Holopaw September 28, 2008

Hailing from Gainesville, Florida, Holopaw released their self-titled Sub Pop debut in 2003. Anchored by Jeff Hays' acoustic guitar and pedal steel and offset by the blips and beeps of Michael Johnson's synthesizer noodling, on the band's sophomore effort 'Quit +/or Fight,' lines between the analog and the digital have blurred. Johnson describes the "traditional elements becoming weirder and the weirder elements more traditional." The elemental juxtaposition here results in a remarkably centrist focus unmatched by the band's previous work. "The parts seem to fit together a bit more precisely this time around," says Johnson.