Simple Minds (the frosty piano on “Wait and See”). The same goes for the keyboard-triggered vocal chirps, the plastic horns, and -- oh yeah -- Michael McDonald, who’s on the glistening midtempo closer “Slow Children,” not as a stunt but out of necessity. (Frankel had written a part out of his range and used some connections to enlist the soft rock icon.) Three tracks from the duo’s 2007-2010 run of singles and EPs are woven into the sequence, and they’re naturally among the album’s highlights. The new songs are, for the most part, up to that high standard. What doesn’t make a direct hit on the hips and heart is, at the least, well constructed.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Eric Broucek, Mixer - Holy Ghost!, Producer, Artist, MainArtist - Nicholas Millhiser, Composer, Lyricist - Alexander Frankel, Composer, Lyricist - Chris Zane, Producer - Kobalt Music Publishing Limited, MusicPublisher
2011 DFA Records 2011 DFA Records, under exclusive license to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Eric Broucek, Mixer - Holy Ghost!, Producer, Artist, MainArtist - Nicholas Millhiser, Composer, Lyricist - Alexander Frankel, Composer, Lyricist - Kobalt Music Publishing Limited, MusicPublisher
2011 DFA Records 2011 DFA Records, under exclusive license to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Eric Broucek, Mixer - Holy Ghost!, Producer, Artist, MainArtist - Nicholas Millhiser, Composer, Lyricist - Wolfram Eckert, Composer, Lyricist - Alexander Frankel, Composer, Lyricist - Chris Zane, Producer - Kobalt Music Publishing Limited, MusicPublisher - Diskokaine, Producer
2011 DFA Records 2011 DFA Records, under exclusive license to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Holy Ghost!, Producer, Artist, MainArtist, MusicPublisher - Nicholas Millhiser, Composer, Lyricist - Alexander Frankel, Composer, Lyricist - Chris Glover, Composer, Lyricist - Chris Zane, Producer, Mixer - Alex Aldi, Mixer
2011 DFA Records 2011 DFA Records, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Eric Broucek, Mixer - Holy Ghost!, Producer, Artist, MainArtist - Nicholas Millhiser, Composer, Lyricist - Alexander Frankel, Composer, Lyricist - Chris Zane, Producer - Kobalt Music Publishing Limited, MusicPublisher
2011 DFA Records 2011 DFA Records, under exclusive license to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
James Murphy, Producer, Mixer - Holy Ghost!, Producer, Artist, MainArtist - Nicholas Millhiser, Composer, Lyricist - Alex Frankel, Composer, Lyricist - Kobalt Music Publishing Limited, MusicPublisher
2011 DFA Records 2011 DFA Records, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Eric Broucek, Mixer - Holy Ghost!, Producer, Artist, MainArtist - Nicholas Millhiser, Composer, Lyricist - Alexander Frankel, Composer, Lyricist - Chris Zane, Producer - Kobalt Music Publishing Limited, MusicPublisher
2011 DFA Records 2011 DFA Records, under exclusive license to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Marc Cerrone, Composer, Lyricist - Eric Broucek, Mixer - Holy Ghost!, Producer, Artist, MainArtist - Nicholas Millhiser, Composer, Lyricist - Alexander Frankel, Composer, Lyricist - Chris Glover, Composer, Lyricist - Don Ray, Composer, Lyricist - Chris Zane, Producer - Kobalt Music Publishing Limited, MusicPublisher - Chrysalis Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher
2011 DFA Records 2011 DFA Records, under exclusive license to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Eric Broucek, Mixer - Holy Ghost!, Producer, Artist, MainArtist, MusicPublisher - Nicholas Millhiser, Composer, Lyricist - Alexander Frankel, Composer, Lyricist - Chris Zane, Producer
2011 DFA Records 2011 DFA Records, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Holy Ghost!, Producer, Mixer, Artist, MainArtist - Nicholas Millhiser, Composer, Lyricist - Alexander Frankel, Composer, Lyricist - Kobalt Music Publishing Limited, MusicPublisher
2011 DFA Records 2011 DFA Records, under exclusive license to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Album review
Like the most adept synthesists of ‘80s club music -- Morgan Geist (Metro Area), Stuart Price (Zoot Woman), Trevor Jackson (Playgroup) -- Alex Frankel and Nick Millhiser know their history inside-out and how to manipulate the studio gear that made it. The two have the total package, including but not limited to the zipping synthetic basslines, the wriggling rhythm-guitar lines, the torrents of fleet drums, and the melancholy vocals over a sound that is altogether colorful and uplifting. It’s all done with studious attention to detail and total sincerity, even when they evoke uncool-as-of-2011 mid-'80s reference points like Sly Fox (Frankel’s sung/rapped delivery on “Do It Again”) and stadium-era Simple Minds (the frosty piano on “Wait and See”). The same goes for the keyboard-triggered vocal chirps, the plastic horns, and -- oh yeah -- Michael McDonald, who’s on the glistening midtempo closer “Slow Children,” not as a stunt but out of necessity. (Frankel had written a part out of his range and used some connections to enlist the soft rock icon.) Three tracks from the duo’s 2007-2010 run of singles and EPs are woven into the sequence, and they’re naturally among the album’s highlights. The new songs are, for the most part, up to that high standard. What doesn’t make a direct hit on the hips and heart is, at the least, well constructed.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:49:23
- Main artists: Holy Ghost!
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: DFA
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
2011 DFA Records 2011 DFA Records
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