Alohaha take self-guided retreat in “Welcome to your New Life”

A pleasant drift carries the new track by duo Alohaha, “Welcome to Your New Life”, as if they’re both together on a quiet, stately retreat to rightfully decompress. If only this carefree scenario would emulate true life – both producer Jake Sinclair and poet Lyndsay Thornton consider this their breakup album, one that they consider to be a “sunset-drenched soundtrack to the rise and fall of a lived relationship”. “It’s a paradise/baby/you hoped you’d find”, they sing quietly in unison as a Hawaiian lap steel guitar meanders against a steady drum beat. It almost sounds like a compromise, where both parties can envision some kind of ldyllic harmony where they can both find peace apart from each other. 

“Welcome to your New Life” is out now, and look out for their debut album release in December via Black Rainbow. – Juan Rodríguez