3 Feet High & Rising: New York Indie Rock/Neo-Soul Quartet Holy Ride Share "Pictures" from Debut Party Tricks EP (The Witzard Premiere)
Holy Ride are a New York -based Indie Rock/Neo-Soul quartet, who formed while attending Columbia University in 2016. Consisting of vocalist/keyboard player Julian Ernest Wright , guitarist/bassist Caleb Oldham , second guitarist John Sudman , and drummer Mark Brathwaite , Holy Ride started playing dorm rooms, parties, and other collegiate functions, while three of it's four members were running a music blog called Rare Candy , as well as a small on-campus recording studio called CU Records . I guess, what initially drew me to Caleb Oldham 's cold-sent email was this line, in particular: "We sound like D'Angelo meets Mac DeMarco ," which they genuinely do! Holy Ride 's aptly-titled debut EP, Party Tricks , is a self-described Soul-Pop/Pop Rock -minded affair strongly influenced by Fleetwoood Mac & Prince ; although, I would also, liken their sound to something reminiscent of The Beach Boys , Chester French/D.A. Wallach, Childish Gambino 's "A...