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(Video) H. Hawkline – Black Domino Box

Welsh artist H. Hawkline was introduced on here last month and his music has been on constant rotation ever since.

He has just unveiled a video for ‘Black Domino Box’, which is out on August 20th, via Trash Aesthetics. ‘Black Domino Box’ is upbeat and bright, revolving around a gently strummed acoustic guitar before veering off into a slightly warped, oddball territory.

The video, directed by Casey Raymond and Jessica Balla, is equally unusual but what else could accompany this wonderful song?

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Introducing: H. Hawkline

Wales is no stranger to psychedelic, slightly odd-ball musicians, it has after all, nurtured the aberrant talents of everyone from Y Niwl, Super Furry Animals, Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci and We Are Animal.

Now we can welcome Cardiff based H. Hawkline to this illustrious list. His rough ‘n’ ready approach fuses his experimental whims with gentle, somewhat surreal lyrics into songs that are beautiful, easy to listen to and startlingly strange at the same time. These odd ball eccentricities come to the fore in everything he does.

Take the title track of his new EP, ‘Black Domino Box’. It is upbeat and bright, revolving around a gently strummed acoustic guitar before veering off into a slightly warped space normally occupied by Syd Barrett or HMHB. A marvelous, exciting and special talent.

It’s probably best for Gruff Rhys, who oversaw proceedings, to have the last word “H.Hawkline is the beatiest thing to emerge from Lundy Island since the 2007 Norovirus outbreak”. You’ll hear no quarrel from this quarter.

Black Domino Box is set for release August 20, via Trash Aesthetics, and followed by a pretty extensive UK tour.