Name: No Holier Temple
Brand: Hexvessel

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

SVR150CD

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-11-04

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

The Orchard

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

6430080230990

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

SVR150LP

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Black

2022-11-25

6430080231393

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2 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Hexvessel

Genre GB

Psychedelic

Label GB

Svart

<p>A psychedelic forest folk rock band from Finland, Hexvessel was founded by Mat McNerney in 2009. The current lineup includes Mat McNerney on vocals and guitar, Kimmo Helén on piano, keys, viola, violin, trumpet, and backing vocals, Jukka Rämänen on drums, percussion, and bass guitar, and Ville Hakonen on bass. Former members have included Jesse Heikkinen on lead guitar and backing vocals, Vesa Ajomo on guitars, Jussi Saarivuori on organs and samples, Simo Kuosmanen on lead guitar,
Niini Rossi on bass guitar,
Tuuli Jartti on violin and backing vocals,
Jaakko Niemeläon keys,
Dirk Campbell as a session member playing flutes and duduk,
Daniel Pioro as a session member playing violin,
Marja Konttinen providing vocals and percussion,
Andrew McIvor playing acoustic guitars,
and Antti Haapapuro creating sound effects and field recordings as the master of ceremonies.</p>

<p>Svart is a Finnish label that was established in Turku in 2009 by two individuals, specializing in re-releasing underground music on vinyl. They have gained recognition for their label series, *Jazz Liisa* and *Pop-Liisa*, which showcase the best of underground music. With a focus on quality and authenticity, Svart has become a trusted name in the industry.</p>

No Holier Temple, gets a luxury 10-year anniversary reissue via Svart Records! No Holier Temple was Psychedelic Forest Folk band Hexvessel’s second full-length album, released to critical acclaim, cult status and some of their biggest sales figures to date. The Finnish “mushroom-devouring pixies” follow up to 2011’s critically acclaimed debut album, Dawnbearer, was described by Roadburn Festival as “a passionate, urgent and gorgeously strange musical spell.” Hexvessel’s break-through album No Holier Temple reached new heights for the band with two Emma Gala (Finnish Grammy Awards) nominations. No Holier Tample also won two Femma awards, which is the Alternative Finnish Grammy Awards. Hexvessel played the prestigious Roadburn Festival in The Netherlands for the first time that year in the church venue of Het Patronaat. 

The festival sold out in 7 minutes. No Holier Temple also landed in the Main Finnish Charts at #20 and in Alternative charts at #7. No Holier Temple fuses the acoustic 70s folk vibe of its predecessor into a more psychedelic, electric, doom-folk sound with Manzarek-like keys, screeching rhythmic Velvet Underground violins, Miles Davis trumpets and hypnotic freakouts. Weaving the uncanny songs together are the narrative vocals of Mat McNerney, who on this album has matured into the bastard child of Burke Shelley, young Jon Anderson and Paul Simon. Inspired by the progressive, spaced-out haze of bands like Amon Düül II, Van Der Graaf Generator and Ultimate Spinach, whose song “Your Head Is Reeling” they cover with religious abandon. Their sound now expands outward from their eerie, signature, ritual-esque intros into a genre-twisting cauldron of otherworldly rock and the late-night, dreamy spoken-word of artists such as Jim Morrison (An American Prayer) and Ken Nordine.

No Holier Temple

Music GB