The idea that youth is one of the few things in life that’s both terrible and cool at the same time is a central theme in Vu’s world right now. When I ask her how it went, she replies: “Being young is fun and weird.” Everybody operates on their own frequency, and you can never fully harmonize frequencies with any other person because everyone is so infinitely complex.” That night, she’d planned to go to HEAV3N, L.A.’s wild, stylish queer party where drag queen Violet Chachki was set to DJ. Up close, Vu looks like she still might be mistaken for someone too young to get into a proper club - she’s 21 - but then, between compulsive drags of her black Juul, she’ll say something like, “Every now and again, you remember that we are literally alone. She was wearing a black tee, a button-up and Doc Martens, with a grown-out shag haircut and no makeup. When I arrived, Vu was catching up with a friend she ran into. The back patio is where you can find her a few times a week, among the crowd of fellow young caffeinated artists for whom this place is a magnet. Hana Vu texts me the Monday after I meet up with her at Cafecito Organico, a coffee shop in Silver Lake off Hoover Street. This story is part of Image issue 9, “Function” a sonic and visual reminder that there ain’t no party like an L.A. “ It begins with a bouncy dance-oriented keyboard riff and eventually expands into chamber-pop house music of a sort - or at least a dream choreographed in time with a heartbeat.(Nori Rasmussen-Martinez / For The Times) “The beat of this song mimics a heart’s, making you feel even more physically connected to the soulful lyrics Helena Deland croons than you’d thought possible.” – NYLON If you have not been fully converted to the lures of synth-pop yet, this will do it for you.” – The FADER “ a sleek affair with soft, pulsating synths, and her smokey voice builds up to a hook that dazzles like a handful of glitter in the air. “ Across four short volumes, the Montreal singer-songwriter introduces a lonely and diverse set of songs written with an exceptional eye for melody and texture.” – Pitchfork She sings about knowledge and disorientation, discord and reconciliation the music tells the same story.” – The New York Times The songs are by no means a cappella this one starts as a lo-fi waltz and gathers a full folk-rock band. “ ‘Think of something you’ve seen breaking down,’ Helena Deland sings in “A Stone Is a Stone,” from the not-quite-an-album, “Altogether Unaccompanied,” that she has called a “series of songs” and began releasing bit by bit in the spring. Praise for Helena Deland and From The Series of Songs “Altogether Unaccompanied” Vol III. and IV. was released on October 19th via Luminelle Recordings, and also features the intimate acoustic guitar-laden “ Rise” which saw Helena fall “ into a gentle, dreamier state” according to Stereogum, wherein Helena plaintively expresses a desire for intimacy with an avoidant person, along with the single “ Lean On You” which ended up on Pitchfork’s What’s Good This Week playlist, and deemed one of Under The Radar’s Best Songs of the Week. Helena’s new collection of songs, From The Series of Songs “Altogether Unaccompanied” Vol III. Watch the video for “Claudion” over at Pitchfork TV HERE. III & IV was announced in late July with the synth-pop gem “ Claudion” via The Fader, who called the song “ a sleek affair with soft, pulsating synths.” landing Montréal’s Helena Deland at the top of the Hype Machine artist chart, eventually making it onto Pitchfork’s 100 Best Songs of Q3 2018.Ī beautiful, affectionately choreographed video for the song premiered in late October via Pitchfork TV. (photo: Maya Fuhr) From The Series of Songs “Altogether Unaccompanied” Vol. She sounded great, humble, her songs textured, small, yet full of mass and romance.” – Pitchfork “on Halloween, Helena Deland, the Montreal-based synth-pop artist who just released her debut project across four small volumes, wore a bit of skull makeup, playing in the corner of the jazzy looking Chapelle des Lombards on a bustling side street in the Bastille. Helena recently finished a run of dates in Europe, including an appearance at Pitchfork Music Festival Paris: Montreal’s enigmatic singer and songwriter to watch will play Chicago before hitting Cleveland and Pittsburgh for the first time, along with select dates on the East Coast, before wrapping things up with a couple of co-headline dates with Buzzy Lee in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Tour Dates in support of her latest release. Helena Deland is about to embark on the first U.S.
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