The Holy Soul
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Biography
The Holy Soul is Trent Marden (guitar and vocals), Sam Worrad (bass), Jon Hunter (Guitar) & Kate Wilson (drums).Their first ep ‘Love Has Left The City Limits’ featuring Tim Malfroy (guitar) and Owen Penglis (drums) was a raw collection of swampy cassette recordings, and the debut album ‘Sign of The Triangle’ was only a short step to the left. The album was engineered by Jon Hunter (who later replaced Malfroy) on 1/2 inch 8-track in Malfroy’s Apiary Shed in Freeman’s Reach.
In 2006, the band toured in Europe with Mudhoney.
In 2007 the contributed their own take on Rowland Howard’s ‘I Burnt Your Clothes’ compiled by French label Stagger Records
In 2009 the band released the album ‘Damn You, Ra’, the first to feature Jon Hunter on guitar and Kate Wilson on drums.
The album was recorded in Hunter’s Magnetic Recording Council studio in industrial Western Sydney over the course of 2008.
The Holy Soul also toured Asia for the first time in 2009, playing in Malaysia and Taiwan alongside The Stabs, White, Carsick Cars, Mick Turner, Ghost, Cuba Is Japan and Tricky.
The Holy Soul occasionally perform as part of the Damo Suzuki
Damo Suzuki
, universally known as Damo Suzuki , is a singer best known for his membership in the German krautrock group Can.-Biography:As a teenager, Suzuki spent the late 1960s wandering around Europe, often busking....
Network. A live LP with Suzuki called 'Dead Man Has No 2nd Chance' was released in November 2010. It features Peter Newman on electronics and Dan Luscombe on keys.
The band are also referenced in the Youth Group
Youth Group
Youth Group are a rock band based in Newtown, Sydney, Australia signed to Ivy League Records.- Biography :Youth Group formed in Sydney in the late 1990s. They have released four albums in Australia, with the three most recent albums also gaining releases worldwide...
song "Someone Else's Dream" from the Skeleton Jar
Skeleton Jar
-Notes:* The song removed on the 2005 release, "Rosie and the Sea," is present on the band's "Shadowland" single.* The song "Someone Else's Dream" on the 2005 release was later issued on the band's "Forever Young" single in February 2006.-External links:...
re-release: Let's all go to The Holy Soul.
The Holy Soul will release a retrospective with new material, 'SUPERKANGS', on European label Beast Records later in 2011.
Discography
- "The Holy Soul In Person!" (single) 2003
- Love Has Left the City Limits (EP) 2004
- Sign of the Triangle (LP) 2005
- Damn You, Ra (LP) 2009
- Dead Man Has No 2nd Chance (live LP with Damo Suzuki) 2010
- David Thomas & The Holy Soul (live LP with David Thomas) 2011