Miila, half of Love And Hates, has a new song up on her MySpace that’s either already outdated or perfectly timed depending on your perspective. “Give Me A Chocolate” could be either Valentine’s Day appropriate or the perfect White Day jam. Regardless, the song rides a post-punk guitar riff and some dusty drum beats for…
HNC has a new song out now, called “Don’t You Think You Come To Love Me.” It’s a nice hop-scotch pop number complete with kazoos that would have fit perfectly fine on Cult. Listen to a bit of it here, or buy the whole shebang on iTunes. ————————————————————————————————————– In related news, HNC’s side project Love…
Considering the two people performing live as HNC Saturday night at Flake Records in Osaka also make up the twee-crunk duo Love And Hates, I went into the (free!) show expecting the same sort of goofy chaos I’d witnessed several months ago. Color me surprised: HNC knows how to keep their alter-egos in check, and…
Be forewarned: if you like your cupcakes sprinkle-less, your Facebook feed Farmville free and your music non-cluttered with frivolous noise, you will loathe Cult. HNC’s (formerly Hazel Nut Chocolates) latest full-length features the following, completely unnecessary, flourishes: cats, samples of a Spanish countdown, an elephant, something from the The Conet Project, a witch, a cat…
Love And Hates get a lot of play around these parts, but I’ve failed to mention the twee-crunk duo isn’t either members primary gig. Both have solo gigs, one of them playing as Miila and the other as HNC. The latter has a new album, Cult, out on Dec. 2 and a good number of…