Randy Holden - Population Iii

Randy Holden - Population IiiHow does one follow up one of the most legendary, yet rarest albums said to signal the birth of doom metal? If you're Randy Holden, you give everyone about fifty years to catch up, then casually drop a tastefully modernized reinterpretation of that sound. Population III picks up where Holden's 1969 solo debut left off, updated with several decades worth of technological advances and personal hindsight. Following his tenure in proto metal pioneers Blue

the collective of producers form to provide Cam with a soundtrack that's vintage New York

#1 Cowboy feels right at home in analog form - warm

transforming "Rainy Streets" into a head-nodding elevator ride to a classy high-rise penthouse

"This album is about my livity

" Dana explains

Roger Waldmann and Arno Dittrich above all a wealth of appearances

' The album weaves sparse rhythmic moments with grandiose arrangements of strings and layered vocals

The album signals both a glance backward and a step forward for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs

synth stabs and blissful vocals

Sonya Bach includes three of the Preludes from the Op

Junior grew up in Akron

" featuring members of Devo joining forces for the first time ever with Oingo Boingo's lead guitarist Steve Bartek