Track Of The Day: The Ghost of Helags – ‘Chemistry’

Smooth vocals, echoing beats and sultry synth textures disarm listeners on ‘Chemistry’, the latest track from The Ghost of Helags. The Berlin-based duo penned the track after a late night drive from Vienna to Prague, reflecting on their feelings of loneliness and longing.

Formed of Swedish born Teresa Woischiski and John Alexander Ericson, The Ghost of Helags combine sharp production with their love of dream pop and David Lynch’s shadowy film scores to create their brooding electronic sounds. “There’s nothing left out there that makes me scared, nothing” sings Woischiski on ‘Chemistry’, which centres around both the intimate power and fear of being completely by ones self.

“The song was written in January this year on a foggy late night drive from Vienna to Prague” reflects Woischiski. “We didn’t meet many cars and it was a very dense fog so it felt a bit like driving through outer space.” This feeling of other-worldliness permeates the track, allowing momentary escape from all earthly doubts and fears.

Listen to ‘Chemistry’ below and follow The Ghost of Helags on Facebook & Spotify for more updates.

 

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#ThrowbackThursday: GIHE w/ Eckoes 09.02.17

Due to the current lockdown/pandemic, we’re unable to make it in to the Hoxton Radio studio to broadcast our weekly live new music show from 7-9pm. Instead, we’re sharing previous show recordings as #ThrowbackThursday sessions, so you can still enjoy 2 hours of new music & chats with some of our favourite artists each week.

Today, we’ve picked our February 2017 show with the wonderful Eckoes. She joined Mari, Tash & Kate to celebrate GIHE’s second birthday on air, and performed tracks ‘Nobody Else’ and ‘Struggles’ with guitarist Adam live in the studio. You can also listen to Eckoes’ latest single ‘The Light’ here.

Listen back to the show here:

Featured Artists
Le Tigre
Park Fires
Blood Red Shoes
Lizzo
Laughed The Boy
Amanda Palmer
Erykah Badu
Noga Erez
Sampa The Great
Lush
Living Dead Girl
Lyves
CHANCES
AyOwA
Lola Hiko
H1987
Sahara Dam
ShitKid
Worst Place
Polo
Courtney Barnett

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#ThrowbackThursday: GIHE w/ Temples Of Youth 08.11.18

Due to the current lockdown/coronavirus situation, we’re unable to make it in to the Hoxton Radio studio to broadcast our weekly live new music show from 7-9pm. Instead, we’re sharing previous show recordings as #ThrowbackThursday sessions, so you can still enjoy 2 hours of new music & chats with some of our favourite artists each week.

Today, we’ve picked our November 2018 show with electronic duo Temples Of Youth. Jo and Paul spoke to Kate and Tash about their second EP, Darker Places, and how they originally met on joinmyband.com. The duo also have a new single out called ‘Suburbia’ which you can listen to here.

Listen back to the show here:

Featured Artists
Stevie Wonder
Gold Baby
Zilla With Her Eyes Shut
Bitch Falcon
Sweat Threats
Mitski
Zola Jesus
Run Rummer
Temples Of Youth
Soccer Mommy
Ah! Kosmos
Planningtorock
Lazybones
Montauk Hotel
Sit Down
Bryde
Elsa Hewitt
BARQ
Veda Black
Ducks
Voodoo Radio
Emily Breeze
The Killers

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Track Of The Day: Song Sung – ‘Telling Tales’

An airy tune that tries to find “the melody within a melody”; Song Sung‘s latest single ‘Telling Tales’ is an uplifting electronic offering. Taken from their debut album, This Ascension Is Ours, which is set for release on 31st July via Night Time Stories, the band blend soft vocals and dreamy synths to create their beguiling sounds.

Formed of twin sisters Georgina and Una McGeough, Song Sung grew up in Monaghan, close to the Northern Ireland border, before moving stateside to New York a decade ago. Since then, the pair have been dabbling in music software and creating their own sounds, working with David Holmes (Unloved) to produce their debut EP, I Surrender, which they released earlier this year.

Now, the pair are going back to their formative music roots on their upcoming album, and ‘Telling Tales’ is a captivating example of what’s to come. Speaking about the track, the band explain: “‘Telling Tales’ is the result of a melodic collision – it’s a dream, a memory, a voyage that exists inside a reverberating loop.” This dreamlike quality is reflected in the hazy electronics, tentative beats and gentle vocals.

The track is accompanied by a swirling set of visuals directed by Padraig Timoney. “The material is a single take of a wild bog landscape in Ireland, seen from the passenger side of a car, with the camera attached to a rotating apparatus” explains Timoney. “The set-up, rotation, and transportation accompanies ‘Telling Tales’ organisation melodies and key lyrics concerning the act of seeing, the forming of sequenced, dream and real images. This video emphasises that the eyes are both recording and active devices, specifically located.”

Watch the video for ‘Telling Tales’ below and follow Song Sung on Facebook & Spotify for more updates.

Kate Crudgington
@KCBobCut

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