Australia’s
Hatchie is preparing for a North American tour to promote the upcoming album “Giving
the World Away.” The tour schedule is included at the bottom of this post. Among
the stops is a May 23 visit to Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco.
A strong recommendation to anyone intending to see a live performance by Hatchie – play the album’s title track often and become familiar with both its major shifts and its many nuances. “Giving The World Away” will be a concert favorite. But the song is unpredictable and the attendees who enjoy it most will be those with a familiarity that allows them to know where to look and when to anticipate an energy shift. Check the drummer at 0:50; is the drummer using a wood block, or is it a hollowed wood device, or…? What is being used for the percussion at 1:50? And for portions of the song, the piano should be more of a focus than the lead vocals.
The title single, “Giving The World Away,” is about being gentle with yourself in the throes of depression. The song is powerful. Hatchie is a musical project with songwriter Harriette Pilbeam at its helm. Although her sound arrived fully-formed, a dazzling dream-pop and shoegaze tangle, it’s in in the upcoming album that Pilbeam fully distills the core of herself into a record.
The album is scheduled to drop on April 22,
2022. The press content regarding the album explains:
“Giving the World Away” tells a story of confidence found, as Hatchie unifies themes of trust, ambition, love and self-realization by embracing vulnerability as a strength. “It’s the concept of giving your heart away,” says Hatchie’s Harriette Pilbeam, “putting everything on the line...the entire album is really me realising that I actually need to do that in order to grow and accept myself.” Its story comes to life in the way it’s told: new songs are intentionally glossy and hi-fi, joyful and arena-sized in sound, articulating Pilbeam’s newfound strength and certainty. In fact, “Giving the World Away” is a record intentionally built for everyone’s empowerment, telling Pilbeam’s personal story while also inviting it in others to move from the personal to the public, taking the intimate and making it visible. “My last record I wanted people to sing along to,” she says. “This one was more about something you can move to. After kind of floating through young adulthood, I realised a lot of the things I'd been missing out on by under-appreciating myself. It's led me to making different decisions not only in regards to my music but also my personal life, the way I dress, the way I socialise, the way I treat my body etc.” Giving the World Away is about finally finding one’s footing, embracing visibility, and moving past fear of the future to welcome its bigger decisions and higher stakes.
“Giving the World Away” tells a story of confidence found, as Hatchie unifies themes of trust, ambition, love and self-realization by embracing vulnerability as a strength. “It’s the concept of giving your heart away,” says Hatchie’s Harriette Pilbeam, “putting everything on the line...the entire album is really me realising that I actually need to do that in order to grow and accept myself.” Its story comes to life in the way it’s told: new songs are intentionally glossy and hi-fi, joyful and arena-sized in sound, articulating Pilbeam’s newfound strength and certainty. In fact, “Giving the World Away” is a record intentionally built for everyone’s empowerment, telling Pilbeam’s personal story while also inviting it in others to move from the personal to the public, taking the intimate and making it visible. “My last record I wanted people to sing along to,” she says. “This one was more about something you can move to. After kind of floating through young adulthood, I realised a lot of the things I'd been missing out on by under-appreciating myself. It's led me to making different decisions not only in regards to my music but also my personal life, the way I dress, the way I socialise, the way I treat my body etc.” Giving the World Away is about finally finding one’s footing, embracing visibility, and moving past fear of the future to welcome its bigger decisions and higher stakes.
“Giving
The World Away” by Hatchie
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Lyrics of “Giving The World Away” by Hatchie
You can see your horizon dissolve into nothing
With every passing hour
If you tore up your thoughts and put them in motion
Would you still feel desire?
What is it that makes us feel so invincible
Like life is by design?
Could you regenerate all you'd hoped for yourself?
Could you start again?
Stop giving the world away
Stop giving the only heart you've got
Stop giving the world away
Stop giving the only heart you've got
All it took was a moment of recognition
To turn your sweet to sour
But can I offer a reason to re-imagine
How you still hold the power?
If you could take a break to recalibrate
You'd see beyond the sky
I only want your world to keep you awake
Don't lose your chance to fly
Don't lose your chance to fly [Repeating backing vocals]
Stop giving the world away
Stop giving the only heart you've got
Stop giving the world away
Stop giving the only heart you've got
Haah [Repeating backing vocals]
And in the end
You’ll go away
For your cause
And I wait
Dissipate
With the day
For your cause I'll stay
What if what drew us to one another triggers our demise?
