"the disappeared without a trace..."
Breathing, it is automatic isn't it. It is until it isn't. The wonderfully bent, twisted and ominous "Dark Clouds" by the divergent London based singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and artful dodger Late Hala, is a Houdini of a song. It let's you escape into a carnival caper of sorts full of sketchy, dirty organ pushes, Late Hala's commanding vox that soothes and cajoles into diversionary falsettos. The lovely sideways drumming, courtesy of Mathias 'Bang' Madsen, and Late Hala playing everything else, dark grand piano, interweaving vocal melodies, dreamy guitars, synth orchestrations like alien horns and ethereal gliding transitions into surreal places. At times I feel the ghosts of the psychedelic Beatles and the glam side of Queen.
Breathing, it is automatic, until it isn't. The lyrical refrain of the "Dark Clouds" being "Don't forget to breathe". The track is co produced and mixed by John Victor from English Indie rock band Gengahr.
-Robb Donker Curtius
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Late Hala crafts a cinematic sound combining soft vocals, minimal drums, atmospheric guitars and nostalgic synths, also bringing into play orchestral elements at times. Songwriting traits include reflective lyrics, artful chord transitions and catchy melodies which add a pop element. Late Hala is a London based songwriter, composer and multi instrumentalist with the exception of drums, performed by Mathias 'Bang' Madsen.
Themes of latest single 'Dark Clouds' explore introspection, displacement, space and time, with a sense of profoundness running throughout. The lyrical refrain of the song being "Don't forget to breathe". The track is co produced and mixed by John Victor from English Indie rock band Gengahr. Dark Clouds is released 25th February.
"Echoes of classic British songwriting – aligned to a 21st century pop sensibility" - BBC's Fresh On The Net
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Late Hala crafts a cinematic sound combining soft vocals, minimal drums, atmospheric guitars and nostalgic synths, also bringing into play orchestral elements at times. Songwriting traits include reflective lyrics, artful chord transitions and catchy melodies which add a pop element. Late Hala is a London based songwriter, composer and multi instrumentalist with the exception of drums, performed by Mathias 'Bang' Madsen.
Themes of latest single 'Dark Clouds' explore introspection, displacement, space and time, with a sense of profoundness running throughout. The lyrical refrain of the song being "Don't forget to breathe". The track is co produced and mixed by John Victor from English Indie rock band Gengahr. Dark Clouds is released 25th February.
"Echoes of classic British songwriting – aligned to a 21st century pop sensibility" - BBC's Fresh On The Net
Late Hala, dream pop, London based, singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, "Dark Clouds", John Victor produces and mixes, Gengahr, art rock,
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