Hatchie breaks down her debut album, Souvenir, Monitor by Monitor: Stream

Monitor by Monitor is a brand new music characteristic that palms artists the problem of breaking down their newest full-length launch one music at a time.

Brisbane’s Hatchie, aka Harriette Pilbeam, has in the present day launched her debut full-length, Souvenir. Obtainable by means of Double Double Whammy, you possibly can stream the complete album under.

Following up on 2018’s Sugar & Spice EP, Souvenir spans 10 dreamy tracks that usher in parts of shoegaze and danceable pop. Singles “Keep With Me”, “With out a Blush”, and “Obsessed” have hinted on the affect of the likes of Cocteau Twins and Mazzy Star. The catchy rhythms and candy lyricism have been sufficient to make Consequence of Sound title Hatchie our June Artist of the Month.

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Talking concerning the album title with our personal Lake Schatz, Hatchie stated of Souvenir,

“It was a phrase that popped up in one of many songs, ‘Kiss the Stars’. I speak about holding a coronary heart as a memento, and I assumed it was very nice. I’ve a bunch of little keepsakes and mementos in a drawer at residence. I assumed that this album can be a memento, type of like a time capsule of this time in my life. So, it simply type of is smart. I didn’t put an excessive amount of thought into it on the time, which is sweet as a result of I used to be nervous I’d be agonizing over it. I actually appreciated that it was a simple determination to call the album Souvenir.”

Stream the entire LP under.

For extra perception into Souvenir, Hatchie has damaged the document down Monitor by Monitor.

“Not That Form”:
I wrote this music in mid 2017, once I wasn’t deliberately working in direction of something particular like, say, an album. I simply wished to write down a enjoyable, rollicking pop music so I began with the lead synth line and guitars. It got here collectively actually rapidly and I don’t even bear in mind writing the lyrics. It’s obtained one in every of my favorite bass traces on the entire album. I used an previous multi-effects pedal to create a random rhythm for the guitar within the bridge. I at all times thought it could be the right opener for an album, so I’m glad it’s ended up that means.

“With out A Blush”:
I wrote this one in early 2018 once I was specializing in the extra industrial, heavy sounds that I wished on the album. I began with the bass line and labored on the verses for ages. I truly misplaced the unique demo as a result of my applications saved crashing, nevertheless it ended up being a little bit of a blessing as a result of the second time round I had a way more concise imaginative and prescient for the music. I agonized over the bridge for months, initially attempting a bunch of various vocal traces earlier than deciding it actually simply wanted some respiration house, each for me because the singer and the listener. After all of the touring I did over the previous 12 months, I spotted most of my songs don’t have any breaks in any respect, so I actually wished this one to have house to develop earlier than coming again with a bang on the finish.

“Her Personal Coronary heart”:
This monitor is sonically extra just like the early Hatchie demos and the imaginative and prescient I had for the undertaking again once I began it. As with the EP demos, the unique model was additionally tremendous washy, with 10 layers of guitars stacked as much as make it as moist and verbed out as potential. On the time it was actually irking me that so a lot of my songs are about another person and the way they make me really feel, so with this one I got down to write about how I hoped I’d react if I used to be immediately fully alone and compelled to be emotionally impartial — therefore the tacky lyrics about taking pictures your coronary heart with your individual arrow, and being your individual muse. These are ideas I want I’d been extra conscious of once I was youthful. The unique lyrics have been far too lengthy, telling a a lot greater story that I want I may have slot in. I wrote it in third particular person as a result of I discovered it simpler to open up and see it from a special perspective.

“Obsessed”:
I wrote this music extra not too long ago than the opposite tracks, a number of weeks earlier than we went into the studio in July final 12 months. I wished an excellent contained, compressed pop music with imperfections to steadiness out the sprawling, dramatic songs already written for the album. I began with the drum machine and layered up the synths earlier than including the vocals and guitars, attempting to make them sound like samples. It makes me really feel actually nostalgic for once I was an adolescent. It sounds prefer it’s a love music nevertheless it’s truly about my tendency to get obsessive about new pals to the purpose of pushing them away as a result of I overanalyze the connection and damage it. I wrote it in a number of hours once I was feeling actually down about not writing any new songs that I appreciated for a number of months.

“Undesirable Visitor”:
I in all probability shouldn’t say it, however that is my favorite monitor on the album. It’s precisely what I wished the entire album to sound like earlier than deciding it wanted the steadiness of different extra poppy, gentle, joyful songs for it to work as a complete. I performed round with the verse for months, actually struggling to determine the place it ought to go after the spoken line. I simply had two components that I liked – the vocals and a bass line – and couldn’t resolve on correct chords to suit below it. I had truly determined to shelve this music after a number of totally different periods working with Joe the place we tried all the things from altering the important thing to altering the complete chord construction. It was driving me loopy and I felt like we simply saved getting additional and additional away from how I wished it to sound. I gave up and began engaged on a model new music, which I spotted labored completely as a refrain after this authentic verse, so we put them collectively in a brand new session and it was a revelation. Recording all of the synths within the outro was one in every of my favorite days within the studio. It’s an indignant music about being dragged to a celebration you don’t wish to be at!!

“Secret”:
This music was a shock addition to the album within the ultimate days of recording. We had some spare time after virtually ending all the different tracks so determined to present one thing new a go. I had all of the vocal and synth components written, however like Undesirable Visitor, I had no concept easy methods to match all of them collectively and make one thing that sounded actually totally different from the remainder of the album. John Citadel, who produced the album, sat down with the components for an hour and got here out with one thing means past the place I imagined the music going initially. We have been cautious concerning the Robbie Williams piano line he recommended we add in behind all the things within the second half of the music, nevertheless it’s my favorite half now. I wrote the lyrics final. It’s about confiding in a good friend about your psychological well being.

“After I Get Out”:
That is one other monitor that began off sounding fully totally different from the ultimate product after merging a number of songs into one. I wished one thing that jogged my memory of the The OC soundtrack that was so prevalent in my teen years.

“Preserve”:
That is by far the oldest music on the album — it truly virtually ended up on the earlier EP. When deciding on the demos I used to be going to re-record for the album I passed over it, feeling like I had outgrown the straight up pop sound and had higher choices. As soon as I had chosen all the different tracks although I felt like “Preserve” can be the right connection between the album and the EP. I actually like the easy, pop bookends of the album – opening with “Not That Form” and shutting with “Preserve”.