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WINDOWS This full-band, full-length album weaves funny pop songs, breathtaking ballads, original classical instrumentals, and two solo piano pieces by Alexander Scriabin into a single, beautiful journey of music and emotions. Mp3: All The Michael's In The World

THE CONNOTATIONS is the self-titled release by Mike's early New York band--eclectic, wacky and creative, with strong influences from XTC, ska, and new wave. This cassette of frenetic, danceable, progressive music was released in 1986 on the house record label of CBGB's, the club where the Connotations spent half their waking hours. Mp3: I Do Not Think I Would Have Some Fun

PAJAMA GARDEN is Michael Holt's first solo album, an intimate and experimental, 22-song journey into it's own majical world of colors and shapes. Named after the band Michael formed with drummer Dan Fisherman (Mommyheads) and bassist Oren Bloedow (Lounge Lizards, Elysian Fields), the album features many others from NY's experimental pop scene. It was released in 1991 on the New York art-pop label Fang Records, and comes with a full color, 12-page booklet of lyrics, drawings, and photos. Mp3:They're Baking Cakes

BINGHAM'S HOLE. After Pajama Garden, Michael moved to San Francisco to join progressive pop band The Mommyheads, who toured relentlessly, forming fan bases all over North America. Bingham's Hole was the album they made at their peak of collaboration, released in 1995. It features three Michael songs, including the delightful "Hiawatha's Lullaby," a period-style recording of an old swing tune to which Michael wrote a new set of lyrics. More on The Mommyheads... Mp3:Fragrant Rota

I'M HERE WITH YOU is Mike's second solo album, made in San Francisco in the Spring of 1998, immediately after the Mommyheads broke up. It is an intimate recording of Michael singing eight simple, lullaby-like songs, accompanied by just the nylon-stringed classical guitar. Mp3:The Burning Of The Trees

PILOT SINGLE, Mike's third solo album, was recorded in San Francisco, New York, and Toronto with Mike's friends from each of these cities, while he was making his move from the U.S. to Canada. It is a lush, creative pop album with lyrics that speak so personally, they offend the tastes of the ultra-cool ("...there are lines here that he should be genuinely ashamed of" -- Exclaim Magazine). It was finished and released on Fang Records in 2003. Mp3:We Planted You

SOMEONE STILL LOVES YOU MICHAEL HOLT (A SCRAPBOOK FOR YOU). Missouri alt-pop band Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, big fans of The Mommyheads, contacted Mike in 2004, inspiring him to reconnect with Mommyheads bandmate Adam Cohen after five years of estrangement. Mike and SSLYBY became internet friends, and decided to release this split CD together. It features five wildly different MH songs culled from his 4-track recordings over the years, plus "Private Hearts," the song he had written for Adam after the Mommyheads breakup. The six SSYLBY tunes include their cover of Mike's song "Cora" from Bingham's Hole (see above). This is a limited-run edition with creative, handmade packaging; each copy is unique. More on SSLYBY... Mp3:Private Hearts, Mp3:Courtyard