The Halloween Dream EP finds the Welsh genre-agnostics further expanding their uncategorised sound, launching from a base of drum machine beats and sequenced synths into the realms of the indie rock anthem and beyond.

Lead track Delta Rain is a swooning slice of atmospheric electronica, propelled by a juddering bassline and augmented with gossamer guitar. An anthemic ode to anywhere that feels like home, singer Michael describes it as “a love song dedicated to a place rather than a person.”

October Kind is an elusive, intricate labyrinth of piano and guitar jangle, where tightly harmonised vocals are draped across an ever-shifting musical landscape. Conjuring an otherworldly atmosphere, the band call it “a catalogue of Autumnal memories and the intangible feelings they inspire.”

The EP is rounded out by a warped cover (the band’s first) of Super Furry Animals’ 1998 cult favourite The Man Don’t Give A Fuck. Twisting the original into new shape, the duo finds a new sense of aggression and intensity in contrast to moments of sublime serenity. “Gruff Rhys called this an all-purpose protest song” says multi-instumentalist Jon, “and there’s plenty to protest right now.”

Also included on the Bandcamp exclusive version of the release are Midnight Mass, a brand new demo for an epic spoken-word post-rock tune, and a striking instrumental version of The Man Don’t Give A Fuck.

The Halloween Dream EP was written, recorded, mixed and produced at home by childhood friends and longtime collaborators Jon (music) and Michael (words). Their purposeful DIY ethic, inspired by bands they sound nothing like, has so far spawned two albums (2022’s Un Diavolo In Casa and 2024’s Luminism) as well as a recent run of four standalone singles which they plan to extend to a series of ten. “We thought we’d release ten singles in about a year but we’re almost a year in and only at the halfway point. Deciding to make EPs instead of singles and making videos for every song has probably slowed us down a touch.”

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The Half-Life 2 soundtrack was composed by Kelly Bailey. It is an amalgamation of newly-composed music and several cues from Bailey's previous work on Half-Life. Most, if not all, of the tracks were named by Marc Laidlaw.

The limited edition Half-Life 2 "Gold" package included, among other exclusive extras, a CD soundtrack. Although the CD contains several exclusive tracks, it does not include all of the music heard in the game. Using an appropriate program, it is possible to extract all audio tracks heard in-game from the hl2_sound_misc_dir.vpk archive file. The soundtrack (save the CD versions of tracks 1 and 34) was also included in the game directory of both the full and demo Audiosurf releases on Steam. On September 24, 2014, the soundtrack was made available as free DLC to all owners of the game on Steam.

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     Sample Rate:        44KHz
     Channels:              2 (Stereo)
     Bits Per Sample:   16
     Average Bitrate:   320kbps

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