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The Holy Family is a new art music project by members of Guapo, and their debut album is a wonderful dreamy forest walk of adventurous freak folk chants and shamanistic mumblings wrapped in thick clouds of purple smoke. It is really beside any point to reference this work to other music, the point is more to take it in with your third eye opened up as wide as mentally possible and let the concept engulf you.
The term freak folk has been coined before, but never really justly. Just listen to this record and realize why. The album unfolds to the listener as some kind of strange magical realistic children’s book, with lots of colorful pictures and a completely different feel to each page. though its nature is narrative, how the story goes exactly remains completely up to the listener. The Holy Family has written a deep trip, but it is lighter than heavy trips usually are. It is a magical wonderland you can visit when you feel like, and be on your way again when you leave. It is a unique experience, and I just had to talk its mastermind David Smith. Here is what he had to say:
David Smith, how have you been? How have you been keeping yourself in these troubled times?
FORTUNATE AND THANKFUL THAT I’VE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP A ROOF OVER MY HEAD FOR SURE AND COMPLETING THIS MONSTER OF A NEW RECORD HAS BEEN A MUCH NEEDED DISTRACTION AND HELPED KEEP ME SANE…..
My word, this new album of yours is an incredible album! So much happening, so many different styles and directions! Could you sketch me your band and own your musical background that would lead to such an album?
I THINK FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE FAMILIAR WITH MY WORK WITH GUAPO AND THE STARGAZER’S ASSISTANT YOU CAN PLOT A PATHWAY THROUGH THE STARS THAT LEADS TO THIS ALBUM...
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