This Is Lorelei releases title track of forthcoming full-length release, Holo Boy

Speaking of the new single, Nate Amos says: “‘Holo Boy’ was originally written in Chicago sometime in 2014 or 2015. I’m pretty sure it’s the oldest song on the album and I’m pretty sure it’s one of my favorites.” The title, Holo Boy, is a reference to a holodeck from Star Trek, a device used to project realistic simulations.

Holo Boy features ten re-recorded versions of songs from nine different releases written from 2014 to 2021. With hundreds of tracks to choose from, Amos elected not to treat this LP as a best-of, or to spend hours listening back, but instead to pick interesting songs from a long span that are special to him. “I tried to look at the catalog as little as possible and more just think to myself, ‘What are songs from the past that I feel like are good songs, demonstrate growth, and are significant to me, in terms of embodying a certain period of time?’” he says.

The themes that underpin these songs and the album format itself challenge conventional understandings of time. So it’s no surprise that Amos views Holo Boy as more of a prequel, sister album, or even shadow self to Box for Buddy, Box for Star, rather than a follow-up.

“The songs on Box for Buddy, Box for Star are really similar, and they’re produced in such a way that the differences are accentuated, whereas with Holo Boy, the songs are really different, but they’re produced in such a way that the commonalities are accentuated," says Amos of the release.

Tracklist:

1. I Can’t Fall
2. But You Just Woke Me Up
3. Dreams Away
4. SF & GG
5. My Friend 2
6. Name the Band
7. This is a Joke
8. Mouth Man
9. Money Right Now
10. Holo Boy