Off the back of a fantastic year for Hatchie – including the release of her celebrated debut EP Sugar & Spice as well as sold-out shows across UK, Europe, Australia (sold out tour) and most recently, North America – the Brisbane artist has unveiled a stunning new track and accompanying video for ‘Adored’, filmed and directed by Trevor Crump.

‘Adored’ was debuted as part of Adult Swim’s eighth annual Singles Program, and is now available across all services. Debuting in 2001, Adult Swim serves as the nighttime identity of the US Cartoon Network.

‘Adored’ is the first piece of new music since Hatchie’s debut EP Sugar & Spice was released in May this year, winning praise across the globe. The five-track collection, which has notched up 7.5 million streams and counting, includes singles ‘Try’, ‘Sure’, ‘Sugar & Spice’, ‘Sleep’ (Pitchfork’s ‘Best New Track’) and ‘Bad Guy’. Glowing reviews have followed Hatchie around and don’t seem to be slowing down with the likes of Pitchfork (including a Pitchfork Rising feature), Popjustice, Wonderland and The Guardian UK, triple j, FBi, Spotify, Apple Music, Purple Sneakers, VICE, TheMusic and many more rewarding her undeniable craft with shimmering praise.

Hatchie has just returned from touring North America with Alvvays and Snail Mail as well a string of headline shows, including selling out her debut LA gig.  Looking ahead, Harriette Pilbeam and her band prepare to return to Europe for performances at Pitchfork Paris’ Avant-Garde event in October and a London headline show at Electrowerkz on November 1st, before returning to Australia to play festivals Spilt Milk and Falls, as well as joining the just-announced 2019 Golden Plains lineup.

Hatchie is the world of Harriette Pilbeam. To hear her music is to step inside her mind; a dreamy landscape where cascading synths, jangling guitars and white noise undulate beneath irresistible pop melodies. Rather than focusing on the external world of her daily life in Brisbane, Australia, Pilbeam instead turns her gaze inwards, making a soundtrack out of her daydreams, setting her emotional life to song.

In amongst a busy schedule, Hatchie is currently working on her anticipated debut album, which is scheduled for release in 2019. Stay tuned for more exciting Hatchie news!

UPCOMING AUSTRALIAN PERFORMANCES
Saturday 17 November | Spilt Milk Festival, Canberra, ACT
Sunday 30 December | Falls Festival Marion Bay, TAS
Monday 31 December | Falls Festival Lorne, VIC
Tuesday 1 January | Falls Festival Byron Bay, NSW
Sunday 6 January | Falls Festival Fremantle, WA
Saturday 9 March – Monday 11 March | Golden Plains, VIC

INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCES
Wednesday 31 October | Pitchfork Avant-Garde | Paris, FR
Thursday 1 November | Electrowerkz | London, UK
Friday 25 January | Brighton Dome | Brighton, UK*
Saturday 26 January | O2 Academy | Oxford, UK*
Monday 28 January | Main Hall @ King Georges Hall | Blackburn, UK*
Tuesday 29 January | O2 Academy 1 | Newcastle, UK*
Wednesday 30 January | Concert Hall and Theatre, Motherwell | Scotland, UK*
Friday 1 February | The Great Hall | Cardiff, UK*
Saturday 2 February | Exeter Great Hall | Exeter, UK*
Sunday 3 February | O2 Guildhall | Southampton, UK*
Tuesday 5 February | O2 Academy Leicester | Leicester, UK*
Thursday 7 February | G Live | Guildford, UK*
Friday 8 February | The Roundhouse | London, UK*

*w/ The Vaccines

Following the news of her signing to Heavenly Records, Cocteau Twins’ Robin Guthrie has re-worked the latest single from Brisbane artist-on-the-rise, Hatchie.

Guthrie already publicly gave his seal of approval to Hatchie’s debut single ‘Try’, and now he has added some of his magic to the already sparkling second single, ‘Sure’.

The release comes hot off the back of a huge six months for the artist. After signing to Ivy League Records for Australia/New Zealand, Hatchie has inked more record deals with Heavenly Recordings for UK/Europe and Double Double Whammy/Polyvinyl for North America. The incredible international demand will see Hatchie embarking on a huge run of shows in the coming months, including a 7-date UK tour as well as US dates, including a performance at this year’s SXSW.

Hatchie is the world of Harriette Pilbeam. To hear her music is to step inside her mind; a dreamy landscape where cascading synths, jangling guitars, propulsive rhythms and white noise undulate beneath undeniable and irresistible pop melodies. Rather than focusing on the external world of her daily life in Brisbane, Pilbeam instead turns her gaze inwards, making a soundtrack out of her daydreams, setting her emotional life to song.

Having played in her friends’ bands in Brisbane, namely Go Violets and Babaganouj, Hatchie is Pilbeam’s first foray into solo territory, something she seems undaunted by. “I feel like I’m only just beginning to really assert myself in the world and the Hatchie project has forced me to reassess and make so many positive changes,” she says. “When I look back on this period of time, I think I’ll see Hatchie as a huge evolutionary force in my life.”

