Satan Takes a Holiday sounds like the best night you can't quite remember at a dive bar that doesn't have a sign. It is a relentless collision of 60s garage rock fuzz and 70s groove, polished with a modern Swedish sensibility for hooks that refuse to leave your brain. The guitars are permanently set to 'snarl,' and the rhythm section moves with a mechanical precision that still feels dangerously human.
What sets them apart is the sheer kinetic energy and a certain ironic detachment that never undermines the music's power. They manage to be both dead serious about the rock-and-roll craft and playfully self-aware, creating a sound that is as much about the 'stomp' as it is about the song. It is music that demands movement, characterized by explosive drum fills and vocals that teeter between a melodic croon and an all-out shout.
Start with 'A New Sensation' for their most refined take on this high-octane formula, or dive into their self-titled debut to hear the raw, unbridled punk energy that first made them the talk of Stockholm. It is the perfect soundtrack for when you need to turn the room's energy up to eleven.
Satan Takes A Holiday is a Stockholm-based band, created in 2006 by Fred Burman, Johannes Lindsjöö and Svante Nordström. The band released the self-titled debut album in late 2009. A few months later they were nominated in the Best Rock category at the Swedish P3 Guld Awards, and the songs “Missy” and “Heartbreaker” were played regularly on the radio. The second album Who Do You Voodoo was released March 2012, preceded by the single "Karma Babe". In June 2013 they opened for Kiss together with Hardcore Superstar at Friends Arena in Stockholm. In spring 2014, they released the double A-sided single - "Talk of The Town" / "This Microphone", followed by the third full-length album "Animal Man Woman" in November 2014. Swedish Despotz Records signed a record deal with Satan Takes A Holiday in 2016. The label released the singles "The Beat" and "Ladder To Climb", which both come from "Aliens", the band's fourth full-length album, released on February 24, 2016. With their mix of rock and roll, sixties’ garage and punk rock, Satan Takes A Holiday have received many positive reviews both for their recorded music, and for their live performances.
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