When I heard that Pas/Cal was releasing a full length this year, I was excited. Based on their previous singles I was anticipating getting my inde twee pop quota for the year. Now I know that Vik really liked I Was Raised On Matthew, Luke and Laura, but for me, I would say that after a couple of listens, there really isn’t much there for me to go back to. Needless to say, I have spent my days since it’s release in a hopeless trance, roaming the streets aimlessly without that one undeniably catchy melody or harmony banging around in my head that just won’t go away.

Then I found Holiday.

Shit, this album is good. Ready, Steady, Go! is the second album released by this pop quartet. Since the internet was only invented in 2001, I have had a hard time tracking down much history on these guys. Aside from their Wiki page which tells me that Holiday was an indie pop band of Yalies (yale graduates) active on the East Coast of the United States between 1992 and 1997, and a select few album reviews, there isn’t much more I can tell you.

There are no real surprises here with this historic, inde twee release. It’s just solid. I even hear a bit of Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci in the sweet vocal department. Any Gorky fans out there? Heh, heh.

Here is my favourite track from the album, Everything You Say. “Lets do something fun for once…” is now banging around in my head all day, and it isn’t all too bad.

 

 Holiday - Everything You Say (Ready, Steady, Go! - 1996): Play Now