The Halamays – EP2
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| The Halamays - EP2 |
Release Date: Out Now
Columbus, Ohio duo the Halamays are
back with the imaginatively titled ‘EP 2’ as the follow up to their previous
offering back in 2013 and it’s about time too. Katie and Patrick Watkins, for
they are the married couple that comprises the Halamays, open this offering
with ‘I Don’t Care (Anymore)’ and it’s a gloriously lo-fi slice of garage pop
that is part Raincoats, part Lovely Eggs and a little bit Bis if they’d been
American. ‘Home’ embraces that lo-fi spirit again with basic beats, twitchy
guitars and some quirky synth notes that, if I don’t know better, I would
suggest where borne in Japan rather than Ohio. On ‘Hold Me Now’ the duo channels
the likes of Dubstar and St Etienne before a clattering of atmospheric and dark
guitars crash in with all the intent of a headliner at the Bang Bang Club in
Twin Peaks.
‘Smudge’ has a slow, deliberate
pace to it and Katie’s soft, fragile vocals bounces gently off the
pitter-patter of synth notes that drop like sugar filled rain drops. This is
the perfect song to soundtrack a heartbreak scene in some bleak, dystopian suburbia
of the future as all hope seems lost before our heroine gets the gumption to
change their own destiny. Finally, ‘Your Resting Place’ closes things out with
a child-like quality that is both appealing and eerie, especially when the song
disappears in a squall of guitar feedback at the end. I don’t know what
ambitions the Halamays have but there is definitely a sense of care and thought
to these tunes that would work well in film or TV if they could only get in to
the ears of the right producers. Sumptuous stuff.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/TheHalamays/
Listen/Download Here: https://thehalamays.bandcamp.com/
Live Dates:
3rd November – The Tree Bar, Columbus
3rd December – Rumba Bar, Columbus