Red Voice Choir- Apparitions out now... for FREE download!

The last, sadly posthumous EP by the short lived but very promising Red Voice Choir is now available from Hungry Eye as release EYE19. In conjunction with the band, as promised, we are offering this record to download for free through our website.
Check out the band's page on the Hungry Eye site right here and go right ahead and download the EP from this link right here.

Copies of their previous EP "A Thousand Reflections" are still available on our webstore and through the great Atakra Records if you'd like to pick those up as well!

the Holy Kiss: European tour dates now posted

As previously mentioned, the Holy Kiss will embark on a European tour (which will be their first, and sadly also their last) in spring of 2009. Below you will find the dates, many of which will be with Leipzig band Monozid. For more information, head over to the Holy Kiss's myspace page as it'll be updated with news and info as we lead up to the tour.

11 Feb 2009 @ the Knockout/ Presented by SHUTTER
San Francisco, CA
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27 March 2009@ Patronaat Cafe
Haarlem, NL

29 March 2009@ Atelierhaus Zoro
Leipzig, Germany

31 March 2009 @ Club 007 Strahov
Prague, CZ

3 April 2009 @ Soapbox Club
Nancy, FR

4 April 2009 @ La Zone
Liege, BE

5 April 2009 @ Penich Excelior
Allones (by Le Mans), FR

6 April 2009 @ Gaztetxea
Getaria, SP

7 April 2009 @ Sorgin Taberna
Llodio, SP

8 April 2009 @ Art Brut
Madrid, SP

9 April 2009 @ 12 y Media
Murcia, SP

10 April 2009 @ Festival for Canyadelmuntanya Records
Alcoi, SP

11 April 2009 @ Magazine Club
Valencia, SP

12 April 2009 @ Salarocksound
Barcelona, SP

14 April 2009 @ le Klub
Paris, FR

the Holy Kiss- track posted off new LP

Under Noon of Night, the title track off of the upcoming LP of the same name by the Holy Kiss, is now posted on the Hungry Eye website for your sampling pleasure.

Have a go at the Holy Kiss page on the Hungry Eye site to view the recently updated page.

Or, just go directly here to listen.

Tour dates will be posted in the next few days!

the Holy Kiss- new record, new tour, the end?

So we have good news and bad news regarding the Holy Kiss. First the bad: after a good run spanning a good portion of the decade, the Holy Kiss have decided to throw in the towel. Still looking to fight the good fight, members are splintering off to other cities across the US (some winding up in New York, others in Portland, some staying in the Bay Area), this will make it near impossible to continue. Still, you'll more than likely see these familiar faces pop up in new bands in no time.

The good news, though, is that this will not be happening without a good amount of fanfare as the band is releasing their final record (and first recordings with Alli and Panther in the line up), entitled "Under Noon of Night" in a limited vinyl LP format. It's a collaborative effort between the band and Hungry Eye, will be limited to 500 copies and boast a silk screened cover. The final tour will also be their first jaunt over to Europe, and will take the band to Spain, France, Holland, Belgium, Germany and the Czech Republic. Be sure to check back for a lot of news regarding the Holy Kiss in the coming weeks.

You'll shortly be seeing:
-an mp3 sample of some new material on the website
-pre-orders for the LP going up shortly (shipping in March '09)
-full tour dates
-anything else that comes up along the way!

the Holy Kiss on youtube

The Holy Kiss have finished recording a new record with Scott Brown (Black Ice, Phantom Limbs, Intermission) as well which is pretty spectacular. News of what will happen with this platter will be forthcoming. In the interim, a number of videos have popped up on youtube. Here you can get an idea as to what the latest line-up of the Holy Kiss has cooked up:

The Holy Kiss performing Old Scratch in Black Face at the Knockout:


Significantly noisier, but quite a sight to behold:


And finally, same song as in the first video, but this one recorded at 924 Gilman in Berkeley.


Look for some of these videos to find a more permanent home on the Holy Kiss page on the Hungry Eye site in the near future.

the Holy Kiss/ Sixteens/ Mt. Sims: PRESS!

If you are a Spanish-speaker, or just want to hone your Spanish speaking skills, you'll want to make your way to the Spanish webzine/ blog La Letra Capital for their recent interview with the Holy Kiss. Many thanks to them also for their recent reviews of a slew of Hungry Eye material.

In other Hungry Eye-related news in foreign languages, France's D-Side magazine recently published a feature on Mt Sims in their May/ June issue (along with a Mt Sims track on the accompanying CD). They also had some kind words to say about the "A Grave EP" (as well as Mt Sims' "Happily Ever After" which isn't even out yet), and Sixteens- "Into the Gold Wave..." It was nice to read some kind words alongside interviews with Frustration and Ladytron!

And, in German, Dorfdisco attended a recent Mt Sims show in Berlin and had some nice things to say about the performance.

the Holy Kiss debut new songs!

The Holy Kiss recently took another road trip to southern California to play and handful of gigs down there to the sun-drenched masses. In addition, they played with a 12 Galaxies show in San Francisco to get them riled up for the gigs, and appeared on none other than Tony Dushane's Drinks With Tony radio show on Pirate Cat Radio, earning them the fine distinction of being the only artist to appear on the show thrice. If you've listened to their previous appearances (once with the Bellmer Dolls, another time with Kristen of Sixteens), you'll know Mr. Dushane's interviews are well-mannered, highly proper affairs, so you will of course bear witness to the Holy Kiss on their best behavior. If you missed it, the wonders of the internet might rectify the situation if you direct your cursors right here.

Another factoid of note: the Holy Kiss are finishing up the work on a new album entitled "Under Night of Noon", and debuted some of their newest songs on said radio show. In addition, they posted some new tunes on their myspace page, located here: http://www.myspace.com/theholykiss.