Holy Wave - Relax (2014)

''Deliver us from evil''--yes, but how? ''Relax,'' says Holy Wave. ''Relax'' sees the band expanding both their sound and their membership, recording for the first time as a five-piece. Holy Wave continues to carefully combine fluid forms of scared surf sounds, droning riffs and groups vocals that haunt and harmonize in equal measure. The songs on ''Relax'' are confident and streamlined, yet expansive as ever. The band creates a fuzz-frenzy as deep as it is wide, captured with care by producer Erik Wofford (Explosions in The Sky, My Morning Jacket, The Black Angels) at Cacaphony Studios in Austin, TX. Holy Wave has developed a following in the US and international psych scenes over the last few years on a string of EPs (compiled for the ''Evil Hits'' Lp. ''Relax'' will be their true debut, supported by a US and European tour.