Dave Hawkins Archive
Dave Hawkins
Half Alive EP
Denver, CO multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Dave Hawkins is a true original. He makes rich, thoughtful indie music that zig zags across genres, touching on Americana and indie pop and shoegaze and more. The thread tying it all together is his endearing voice, everpresent wit, conscious lyricism, and deft arrangements.
He’s out on Bandcamp (and in the process of releasing the rest one single at a time) with the best work of his catalog to date, the impressive Half Alive EP, offering a 5 song meditation on “finding presence in a world that keeps pulling you away”.
In the process of exploring that theme, Hawkins gives us some quirky and memorable performances, veering from sparkly pop rock to groovy psychedelic pop to plaintive ballad to electronic power pop to jazzy piano bar anthem. It’s a dizzying tour through Hawkins’ mind as well as his dazzling array of competences, and every track brings something utterly unique to the EP, to Hawkins’ catalog, and to the indie music landscape.
Dave Hawkins
Wool & Fur
Dave Hawkins’ catalog contains a diversity unrivaled by all but the most deliberately unhinged of artists, but it all sounds like Hawkins - earnest lyrics, rich arrangements and deceptively skillful composition, with a warmth and humanity that lets you know you’re in good hands.
His new single, “Wool & Fur” is one of the darkest things he’s ever produced, a rumination on the temptations and the cost of solitude.
The vocal is smooth and seductive, and the whole song is a fascinating soundscape of howling winds, whistling sprites, plucked strings, gorgeous layered vocals. The cumulative effect of it all feels like some sort of a spell is being cast.
Hawkins has teased a larger EP or album project this year. It’s an enticing proposition, especially given how ambitious these singles have been getting.
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