On Holiday, by Rich Bennett

On Holiday

by Rich Bennett

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Immediate download of 8-track album in your choice of 320k mp3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire. Includes PDF cover art.

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1.	Misty Valley 03:41	buy track
2.	Back Around 03:51	buy track
3.	Wild Ride 04:38	buy track
4.	EPO 05:18	buy track
5.	Peak 04:43	buy track
6.	Night Part 1 05:24	buy track
7.	Night Part 2 03:53	buy track
8.	Green Memories 02:15	buy track

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Influenced by the classic exotica of Martin Denny, the aching folk-pop of Fleet Foxes, and the conceptual sweep of The Zombies’ Odessey and Oracle, On Holiday is, on the surface, ‘a day in the life of a vacation’. Brimming with delicious breezy melodies and the buoyant vocals of both Bennett and Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Rebecca Pronsky, the optimistic side of the album is typified by gorgeous single ‘Misty Valley’ and the expansive, home-on-the-range vibe of ‘Back Around’. The luscious contours of these songs are immediately inviting, but follow their flowing lines and there’s no resolution – just an anxious question mark.

The other side of the album, lurking like a shadow, is the knowledge that you’re in the middle of a fantasy and it’s only fleeting, soon to return to normal life. This nagging feeling of emptiness runs throughout, whether it’s the reflective whistling and watery phased melodies of ‘EPO’, the gloriously disorientating multi-tracked saxophone solo on ‘Night Part 1’, or the delicious minor key ‘Night Part 2’. Closing track ‘Green Memories’ casts doubt on whether the holiday was even real, its strings and woodwinds mustering a sense of intoxicating, queasy melancholy.

Note: The album will see physical release on 29th July.

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released July 1, 2010

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