At a time when even entire classic rock bands are being AI generated, Holy Fuck are now more relevant than ever. The Canadian quartet have forged their reputation for making electronic music with a human touch. While many artists create that core electronic via laptops, loops and drum machines, Holy Fuck keep every element as live as possible. The intoxication they inspire comes not from cold, staid perfection, but from the ragged energy that comes from four musicians relishing sharing a moment. Factor in the chaos born from improvisation and skipping a click track in favour of loose, raw, real percussion, and it’s easy to see why Holy Fuck are renowned for their pulsating, unorthodox thrills.
As the passage of time marches to its own relentless beat, it’s almost frightening to note that it has been six years since their previous set, 2020’s ‘Deleter’. Given the well-documented events that followed that year, the normally road-weary band – Brian Borcherdt, Graham Walsh, Matt ‘Punchy’ McQuaid and Matt Schulz – spent two years entirely apart from each other.
In March 2022, they finally reconvened in an old village hall in rural Nova Scotia. The main purpose was to simply reunite and rehearse, but new song ideas soon flowed out of them. And that was the starting point for their upcoming album ‘Event Beat’.
