So This Is Great Britain - Holloways

2006 was a good year for indie-rock and post punk revival music, with largely successful bands like Arctic Monkeys, The Automatic, The Horrors and Guillemots all releasing their Debut albums. Within this list of talented artists, The Holloways have a tendency to be lost into the abyss, and have seen their supporting artists, such as The Wombats, achieve much larger commercial success. The band, a four piece from North London, may have had less commercial success than many of the other up and coming bands, "So This Is Great Britain" is a brilliant debut album, really displaying the potential which the band has. Many of the songs have ...  Read the complete review

It seems that every time I think the British Indie scene has really peaked the next year a whole new batch of decent bands seems to appear. Towards the end of last year a 4 piece band from North London arrived on the scene determined to be the next big thing. With a bit of luck and a continuation of their current hard work that could be a possibility for The Holloways. The release of this, their debut album on the 30th October last year is certainly the first step towards bigger things. It just seems a shame they haven't had the amount of radio play the singles deserve. Having met originally back in 2004 in a live music venue on the Holloway Road the band ...  Read the complete review