Holograms Premiere Video and Tour Dates
This week Holograms celebrate the release of their sophomore album Forever. Along with Forever’s release, the foursome have also premiered a video for “Meditations” – their anthemic second single from the album. Filmed by Emanuella Zachariou (who also directed and edited) using a 16 mm box camera, the video’s hazy sepia tones and unhurried cloaked figures create a perfect contrast to the track’s throbbing energy.
Frontman Andreas Lagerström (vocals/bass) and Anton Strandberg (drums) still live in working class Farsta, 5 miles (8 kilometers) south of urbane and metropolitan Stockholm while the brothers’ Spetze (Anton: vocals/guitar, Filip: synth) still live at home. This isolation and boredom after their first international tours led the group to further mature and grow their sound into a record far more cohesive and “big-sounding” than their debut. The band aimed to capture the feeling of music being played in a church or temple, “like a mass…procession, or eulogy” as clearly demonstrated on closing track “Lay Us Down.” Though matured and experienced, the band’s youthful energy and DIY/Punk upbringing is still upfront and in full effect with the caustic “A Sacred State,” the melodic attack of “Rush,” or the unbridled mass-of-energy-cut-loose of “A Blaze on the Hillside.” Clearly, Holograms show no signs of slowing down the excitement and aggression of their original sound, something to delight their growing audience in this current world of arrogant sonic about-faces on sophomore albums.
Lastly, they are excited to announce that starting in October they will embark on a nearly three month tour. October and November will be spent touring Europe and come December they’ll head stateside. Kicking off in DC, where they will be joined by TV Ghost, they’ll play two weeks of almost nonstop dates across North America. See all dates below.
2. Flesh & Bone
3. Meditations
4. Ättestupa
5. Luminous
6. Rush
7. Wolves
8. Laughter Breaks The Silence
9. A Blaze On The Hillside
10. Lay Us Down
North American Tour Dates
12/04 – Washington, DC – DC9
12/05 – Philadelphia, PA – Boot & Saddle
12/06 – Brooklyn, NY – 285 Kent Ave
12/07 – Montreal, QC – Il Motore
12/08 – Toronto, OM – The Garrison
12/09 – Detroit, MI – Magic Stick Lounge
12/10 – Chicago, IL – Schubas Tavern
12/11 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th St Entry
12/14 – Seattle, WA – Chop Suey
12/15 – Vancouver, BC – Electric Owl
12/16 – Portland, OR – Holocene
12/18 – San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill
12/19 – Los Angeles, CA – Echo
12/20 – San Diego, CA – Soda Bar
12/21 – Santa Ana, CA – Constellation Room
European Dates
10/12 – Sweden – Stockholm – Debaser Strand
10/15 – Denmark – Copenhagen – Loppen
10/17 – Germany – Cologne – Stereo wonderland
10/18 – Luxembourg – Luxembourg – Exit07
10/19 – Belgium – Liege – Les Heures In-D @ caserne fonck
10/21 – UK – London – The Lexington
10/22 – UK – Manchester – Soup Kitchen
10/23 – UK – Bristol – Start the Bus
10/24 – Netherlands – Amsterdam – subbacultcha @ OT301
10/25 – Belgium – Brussels – Beursschouwburg
10/26 – France – Paris – Cite De La Musique
10/29 – Spain – Madrid – Sala Siroco
10/30 – Spain – Barcelona – Sidecar
11/01 – Italy – Milan – Ohibo club
11/02 – Italy – Padova – Movement @ Bastione Alicorno
11/03 – Switzerland – Lausanne – Le Romandie
11/04 – Germany – Munich – Strom Munich
11/06 – Germany – Berlin – Monarch
11/07 – Germany – Hamburg – Molotow
11/22 – Sweden – Gothenburg – Pustervik
11/23 – Norway – Oslo – Revolve
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