Keli Holiday (Adam Hyde from Peking Duk) EP JESTERMAN

Keli Holiday’s raw, energetic and unapologetic EP JESTERMAN is out 24 May. JESTERMAN is the beginning of a new chapter, abundant with authenticity and raw ideas which whittle down the madness into a breathtaking statue of Keli Holiday.

Keli Holiday is the lovechild from the mind of Adam Hyde, one half of 10x platinum selling, multi-ARIA award winning electro-duo Peking Duk, formed living off of nothing but New Order records, beer, and sleepless nights in New York City. For his latest venture, he has enlisted some star studded collaborators in the form of Twin Shadow (Alt J, HAIM, Lady Gaga, Flume, Billy Idol, The Drums) who co-produced the record, with singles brought into being with Kirin J Callinan, blackpaw, and Dante Knows. 

A dominatrix of the dance-floor, JESTERMAN highlights Holiday’s versatility and diverse sonic inspiration reminiscent of 90s britpop, new-age disco and an echoing of alternative rock. lowdown bottles the turbulent essence of a relationship that is both poisonous and irresistible: Think it’s time to go now / Baby so slow down / but I guess I’m going back / fuck, I love it.

“Lowdown talks about the push and pull of a toxic relationship that unfortunately a lot of us know all too well. You know it’s bad but you can’t stop. You’re just as bad as one another and love it,” said Holiday.

Holiday continued, “This song was born in the beachwood canyon bungalow with Twin Shadow and Blackpaw. We started with the bass and I riffed some spoken word. We then thought it would be a fun time trying to juxtapose the minor sections with a bright chorus that feels like sunshine through the palm trees on a pill of ecstasy. It feels like two songs in a way and I love that.”

Singles ‘horsepower’ and ‘disco’ have seen editorial support from Tone Deaf, Pleaser Magazine, MILKY, Music Feeds, GRRRL Music and Pilerats. Radio support came from BBC 6 Music who premiered ‘disco‘, as well as airplay from triple j, Apple Music’s Travis Mills, NOVA, SYN FM‘s The Hoist, and RRR among others. Placed on Spotify‘s Local Noise, Alt Here, Fresh Finds AU/NZ, Indie Arrivals, and Apple Music’s New In Indie and Today’s Indie Rock. 

Holiday’s 2022 debut album KELI received over 2 million streams. Received editorial support from NME, MILKY, Tone Deaf, Pilerats, Happy Mag, Life Without Andy, theMusic. Received the #1 song on triple j and further radio support from KCRW, and Sirius XMU Discovery. Continued support across Spotify Editorials including New Music Friday (UK, AUNZ, India), Front Left, The Local List, and Indie Arrivals. 

Holiday was the first artist on HIIT Networks ‘Australian Made’ segment with Abbie Chatfield, played Falls Festival 22’/23′, was featured on the cover of Euphoria Magazine, and sold out his debut Sydney and Melbourne shows at The Lansdowne and Yah Yah’s. Catch Keli Holiday as the opener for DZ Deathrays Sydney leg of their Black Rat 10 Year Anniversary Tour.

‘JESTERMAN’ is OUT 24 MAY.