Nearer by Hail, Meteor!
Hail, Meteor! weave post-rock, dream pop and indie into powerful, bilingual tracts of song that explore grief, belonging, and aroha. Their new album, Nearer, is an album of delicate vastness; both nostalgic and immediate, it has a tone affecting the many generations that make up both the band’s audience and members.
Nearer further deepens their signature sound, broadening the scope suggested by their 2023 debut, Fourth Horse. With ten songs dripping with sonic, lyrical and exploratory intent, it is their honour to let it loose on both vinyl and streaming. Its shoe-gazing lead single, ‘Sweet’, was a hit on student radio back in the autumn, topping the SRN charts for weeks on end. Nearer’s next single, ‘Most at Ease’, drives home their pop intent with forceful synths, dark guitars and sweet harmonies.
Tracklist
| 1. | Mountains | 5:24 |
| 2. | Even Song | 5:42 |
| 3. | Most At Ease | 4:12 |
| 4. | Tea | 7:08 |
| 5. | Nouns | 2:18 |
| 6. | Reckoning | 4:45 |
| 7. | Harbour Shade | 7:10 |
| 8. | Marakihau | 7:23 |
| 9. | Sweet | 4:20 |
| 10. | The Ages | 7:59 |
Credits
An all-in-house production team, the album was recorded and mixed by David Coventry at Meteor HQ, Aotearoa, with artwork by Isobel Te Aho-White and design by Simon Waterfield.
License
All rights reserved.
Hail, Meteor! is a bi-lingual, post-punk, death-pop band from Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Formed near the end of 2021 the band is Isobel Joy Te Aho-White (bass, vocals), David Coventry (guitar, vocals), Simon Waterfield (drums, samples) John Kingston (guitar), and Sarah Roberts (keyboard, vocals). Hail, Meteor! is focused on dense, chaotic harmony, on gasped melody and swaying widths of space.