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HØLAS Teams Up with Chicago Skyway For “The Glacial Meltdown” Maxi-Single

It’s been nearly a year since Indiana duo HØLAS dropped their icy-themed debut winter. The band recently expanded and will be making their official debut as a trio at The Darkroom in Chicago tongiht (Sunday March 11th) with The Grownup Noise.

Never ones to follow the conventional paths of rock bands, HØLAS has teamed up with Chicago-based house DJ Chicago Skyway for their new maxisingle “The Glacial Meltdown.” “The Glacial Meltdown” is a full on re-imagining of album centerpiece “The Glacial Anthem.”

HØLAS+CHICAGO SKYWAY
The Glacial Meltdown

1. THE GLACIAL MELTDOWN / Chicago Skyway REMIX
2. THE GLACIAL mexiMELT / Chicago Skyway REMIX
3. THE GLACIAL ANTHEM* (CD Only Bonus track)
4. WINTER, grey* (CD Only Bonus Track)
5. THE GLACIAL FLIGHT SONG**

* from the album WINTER
Mixed and Engineered by Josh Hanchar

** LIVE acoustic performance from
Flying Around the Sun on WJOB
Thursday, March 24, 2011

Hølas is Mike Lukich, Christopher G. Leather, and Kevin Cronin.

MECCA LECCA Recording Co. © 2012

Hølas would like to thank
Sean Hernandez, Josh Hanchar,
Mark Mybeck, Natalie, Violet, Jolene, +Jonny Leather.

A little about Chicago Skyway via Little White Ear Buds.com:

“A Chicago native who joined its house scene in the late 80′s, first as a teenage party-goer and then as part of a DJ duo with his older brother, Hernandez learned the art of working a crowd for years before starting in on production. Once he did, he lavished attention upon his hardware, mastering the basics and absorbing every intricacy. It was only in 2007 that he began seriously submitting his music to labels both in Chicago and abroad, finding homes for his refined yet spazzy house tunes on M>O>S Recordings, Eargasmic Recordings, and Uzuri.”

eargasmic recordings presents chicago skyway ‘influences’ from Eargasmic Recordings on Vimeo.

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Watch: Unicycle Loves You Get Crazy on Chic-A-Go-Go

Unicycle Loves You recently made a visit to Chicago’s wild Public Access show Chic-A-Go-Go. Watch the trio perform “Wow Wave Cinema” while dancing around with a mixture of children and bizarre creatures.

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Unicycle Loves You Share New Song, Opening for Telekinesis on 6.8 at Schuba’s

Unicycle Loves You – “Magic Marker Blackout (demo)”

Hard at work on their third full length, Chicago trio Unicycle Loves You has been on a prolific streak writing songs in anticipation of their Mecca Lecca debut, Failure. While Failure will not be released until early 2012, the band is eager to give a taste of what’s to come and will be debuting many of the new songs on June 8th at Schuba’s in Chicago as main support for Telekinesis.

 

The band is also excited to share “Magic Marker Blackout,” an early demo from the Failure sessions that hints at the raw, Guided By Voices-influenced sound of the new material.

 

Back in 2008, in reference to Unicycle Loves You’s self-titled debut, Pitchfork asked “Wow– do these guys already have enough hooks to last a whole album?”. The answer remains “yes!” as songwriter Jim Carroll’s natural gift for melody continues to produce memorable songs. Carroll’s latest songs reflect some of the grit that made Guided By Voices legends but much like GBV at their finest, Unicycle Loves You never lose sight of the need for a catchy melody.

 

Come see Chicago’s own Unicycle Loves You light up Schuba’s in support of Telekinesis on June 8th.

 

Stay tuned for more news regarding the 2012 release of Failure in the upcoming months.

 

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