Doomsdayer's Holiday

Doomsdayer's Holiday
Studio album by Grails
Released	October 7, 2008
Recorded	April 2007 – August 2008
Genre	Post-rock
Length	38:28
Label	Temporary Residence Limited
Grails chronology
Take Refuge in Clean Living (2008) Doomsdayer's Holiday (2008) Deep Politics (2011)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	82/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Alternative Press	[3]
Mojo	[4]
Pitchfork	7.6/10 [5]
The Skinny	[6]
Sputnikmusic	3.5/5 [7]
Under the Radar	6/10 [8]

Doomsdayer's Holiday is Grails' fifth album, released in 2008 through Temporary Residence.

Track listing

All songs written by Grails.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Doomsdayer's Holiday"	3:32
2.	"Reincarnation Blues"	4:33
3.	"The Natural Man"	4:49
4.	"Immediate Mate"	5:50
5.	"Predestination Blues"	6:28
6.	"X-Contaminations"	5:04
7.	"Acid Rain"	8:08
Total length:		38:28

Personnel

Grails

• Emil Amos – Lap steel guitar, melodica, vocals, drums
• Alex Hall – Guitar, sampler
• Zak Riles – Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, baglama
• William Slater – Bass, piano, synthesizer, guzheng, vocals
• Erik Nugent – Flute
• Kate O'Brien-Clarke – Violin
• Randall Dunn – Analog synthesizer ^[9]

References

1. "Reviews forDoomsdayer's Holiday by Grails". Metacritic . Retrieved May 5, 2025.
2. Jurek, Thom. Doomsdayer's Holiday at AllMusic
3. Doomsdayer's Holiday shows a band pushing the limits of psychedelic post-rock and testing the boundaries of post-metal. [Dec 2008, p.142]
4. Their full-length follow-up to 2007's "Burning Off Impurities" is a multi-textured out-rock masterpiece. [Jan 2008, p.101]
5. Pitchfork review
6. The Skinny review
7. "Grails - Doomsdayer's Holiday". Sputnikmusic . October 13, 2008. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
8. Its ultimately about serving the power of the jam, an aesthetic of which Grails have a solid grap. [Year end 2008, p.82]
9. "Grails - Doomsdayer's Holiday". Discogs. Retrieved 14 July 2015.