[Cover photo credit to Richard A. Koening]

The Holy Knives, consisting of brothers Kody and Kyle Valentine, have released their new EP, I Don’t Wanna Win digitally. The four-song collection was produced by Jamie Hince of The Kills, and features the single, “Killer.”

With the digital release comes the announcement of a limited vinyl edition, due January 24, 2024 available via the band’s website, along with exclusive availability prior at the duo’s just announced Los Angeles release celebration, January 23, 2024 at Gold-Diggers.

Born and raised in New Orleans, now living in Los Angeles, with some time spent in Texas, The Holy Knives create music that takes you to a place “that from the moment you press play, you actually go to. It’s a place that didn’t exist before and won’t exist after, somewhere you can feel what you truly feel, the powerful depth of the world, the weight of the sky, the unbearable beauty of the silence of being you.”

Kyle says:

We want to make something striking and cathartic that takes your head off and makes you think, what the hell is this? Something that’s transportative, and carries you to another plane of reality. The best things in art are the ones that change your being from the moment you experience them, and you can never look back.

Their new work is Rock and Roll at its core, with inspirations such as western film scores, both Hip Hop and 90’s Trip Hop, and “the idea of Vegas crooners.”

Discussing the record’s title, Kody states:

‘I Don’t Wanna Win’ represents a response to a feeling that the world around us, and human nature itself by extension, forces us sometimes to act in combative and self-serving ways even when we don’t want to. It’s about a desire to remove ourselves from the constant cycle of winners and losers, the constant pressure to vie for our own space or be run over or left behind. Ultimately, it’s a simple phrase that represents the ecstasy of accepting yourself for who you are without the need to measure-up against outward markers.