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The Kindest Love

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Stone cold is about the mother of all drugs - Love. 
How it can alter not only your resting personality, but you're perspective on everything.
It's a consuming and confronting high that totally caters to the user. 
With that in mind, when the user becomes accustomed to the high, a plethora of conflicting thoughts (that seem to revolve around compromise) hit hard and keep you second guessing. (The paranoia kicks in)
The song goes on to accept these conflicting thoughts as a part of the experience and brushes them off.
"There's all these things that I want to do with you by my side. For the first time in my entire life, well, I don't mind"

Stone Cold

All Gived Up

After 3 years in the making, Henry St, the long awaited debut album from Auckland based 4 piece Alae releases October 26th
Henry St is a collection of sophisticated alt pop tracks which ooze musical prowess and signal an emotional maturity beyond the band’s years. Gathering together both old songs and new, the 12 track release, recorded over 15 summer days at The Lab in Auckland with producer Jol Mulholland, celebrates the universal themes of love, loss, and confusion – turning pain into emotive anthems at every turn. 
While Alae have grown from a two piece to four over those 3 years, Henry St conveys a timeless sound and remains a testament to Alex Farrell-Davey’s prolific songwriting and his enduring partnership with Allister Meffan. 
“The album is centered around personal growth and evolution. It’s about empathy, sympathy, apathy and all the grey in between”, says Alex “It’s a body of work that we hope comes across as emotionally sincere and relatable - but an album’s meaning can really only exist in the mind of the listener. We’ve spent so long creating the album that it feels like the process is over now – while for everyone else, it’s just begun.” 
Adding to Allister Meffan’s background in both classical and jazz piano, there was an undeniable opportunity to expand Alae’s musical repertoire further with bassist Marika Hodgson and drummer Jayden Lee’s addition to the Alae fold. “Having Jayden and Marika to add life to the band aspect had changed our sound completely. New life got brought back into songs we'd left unfinished and we were able to make the album as cohesive as possible, writing new songs to fit in places where it didn't flow. We're really stoked with the finished product”, Allister states. 
Along with the singles Too Strung Up, Stone Cold and All Gived Up - which have amassed over 3 million streams across Spotify and have received premieres through international music stalwarts Billboard and Rolling Stone - Henry St contains a further 9 brand new tracks.

If You Were Here

Love Hurts Heavy

I'm Still Waiting

Too Strung Up

Home

Sunrise - Sunfall

Back In Town

Kings Remix - Alae - Hit Me Where It Hurts

Alae Summer Thing Magik J Remix

Hit Me Where It Hurts

Hit Me Where It Hurts (Magik J Remix)

Summer Thing

Lucy

Lucy (Nate Dousand Acapella)

Hit Me Where It Hurts (Lockdown)

Please (Bailey Wiley Vocal Version)

Please

Alae - Frozen In LA

Frozen In LA (Clicks Remix)

Comprised of multi-instrumentalists Alex Farrell-Davey and Allister Meffan, drummer Jayden Lee and bassist Marika Hodgson, emerging New Zealand band Alae are poised to take their sophisticated brand of indie pop to the world. 

Coming together as a two piece in 2016, Alex and Allister delivered their folk-inspired 
sound throughout New Zealand. With solo gigs and nationwide support slots for Hollie Smith and a sell-out Auckland show with Boston’s Lake Street Dive, Alae made a strong impact in only a few short months. The pair self-funded their self-titled, 6 song debut EP, which was recorded at Roundhead Studios and released in November 2016, along with 6 stunning music videos to accompany. 

The emotive duo then wrapped a stellar year with the addition of drummer Jayden Lee and bassist Marika Hodgson, performing as a full band and a fuller sound at the legendary NZ Rhythm & Vines Festival. 

In early 2017, Alae’s debut EP was nominated for the Best Independent Release for the prestigious Taite Music Prize.  Refusing to rest on their laurels, Alae hit the road through February and March, taking their music throughout New Zealand, and on to Australia, where they played in support of their singles, “Things Change” and “From 1 to 3.” Both singles gained significant air play on New Zealand radio, while the videos were play-listed on Edge TV and MTV NZ & AU. 

Another successful New Zealand tour during August commanded sold out shows as well a follow-up trip to Australia in September. Alae wooed both audiences and industry giants with a performance at the prestigious Big Sound Festival and Conference. Spot plays on radio stations Triple J, Double J, ABC radio and 4ZZZ further bolstered Alae’s infiltration of Australian ears.  

Capping off a stellar 2017, the band’s freshly released single “Too Strung Up” was premiered on November 9 by Rolling Stone Australia and launched straight into Spotify’s prestigious New Music Friday playlist in New Zealand, Australia and the United States where followers number over 2.3 million. Further high profile international playlist additions across the platform have helped expose “Too Strung Up” to over 1.4 million new listeners across the world, breaking NZ records for local independent artists on the Spotify service. The acclaimed single “Stone Cold” has traced the same steps with another debut through Spotify’s New Music Friday in Australia, New Zealand and the USA and has featured on Apple Music’s ‘Best of the Week’ playlist after a Billboard.com video premiere. 

Sharing their sound both at home and abroad is a priority for Alae in 2018. The now four piece have kicked off the year with high profile local live slots with the Blackbird Ensemble, support of Australia’s John Butler Trio and a national tour with Nomad. The band plans to further extend their reach into local and offshore territories with the release of their debut album ‘Henry St this October which will be supported by a national tour. 

Alae’s newest single, “All Gived Up” officially releases on 7 September, with “Henry St” to be released 26 October.

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