Album Info

Work

Electronic - 2019

After years on James Murphy’s taste-making DFA, the Brooklyn nu-disco duo Holy Ghost! makes the jump to West End, the... more

Tracklist

1

Epton on Broadway (Part I)

4:26 min
2

Epton on Broadway (Part II)

1:54 min
3

Anxious

4:45 min
4

Heaven Knows What

5:33 min
5

Nicky Buckingham

5:06 min
6

Do This

3:48 min
7

One For Pete

0:54 min
8

My Happy House

4:31 min
9

Soon

4:18 min
10

Heaven Forbid

3:20 min
11

Slow Burn

3:24 min
12

Escape From Los Angeles

7:23 min

About Work

After years on James Murphy’s taste-making DFA, the Brooklyn nu-disco duo Holy Ghost! makes the jump to West End, the iconic, long-dormant New York disco label. It’s the perfect move: Their sleek, synth-streaked boogie is a direct descendant of records from artists like Larry Levan and Loose Joints that made West End famous in the late '70s. There’s a palpable throwback feel to Work’s rubbery arpeggios and flickering guitar accents, but the duo is hardly stuck in the past: “Nicky Buckingham” burnishes analog squiggles that sound unmistakably contemporary, and the production choices throughout—particularly on the effervescent “My Happy House”—feel remarkably fresh. The album is the sound of a pair of disco lovers working through their influences and coming up with something genuinely original.