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Interstate

by Hello June

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about

West Virginia indie rock group Hello June will release a new album entitled Artifacts on October 6 via 31 Tigers Records. Artifacts is the group’s second album overall and their first in five years, following their self-titled debut in 2018.

“I landed on the title because if there’s one thing we’re left with, it’s memories of other people: artifacts that we take with us through life,” says frontperson Sarah Rudy.

Hello June’s songs are so emotionally open and resonant that they sometimes feel like leaps of faith. The group thrives on dissecting a feeling with a disarming, scalpel-like precision. It’s this clarifying honesty that’s garnered the band rave reviews from NPR, Paste Magazine and No Depression, among others. Across 11 gorgeous and raw tracks, Rudy sings about death, birth, hope and despair with grace and nuance. The first single from the forthcoming album, “Interstate,” is a courageous, affecting tune about the death of Rudy’s father after a long battle with addiction.

Artifacts was recorded in Nashville at Bell Tone Recording with producer Roger Alan Nichols, featuring personnel of Rudy on vocals and guitar, Paul Niehaus on pedal steel (Calexico, Iron & Wine, Justin Townes Earle, Lambchop), Caleb Crosby on drums and percussion (Larkin Poe, Noah Gundersen), and Nichols on guitar (The Veronicas, Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown). The textures and arrangements the band experiments with on Artifacts are warm and adventurous – take “California,” which introduces New Wave synths to color in the song. It’s a sprawling track that finds Rudy singing, “You called me pretty under street lights / I caught you lookin’ now we can’t look away.” Elsewhere, songs like “Honey I Promise” and “23” are propulsive rockers that evoke both early Big Thief and Drive-by Truckers.

lyrics

Lyrics:

I don't remember a peaceful time but I figured there will come a day
And I don’t remember what it was that you last said to me


But I should have said I love you
I’m tied up to you - knotted forever
I should have said I love you, either way

I don’t know if I’d make you proud but I’d really like the chance to try
And I know we don’t see eye to eye, but what I’d give to pick a fight

And I should have said I need you
I’m tied up to you but nothing’s forever
I should have said I need you, anyways
And I should have said I love you
I’m tied up to you - knotted forever
I should have said I love you, either way

He puts his hands on my leg and I remember, laughing on the interstate
And I should have said I need you, I’m tied up to you but nothing’s forever
I should have said I need you, either way
And I should have said I love you; I’m tied up to you knotted forever
I should have said I love you, either way
He puts his hands on my leg and I remember, laughing on the interstate

credits

released August 29, 2023
Track Credits:

Vocals and Guitar: Sarah Rudy
Guitar: Roger Alan Nichols
Bass and Synth: Whit Alexander
Drums: Caleb Crosby

Arrangements by: Sarah Rudy and Roger Alan Nichols

Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by: Roger Alan Nichols at Bell Tone Studio in Nashville, TN

Production assistant: Jesse Brady

Mastering: Richard Dodd

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Hello June’s songs are so emotionally open and resonant that they sometimes feel like leaps of faith. The group thrives on dissecting a feeling with a disarming, scalpel-like precision. It’s this clarifying honesty that’s garnered the band rave reviews from NPR, Paste Magazine and No Depression, among others. ... more

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