Girls In Hawaii / ‘Everest’ album announced & video for new single ‘Not Dead’
Girls In Hawaii will release their new album, ‘Everest’, on Naïve Records on September 16th. The Belgian sextet’s first full release in the UK, the album will be accompanied by a single, ‘Not Dead’, on September 30th. You can watch the single’s brand new video below.
Girls In Hawaii previously released two albums (‘From Here To There’ in 2003 and ‘Plan Your Escape’ in 2008), to not inconsiderable acclaim, in central Europe, but the tragic loss of drummer Denis Wielemans in a car accident in 2010 led them to take an extended break.
After a couple of years’ silence, the band tentatively regrouped for a live show in 2012 at the Deep in the Woods Festival (Belgium) and, fired up with their live reunion, Girls In Hawaii set upon recording together again. They headed to an ancient Manoir near Paris, where they recorded a new album in three sessions and handed it over to the Grammy-winning producer Tchad Blake (The Black Keys, Gomez) this spring.
Watch Girls In Hawaii’s new single ‘Not Dead’
Drawing comparisons to the likes of Grandaddy and dEUS for their delicate and dreamy electronic indie, gently meandering first single, ‘Misses’, marked the start of an exciting new chapter in Girls in Hawaii’s history, released online to coincide with the band’s UK appearances at The Great Escape in May.
The single, ‘Not Dead’, gives a further glimpse into this quite magical album. Having recently played a handful of live dates in China (watch the film here), Girls In Hawaii are now back in Europe playing a host of festivals including Pukkelpop in Belgium, Reeperbahn in Germany and will arrive on UK shores for a one off headline London show at Water Rats on September 17th. Tickets available from here.
The tracklisting for ‘Everest’ is as follows:
The Spring
Misses
We Are The Living
Changes Will Be Lost
Switzerland; Here I Belong
Not Dead
Mallory’s Heights
Head On
Rorschach
Wars
The single, ‘Not Dead’, meanwhile, will be released on September 30th as a bundle with the additional song, ‘Home’, which is taken from a deluxe version of the album, set to be released with a bonus CD of unreleased songs spanning the period from the band’s formation ten years ago to the present day.
Girls In Hawaii are: Antoine Wielemans, Lionel Van Cauwenberghe, Daniel Offerman, François Gustin, Brice Van Cauwenberghe, and Boris Gronemberger
For more information on Girls In Hawaii go here.