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Album: Hermits on Holiday
# Song Title   Time
1)    Laying Down the Rock More Info... 0:04
2)    Focus On the Street More Info... 0:04
3)    Cannon Mouth More Info... 0:04
4)    She Walks So Fast More Info... 0:05
5)    Hermits On Holiday More Info... 0:03
6)    Spilt the Beans More Info... 0:06
7)    Tim, Do I Like That Dog? More Info... 0:06
8)    Cheerio More Info... 0:02
9)    Time Between More Info... 0:05
 
Album: Hermits on Holiday
# Song Title   Time
1)    Laying Down the Rock More Info... 0:04
2)    Focus On the Street More Info... 0:04
3)    Cannon Mouth More Info... 0:04
4)    She Walks So Fast More Info... 0:05
5)    Hermits On Holiday More Info... 0:03
6)    Spilt the Beans More Info... 0:06
7)    Tim, Do I Like That Dog? More Info... 0:06
8)    Cheerio More Info... 0:02
9)    Time Between More Info... 0:05
 
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  • Personnel: Nick Murray (drums).
  • Audio Mixer: Samur Khouja.
  • Recording information: Comp-ny, Los Angeles (2014).
  • When White Fence's Tim Presley hired Cate Le Bon to play guitar for the live incarnation of his band, he set DRINKS in motion. While touring, the two discovered the overlap in the weird psych sound of White Fence and the off-kilter folk-psych Le Bon dispenses, and they decided to record together. They started jamming with one rule in place -- neither could bring any finished songs to the sessions. Once they had some songs and ideas worked out, they called in White Fence drummer Nick Murray and started working on an album. Unlike a lot of collaborations between artists with definite styles where one can figure out exactly who did what, Hermits on Holiday comes off as a total combination of Presley and Le Bon's styles that results in something totally new and unique. There's a tiny bit of White Fence's wobbly craft in the finished product and maybe a bit more of Le Bon's measured and precise sound, especially in the songs she sings, like the title track. What it mostly feels like is a hybrid of late-'60s art-damaged psychedelia filtered through the angular and choppy filter of post-punk, with snippy guitar lines twisting around each other, jumpy basslines hovering in the background, and Murray's inventive and surprisingly musical drums pushing it forward. Add in a little bit of German art rock, some pleasantly aimless goofing around (especially on the goofily experimental "Tim, Do I Like That Dog"), and the occasional song that almost has a little pop in its DNA ("Laying Down Rock"), and the result is a pretty weird album that should challenge fans of both artists but ultimately win them over, thanks to the fun they sound like they're having plus their innate talents as guitarists, vocalists, and writers. Neither Presley nor Le Bon should give up their main gigs for DRINKS, but if they got together now and then to record an album with as much good-natured charm and tricky bits as this, that'd be just fine. ~ Tim Sendra
Professional Reviews
NME (Magazine) - "Opener `Laying Down Rock' uses scrappy guitars and drum fills to conjure stoned-out atmosphere."

Pitchfork (Website) - "Most of HERMITS ON HOLIDAY is pretty spontaneous and free-form..."
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