Half a Second

Remix of Hemmingbirds' first single "Mess Of Things" from their Half A Second EP. Hear the original: https://soundcloud.com/hemmingbirds/mess-of-things

Watch the music video: http://youtu.be/2wEkAX4TqeM

Hemmingbirds - Mess Of Things [VXV Remix]

This week on the ChicagoVerseUniteD Cover Story Series audio podcast: Zach Benkowski, Timothy Cap, Yoo Soo Kim, and Matt McGuire of Hemmingbirds! Recorded backstage at Metro before the group's recent headlining set, the band delves into its new album, The Vines of Age, the concept behind the record, and the Kickstarter campaign that funded the effort.

CVU218 - Hemmingbirds

Written and produced by Yoo Soo Kim and Monserrat.

Lyrics:
I was staring at the sea
Through the grey I saw infinity
I was staring at the sea
In the mirror I saw me

In the stillest ocean that is me
The deepest trenches of my cracks and seams
What does it mean to feel relief?
From the pressure that's encapsulating me

Me
And I saw me

I was staring at the sea
Through the grey I saw infinity
I was staring at the sea
In the mirror I saw me

In the stillest ocean that is me
The deepest trenches of my cracks and seams
What does it mean to feel relief?
From the pressures that's encapsulating me

Is this it?

The Sea

The alternate version of "Through the Night" that almost made the record. By almost, we mean almost. There was a long, long debate and a final vote that went to the official solo acoustic version that exists on "The Vines of Age." 

As for this alternate version, the reverberated backup vocals bring a new dimension of some vast haunted world where in which this song exists. 

Through the Night (Alternate Version)

Stuck on you when I'm home
I can't go out on my own
Go ahead, bring it back

Tell me what's normal now
I heard we're going south
Should I be so lucky now?
Go ahead, bring it back

Go ahead, bring it back

Out of my former self
Get me out of my shell
I wave a fond farewell
Go ahead, bring it back

Wandered in wilderness
Take me away again
Take me away again
Go ahead, bring it back

Go ahead, bring it back

Created by Yoo Soo Kim
Artwork by Christine Nguyen
© 2020 Death Wave Records

Go Ahead (Bring It Back)

Hemmingbirds is an indie pop rock band based out of Chicago, IL. The band began as a solo project of singer/guitarist/violist Yoo Soo Kim in the fall of 2009. The name is loosely inspired by Ernest Hemingway and a Fleet Foxes track about hummingbirds and meadowlarks.

The recordings from Yoo Soo’s solo project expanded into what would ultimately become the band’s debut Death Wave released May 2010. Zach Benkowski and Timothy Cap joined on drums and guitar, respectively, and the musical composition of the band moved from a solo project to a full-fledged band. After a slew of lineup changes, Matt McGuire joined on bass to complete the current lineup.

The release of Death Wave was met with local and national acclaim. The album reached #109 on CMJ’s Top 200 National Charts, and the band was named The Deli Chicago’s #4 Emerging Artist of 2011 and Metromix Chicago noted the group as a “Local Band to Watch.” 

Riding on the success of Death Wave the band began writing and recording its follow-up. Departing from the original solo creative writing process of Death Wave, Hemmingbirds wrote and recorded their sophomore effort The Vines of Age collectively as a full, live band. As a result, the album marks a transition from the band’s original folk rock influenced sound into a heavier, noisier, more soulful feel that, at the heart of it, still encompasses a solid pop rock sound.

Hemmingbirds new album, The Vines of Age, will be released worldwide on Tuesday, 9/25.


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