Work
Holy Ghost!
2019
Work is a Soul & Funk album by Holy Ghost!, originally released in 2019. On Gatefold: 2 pressings tracked.
Sound DNA
- Soul & Funk
- Disco
- polished
- euphoric
- club
About
After years on James Murphy’s taste-making DFA, the Brooklyn nu-disco duo Holy Ghost! makes the jump to West End, the iconic, long-dormant New York disco label. It’s the perfect move: Their sleek, synth-streaked boogie is a direct descendant of records from artists like Larry Levan and Loose Joints that made West End famous in the late '70s. There’s a palpable throwback feel to <i>Work</i>’s rubbery arpeggios and flickering guitar accents, but the duo is hardly stuck in the past: “Nicky Buckingham” burnishes analog squiggles that sound unmistakably contemporary, and the production choices throughout—particularly on the effervescent “My Happy House”—feel remarkably fresh. The album is the sound of a pair of disco lovers working through their influences and coming up with something genuinely original.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Epton On Broadway (Part I)
- A2Epton On Broadway (Part II)
- A3Anxious
- A4Heaven Knows What
- A5Nicky Buckingham
- A6Do This
Side B
- B1One For Pete
- B2My Happy House
- B3Soon
- B4Heaven Forbid
- B5Slow Burn
- B6Escape From Los Angeles
Credits
Performers
- Alex EptonCONGAS SYNTHESIZER
- Nicholas MillhiserDRUMS BASS GUITAR
- Ahmed Abdullahi GallabVOCALS
- Kosuke KaszaVOCALS SYNTHESIZER GUITAR
- Alex FrankelVOCALS PIANO ELECTRIC PIANO
- Nancy WhangVOCALS
- Chris MaherVOCALS
- Rob MooseARRANGED BY VIOLIN VIOLA
- Monika HeidemannVOCALS
- Surahn SidhuBASS VOCALS
- Ryland BlackintonGUITAR
- Vaughn OliverSYNTHESIZER
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 2 pressings tracked on Gatefold