{"id":50215,"date":"2019-06-02T13:21:46","date_gmt":"2019-06-02T12:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=50215"},"modified":"2019-06-02T13:21:46","modified_gmt":"2019-06-02T12:21:46","slug":"holy-moly-the-crackers-take-a-bite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/06\/holy-moly-the-crackers-take-a-bite\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Moly &#038; The Crackers &#8211; &#8216;Take A Bite&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Released on 5 April this year through Pink Lane Records, &#8216;Take A Bite&#8217;, by Holy Moly &amp; The Crackers is a fast paced romp with a female vocalist whose seductively rich tones could give Imelda May a run for her money.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Random Ad stuff --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Take A Bite&#8217; is eleven tracks long, which initially makes us wonder why they didn&#8217;t stop at 10, or conversely keep going until they had 12. But in listening we realise it is exactly the right number of songs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Setting out as they mean to continue, &#8216;All I Got Is You&#8217; is big bold and brash, while track 2 &#8216;Upside Down&#8217; is fast and furious. Ripping through to the 60s rock\/RnB tinged &#8216;Can&#8217;t Get Enough&#8217; (think The Who, The Rolling Stones) and you&#8217;ve got more of an idea about what&#8217;s going down with this band. Lead vocalist, Ruth Patterson, gives it her all, with a rockabilly swagger that Imelda May might only dream of having. Ruth&#8217;s definitely a singer I want to hear more from, and along with the likes of Emily Cappel, is part of a new breed of rambunctiously rollicking vocalists who use their sass and sex appeal to show they&#8217;re taking no prisoners.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Kiss Me Before You Go&#8217; is a duet between Ruth and Conrad Bird, and musically it&#8217;s a battle royale between the accordion of Rosie Bristow, and the horns, guitars, and other instruments. It&#8217;s a very pleasing cacophony, if there is such a thing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0&#8216;Sister&#8217; is a right rave and you get the feeling that Ruth is really enjoying being savage. Finally there&#8217;s a lull after all the frenzied first half of this album, with the much quieter &#8216;I&#8217;d Give It All&#8217;, piano led and gentle, with violins giving it that super-classy, almost folky edge &#8211; and Patterson showing that she could hold her own in a jazz caf\u00e9 &#8211; I&#8217;d love to see what this band could do at a supper club, such as Boisedale.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Title track &#8216;Take A Bite&#8217; starts out Bohemian and eastern sounding but the bass guitar slips in and takes hold of the rhythm, giving it a more contemporary edge. Patterson edits her vocals to fit the sound, showcasing her extraordinary talents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Through With Talking&#8217; is fierce and bluesy, with Patterson at her feisty best, while &#8216;Who Do You Think You Are?&#8217; allows drummer Tommy Evans to show us what he&#8217;s got behind his kit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Naked In Budapest&#8217; &#8211; if you want to be pedantic about it &#8211; really should have been the Bohemian sounding track but there&#8217;s a certain Eastern European vibe to it with Conrad Bird once again taking the lead vocally. It&#8217;s a nice lead up to final song, &#8216;This Little Light&#8217;, which is a hybrid jazz and blues number, and we&#8217;re just digging the washboard sound in the beginning. Ruth&#8217;s back to her strong vocals, and reminds us a lot of Australian singer songwriter, Wendy Matthews.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Take A Bite&#8217;, by Holy Moly &amp; The Crackers, is out now. You can find out more about the band and their music from their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.holymolyandthecrackers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official website<\/a>. Also make sure you check out their site for details of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.holymolyandthecrackers.com\/tour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">live dates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Watch the video below for behind the scenes footage of the recording of &#8216;Take A Bite&#8217;:<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_17080\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/luEYCAD10BE?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/essentiallypop.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"Holy Moly &amp; The Crackers - The Recording Of Take A Bite (Documentary)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/luEYCAD10BE\/maxresdefault.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Released on 5 April this year through Pink Lane Records, &#8216;Take A Bite&#8217;, by Holy Moly &#038; The Crackers is a fast paced romp with a female vocalist whose seductively rich tones could give Imelda May a run for her money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":50216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[21448,7,21458,21445],"tags":[1813,1343,1049,4610,4739,21460,1356,144,77,116,18621,21461],"class_list":["post-50215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","category-music","category-quick-album-reviews","category-reviews","tag-album-review","tag-blues","tag-folk","tag-folk-rock","tag-folk-pop","tag-holy-moly-the-crackers","tag-jazz","tag-new-album","tag-new-release","tag-review","tag-rnb-2","tag-take-a-bite"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-d3V","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":50378,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/06\/nathan-nelson-combines-americana-folk-country-rock-and-blues-and-releases-amerijuanacana\/","url_meta":{"origin":50215,"position":0},"title":"Nathan Nelson Combines Americana, Folk, Country, Rock And Blues and Releases &#8216;Amerijuanacana&#8217;","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"10\/06\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Nathan Nelson and His Entertainment Crackers\u2019 Spectra Music Group debut album 'Amerijuanacana' is now available worldwide. 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