New material from Hiva Oa has been a long time coming. Sometimes, it seems, a period of inactivity is better for a band than one of constant creation. With the release of their forthcoming EP mk2 (part 1), core members Stephen Houlihan and Christine Tubridy departed Edinburgh, returning to their native Ireland seeking renewed inspiration. Hiva Oa retain the mystery and ambition of their former incarnations, but inject a heavy thrum to their intricate patchwork style, and turn their attentions to themes of fear, loneliness, abandonment and awakening.

On lead single A Great Height the band continue their controlled experimentation by marrying primal, dizzying electronica and a swelling bass hum, with minimal guitar patterns to create a tightly wound, suffocating and intense atmosphere that sets the tone for the EP.

Hiva Oa have become masters of developing atmospheres proving that, for them, a visit to old pastures has worked wonders.

Hiva Oa is: Stephen Houlihan, Christine Tubridy, Matthew Collings and Daithi McNabb

A Great Height

New material from Hiva Oa has been a long time coming. Sometimes, it seems, a period of inactivity is better for a band than one of constant creation. With the release of their forthcoming EP mk2 (part 1), core members Stephen Houlihan and Christine Tubridy departed Edinburgh, returning to their native Ireland seeking renewed inspiration. Hiva Oa retain the mystery and ambition of their former incarnations, but inject a heavy thrum to their intricate patchwork style, and turn their attentions to themes of fear, loneliness, abandonment and awakening.

Closing track Jonny Brazil again shifts unassumingly from sinewy indie-rock before revealing a raft of squalling guitars and inter-playing vocal melodies. 

Hiva Oa have become masters of developing atmospheres proving that, for them, a visit to old pastures has worked wonders.

Hiva Oa is: Stephen Houlihan, Christine Tubridy, Matthew Collings and Daithi McNabb

mkII (part 1)

Jonny Brazil

New material from Hiva Oa has been a long time coming. Sometimes, it seems, a period of inactivity is better for a band than one of constant creation. With the release of their forthcoming EP mk2 (part 1), core members Stephen Houlihan and Christine Tubridy departed Edinburgh, returning to their native Ireland seeking renewed inspiration. Hiva Oa retain the mystery and ambition of their former incarnations, but inject a heavy thrum to their intricate patchwork style, and turn their attentions to themes of fear, loneliness, abandonment and awakening.

Seskinore demonstrates their skill in developing percussive motifs that flit from the suspenseful and shuffling, to eruptive, deafening, conclusions. A powerful resolution to each composition is never far from the minds of Hiva Oa. 

Hiva Oa have become masters of developing atmospheres proving that, for them, a visit to old pastures has worked wonders.

Hiva Oa is: Stephen Houlihan, Christine Tubridy, Matthew Collings and Daithi McNabb

Seskinore

Christine

Only 2 Things

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So Many Lies is the lead track from our forthcoming EP mkll (part 2), set for release on 7th April 2017.

So Many Lies stays central to the ideals and themes presented within mk2 (part 1); however, it takes to the fore principles of accountability where there has been a loss of control.

A personal frustration.

The track harnesses a counterbalance, where one can look at their own guilt by association or inaction in a situation.

Hiva Oa is: Stephen Houlihan, Christine Tubridy, Matthew Collings, Chris McCorry and Daithi McNabb

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So Many Lies

Bygones will be gone.

You have not suffered for our rights.
We have suffered all this while, for your lies.

I strayed long enough to simulate life.

You stole it all in front of my eyes. 
I wasted enough for you to gather it all, for lies.

I waited my turn to fall in line.
Wherever you are, the other will hide.

For our lives.

mkII (part 2)

So Many Lies

The Minder

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Hiva Oa - Astroturfing. taken from the EP mk2(part 2) released 7th April 2017. 

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Recorded at 45a Side Studio, Glasgow. 
Featuring guest vocals from Wisconsin native Amelinda Burich, from Rose of the West.
 
Lyrics

A solid life. Sold as lies.
While so and so, hangs around.
Wait a minute, let me in
I found another way
Another way to see this through.
Lets take another little pill
I promise not to let you leave.
Just take another little pill.
I promised I would see this through.

My life by your side
Your eyes, now blind
I’m alive when I’ve restrained myself
I saw myself as what?

My pride?
Your life is not worth it
I’m alive when you’re beside yourself
I soiled myself, and for what?

mk2 (part 2)

Astroturfing

Nearly three years of being a part of the dynamic Belfast music scene has seen alternative electronic outfit Hiva Oa wind and weave through an expansive catalogue of sounds, in constant pursuit of making ever-more innovative and exciting music to complement their high-energy, unmissable live performance.
Stephen Houlihan, Christine Tubridy and Chris McCorry have now expanded the band’s already versatile discography to bring you “Souvenir”, an intensely enigmatic track whose aggressive groove and unsettling melodies will make it impossible to listen sitting still.

An effortlessly punchy beginning sets the precedent for lively synth-heavy textures to unfold alongside ringing guitars, distorted female vocal cuts and a loose, aggressive hi-hat crescendo that wouldn’t sound out of place on a raw Detroit house track. Houlihan’s vocal echoes around the piece in soft fragility to contrast the high octane pace of the music. An exciting first glimpse into the new wave of upcoming offerings from Hiva Oa.

Hiva Oa is: Stephen Houlihan, Christine Tubridy and Chris McCorry, with additional studio and live members Matthew Collings and Daithi McNabb.



For all PR enquiries please contact Stephen on stephen@hivaoa.co or call +44 (0) 7702 32 3434


'There's something quite solitary about this...it's one of those records that sounds like it's just out of reach but at the same time it still like to be loved' - BBC 6 Music - Steve Lamacq (on Jonny Brazil)

New artist of the week – The Irish Times

'Still sounding distinctly unique, lead track ‘A Great Height’ was a wonderfully promising return, and such expectations are raised even further thanks to the weighty brilliance of new track ‘Seskinore‘...A heavyweight, wonderfully compelling next-step.' - Gold Flake Paint

'Defies genre, intense to the point of almost being tribal' - BBC Ulster (Across the Line)

Souvenir

Hiva Oa is the Belfast-based creative endeavor of Stephen Houlihan, Christine Tubridy and ChrisMcCorry. 

The sound merges dark, omnipotent bass variants with aggressive, rumbling drums and guitars to lay the cornerstone for a subdued yet contemplative vocal delivery. The band's extensively spanning musical tastes impact the diversity of the sound, swaying readily from electronic constructs to agitated noise rock and beyond.

Following the success in 2017 of EP mkII (part 1&2) and subsequent touring, Hiva Oa are currently recording their new album and with only a select number of live dates scheduled in 2018, which will give light and space to an experimental trajectory that has long been in the making. This new material will again see the collaboration of Edinburgh members Matthew Collings and Daithi McNabb.

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