others?” English realised that the answers to all these questions were, for her, resounding nos. The album’s title became “a reminder Hazel English to wake up and be present in a time where we are used to switching off and looking for constant entertainment,” she says.
Wake UP! ‘Wake UP!’ also explores power struggles, with English looking at RELEASE DATE: APRIL 24, 2020 how shifting dynamics affect relationships, be it in the music industry or in romantic life. “Sometimes I feel like we’re just sleepwalking through our lives. We’re not really present.” Hazel English wants us to ‘Wake UP!’ is a rallying call to our 2020 selves; a reminder of what open our eyes. Through her shimmering, daydream-pop, our core values are, packaged up in a glorious, sparkling record. “I the California based singer-songwriter is on a mission to hope I can inspire others to also search for their inner truths and find rattle the cages of our very existence, asking us to dig deep their own inner strength in the process,” English says. “I wanted to and ask challenging questions of ourselves. Wake UP!, her create something really dynamic, and kinda wild.” debut album, is a call to arms: an attempt to “make people become more aware and mindful,” she says. TRACKLIST Bigger, lusher, and more live-sounding, the LP shows a new 1. Born Like side to English: one that conveys the joy and excitement of collaboration. Drawing from a more grandiose sonic palette 2. Shaking while pulling on the same sun-kissed thread of her previous 3. Wake UP! work, half of the record was made in LA with super-producer Justin Raisen (Sky Ferreira, Charli XCX, Angel Olsen), while 4. Off My Mind English flew to Atlanta to work withBen H. Allen (Deerhunter, 5. Combat M.I.A, Animal Collective) on the other half. 6. Five and Dime “Radical messages need a raw and vibrant backdrop to pop,” she says, and she’s kept her trademark sunshine-filled 7. Like A Drug sound that fits her Los Angeles dwelling, but with bigger, 8. Waiting PUBLICITY stirring choruses. It's a testament to English’s writing style Dana Erickson and ear for a hook that she won’t make anything that she 9. Milk and Honey Grandstand Media couldn’t play stripped back to its bones, refusing to rely on 10. Work It Out production to carry a song. [email protected]
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