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UncutDec 3, 2025Rich and immersive debut. [Review of the Year 2025, p.28]
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Record CollectorDec 3, 2025Holy Island is a magnificent opening statement and the mind boggles as to where they might venture next. [Christmas 2025, p.135]
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Dec 3, 2025While some of Holy Island is danceable, some is dreamy, and some is pure atmosphere, these characteristics come together on the six-minute closer, "Morning Bell," which, with more crashing water sounds alongside footsteps and an actual bell, seems to leave us shipwrecked rather than safe in bed as we awaken from a dream.
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MojoDec 3, 2025Holy Island nods to mid-period Flying Saucer Attack, Souvlaki-era Slowdive, maximum-shimmer Ride and motorik. Such influences are offset by an innate drama which inexorably draws inwards. There is, though, a potentially overwhelming backstory. [Jan 2026, p.91]