HSAL #67 (BANDCAMP EXLUSIVE)

Posted on April 7, 2025April 7, 2025 Posted in RELEASES, THE LABELTagged asentimentalsong, bandcamp, Columbus, compilation, Fainting Couch, honeybrandy, HSAL, indie rock, Lost In Space Camp, Lynchburg, music, new-music, news, Philadelphia, Plastic Hacks, reviews, Roanoke, rock, RVA, Sacramento, Sheetrock, Steve Scott, Stilyagi, Times Tables, TLVS, Virginia Beach, Young HierophantLeave a comment

RELEASE: HSAL #67
RELEASE DATE: April 1, 2025

AVAILABILITY: DIG
ARTWORK: Courtesy of Stilyagi
STREAM/DOWNLOAD: HSAL bandcamp

This, our ninth compilation, is a total “family & friends” affair. We’ve seen many artists come and go since dreaming this all up back in 2009. Consider this collection of tunes as a random card you get in the mail one day from a long-forgotten friend. It is steeped in nostalgic references and mile-markers from their journey that they think will at least hold your interest and at most rekindle a connection.

Here’s a track-by-track description of the compilation:

Track 01 – Fainting Couch, “So Long”: new single from the guitar half of “Powerviolet,” who we featured on HSAL #65.
Track 02 – Lost In Space Camp, “Aquatone (Attic Session)”: Instrumental take on a track that may include vocals on a future release…
Track 03 – honeybrandy, “Closed For Learning”: new track from upcoming album, “File Under Contemplative Protest,” due out later this year.
Track 04 – Plastic Hacks, “Slow Glow”: new single from the forthcoming album, “Fabulously Melancholy,” due out Spring 2025 on Friend Club Records.
Track 05 – Young Hierophant, “From A Room Forever”: this track is an unreleased composition from the sessions for his STELLAR 2024 album “Return To The Healing Church.”
Track 06 – Sheetrock, “Herald”: new single from RVA members of Toan Team.
Track 07 – asentimentalsong, “The Calm Before The Calm”: new piece presented by Joe from TLVS. #dronelife
Track 08 – