The Holy Sun Opera House

Description

Holy Sun Opera House at its core is
soprano and drummer Krissy Barker
with composer dl Salo. Along with a
revolving cast of collaborators,
singers and performers, they create emotionally engaging and haunting symphonic
music embellished by electronics, heavy drums and synthesizers. The group has been
described as “Opera Cult” and as one who would play at the Roadhouse in Twin
Peaks. They draw influence from early Dead Can Dance, Fever Ray and Klaus Nomi.
The Holy Sun Opera House is the group’s self-titled debut set for release in May 2026
on the label Hologram Opera. The self-produced album was conceptualized as a way
to describe an obsessive mind with music and inspired by the recurring dreams of
singer Krissy Barker. In it is a realm of shifting rooms, dilapidated houses and
passages. These unsettled rooms and spaces pose a striking confrontation of fear and
anxiety from deep within.
In its conception, The Holy Sun Opera House was written as a passage through these
ethereal dreams and spaces. The song Latched On depicts the compulsive psyche as
a draining physical entity attached. While Voice of Gob, Decrepit Mansion, and Room
with the Rain observe and attempt to find acceptance in this conflict. The Passages I
& II travel between the curtains to the unknown entity residing in The Attic, who
looks inside the mind of the dreamer and determines she has no soul.