Hollyy's 'Hesitate' Is A Slomo Soul Wonder

Hollyy's 'Hesitate' Is A Slomo Soul Wonder

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It's a beautiful return...

Stateside group *Hollyy* have shared their beautiful new single 'Hesitate'.

The band are steeped in classic soul influences - think Sam Cooke, or even some later doo wop sides - but they splice this with a very modern outlook.

With songwriting skills to rival Whitney, say, or even Wilco, they match indie rock tropes to a sense of vintage R&B.

Hollyy's latest project is a double A-side single, with the two cuts reflecting the contradictions at work in their musicality.

So, 'Hesitate' is patched against 'Sailing', with the release available digitally from February 19th (with a 45 vinyl in the works, too).

'Hesitate' opens with some plangent notes of guitar, before settling into a neat group work out, a slick as the crease in a pair of vintage chinos.

Leaning on those classic influences, 'Hesitate' shimmers with a beatific glow, the vocals interweaving to create something bigger than the sum of its parts.

Hollyy comment...

"Releasing a double-side is something we've been talking about for a long time now. It's sort of an old-school concept that is heavily influenced from 1960s and 70s soul, R&B and funk records and we've always loved the concept and the allure of that. We think it keeps things fun and resurfaces some vintage feel to a modern day and sometimes too 'predictable' of today's musical landscape and release campaigns."

"We think 'Hesitate' and 'Sailing' pair well together and work great together as a cohesive A-B side record. So we're excited to be dropping this release that honors the release style of a lot of our greatest musical influences as well as put out our first vinyl pressings we've done as a group so far."

Tune in now.

Hesitate by Hollyy

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