Redazione“One Way Street” (1990), a cover song, is a funerary interpretation of Mark Lanegan’s elegiac admonition, elevated to a narcotic chorale. Wurlitzer, Mellotron, and electroacoustic trap beats root a complex interplay of harmonies.
An electroacoustic duo from the Tellico Plains in Tennessee, HNS makes music that merges gothic folk with experimental electronica. Heavy, ethereal tracks that are sometimes stark, sometimes psychedelic, and always intricate, speak poetry and prisons, omens and ecstasies, breakdowns and prayers. HNS’s latest release Crow (2023) is a brief electroacoustic/vocal incantation that takes a trip to the underworld and back. Where “Crow” drops down, its B-side rises up: “One Way Street” (2001), a cover song, is a funerary interpretation of Mark Lanegan’s elegiac admonition, elevated to a narcotic chorale. Wurlitzer, Mellotron, and electroacoustic trap beats root a complex interplay of harmonies.
Crow is the first single from HNS’s upcoming electroacoustic album, Songs from the Silence (2023). The 5-song EP/demo The Rack and the Wheel (2022) provides a raw glimpse of HNS’s video art and audio origins through the experimental folktronica title track “The Rack and the Wheel,” the ukulele/Moog/guitar warning song, “The Angel and the Haint” and the lush and droning stay against confusion, “Sometimes I Can’t Say.” Psychedelic experimental rock tracks “Dervish” and “2am” reveal a heavier, energetic side of HNS’s music. The title track of their first single Blueberry Tree (2021) is a sweet, deceptive and brief send-off. “Karma Corrector” its B-side antidote, is pulsing and experimental electronica. Find HNS videos, contact info, and previews at heartoftheneareststar.com.