What if what drew us to one another triggers our demise?
What if what drew us to one another triggers our demise?
What if what drew us to one another triggers our demise?
What if what drew us to one another triggers our demise?
You can see your horizon dissolve into nothing
With every passing hour
If you tore up your thoughts and put them in motion
Would you still feel desire?
What is it that makes us feel so invincible
Like life is by design?
Could you regenerate all you'd hoped for yourself?
Could you start again?
Stop giving the world away
Stop giving the only heart you've got
Stop giving the world away
Stop giving the only heart you've got
All it took was a moment of recognition
To turn your sweet to sour
But can I offer a reason to re-imagine
How you still hold the power?
If you could take a break to recalibrate
You'd see beyond the sky
I only want your world to keep you awake
Don't lose your chance to fly
Don't lose your chance to fly [Repeating backing vocals]
Stop giving the world away
Stop giving the only heart you've got
Stop giving the world away
Stop giving the only heart you've got
Haah [Repeating backing vocals]
And in the end
You’ll go away
For your cause
And I wait
Dissipate
With the day
For your cause I'll stay
What if what drew us to one another triggers our demise?
What if what drew us to one another triggers our demise?
What if what drew us to one another triggers our demise?
What if what drew us to one another triggers our demise?
What if what drew us to one another triggers our demise?
TOUR DATES:
WED 04 MAY / WASHINGTON, D.C. / SONGBYRD (TICKETS)*
THU 05 MAY / PHILADELPHIA, PA / FOUNDRY (TICKETS)*
FRI 06 MAY / BOSTON, MA / CRYSTAL BALLROOM (TICKETS)*
SAT 07 MAY / BROOKLYN, NY / MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG (TICKETS)*
MON 09 MAY / MONTREAL, QC / BAR LE RITZ (TICKETS)*
TUE 10 MAY / TORONTO, ON / GARRISON (TICKETS)*
THU 12 MAY / PITTSBURGH, PA / CLUB CAFE (TICKETS)*
FRI 13 MAY / COLUMBUS, OH / ACE OF CUPS (TICKETS)*
SAT 14 MAY / CHICAGO, IL / SLEEPING VILLAGE (TICKETS)*
SUN 15 MAY / MINNEAPOLIS, MN / TURF CLUB (TICKETS)*
THU 19 MAY / VANCOUVER, BC / FORTUNE (TICKETS)*
FRI 20 MAY / PORTLAND, OR / MISSISSIPPI STUDIOS (TICKETS)*
SAT 21 MAY / SEATTLE, WA / NEUMOS (TICKETS)*
MON 23 MAY / SAN FRANCISCO, CA / RICKSHAW STOP (TICKETS)*
WED 25 MAY / SAN DIEGO, CA / CASBAH (TICKETS)*
THU 26 MAY / LOS ANGELES, CA / LODGE ROOM (TICKETS)*
WED 04 MAY / WASHINGTON, D.C. / SONGBYRD (TICKETS)*
THU 05 MAY / PHILADELPHIA, PA / FOUNDRY (TICKETS)*
FRI 06 MAY / BOSTON, MA / CRYSTAL BALLROOM (TICKETS)*
SAT 07 MAY / BROOKLYN, NY / MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG (TICKETS)*
MON 09 MAY / MONTREAL, QC / BAR LE RITZ (TICKETS)*
TUE 10 MAY / TORONTO, ON / GARRISON (TICKETS)*
THU 12 MAY / PITTSBURGH, PA / CLUB CAFE (TICKETS)*
FRI 13 MAY / COLUMBUS, OH / ACE OF CUPS (TICKETS)*
SAT 14 MAY / CHICAGO, IL / SLEEPING VILLAGE (TICKETS)*
SUN 15 MAY / MINNEAPOLIS, MN / TURF CLUB (TICKETS)*
THU 19 MAY / VANCOUVER, BC / FORTUNE (TICKETS)*
FRI 20 MAY / PORTLAND, OR / MISSISSIPPI STUDIOS (TICKETS)*
SAT 21 MAY / SEATTLE, WA / NEUMOS (TICKETS)*
MON 23 MAY / SAN FRANCISCO, CA / RICKSHAW STOP (TICKETS)*
WED 25 MAY / SAN DIEGO, CA / CASBAH (TICKETS)*
THU 26 MAY / LOS ANGELES, CA / LODGE ROOM (TICKETS)*
*W/ SUPPORT FROM CAROLINE LOVEGLOW
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