We began recording this album in the Fall of '09 and finished it in Spring 2012. We'd like to give a HUGE thank you to everyone who has helped, listened to, and supported us over the past three years; this album is for you. We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we did creating it.

Thanks for listening! (and stay tuned for future material and show dates...)

Lots and lots of love,
Holiday Friends
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Some love for Holiday Friends:

"Following Buffalo Death Beam is my new favorite band, and one that I think is going to be a festival favorite, Holiday Friends. Native Idahoans turned Oregonians, they pulled out an upright bass, bass guitar, electric guitar, synth, and vocals that blew my mind. Upbeat songs, with great energy, and shades of Band of Horses and Coldplay made for an unsigned band who is radio ready. The band each plays their part perfectly, creating vocal harmonies, and synergy through instrumentation. It was like watching Coldplay before they got famous. They were having a blast on stage, the crowd loved them, there was no way you couldn’t dance, and at one point, though it isn’t listed on the list of instruments played, I swear I heard a Moog. That’s just rad! Listen to them, love them, and buy their debut album Chicks."
- DarlingDork.com

"...I have heard many bands attempt to create the same musical style, yet the Holiday Friends are one of few who can do it right. “Chicks” is hands down the best album I have heard in the Moscow-Pullman area.
The broadness of the album is what makes it great. Their style ranges with songs sounding like Animal Collective, Vampire Weekend and Arcade Fire. The best part — Holiday Friends is good at all of it. The variety of song styles throughout the album shows the band is influenced by many different genres.
“Astral Observations” was the first single released and is the most powerful song on the album. The electrical instrument combination creates a mood that perfectly fits the title.
“Trippin’” is also one of my favorite tracks. The track includes an audio sample from a viral news interview with a surfer at Huntington Beach — this is just one example that shows how much fun this band is having. With song titles like "We's All Bats" and "LolJk" you may think this band is a joke at first guess, but after a full listen you will know that they are passionate about their music."
Excerpt from a review of Chicks by Derek Harrison at the Daily Evergreen,
full review can be found here:
dailyevergreen.com/read/Columnist-really-digs-Chicks

"...possibly the most delightful band the region has seen. They are good."
-Pacific Northwest Inlander

"...with raw pop guile cum 60s’, Holiday Friends are well-equipped to tele-music-port you to a higher ground."
-Hip-Fish Monthly

"And a very sweet treat for passersby of the Linen Building found Holiday Friends jamming in the Treefort fort. I thought they were amazing electric, but their acoustic impromptu show displayed a true talent. The music they played this night sounded as if it was straight out of the soundtrack to Where the Wild Things Are.
-DarlingDork.com

"...checked out Ale Fort, an enormous tented venue set up in a parking lot behind The Linen Building, where we checked out indie rockers The Holiday Friends who had an impressively tight sound. Astoria transplants from northern Idaho town Moscow, the band filled this beer-sampling tent with an attention grabbing pop-rock sound that falls somewhere between Minus The Bear and MGMT."
-BePortland.com

"...The band struck chords to their first song and got crowd members dancing in the concert hall. It featured zany synthesizer sounds that saturated the air and reverberated off the walls in arena-rock fashion. New instruments were pulled out as the show progressed; one song featured a stand-up bass played with a bow, another had a banjo and a third had tribal percussion."
-The Daily Evergreen

"...Perhaps the somewhat thankless nature of the business does make for some musical martyrdom. Amid all that drama, The Holiday Friends are a nice find. The Astoria, Oregon quintet combine great harmonies, thoughtful lyrics, and winning blend of organic and electronic instruments, and, oddly enough, they seem to be having a lot of fun in the process."
-Kris Perdew, The Examiner

Continue reading at: www.examiner.com/music-in-boise/the-holiday-friends-targeting-the-grandma-demographic#ixzz1oAG535dd

"Sounds cool, but when are you going to cover Kenny Rogers?"
-Jesse's dad

Debut full-length album, Chicks, was released in March of 2012, available on CDBaby.com, Amazon, iTunes, Bandcamp and more.

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