Things don’t seem to be slowing down any time for Hatchie. 2018 is bound to be a big one for Hatchie – watch this space for more release details!

“Sure” is available digitally though all reputable outlets via Heavenly Recordings – http://smarturl.it/Hatchie_Sure.

Hatchie live dates:
23rd Feb – Brisbane, AUS – The Tivoli * (SOLD OUT)
24th Feb – Brisbane, AUS – The Zoo * (SOLD OUT)
25th Feb – Brisbane, AUS – The Tivoli *
1st Mar – Adelaide, AUS – The Gov * (SOLD OUT)
2nd Mar – Melbourne, AUS – The Forum * (SOLD OUT)
4th Mar – Perth, AUS – Badlands Carpark *
9th Mar – Sydney, AUS – Enmore * (SOLD OUT)
12th-17th Mar – Austin, USA – SXSW
19th Mar – Los Angeles, USA – School Night
22nd Mar – New York, USA – Mercury Lounge ^
5th May – Leeds, UK – Live At Leeds
5th May – Manchester, UK – Sound City Festival
6th May – Salford, UK – Sounds of the Other City
7th May – Birmingham, UK – Hare & Hounds •
8th May – Glasgow, UK – The Hug & Pint •
10th May – London, UK – Shacklewell Arms
16th May – London, UK – The Social
17th-19th May – Brighton, UK – The Great Escape
23rd May – London, UK – Sebright Arms
1st Jun – Brisbane, AUS – The Tivoli #
2nd Jun – Adelaide, AUS – The Barton Theatre #
3rd Jun – Fremantle, AUS – Metropolis #
9th Jun – Melbourne, AUS – The Forum #
10th Jun – Sydney, AUS – The Enmore #

* – W/ Ball Park Music
^ – W/ Men I Trust
• – W/ DMA’s
# – W/ Anna Burch

Recent praise for Hatchie:
“Sure” is proof positive of Hatchie’s immense songcraft” – Dazed
“Very, very lovely.” – The 405
“A shoegazey pop earworm” –  The Fader
“It’s hard to think of it as anything less than brilliant” – Wonderland
“A beautiful statement. Recalling everyone from Cocteau Twins to Slowdive, the guitars have a watery quality, continually parting to reveal that beaming, golden vocal.” – Clash
“Hazy and misty, but with pop-rooted forward momentum” – NPR
“A strident step out that’s filled with sunny, reverberating guitar chords, bursts of synths that flourish underneath the track, and Harriette’s own voice, which glides across the track like a daydream.” – DIY
“Hatchie swoops into earshot… a marvellous mesh of Cocteau Twins-y atmospherics & jangly 90’s pop” – The Line of Best Fit

Links:
“Sure” official video
“Try” official video
hatchie.net
facebook.com/hatchiemusic
@hihatchie (Twitter)
@hihatchie (Instagram)

HATCHIE

– Shares new video to accompany single “Sure“
– Confirmed to play The Great Escape & SXSW in 2018

Having already won praise across the globe for her second ever single, “Sure”, Brisbane newcomer, HATCHIE, has shared a video to accompany the track and announced her first UK shows at The Great Escape festival in the spring.

Hatchie is the world of Harriette Pilbeam. To hear her music is to step inside her mind; a dreamy landscape where cascading synths, jangling guitars and white noise undulate beneath undeniable and irresistible pop melodies. Rather than focusing on the external world of her daily life in Brisbane, Australia, Pilbeam instead turns her gaze inwards, making a soundtrack out of her daydreams, setting her emotional life to song.

New single “Sure” was written on a whim when a melody jumped into Pilbeam’s head, and finished swiftly in one day. The chorus plaintively unravels, setting the sorrow to shimmering synth washes, wrapping the whole thing up in a melody so gorgeous that it would fit seamlessly into The Sundays and Alvvays songbooks.

“I wrote “Sure” about people I know falling in and out of the same relationship issues as we grew out of our teens into early adulthood” she explains. “When I initially wrote it, it was about a couple that decided to give it “one more shot” over and over again because they couldn’t bare to be apart. When I think about all the lyrics now I realise that it could be interpreted in a number of different ways.”

The instinctual pop nous is undoubtedly on full display in “Sure”, but like all of Hatchie’s music, the track trades in shade as well as light. It’s at once accessible yet cerebral, walking a line between instant ear worm and something deeper and more oblique. It continues the story that began with pop gem “Try”; a runaway success at home in Australia, which also won Hatchie a fan in Cocteau Twins’ Robin Guthrie. “It’s pretty weird being social media friends with one of your heroes” laughs Pilbeam.

Sure” preceeds what already looks to be a busy 2018 worldwide, with shows at SXSW & The Great Escape already confirmed and much more news to follow soon.

