"Why do I miss a mistake? Like a love-sick heartstring caught on the wrong vein."
In the least, a song acts as a pleasant soundtrack in the background but at best it transports you, pushes emotional buttons because of it's poetic story set to melody, creates a movie in your head. "Cold Magic" by Hallo out of Austin, Texas does all of the latter. From the onset and throughout you see that movie. The sound is a collision of indie rock, alt country, folk, dream pop with a heightened sense of storytelling centered around the evocative songwriting of Tiana Stuart (rhythm guitar and vocals) and wrapped up in bruises and bows by Behn Stuart (drums), Aaron Sekula (bass), and Jason Morris (lead guitar). You could call this sound western noir and it does feel like a cross generational garden rock-esque thing. I mean I thought of artists as diverse as Loretta Lynn, Sharon Van Etten, Deep Sea Diver, Aimee Mann, The Pretenders while listening. I love Tiana's vocal countenance, the character of her voice.
The liner notes:
[Cold Magic is the feeling of wanting to relive the past while simultaneously dreading the possibility of ever going back. It's about craving something so deeply but knowing it would be detrimental to you if you ever got it.]
[Cold Magic also touches on how one loses clarity over time. Memories become jumbled and the past blurs into dreams. You close your eyes and within that quiet moment materializes your sparkly remembrance projected onto the walls of your imagination.]
[Cold Magic is a heartfelt reflection of getting older and missing your youth, your past, yourself. You want it all but are always being forced to choose and then you must live with the consequences.]
I am loving this song from top to bottom and enjoying the movie in my head. The synergy of the band embraces Tiana's story and the way she tells it. I think it will cast imagery in your head too, some with a 1960 Tiana with big hair and some with her as she is now.
-Robb Donker Curtius
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6ncV1a6mrPovdXzHMvIDhB
https://www.instagram.com/hallo_theband/
Hallo (pronounced Hollow) is a cozy indie rock band that hails from the weird and hot-as-hell city of Austin, Texas.
Inspired by the disorientation caused by life, Hallo’s upcoming debut album, Unsaved, considers the struggles of being used, disowned, and shamed. It’s a tender exploration through the tough realities of getting older, losing friends, and constantly feeling disconnected, all while trying to observe the beauty and fierceness in finding your own worth. Each song is an intimate look inside the highly sensitive and easily wounded heart.
Armed with a handful of disposable and expired personal ‘ov-chipkaarten,’ Tiana Stuart packed the songs she wrote while living in Amsterdam (2016-2019) and moved back to the States where she continued to write music. Performing only twice under the name, Darwood, Tiana and her band shared a bill with Fastball and The Bright Light Social Hour (name dropping, heyyy) right before the pandemic struck. Feeling defeated, Tiana dug in and wrote new songs and retired others.
Hallo is: Tiana Stuart (rhythm guitar and vocals), Behn Stuart (drums), Aaron Sekula (bass), and Jason Morris (lead guitar).
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6ncV1a6mrPovdXzHMvIDhB
https://www.instagram.com/hallo_theband/
Hallo (pronounced Hollow) is a cozy indie rock band that hails from the weird and hot-as-hell city of Austin, Texas.
Inspired by the disorientation caused by life, Hallo’s upcoming debut album, Unsaved, considers the struggles of being used, disowned, and shamed. It’s a tender exploration through the tough realities of getting older, losing friends, and constantly feeling disconnected, all while trying to observe the beauty and fierceness in finding your own worth. Each song is an intimate look inside the highly sensitive and easily wounded heart.
Armed with a handful of disposable and expired personal ‘ov-chipkaarten,’ Tiana Stuart packed the songs she wrote while living in Amsterdam (2016-2019) and moved back to the States where she continued to write music. Performing only twice under the name, Darwood, Tiana and her band shared a bill with Fastball and The Bright Light Social Hour (name dropping, heyyy) right before the pandemic struck. Feeling defeated, Tiana dug in and wrote new songs and retired others.
Hallo is: Tiana Stuart (rhythm guitar and vocals), Behn Stuart (drums), Aaron Sekula (bass), and Jason Morris (lead guitar).
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