Holdypaws

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Holdypaws
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 13, 1999
Genre Indie rock, avant-garde, noise pop
Length42:23
Label Kill Rock Stars
Producer Deerhoof
Deerhoof chronology
The Man, the King, the Girl
(1997)
Holdypaws
(1999)
Halfbird
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Pitchfork Media 5.7/10 [2]
Sputnikmusic3.6/5 [3]

Holdypaws is the third studio album by American experimental rock band Deerhoof. It was released in 1999 on Kill Rock Stars, and reissued on vinyl by the same label on November 22, 2019, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Deerhoof. [4] Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu, a band that has worked with Deerhoof's Greg Saunier, has praised this album, saying "I had never heard anything like it before. It completely blew my mind and changed the way I thought about what music could be." [5] Henry Rollins has praised this album, in addition to the band's EP Green Cosmos , saying "it gets the blood going. What a band." [6]

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Deerhoof.

  1. "Magic Star"
  2. "Queen of the Lake"
  3. "The Moose's Daughter"
  4. "Satan"
  5. "Crow"
  6. "Flower"
  7. "Lady People"
  8. "The Great Car Tomb"
  9. "Dead Beast Queen"
  10. "Data"

Personnel

References

  1. Arres, Francis. "Deerhoof: Holdy Paws". AllMusic . Retrieved February 14, 2021.
  2. Richardson, Mark (July 13, 1999). "Deerhoof: Holdypaws". Pitchfork . Retrieved February 14, 2021.
  3. JohnnyoftheWell (January 12, 2021). "Deerhoof: Holdypaws". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
  4. Reid, Mike (October 17, 2019). "Deerhoof celebrate 25 years, announce first ever vinyl reissues of their first three albums". Tiny Mix Tapes . Retrieved February 14, 2021.
  5. Cohen, Rob (May 14, 2012). "Jamie Stewart: The Sent Down Boy". Austin Chronicle . Retrieved February 14, 2021.
  6. Guardian music (October 27, 2014). "Deerhoof – La Isla Bonita: Exclusive album stream". the Guardian . Retrieved February 14, 2021.