Hatchie live dates:
Thurs Dec 7–Sat Dec 9 – Festival Of The Sun, Port Macquarie, NSW
Thurs Dec 28–Sun Dec 31 – Falls Festival, Lorne, VIC
Wed Jan 3: Metro, Sydney +
Fri Jan 5: Croxton, Melbourne +
Mon Mar 12–Mar 18 – SXSW, Austin TX
Fri Feb 23 – The Tivoli, Brisbane*
Sat Feb 24 – The Zoo, Brisbane*
Thurs Mar 1 – The Gov, Adelaide*
Fri Mar 2 – The Forum, Melbourne*
Sun Mar 4 – Badlands Carpark, Perth*
Fri Mar 9 – The Enmore, Sydney*
Wed May 16–Sun 19 May – The Great Escape, Brighton UK
+with Everything Everything
*with Ball Park Music

Links:
Hatchie press shots
“Sure” buy links: http://smarturl.it/HatchieSure
hatchie.net
facebook.com/hatchiemusic
@hihatchie (Twitter)
@hihatchie (Instagram)

Hatchie | Watch The Video And Read The Global Reviews For New Single ‘Sure’

‘Sure’ – Hatchie

Out now through Ivy League Records
Available for streaming and purchase here

HATCHIE

RELEASES NEW SINGLE ‘SURE’
+ JOINS THE IVY LEAGUE FAMILY

Off the back of her breakthrough first single ‘Try’, Brisbane artist-on-the-rise Hatchie is back with the equally stunning new track, ‘Sure’. The new single received its worldwide premiere on triple j’s Good Nights on Monday evening, followed by Zane Lowe on Beats 1 and online via FADER. To coincide with the release, Ivy League Records is thrilled to announce that Hatchie has officially joined the label family and will be releasing her debut EP in 2018.

‘Sure’ continues the story that began with the runaway success of this year’s pop gem ‘Try’. Seemingly coming out of nowhere, ‘Try’ (together with the video, premiered by NPR) introduced Hatchie as an artist to watch. After uploading the track to triple j Unearthed in May, the song instantly got added to radio playlists across the country. triple j’s Nick Findlay called it, “A huge first track!”.
 
What followed was a deluge of conclusive signs that Hatchie is indeed a star on the rise. She has since signed management and booking deals, has seen her name listed on the bill for various festivals and has managed to reach a global audience – even winning a fan in Cocteau Twins’ Robin Guthrie.
 
Hatchie is the world of Harriette Pilbeam. To hear her music is to step inside her mind; a dreamy landscape where cascading synths, jangling guitars, propulsive rhythms and white noise undulate beneath undeniable and irresistible pop melodies. Rather than focusing on the external world of her daily life in Brisbane, Pilbeam instead turns her gaze inwards, making a soundtrack out of her daydreams, setting her emotional life to song.
 
The artist’s instinctual pop nous is undoubtedly on full display in ‘Sure’, but like all of Hatchie’s music, the track trades in shade as well as light. Written on a whim when a melody jumped into Pilbeam’s head, and finished swiftly in one day, ‘Sure’ is at once accessible yet cerebral, walking a line between instant ear worm and something deeper and more oblique. “I think that’s because I’m still making up my mind,” offers Harriette. “I’m kind of jumping between, ‘Do I want to just make fun pop songs? Or do I want it to be more shoegaze and more of a band sound?’ I really love writing pop songs, but then messing them up and turning them into something else. Something darker.”
 
Having played in her friends’ bands in Brisbane (Go Violets, Babaganouj) Hatchie is Pilbeam’s first foray into solo territory, something she seems undaunted by. “I feel like I’m only just beginning to really assert myself in the world and the Hatchie project has forced me to reassess and make so many positive changes,” she says. “When I look back on this period of time, I think I’ll see Hatchie as a huge evolutionary force in my life.”
 
Things don’t seem to be slowing down any time for Hatchie. The artist was recently announced as a finalist for the prestigious Grant McLennan Fellowship. Having already toured nationally with The Creases there are shows supporting Ball Park Musicand The Temper Trap on the horizon plus appearances at Festival Of The Sun and perhaps most impressively, South By South West in Austin next year.

‘Sure’ by Hatchie
Out now through Ivy League Records
Available for streaming & purchase here

HATCHIE
AUSTRALIA TOUR DATES
2017 & 2018

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Saturday 18 November
The Plot, Parramatta Park | Sydney, NSW

Wednesday 22 November
Metro Theatre | Sydney, NSW
The Temper Trap support

Thursday 23 November
Croxton Bandroom | Melbourne, VIC
The Temper Trap support

Thursday 7 – Saturday 9 December
Festival of the Sun | Port Macquarie, NSW

Monday 12 – Saturday 17 March 2018
SXSW | Austin TX

Friday 23 February
The Tivoli | Brisbane, QLD
Ball Park Music support

Saturday 24 February
The Zoo | Brisbane, QLD
Ball Park Music support

Thursday 1 March
The Gov | Adelaide, SA
Ball Park Music support

Friday 2 March
The Forum | Melbourne, VIC
Ball Park Music support

Sunday 4 March
Badlands Carpark | Perth, WA
Ball Park Music support

Friday 9 March
The Enmore Theatre | Sydney, NSW 
Ball Park Music support