Eschewing the prescribed route for modern day electronic music by using 'proper' instruments, as opposed to laptops and samples, and letting themselves run free and improvise onstage, Holy Fuck (GREAT NAME) rock out to fine effect. Occasionally reminding me of the chemical brothers, circa their mercury rev collaborations, this is electro dance music made by alt-rockers. The structure of much of this is played like they were guitar slingers, who had had their guitars confiscated, and who didn't know a fat lot about how dance music was supposed to work. It thrashes along at a (mostly)high bpm, that would probably cripple a lot of ravers (are they still called that???) in a manner that brings to mind that other lot of potty mouther's Fuck Buttons, but with a more melodic bent and less of all that screaming business. Sometimes really lovely ('Stay Lit' is particularly beautiful) but always an enjoyable experiment in electronic music for people who don't like electronic music.
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