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Holy Fuck

Holy Fuck is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Sally Shapiro and Enon. Those roots explain a lot about how Holy Fuck arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Caribou, Four Tet, Fujiya & Miyagi, The Notwist and Daphni, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Hot Chip, M.I.A., Les Savy Fav, Lights and METZ, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Holy Fuck, reaching back through Sally Shapiro and forward to Hot Chip. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Holy Fuck is a Canadian electronica band from Toronto. They were a part of Dependent Music, a music label and artist collective that began in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 2004 until its closing. They were then a part of the Young Turks label, and in 2016 they signed with Innovative Leisure.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Holy FuckSally ShapiroEnonHot ChipM.I.A.Les Savy FavLightsMETZAlvvaysBeansWolf ParadeCaribouFour TetFujiya & MiyagiThe NotwistDaphniGold PandaBroken Social SceneYeasayer

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Holy Fuck connections

Holy Fuck grew out of Sally Shapiro and Enon, shares an orbit with Caribou, Four Tet, Fujiya & Miyagi and The Notwist, went on to shape Hot Chip, M.I.A., Les Savy Fav and Lights. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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