Holy Sun Opera House at its core is soprano and drummer Krissy Barker with composer dl Salo. Along with a revolving cast of collaborators, singers and performers, they create emotionally engaging and haunting symphonic music embellished by electronics, heavy drums and synthesizers. The group has been described as “Opera Cult” and as one who might play at the Roadhouse in Twin Peaks. They draw influence from early Dead Can Dance, Fever Ray and Klaus Nomi.
The album will be announced to the public on March 10 along with the first single, "Voice of Gob" - here's some more context on the track from the band:
"'Voice of Gob' explores the feeling of desperation to be seen and heard. It looks to a man made deity to achieve safety and stillness that doesn't exist. We raise our hands to it and call out. We hear nothing back, but we have hope."
About The Album
The Holy Sun Opera House is the group's self-titled debut set for release on May 15th, 2026 on the label Hologram Opera. The self-produced album was conceptualized as a way to describe an obsessive mind with music and inspired by the recurring dreams of singer Krissy Barker. In it is a realm of shifting rooms, dilapidated houses and passages. These unsettled rooms and spaces pose a striking confrontation of fear and anxiety from deep within.
In its conception, The Holy Sun Opera House was written as a passage through these ethereal dreams and spaces. The song "Latched On" depicts the compulsive psyche as a draining physical entity attached. While "Voice of Gob," "Decrepit Mansion," and "Room with the Rain" observe and attempt to find acceptance in this conflict. "The Passages" I & II travel between the curtains to the unknown entity residing in "The Attic," who looks inside the mind of the dreamer and determines she has no soul.
The album blends genres with electro, darkwave, and contemporary classical music. The ritualistic passages of the choir throughout the album are reminiscent of Wicker Man and 1970's mystic cults, praising the deities residing within the dream. The arrangement of synths, electronics, heavy drums and operatic singing lend itself to something uniquely memorable.
Holy Sun Opera House
The Holy Sun Opera House
(Hologram Opera)
Street date: May 15, 2026
Pre-order it HERE
Track List:
SIDE A
Voice of Gob
Passage II
Latched On
Decrepit Mansion
Witch in the Attic
SIDE B
The Attic
Room that Wasn’t There Before
Passage I
Room with the Rain
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