H Hawkline announces new EP, streams track

16 July 2012, 14:53 | Written by The Line of Best Fit

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Welsh singer-songwriter H Hawkline has announced details of his brand new EP.

Black Domino Box is set for release on 20 August, out on Trash Aesthetics.

Having enjoyed stints in Islet and a TV career back in Wales, the singer otherwise known as Huw Evans is also set to support Cate Le Bon on her upcoming CYRK tour.

You can listen to his new title track at the bottom of the page, premiering right here on Best Fit.

But before then – maybe we should let Gruff Rhys (who co-produced the short-player) say a few words about this forthcoming release:

“H.Hawkline is the beatiest thing to emerge from Lundy Island since the 2007 Norovirus outbreak.
The “Black Domino Box” EP finds Mr Hawkline in a state of flux. Whereas his previous albums “A Cup Of Salt” and “The Strange Uses Of Ox Gall” [released on Cardiff’s most vital label; Shape], were vinyl exercises in Sandy Bull powered finger picking and field recordings, with only a pinch of songwriting, Hawkline has undergone a Dylanesque electrical epiphany, becoming a jangling guitar hero of 1983 to 1996 vintage in the process, simultaneously fully embracing, for the first time, The Song.
This change is as dramatic as his move to the mainland, (when the island was quarantined) where, in Cardiff, Wales, Hawkline makes a living playing shows, presenting an experimental late night radio show, painting and decorating, purveying the graphic arts and providing voice overs for dubious after hours products.
He emerged as a member of Means Heinz, Cardiff’s very own ‘Crucial 3′ which also boasted Cate Le Bon and Sweet Baboo in the lineup, disbanding after 2 shows, the members, including drummer (and emerging artist in his own right), R Seiliog have all become prolific solo artists.
They all return here to back up their friend on this astonishing EP.
Lyrically, Hawkline channels his idol Richard Brautigan through a rough cement mixture of sludge rock, Felt and seaweed, listing his possessions in his rented room in what is a poignant appraisal of a dispossessed generation of multi-tasking, rarely paid young musicians.
Casey Raymond’s corresponding video depicts Hawkline digging his own grave; surely any songwriter would happily have this EP as their Epitaph.”