What’s new at Holy Crick?

Holy Crick Records, LLC is proud to announce that we’ve been awarded a grant through Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DVAA)—which means we’ll be making another album sooner rather than later! We’re also going to try wading into new waters with this record, but first…

A bit about the project per DVAA:

“We have partnered with Damascus Citizens for Sustainability (DCS) and the Ohio Valley Allies to collect oral histories and narratives from people living on the front lines of “frack country.”

Living in “frack country” has been described as living in a war zone. Big oil’s insatiable hunt for fuel has fractured lives, divided communities, and threatens delicate ecosystems we inhabit and rely on. Our land. The air we breathe. The water we drink. Everything that becomes part of us builds our bodies and landscapes or poisons them.

Everyone is affected by fracking in some way. Yet there are no solutions until we as a culture, feel a need for them.

As artists, we are called to bridge the gaps between science and emotion, culture and communities — what can you create from frontline narratives that sheds light not only on fracking’s impact on people and the planet but the traumas and lived experiences faced every day by those on the front lines?”

The working title of our next record is: “Frack, Crack, Bomb, Bang: The Sounds of Fracking Country.” While our own Rumble & Scream will be composing the core structure of this soundtrack, we’d like to feature a few other artists alongside us to expand upon sonic textures and to attempt to paint a more full, diverse picture of “frackalachia”—its people, its flora, fauna, and their shared landscapes that all bleed together.

ARTISTS (singers/songwriters/musicians): we’ll be sharing more in the coming weeks about how you may have a chance for your voice to become a part of the Holy Crick universe…

Thank you so much to everyone at DVAA for this incredible opportunity! Please keep a watch on this site for the latest information and updates about the project!

Blessings,

Jordan Tyler Temchack

May 3, 2025, Holy Crick, Pennsylkrainia