Halou

Infobox musical artist
Name = Halou


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Origin = San Francisco, California
Genre = Trip hop, Dream pop
Years_active = 1995–present
Label = Vertebrae
Associated_acts = Invisible Ballet, R/R Coseboom, Stripmall Architecture
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Current_members = Rebecca Coseboom
Ryan Coseboom
Mikael Eldridge
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"Halou", pronounced huh-loo, is a band from San Francisco, California. Their music could be described as electronica or dream pop with female vocals; they are sometimes labeled trip hop, but the band rejects that label. [cite web|date= March 28, 2007|url=http://halouband.blogspot.com/2007/03/lapse.html|title=Lapse|publisher=halouband.blogspot.com|accessdate=2008-09-10]

History

Ryan and Rebecca met in 1992, in Ryan's father's independent music store in Santa Cruz. Three years later, they moved to San Francisco. There they became Halou, releasing their debut album, "We Only Love You" in 1998, on a small independent label called Bedazzled. "We Only Love You" was followed by a compilation of non-album tracks: "Sans Soucie" in 1999. Their second album, "Wiser", was released by Nettwerk in 2001, and their more recent, "Wholeness & Separation" and "Halou", were both released by Vertebrae in 2006 and 2008 respectively.

Halou's first album was broadcast on influential independent radio stations in Seattle and Los Angeles. [cite web|date= May 20, 2007|url=http://halou.com/about|title=Halou Bio|publisher=halou.com|accessdate=2008-09-08] In recent years, the band has received coverage from notable news sources, [cite web|date= Apr 7, 2008|url=http://www.thebaybridged.com/2008/04/07/halou-new-ep-residency-at-cafe-du-nord/|title=Halou: New EP, Residency at Cafe du Nord|publisher=thebaybridged.com|accessdate=2008-09-10] [cite web|date= Aug 14, 2006|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14272290|title=Quiet songs created to play loud|publisher=msnbc.msn.com|accessdate=2008-09-10] and they have been recognized for their production talents:

Discography

Albums

We Only Love You (1998)

#"Halfbreath" – 5:22
#"Loop in Blue" – 6:19
#"ifish" – 5:33
#"La Mer" – 6:13
#"Clip" – 2:51
#"Present Tense" – 5:15
#"It Was Safer When You Were Near" – 4:53
#"You are One of Us" – 5:14
#"Feeling Like This is Like to Fall Awake" – 5:16
#"I'll Carry You (Full Version)" – 7:47

=Wiser (2001)=

#"Milkdrunk" – 4:53
#"Wiser" – 4:36
#"Him to Me to You" – 4:11
#"Political" – 3:24
#"I'll Carry You" – 5:57
#"Before There Was Color" – 4:28
#"Oceanwide" – 7:13
#"I Would Love to Give Up" – 3:52
#"Feeling This is Like to Fall Awake" – 4:47
#"We Only Love You" – 5:28
#"Arrhythmia" – 5:41

Wholeness & Separation (2006)

#"Separation" – 1:03
#"Tubefed" – 3:11
#"Honeythief" – 3:09
#"Everything is OK" — 4:23
#"Morsecode" – 3:20
#"Stonefruit" – 3:21
#"Your Friends" – 2:33
#"The Ratio of Freckles to Stars" – 5:22
#"Alaska" – 1:24
#"Wholeness" – 4:03
#"Today" – 2:36
#"Hollow Bones" – 2:56
#"I am Warm" – 4:12
#"Things Stay the Same" – 4:29

Halou (2008)

#"Professional"
#"It Will All Make Sense in the Morning"
#"Evensong"
#"Eejit"
#"Breath Makes Smoke"
#"Seabright"
#"Sneaky Creatures"
#"Any Bird That Dares To Fly"
#"Clipped"
#"Hollywood Ending"
#"Crumbs and Dust"
#"We Wear Strings"
#"Company"
#"Skimming"

EPs

Wholeness (2003)

#"Everything is OK"
#"Ingenue"
#"The Ratio of Freckles to Stars"
#"Wholeness"
#"Wiser (Different)"
#"Firefly"

=Separation (2006)=

#"Honeythief"
#"Everything is OK (Different)"
#"Exoskeleton"
#"Far Too Far"
#"Tubefed (Instrumental Score)"

Albatross (2006)

#"Cello"
#"Ingénue (Different)"
#"Albatross"
#"One Sunny Day"
#"Night Divides The Girls"

awtooth EP (2008)

#"It Will All Make Sense in the Morning"
#"Evensong"
#"Breath Makes Smoke"
#"The Professional"
#"Clipped"
#"Hollywood Ending"

Compilation

Sans Soucie (1999)

#"Present Tense (Different)"
#"Lovesong (Original Demo)"
#"Half-Gifts"
#"I'll Carry You Two"
#"Blue Eye Smile Girl"
#"Words"
#"You Are One Of Us (Grassy Knoll)"
#"I'll Carry You (Edit)"
#"Dog Dreams (Anymore)"
#"Heroine (Anymore)"
#"They Bite (Anymore)"
#"It Was Safer When You Were Near (P'Taah)"

References