Holy Crap Records – The Label
Holy Crap Records has launched as a boutique label. We specialize in unique voices within the genre’s of garage rock, punk rock, surf rock, new wave, blues, and country.
Entries by Johnny P
Song We Like: Quiet Life by The Black Swells
Give me some moody post-punk! Give me that repetitive steady bass, a metronomic minimalist beat, and spoken sung vocals like Lou Reed.
Song We Like: Gift by Secret Shame
I saw these guys at the Mothlight on Monday night. I’ve followed the Asheville scene for years – but I have never witnessed this level of self-belief, of a band knowing that they’re at exactly the right moment at exactly the right time.
Song We Like: So Be It by Blackfoot Gypsies
Enjoy this classic country twang, outlaw-style, sped up and driven with an almost punk attitude.
Song We Like: Dead Man by Minorcan
The voice is like a prophet emerging from the wilderness, half spat out wisdom and half spat out madness.
Song We Like: Only One by Molly Burch
Slow and languid, easy and unrushed, effortless guitar and drums. The old flame went away and Molly wants to have that conversation: why’d you stop loving me?
Song We Like: Pink Lemonade by Daddy Long Legs
If you like some classic dirty blues groove – we got you some pink lemonade.
Song We Like: Tell It Like It Is by Darby Wilcox and the Peep Show
Sometimes we just like a beautiful song with and amazing voice. This is a singer who has lived and her voice carries all the soul and wisdom of the years.
Song We Like: I Can’t Love Anyone by Secret Nudist Friends
This starts with a wonderful easy groove, a sunny afternoon lamentation on not being able to love anyone –