HATCHIE
In May of 2018, Brisbane, Australia-based singer/ songwriter Harriette Pilbeam, who goes by the nom de plume Hatchie, released Sugar & Spice, a debut EP that earned her comparisons to bands like Cocteau Twins and The Sundays with its dreamy shoegaze sound and distinct popsmart melodies. Cocteau Twins’ Robin Guthrie even did a remix of the EP track “Sure.”
But with her full-length debut, , released only 13 months after the EP, Pilbeam has expanded her sound to include a more danceable vibe, largely in songs like the gauzy, electro-tinged “Unwanted Guest” and “Stay With Me,” and the pure pop of “Secret.” And while retains the dream vibe of , the inclusion of a more blatant pop leaning was one that Pilbeam did not take lightly. is, however, the
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