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UPDATE 31st August 2005

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It's a long way from Florida to Eisteddfod but Holopaw sound so much like Gorkys Zygotic Mynci it's initially quite startling. Is singer Michael Johnson, a resident of Tampa remember, really singing with some sort of soft, Brythonic lilt worthy of a valley boy?

On reflection it's actually quite endearing that the Subpop group should copy so exactly such a talented but relatively minor figure on the musical firmament as Euros Childs and as you would expect, they offer an airy, mildly psychedelic country & western, replete with electric piano and slide guitar backgrounds that very much conjure up a mood of indolent, indeed almost comatosed self satisfaction.

The closest they get to rocking out is '3-Shy-Cubs' which has all the hard hitting impact of a downy feather gently floating down on to a fuzzy layer of velveteen dust. Elsewhere, the track 'Found' combines achingly lovely harmonies with the instrumental dynamism of a sleepy dormouse and by the time the final (and standout) track 'Shiver Me' ambles yawning and stretching into earshot the languorous state of contentment is thoroughly complete.

If you enjoy the bliss of the pleasantly soporific this may well be the album for you. If, on the other hand, you believe Morbid Angel went soft after their debut album, the opposite will almost certainly apply. Me? I sensibly keep a foot in both camps. Holopaw's Quit +/Or Fight scores 6.81 and enters Konstantiranks at no. 25

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The track 'Curious' from 'Quit +/Or Fight' can be downloaded here
>>> http://72.1.140.201/downloads/free/Curious327.mp3

KONSTANTIRANKS 2005 (CURRENT STANDINGS)

1. two gallants - THE THROES 7.66
2. edgar 'jones' jones - SOOTHING MUSIC FOR STRAY CATS 7.62*
3. mogwai - GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONS 7.40*
4. the fiery furnaces - EP 7.40*
5. antony & the johnsons - I AM A BIRD NOW 7.38*
6. the broken family band - WELCOME HOME, LOSER 7.23
7. the white stripes - GET BEHIND ME SATAN 7.16
8. edan - BEAUTY AND THE BEAT 7.16
9. arcade fire - FUNERAL 7.15*
10. king creosote - ROCKET D.I.Y 7.12*
11. roots manuva - AWFULLY DEEP 7.08*
12. smog - AIN'T TOO MUCH TO LOVE A RIVER 7.00*
13. mark mulcahy - IN PURSUIT OF YOUR HAPPINESS 7.00*
14. laura cantrell - HUMMING BY THE FLOWERED VINE 7.00
15. the rakes - CAPTURE/RELEASE 7.00
16. mek obaam - YOU AND I 7.00
17. the go-betweens - OCEANS APART 6.94*
18. caribou - THE MILK OF HUMAN KINDNESS 6.94*
19. teenage fanclub - MAN MADE 6.91*
20. amon tobin - CHAOS THEORY 6.90*
21. four tet - EVERYTHING ECSTATIC 6.88*
22. matt sweeney & bonnie prince billy - SUPERWOLF 6.86*
23. spoon - GIMME FICTION 6.85
24. whitey - THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL IS A TRAIN 6.85*
25. holopaw - QUIT +/OR FIGHT 6.81
26. thievery corporation - THE COSMIC GAME 6.80*
27. fog - 10th AVENUE FREAKOUT 6.76*
28. malcolm middleton - INTO THE WOODS 6.75
29. low - THE GREAT DESTROYER 6.72*
30. clor - CLOR 6.72
31. sons and daughters - THE REPULSION BOX 6.70*
32. lcd Soundsystem - LCD SOUNDSYSTEM 6.66*
33. aesop rock - FAST CARS, DANGER, FIRE & KNIVES 6.64*
34. eastern lane - THE ARTICLE 6.63*
35. emiliana torrini - FISHERMAN'S WOMAN 6.62*
36. stephen malkmus - FACE THE TRUTH 6.58
37. cagedbaby - WILL SEE YOU NOW 6.50
38. brakes - GIVE BLOOD 6.50
39. beck - GUERO 6.43*
40. bloc party - SILENT ALARM 6.42*
41. sufjan steven - ILLINOIS 6.41
42. field music - FIELD MUSIC 6.41
43. jose gonzalez - VENEER 6.40*
44. minotaur shock - MARITIME 6.36
45. the shortwave set - THE DEBT COLLECTION 6.30
46. the national - ALLIGATOR 6.19*
47. momus - OTTO SPOOKY 5.53

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