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About Holy Motors
ON Heaven's Night, Holy Motors experiment with pop hooks and new-wave textures, marking uncharted territory for the band. Notably, there is a new sweetness to the collection of songs on Heaven’s Night, which features characters who step away from the doomed sunsets and outback melancholy of 2020’s Horse. As the band puts it, their new sound is "sweet as dripping honey, sad like summer rain."
Since their last album was released, Holy Motors have been playing shows in Europe and the U.S. while writing and recording their new album. Eliann Tulve provided vocals on Kurt Vile’s “99th Song,” from his 2026 album Philadelphia’s Been Good to Me. She also sang with The Jesus and Mary Chain in New York, Philadelphia, Tallinn and Tampere, notably handling Hope Sandoval’s parts on “Sometimes Always,” along with other classics like “Just Like Honey.”
Without a doubt, Heaven’s Night is Holy Motors’ most varied album to date. From the furious gallop of “The Last Ones” to Tulve’s noirish duet with Bambara’s Reid Bateh, “Under My Tongue,” Heaven’s Night throws a new spin on the band’s world, which is a little less haunted, a little more dangerous and thrilling all the way through.
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Holy Motors’ third studio album, Heaven’s Night, pairs the band’s signature Western dreamscapes with pop hooks and new-wave textures that mark new territory for the Estonian band. Notably, there is a new sweetness to the collection of songs on Heaven’s Night, which features characters who step away from the doomed sunsets and outback melancholy of 2020’s Horse. As the band puts it, their new sound is "sweet as dripping honey, sad like summer rain."
The Sleepryder b/w Descending 7” is yet another love story inspired by Chris Isaak songs and Spanish blues. The follow-up to the Heavenly Creatures 7”, this single features the sultry two-chord “Sleeprydr” backed with “Descending,” a sunset anthem for lonely navigators. Where the Heavenly Creatures 7” charted a celestial course, the Sleepryder 7” finds Holy Motors cruising the otherworldly landscapes of their Tallinn, Estonia home.
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About Slow Sundown
Slow Sundown, Holy Motors’ debut full length release, finds the Estonian dreamcatchers utilizing a similar sonic palette ranging from dark psychedelic pop to shoegaze-inflected western music. Slow Sundown’s eight tracks offer a more immersive experience for those brave enough to take the ride. While the guitar lines from lonely cowboy ballads like “Honeymooning” could easily serve as the central themes for unwritten Morriccone scores, dystopian anthems like the rhythmically propelled “Signs” break new ground for the band and demonstrate that Holy Motors are not bound by their influences.
From the album’s opening moments, songs like “Country Church,” with its major key and classic rhythm and blues guitarline, and “Midnight Cowboy,” which sounds like a lost Buddy Holly 45 played at 33 rpms, make it clear that Horse — even if it may not accomplish the impossible task of demystifying this band of ex-Soviet cowboys will at least show you that there’s more to them than the near-impenetrable darkness of their work to date may suggest. Although tracks like “Trouble” and “Endless Night” gravitate toward the ethereal production and existential subject matter of prior releases, repeat listens reveal complex compositions and an empathy that is central to this eight-song album. As a whole, Horse stands as a warmer, more human counterpoint to 2018’s celestial Slow Sundown, and showcases Holy Motors as a hypnotic force that draws listeners in and leaves them wanting more.