Hater
EP ‘Red Blinders’ Out Dec 1st
Hater ‘Rest’ audio:
““Rest,” frontwoman Caroline Landahl’s airy vocals float around a persistent guitar, leading into a satisfyingly bouncy chorus and guitar break.” Stereogum
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“Gorgeous, achingly bittersweet vocals, perpetually swaying between comforting and devastating.” Gorilla Vs Bear
“A gorgeous melting pot of indie-pop and acoustic lo-fi.. but there’s an undeniable pain in Caroline Landahl’s vocals.” DIY
“Hater delight with the moody spellbinding pop of “Rest” .. a moody and suitably raw tune. The confounding plucked guitar riff opener is straight out of the Sharon Van Etten playbook.” The Line Of Best Fit
You can imagine John Peel’s hurriedly inaccurate summation of a cold and unforgiving Swedish winter as he juxtaposes the big-jumper-like welcoming warmth of Hater. Their lush and tempered guitars are an almost Marr-approved Smiths-like foil for Caroline Landahl’s beautifully accented and accentuated vocal – it’s a heartwarming brew.
“We know little of their home town, Malmo,” Peel might have mused, caught up in Hater’s minor chord world weariness, “other than that Roy Hodgson had a particularly successful time there… probably long before this young four-piece were actually born.”
Indeed. Hater are new to the game. This year’s well-received debut album, ‘You Tried’ earned comparisons to Alvvays, The Pretenders and even Jefferson Airplane, eclectic for sure, but that’s just incidental.
Their new EP distinguishes their very own super polished and intricate guitar-led dreamy pop. Featuring their first single for Fire, the wonderfully forlorn and truly lovesick ‘Blushing’ (we’ve all been there) and ‘Rest’ with its haunting monosyllabic guitar break, a super-clean chiming motif that seems like a closing salvo before it regains momentum and brings proceedings to a suitable climax, welcoming back Landahl for one last chorus.
The echoey eeriness of ‘Red Blinders’ could have come right out of the bubble blowing indie pop hey days of the early ‘80s, while ‘Penthouse’ is a chunkier c86 groove with a wind blowing through its motorik rhythm.
Hater release their new EP ‘Red Blinders’ on December 1st on Fire Records.
Live Dates
29 Nov: Rough Trade East, London, UK
30 Nov: Soup Kitchen, Manchester, UK
01 Dec: Shacklewell Arms, London, UK
02 Dec: The Taproom, London Fields Brewery, London, UK
17 Jan: Hafenklang (Goldener S
18 Jan: Eurosonic Festival, Huis De Buirs, Groningen, Netherlands
20 Jan: Roodkapje, Rotterdam, Netherlands
21 Jan: Paradiso (upstairs), Amsterdam, Netherlands
30 Jan: Tape, Aarhus, Denmark
31 Jan: Conne Island, Leipzig, Germany
01 Feb: Underdogs, Prague, Czech Republic
03 Feb: Groove, Lugo, Italy
04 Feb: One Of A Million Festival, Baden, Switzerland
06 Feb: FZW Indie Night, Dortmund, Germany
07 Feb: Manufaktur, Schorndorf , Germany
08 Feb: Schokoladen, Berlin, Germany
10 Feb: Ideal Bar, Copenhagen, Denmark
Pre-order link:
Bandcamp https://haterfire.bandcamp.com
Featured Photo Credit : Ludvig Hedlund
