Holy Other “Touch”
UK dark-pop hub Tri Angle has its fourth release scheduled to drop on June 6 […]
UK dark-pop hub Tri Angle has its fourth release scheduled to drop on June 6 by Manchester’s Holy Other, a five-song EP called With U (pictured above). Following the producer’s first “Yr Love” single (check out the Magick Mountain remix of that here), “Touch” is the latest tune to leak from Holy Other’s debut, and follows suit with those deep, brooding soundscapes and vocal-sample soul pitched down to perfection. But while this track doesn’t stray too far from the familiar palette of sullen moods and somber melodies, it somehow manages to let in a bit of light through the cracks of its isolation chamber. Bright flashes of electronics cut through the dense sub tones and slow-grooving beat work that make up most of “Touch” to join the ethereal reverb washes dripping from the Burial-esque sample play, and effectively give Holy Other’s jam just the slightest shimmer in the midst of an otherwise murky atmosphere.
