THE SHIMMERING FIRST SINGLE FROM THEIR COLLABORATIVE LOCKDOWN EP – HACKY SACK
October 22, 2020
Sydney singer-songwriter Huck Hastings met Sachin Burns (guitarist for Run Marlowe) while working at a cafe/bookshop on Sydney’s Bondi Beach. They became fast friends through their mutual love for well-crafted pop songs, getting through the evening shifts by sharing their latest musical discoveries with each other.
The songs that would eventually become the Hacky Sack EP began to take form on a staff trip to the south coast of NSW in which the pair spent their time climbing trees, hanging poolside and playing songs for the other staff members.
Very much a lockdown project, ‘Exaggerating’ was recorded from the comfort of their respective bedrooms and mixed by Oscar Sharah (Lola Scott, Abbey Bella May) and mastered by Tim Carr at One Flight Up Studios.
On the surface, their debut single – ‘Exaggerating’ is a light and dreamy exploration of unrequited love. If you listen closely, it also touches upon themes of depression, longing and the uncertainty that comes alongside growing up. Sitting atop the pulse of an electronic beat, Burns’ guitar sits ethereal and sundrenched, the perfect backbone to Hastings’ thoughtfully penned observations which are seemingly simple, but deeply human.
Listen to ‘Exaggerating’
“I’ve been thinking a lot about the concept of romance lately, and how toxic it can be. I wanted to explore the idea of having feelings for somebody without expecting anything back. an unpossessive kind of love.” – Huck Hastings
“I’ve been very into these kinds of shimmery guitars and it sounded interesting to set it against the electronic drums and create more of a bedroom-pop sound that fit the tone of Huck’s lyrics.” – Sachin Burns
Hacky Sack launch “Exaggerating” live at Giant Dwarf on November 21st As part of Two Queers Festival.
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