The Holiday (album)
Encyclopedia
The Holiday is the debut album from Buckinghamshire
-based Alternative
band Futures
, given away free with issue 133 (March 2010) of Rock Sound
magazine.
This was the first time Rock Sound had given away a full album for free and led to this issue of the magazine becoming the highest selling in two years.
The album was re-released through the band's website on April 19, 2010, with bonus acoustic tracks.
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gave a positive review stating that it was "an album of gloriously uplifting tunes" and giving the album a KKKK rating.
Rock Sound
's review was also very positive saying about the album, "it's gorgeous, it's rocking and it paints Futures as a very exciting prospect indeed". The album also gained a 9/10 rating.
The review on Punktastic stated that The Holiday "is going to set them apart from all of the more established acts doing this kind of thing. Kids In Glass Houses apart, I doubt there's a band doing this style of music any better" and that saying that "the future is very bright."
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
-based Alternative
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band Futures
Futures (band)
Futures is a four-piece rock band from Buckinghamshire, England. Futures received critical acclaim and widespread popularity whilst remaining unsigned and in June 2010 the band signed to Mercury Records.-History:...
, given away free with issue 133 (March 2010) of Rock Sound
Rock Sound
Rock Sound is a British magazine which champions rock music. The magazine aims at being more "underground" and less commercial, whilst also giving coverage to more well known acts.-History:...
magazine.
This was the first time Rock Sound had given away a full album for free and led to this issue of the magazine becoming the highest selling in two years.
The album was re-released through the band's website on April 19, 2010, with bonus acoustic tracks.
Track listing
All songs written by FuturesFutures (band)
Futures is a four-piece rock band from Buckinghamshire, England. Futures received critical acclaim and widespread popularity whilst remaining unsigned and in June 2010 the band signed to Mercury Records.-History:...
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- "16" — 3:23
- "Take Me Home" — 3:27
- "Sal Paradise" — 3:27
- "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" (featuring Annabel Jones of Lady and the Lost Boys) — 3:28
- "Holiday" — 3:37
- "The Summer" — 4:26
- "Thank You" — 4:40
Re-release bonus tracks
- "The Boy Who Cried Wolf (Acoustic)" — 3:12
- "Holiday (Acoustic)" — 3:40
Reception
The Holiday has been very well received, with the majority of reviews being positive. Kerrang!Kerrang!
Kerrang! is a UK-based magazine devoted to rock music published by Bauer Media Group. It was first published on June 6, 1981 as a one-off supplement in the Sounds newspaper...
gave a positive review stating that it was "an album of gloriously uplifting tunes" and giving the album a KKKK rating.
Rock Sound
Rock Sound
Rock Sound is a British magazine which champions rock music. The magazine aims at being more "underground" and less commercial, whilst also giving coverage to more well known acts.-History:...
's review was also very positive saying about the album, "it's gorgeous, it's rocking and it paints Futures as a very exciting prospect indeed". The album also gained a 9/10 rating.
The review on Punktastic stated that The Holiday "is going to set them apart from all of the more established acts doing this kind of thing. Kids In Glass Houses apart, I doubt there's a band doing this style of music any better" and that saying that "the future is very bright."
Personnel
- Ant West - vocals, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Casey Roarty - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Christian Ward - bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- George Lindsay - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Annabel Jones - vocals on "The Boy Who Cried Wolf"