Strange Cargo, by Michael Arthur Holloway

Strange Cargo

by Michael Arthur Holloway

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Exiles Outcast another sweet sound, I was ecstatic to hear another album come out. so somber in all the right places, an epitome of Noire Favorite track: Grey Winter Blues.

Anathe Mal Never knew what I was missing out on 'til a tenor sax spilled my guts and taught me something about doomjazz I'll never forget. Favorite track: Grey Winter Blues.

ricorollo Totally digging this! Favorite track: Strange Cargo.

Jank Hambrams This album has incredible atmosphere and mood to it. Simultaneously dark and hopeful, like sitting at a diner near the ferry, thinking about where you're going and what you've left behind. Michael's work remains incredible, and this is a fantastic continuation from Guilt Noir. Favorite track: Strange Cargo.

Kolin Great noir release. Michael never disappoints. Love the layers of synths on this one - makes you feel like swimming in pitch-black water...

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1.	Nautilus 02:39	buy track
2.	Strange Cargo 08:12	buy track
3.	Abandoned Boardwalk 06:07	buy track
4.	The Coral Club 04:58	buy track
5.	Dismal Nitch 05:35	buy track
6.	Uniontown 04:26	buy track
7.	Bond Street Blues 08:41	buy track
8.	Closed For Winter 03:27	buy track
9.	Peacock Spit 04:11	buy track
10.	Stella Maris 10:43	buy track
11.	Iredale Ghosts 04:47	buy track
12.	Grey Winter Blues 06:11	buy track
13.	Cape Disappointment 03:58	buy track
14.	The Fort George Fire 04:48	buy track

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Strange Cargo is the second full-length album by independent artist Michael Arthur Holloway, following up his 2016 noir-jazz (aka dark-jazz, doom-jazz ) debut, Guilt Noir.

On this sprawling sophomore album, Holloway hones his signature noir-jazz sound against the windswept environs of Astoria, Oregon, where the Columbia river meets the Pacific Ocean.

Strange Cargo is an atmosphere-drenched, instrumental narrative exploring Astoria and its surrounding landmarks, as told through dark-jazz: ubiquitous Rhodes electric piano, muted-trumpet and tenor saxophone leads, speakeasy piano and upright bass-- along with the wind, surf and rain of the Pacific Northwest.

Have an after-hours drink or three on Bond Street; take a stroll by moonlight through Uniontown; cross the river and seance with shipwreck spirits at Peacock Spit; meditate on life's long arrivals and quiet departures at Cape Disappointment, where Lewis & Clark's expedition reached the Pacific and turned around to head home.

This is urban noir-jazz taken to the coast-- a perfect marriage of noir melancholia and the solemn grandeur of the Pacific Ocean.

Strange Cargo features 14 tracks with a total runtime of 79 minutes.

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released November 19, 2021

Composed & Produced by Michael Arthur Holloway
Cover Art by John C. Worsley
Mastered by Erich Oehler @ Submersible Studios

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Michael Arthur Holloway Portland, Oregon

Michael Arthur Holloway is a multi-instrumentalist composer and producer from Portland, Oregon. He creates instrumental noir- jazz (aka dark-jazz) music with a focus on rich atmosphere and melancholic melody.
He is also the artist behind the IDM project TV HWY and the industrial act DEAD WHEN I FOUND HER. ... more

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