Hailing from the outer lands of Venice, Go Hawaii are a glittering two-piece who blend nostalgic guitar riffage with dreamscape vocals which cast minds back to the hectic indie-haze of the mid-noughties.
Coastal is the band’s first offering of the year and is a joyous listen that is wrapped around a narrative of the bliss felt in love. Talking about the new track, Go Hawaii share: “We wrote this song trying to convey feelings of melancholy and bliss at the same time. Inspiration came from daydreaming and past personal experiences with lovers.”
Go Hawaii is a project born in 2016 to satisfy the duo’s need for writing music. They have been playing together in a band since 2010, with many other artists coming and going. When they started Go Hawaii, their post-punk influences led them to use distorted guitars and big fuzzy basses. After a first try at composing an EP, they started to explore their dream and bedroom pop side, and that was when something really hit them.
Their first EP ‘Soft Bathrobe’ is the result of this exploration, but as soon as it was released they started working on a full album.
In 2019 Go Hawaii released three more singles and started working on live performances. They were selected to play during The New Colossus Festival showcase, held in New York City during march 2020, but the first COVID-related restriction made it impossible for them to fly to the United States. As soon as it was possible, they resumed their work and are now ready to release their first album in 2022.
In October 2021 the Brooklyn label 22Twenty released Go Hawaii’s latest single “Midnight Company”, featuring their friend Secret B from the United States.
‘Coastal’ is certainly a must listen, so what are you waiting for!
