Hatchie

lol this year's Shambhala thread is about 40% Hatchie content alone.

yeah i've been enjoying her tracks the last few months, heard one in the coffee shop and was like, cool, this cocteau twins revival is going even deeper than i thought. her hooks are good too is the thing. bought the EP from the label at a record fair recently and they assured me a full-length was coming!

dreadful choice of artist names though, given how much of the potential audience is already familiar with waxahatchee. might as well have called herself "leigh bells," "tea projectors," "royer," or "eever ray."

I bought this digital EP but have yet to listen. You're right, the name feels market tested, precision-focused on the demographic seeking a middle ground between Waxahatchee and Halsey.

i saw her live last week and she was excellent despite not having that much material yet

I’ve found that if you listen to the EP twice in a row it makes the perfect dream pop album.

^ I should do that. I've come back to "Sure" about a gazillion times since it was the Shambhala thread, but other tracks are yet to stick with me in the same way.

I was delighted to learn in said thread that she doubles as a member of Babaganouj and is the vocalist on "Would You Like Me?," which is the best Velocity Girl homage I've ever heard and a song I listened to a thousand times before I even knew there was any connection.

market tested, precision-focused

everything about this feels this way, but that doesn't mean she didn't write herself a perfect and timeless song in "Sure"

I think my favourite is “Bad Guy” for those “Just Like Honey” vibes.

Guys, her name is Harriette. I believe Hatchie is just a nickname. Maybe her friends and family are secretly a focus group?

That is a disgusting nickname for Harriet(te), lol

it's a very australian nickname yeah lol

my comment that it feels focus-grouped has nothing to do w/ her name.

and btw i love it/her. i guess what i'm saying is it's very polished for being so early in her career, and slightly lacking in personality, too. reminds me of early Tame Impala, which felt like scientists had genetically engineered a psych-pop band in a lab.

that's kinda what I love about it though, those big Katy Perry-style choruses are what makes her stand out from the sea of similar stuff

I was basically taking issue with korny's observation:

You're right, the name feels market tested, precision-focused on the demographic seeking a middle ground between Waxahatchee and Halsey.

oh, right, i shall chill

I maintain that “Bad Guy” is a perfect song.

i keep thinking "sure" is about to bust into "i try" by macy gray

i think "sleep" might be my favourite. the note she unexpectedly goes down to when she sings "in my DREAMS" is a straightforward John Hughes movie trigger for me??

okay that was before i heard the harmonies on "bad guy".

thanks ilx :)

New one

https://www.adultswim.com/music/singles-2018/11

It's ...okay. I understand her giving it away tho.

https://open.spotify.com/album/6aCzpx3ctFI3q1Fsw8usyH

new single sounds pretty good

seeing her live tonight opening for beach house

It's not up in my region yet, but I'll get back to you in about 38 minutes.

album is titled Keepsake out 21 June

Boo! Still not playable in EST.

Oh, well here it is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ELnVRJMFhw

God, she's so goooooood at this

Another great song! This is one of my most anticipated albums of the year.

she was pretty good just now! played two other new songs from the album: "unwanted guest" which was similar in style to "without a blush" with a darker, almost nine inch nails-ish verse and then a huge shoegaze-pop chorus, and "her own heart" which was a ballad in 6/8 that made me think 'shoegaze taylor swift'

also charles from babaganouj was her lead guitarist and he was comically dramatic at that

Loving the new single. I think it's my favorite so far! That guitar in the verse is fierce! Also love the bass.

"Without a blush" = sunshine Curve! this is glorious

the first song in the op sounds like sixpence none the richer...but better.

touring all over the country with Girlpool - that's a can't miss

Agreed. Looking to see that show in Asbury Park in order to make a fun little weekend out of it.

Another solid track from her upcoming debut album! I'm getting some Liz Fraser vibes here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwdXi0I8vsQ

her best song yet

I'm getting some School Of Seven Bells vibes from the new single. Really wish the album wasn't still so far away.

This is the first one, besides the Adult Swim one, that I'm strictly "meh" about.

I felt the same way after the first couple of listens but now I really like it!

Just saw her live. Unreleased tracks from the new album are all sounding great. At this rate it will probably end up being album of the year for me.

this song was on the jukebox a minute ago and i couldn’t tell if it was hatchie or the ‘90s.

it was “ode to my family” by the cranberries. i have never heard this song as far as i can remember.

i also think about natalie imbruglia a lot when i listen to this band.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI4aHUVQBgI

this one is like dream-pop new order, i love it

wow

this is gonna be the greatest album of all time isn't it

certainly one of this year's best. I'm excited!

this is gonna be the greatest album of all time isn't it

― boxedjoy, Friday, May 17, 2019 10:25 AM (seven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

YES!

I've had the album for a while now. It's so great.

It kind of sounds like what I imagine a fifth School Of Seven Bells album would have sounded like.

I'm very jealous. I was hoping it would leak, but nothing so far.
Ah well, it's only 6 days now...

I kind of like it but also kind of think it goes into that Sixpence None the Richer song at the end

Even *more* Cocteau Twins-ish in the bass dept, I'm thinking.

I had to google who he even is (I guess I haven't ever heard of The Creases before?). This is v good, though.

he's hatchie's main guitarist/keyboardist & boyfriend, but yes he's formerly of the creases who are honestly not really worth knowing about. i saw them live once as an opening act and they were very forgettable

I listened to the one album that's on Spotify. It was perfectly ok, but probably once was enough.

