It’s been a couple of since we’ve heard from Holy Scum, the Manchester, UK and New York Metropolis-based outfit that includes Dälek producer Mike Mare on vocals however that’s about to alter with new album All We Have Is By no means. The observe as much as 2022’s Unusual Wishes, All We Have Is By no means sees Holy Scum proceed down the trail of experimental, noise rock-adjacent compositions, like new tune “Witches.”
All We Have was recorded with each member of the band current within the studio, a primary for the band, which allowed for a extra collaborative strategy to writing songs. It’s onerous to categorise precisely what fashion of music Holy Scum are taking part in, nevertheless it actually sounds distinctive.
“The tune took place from an thought the fellows had thrown round within the rehearsal area,” Mare tells Decibel. “We in all probability recorded this one in the direction of the tip of our time within the studio, so we had actually settled at this level. I feel it encompasses so many features of what makes Holy Scum and rams it dwelling all in slightly below three minutes. Chris [Haslam] had informed me a narrative about how when he was a child he thought a sandwich was truly a Sand Witch and that positively acquired my thoughts transferring lyrically. We can also’t deny the affect of Shaggy’s ‘It Wasn’t Me’ on this one.”
You possibly can hearken to “Witches” beneath. All We Have Is By no means comes out on June 6, digitally and on wax.
