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    Hollow Hand
    Brighton, UK


    Wish Road South
    Sep 04 via Loose Music

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    Hollow Hand has always been a vehicle for Max Kinghorn-Mills’ songs, and it remains so, but having felt the spark and connectivity of recently being around more bands, he decided to change tack on Wish Road South. “The way I've made albums previously has usually been huddled away in the tradition of a bedroom producer,” says Kinghorn-Mills. “But with this one I expanded my horizons and it made me realise there's so much more to playing, and being in a band, than just recording the songs.”


    Along with Oliver Newton (drums) and Leo Clarke (bass) they got together in their new studio space in Brighton and tracked the songs live as a band. “With three of us being involved from the beginning, and all invested in it together, it feels like a group effort, which is a new thing for us,” Kinghorn-Mills says. “Our studio became really important as a creative space and, while it’s not Abbey Road, we were really able to up the production value.”

    The first song they worked on was “Here Are The Tulips’”—a breezy, infectious, and melodic piece of folk-pop that showcases Kinghorn-Mills’ knack for catchy hooks—and something clicked. “I was listening back after a take and I thought, oh man,” he recalls. “There was something about it feeling so live that was magical to me. I remember feeling so happy going home that day knowing that we'd found something. Things became much easier after that. We felt reborn. It's such a good feeling when something comes together naturally and you don't force it.”



    Hollow Hand on tour:
    Oct 13 Leeds, UK – Hyde Park Book Club
    Oct 14 Sheffield, UK – Delicious Clam
    Oct 15 Manchester, UK – YES
    Oct 16 Glasgow, UK – The Old Hairdresser’s
    Oct 17 North Shields, UK – Three Tanners Bank
    Oct 20 London, UK – The Lexington
    Oct 21 Bristol, UK – The Louisiana
    Oct 22 Newport, UK – Le Pub
    Oct 23 St Davids, UK – St Davids City Council Hall
    Oct 27 Southampton, UK – Heartbreakers
    Oct 28 Margate, UK – Where Else?
    Oct 29 Ipswich, UK – The Smokehouse
    Oct 30 Brighton, UK – A L P H A B E T