{"product_id":"the-holy-kiss-gunslinger","title":"The Holy Kiss - Gunslinger","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSan Francisco’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Holy Kiss\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e rises from the grave to deliver their final recording on vinyl for the first time. Recorded in 2009 by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSkot Brown\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Phantom Limbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAltar de Fey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) and previously released on 50 handmade CD-Rs, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGunslinger\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a raucous slab of The Holy Kiss’ finest hour, featuring four songs that mix incendiary blues with blood, sweat, and a heavy dose of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Birthday Party\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe title track of the 12”, “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGunslinger\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,” is a cover of a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBo Diddley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e song arranged by the band to suit their desire for melodic cacophony. Frontman \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMatty Rue Morgue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e sings from the soul in dark sunglasses, while “drummer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNick Ott\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e [looms] like a giant over an elfin drum kit while assaulting the skins feverishly enough to risk spontaneous combustion” (Tatiana Simonian, L.A. Weekly). Officially formed in 2000, the dark humored, old-fashioned, and well-tailored quartet, \"makes a dark and sweetly discordant murder ballad inspired racket that's perfect for conjuring the limbo-treading spirits of the cheats, crazies, drunks and other societal castaways the band likes to sing about in its shadowy, Dickensian ditties\" (Bill Picture, San Francisco Chronicle).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGunslinger\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e release also contains a bonus 7” of solo recordings made by Matty Rue Morgue in 2009, just a few years before his untimely death in 2015. There are two songs written by Matty and one song by The Holy Kiss (“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGo Head N Count ‘Em\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e”) re-arranged for solo acoustic guitar. In his version of “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGo Head N Count Em\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,” played with love and deep respect for the blues tradition, Matty channels \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLightnin’ Hopkins\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLux Interior\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in equal measure.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRIYL: The Cramps, The Gun Club, These Immortal Souls, The Killers, Swell Maps, Bauhaus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NOSFERCATU RECORDS (FELTE)","offers":[{"title":"12\" Vinyl EP + Bonus 7\"","offer_id":59880845934937,"sku":"SDZ-54490","price":27.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/CAR_20261012_1208_114405_996_v_0810213560969_055.jpg?v=1791893372","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/the-holy-kiss-gunslinger","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}