I feel like these guys use the perfect shoegaze guitar / bass settings for me. Just the right mix of Cocteau Twins, Lush and Slowdive (with a bit of Sundays mixed in). And live they sound even better. I'm taking about Hatchie/Joe A.

Perfect new single

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBrcc0laZwM

Pushing all those 90s feels for me.

It feels a bit all over the place for me but it's got its moments.

I guess the melody/chorus could've been better, imo.

Pushing all those 90s feels for me.

― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, September 14, 2021 4:19 PM (thirty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Yeah this is best part about it for sure. The piano sound in particular is a nice touch.

The madchester drums don't hurt either.

Yes! I hadn't even payed attention to that. The first 35 seconds are very Happy Mondays. And then the guitar is full-on Shoegaze (a little on the noisier side this time).

There also this recent cover of Taylor Swift's August:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L_gKjFTVbY

Probably the Cocteau-est sounding thing she's done.

new song is decent but not her best, great guitar sound though

glad to hear her cover "august", it really needed someone to give it a dream-pop cover

really regretting deleting fb a while back now because without it i had no idea she was regularly (& safely!) playing local shows all through the pandemic, would have been nice to see

That piano is very Madchester, I love this. Also she seems a lot more at ease in this video than any of her previous ones.

Maybe we can get Wax to reunite for a Wax / Hatchie / Waxahatchee tour.

Has a slight feel of something St Etienne might've done at some point in the past 30 years

This is great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA9dKF9I0W0

Yeah, not bad!

I played the August cover to my other half yesterday then today I heard the original in a charity shop for the first time.

https://pitchfork.com/news/hatchie-announces-new-album-and-tour-shares-new-song-quicksand-listen/

Can't wait!

Can't wait x 2

The new track is decent too! She's yet to release a bad song.

thoroughly excited for this new record based off these pre-release tracks -- "Quicksand" especially is so fucking good

Hatchie and Dan Nigro together is a dream come true tbh

i have a ticket to see her next month but i'm probably not going to go with the covid situation, i bought tickets right before news of omicron hit unfortunately

I saw her play live a few years back and she was excellent - very faithful to the studio versions but for me at least that was absolutely not a problem.

yeah i've seen her before so it's no great loss

Maybe my favorite live-sounding act (compared to how the sound on the record). They really crank up the shoegaze and it works beautifully.

New track!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caV4P2RM7iI

Listening to this right now by pure coincidence. Nice enough.

And another one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azPYg7N9leo

This is shaping to be quite the album.

Incredible song. That second chorus really is a moment.

Her album coming out the same day as the Real Lies one is going to end me. I'm thinking of taking the following week off work.

is there anything as good as Stay with Me, Sure or Secret on the new record?

her first album disappointed me a little bit, but she has about half a dozen or so songs that have developed a very special place in my heart

Album is fantastic

Absolute scenes here listening to this track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2nZ_e0_jHc

wow, love the sound on this. got some real NIN/industrial qualities folded into the ravey/housey/whooshy/Cocteau soup she was already serving up.

yeah "the rhythm" really goes for it with its industrial madchester thing

idk if anything on here quite matches "stay with me" or "obsessed" but it's solid and maybe a little stronger than the debut overall, the new industrial edge to the guitars really helps

I don’t really hear industrial - more Curve (especially Cuckoo), though I guess if you were casting around for a contemporary reference point then the last Halsey album might be one.

I feel like the melodies Hatchie concocted on the first EP were so indelible that it has placed her in something of a quandary ever since. She occasionally gets back to that level (“Obsessed” being the best example probably) but both the first album and now this one mostly have less memorable melodies - but the flipside is that that maybe liberates her to explore sonically, and I can’t help but nod approvingly at almost every choice she makes on this new one. It’s a lovely sounding album.

Should clarify that “less memorable melodies” is only relative - there’s some fantastic melodies on both albums.

it's really just "the rhythm" that's not far off nine inch nails in places but the harder-hitting guitars on it show up a fair amount elsewhere too

was only sorta interested in hearing this til the radio played "The Key." so good, it's the future Cranekiss foretold.

Yes!!!! pic.twitter.com/GiELurtd9D

— Hatchie (@hihatchie) July 8, 2022

I saw her this past May, and I had a great time. Everything about it was great. She plays the bass!

This has been a very dry year for music discovery for me. Nothing new that's come across my desk has really landed for me. But I'm listening to Hatchie's Giving the World Away and deeply enjoying it. I had never heard her before and this is really up my alley.

i agree that it's good. some of the new record is very natalie imbruglia-core, which really hits the spot when i'm in the mood for it.

Oooh, both sides of the record end with locked grooves!

Yeah, she's working with an exciting blend of styles. Sometimes it's Natalie Imbruglia or Heather Nova, sometimes Curve, Lush, Cranberries, Happy Mondays on the title track for sure...so much more. A lot of artists that I love, but wouldn't necessarily listen to back-to-back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHzDZD2hoBc

new song

I found the latest album a little disappointing tbh but love this new track. Helps I’ve been re-listening to a lot of Garbage recently.

New track with Liam Benzvi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLZc8OPHrHc

As usual, it sounds like something super familiar that I somehow can't put my finger on.