"From the gentle touches of piano on ‘Beige’, to the post-rock rumblings of ‘The Day Before’ and the haunting fragility of ‘Big Fields’, Holroyd looks to explore sounds, spaces, and everything in between. ‘Football Chants and Nursery Rhymes’ is an album of emotion – a tender, touching album full of feeling and sentiment. There’s a reflective beauty to the emotive ‘Straight Jacket’ while swathes of affecting electronica dictate the flow of ‘Cart Blanche’. Elsewhere, ‘Capture’ flickers on the edge of melody and ambience and the minimalistic classicism of ‘Ship Sailed’ and ‘Mangled Pianos’ show a musician capable of remarkable tenderness"

Dubiks

"The irony of the title echoes throughout the fourteen intricately textured collages and soundscapes that patiently unfold. Aptly characterized as “the antithesis of the immediate social media driven world”, there is a restless undercurrent to the music, but only just enough to create a satisfying tension against its refusal to be hurried. Holroyd gives ample space in his shape-shifting compositions for elements of piano, strings, percussion, and horns to inject narrative thrust to the proceedings. There is nothing mindless about Holroyd’s Football Chants & Nursery Rhymes. It can’t be pinned down and won’t be rushed but lend your ears to it and it will pull you into its vortex and keep your attention.."

Stationary Travels

"Bob Holroyd's most recent releases show that he is still pushing the envelope of Electronic and Dance music. His talent and originality are evident in his ability to combine many sounds and genres. With "Football Chants and Nursery Rhymes (2023)" Holroyd has once more demonstrated his mastery of his trade"

Viberate

"It’s the sound of the emotion on the other side and the track’s ability to move me in return, thus the artist’s talent to convey a feeling. 

Headphone Commute

"Football Chants and Nursery Rhymes is to be sampled and savoured, this album is excellent"

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