Work

by Holy Ghost!

Overview

Their Holy Ghost! discography two albums and over a dozen singles and EPs deep, Alex Frankel and Nick Millhiser wound down their decade-long affiliation with the DFA label in 2016. The duo reappeared a couple years later on a split 12" bearing the logo of West End Records -- the key disco label founded by the late Mel Cheren -- and a remix from dance music visionary Tom Moulton. The West End association, primarily cosmetic (if responsibly so) through an arrangement with rights handlers BMG, continues with Work. Otherwise, it's business as usual for Frankel and Millhiser. Assisted by a small crew of mostly returning singers and players -- Kosuke Kasza, Monika Heidemann, and Nancy Whang, plus a few others -- they subtly refine their mix of synth pop and electronic post-disco, specializing as ever in rippling, vaguely European grooves with studied hints of groups ranging from Chic to peak Tears for Fears. Holy Ghost! party like it's no later than 1985 with Frankel and company singing in deceptively genial fashion of stasis, stress, anxiety, and faltering relationships, sounding only slightly more tense than they do during the fleeting good times. Nothing is as distinctive as past delights like "I Will Come Back," "Wait & See," and "Okay," but it's all sturdy and even-keeled, programmed for start-to-finish listening. ~ Andy Kellman

Product Details

Release Date:	06/21/2019
Label:	West End
UPC:	4050538488937
Rank:	66802

Tracks

1. Epton on Broadway, Pt. 1
2. Epton on Broadway, Pt. 2
3. Anxious
4. Heaven Knows What
5. Nicky Buckingham
6. Do This
7. One for Pete
8. My Happy House
9. Soon
10. Heaven Forbid
11. Slow Burn
12. Escape From Los Angeles

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Holy Ghost!   Primary Artist
Nancy Whang   Vocals
Rob Moose   Viola,Violin,Octave Violin
Ryland Blackinton   Guitar
Ahmed Abdullahi Gallab   Vocals
Kosuke Kasza   CS-80,Guitar,Vocals,Vocoder,Clavinet,Synthesizer,Oberheim OB8
Alex Epton   Congas,Arp 2600
Alex Frankel   CS-80,Piano,Chroma,Vocals,Clavinet,Keyboards,Linn Drum,Mini Moog,Oberheim OB8,Fender Rhodes,Piano (Electric)
Chris Maher   Vocals
Nick Millhiser   Bass,MIDI,CS-80,Drums,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Vocoder,Arp 2600,Timbales,Keyboards,Mini Moog,Omnichord,Percussion,Synthesizer,Drum Machine,Simmons Drums,Electronic Drums,Synthesizer Bass
Monika Heidemann   Vocals
Surahn "Sid" Sidhu   Bass,Vocals
Vaughn Oliver   Synthesizer,Korg Synthesizer

Technical Credits

Justin Chearno   Composer
Rob Moose   Arranger,String Arrangements
Kosuke Kasza   Composer,Producer
Alex Epton   Engineer,Producer
Alex Frankel   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Vocal Samples,Drum Programming
Heba Kadry   Engineer,Mastering
Nick Millhiser   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Tracking,Graphic Design,Drum Programming
Alexander Frankel   Composer
Holy Ghost!   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Michael Vadino   Photography,Art Direction,Graphic Design
Surahn "Sid" Sidhu   Composer