Brooklyn-based artist THIS IS LORELEI has announced their upcoming album Holo Boy — a shimmering, emotional dive into identity, nostalgia, and digital love. The project’s lead single, “Name The Band,” blends fuzzy lo-fi textures with wistful vocals and introspective lyrics, offering a perfect glimpse into the LP’s hazy, melodic world. Known for crafting intimate soundscapes that blur the line between bedroom pop and art-rock, THIS IS LORELEI continues to evolve with Holo Boy, delivering one of the year’s most quietly mesmerizing indie releases. Stream “Name The Band” below and step into the next phase of their sound.
Nate Amos has always charted his own path. Whether it’s the candid charm of ThisIs Lorelei or the idiosyncratic chic of Water From Your Eyes, the New York City-based singer-songwriter has a knack for contorting the familiar into something new. After the breakout indie success of Box for Buddy, Box for Star, his quasi-debut album as This Is Lorelei, Amos rethought the typical album format altogether. The result is This Is Lorelei’s sort-of-second sort-of-album, Holo Boy—neither a retrospective compilation, nor a traditionally new LP, but an undeniable reaffirmation of Amos’ past and present talents.
Holo Boy’s songs were sourced from This Is Lorelei’s sprawling back catalog and re-recorded in May 2025. With more ears on his work now, Amos was excited by the idea of a release that would encourage new fans to delve deeper into hisdiscography and allow him to revisit past songs of personal significance. “The songs on Box for Buddy, Box for Star are really similar, and they’re produced in such a way that the differences are accentuated, whereas with Holo Boy, the songs are really different, but they’re produced in such a way that the commonalities are accentuated,” says Amos of the release.
Holo Boy, out Dec 12th via Double Double Whammy, features 10 re-recorded versions of songs from 9 different releases written from 2014 to 2021, including the playful and catchy “Name the Band,” released today alongside the album announcement. With hundreds of tracks to choose from, Amos elected not to treat this LP as a best-of, or to spend hours listening back, but instead to pick interesting songs from a long span that are special to him. “I tried to look at the catalog as little as possible and more just think to myself, ‘What are songs from the past that I feel like are good songs, demonstrate growth, and are significant to me, in terms of embodying a certain period of time?’” he says.
The themes that underpin these songs and the album format itself challenge conventional understandings of time. So it’s no surprise that Amos views Holo Boy as more of a prequel, sister album, or even shadow self to Box for Buddy, Box for Star, rather than a follow-up. The title, Holo Boy, is actually a reference to a holodeck from Star Trek, a device used to project realistic simulations—a concept he often ponders. But whether we exist on a floating rock in space or are living out an artificially constructed reality, Amos will undoubtedly continue shapeshifting to beautiful effect and amusing himself in the process—and for an artist like him, that’s just a Tuesday.
This Is Lorelei Tour Dates:
12/17 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg +
12/19 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore ^
+ w/ Dutch Interior
^ w/ The Front Bottoms
Holo Boy Track List:
1. I Can’t Fall
2. But You Just Woke Me Up
3. Dreams Away
4. SF & GG
5. My Friend 2
7. This is a Joke
8. Mouth Man
9. Money Right Now
10. Holo Boy
