Yesterday I wrote about an ep called For The Heathers (songs about women named Heather by the band Baby Teeth) now we have a new song by Chad King of the band Hula entitled “Heather”. It’s an obsessive portrait of a man in love sung in a hushed voice behind velvet curtains. The melody is a lilting, jaunty, sad little thing that is repeated throughout the song through guitar and whistle.
The new record is called Well, Hell. And is a followup to his solo debut Love Your Engine. Well, Hell consists of 13 songs about women so expect even more broken hearts and failed relationships when this is released some time in March on Keep Recordings.
In other Hula news the full band has a vinyl only release due out in April but there are songs up already on the Hula website to preview. The sound from Hula may be fuller as a result of more instrument/players but the hushed undertones prevail here as well. I liken it to American Music Club without the histrionics. Links to the songs below and more info at Keep Recordings or Hula’s site.
Hula’s new songs
This band is so different I’m going to buy some of their stuff.