Holy Holy: When The Storms Would Come

Naming their album When the Storms Would Come is a very smart choice from Holy Holy, as in their past releases that storms were very much there in their broodier style tracks. With this album, it’s as if the whole album is inches from it and happily sitting in the unfamiliar territory right before the dark clouds roll in.
Light guitar work flits through ‘Outside of the Heart of it’ and Timothy Carroll’s vocals saunter in, giving it a casual smooth-flowing vibe. The same is echoed in ‘A Heroine’, a highlight of the album which comes and goes in waves of intensity, slowly pausing just when you think you’ve had enough but only making you want more. Lyrically it’s a clever song that isn’t tarnished by the clichéd rhyming that many bands fall into.
Aside from the hits of ‘History’ and ‘You Cannot Call For Love Like a Dog’ from the radio, the whole album is worth considerate play on the radio, in your car, at home, just on repeat anywhere really. It’s an easy listen that works as a whole or can be taken a part and listened to in fragments. Carroll’s vocals do a great job of soothing your soul, and it’s a much easier listen than their past broodier tracks – and that’s not to say those tracks were bad either. It’s just a pleasant change.
Out now via Sony Music Australia / Wonderlick
Reviewed by Amanda Sherring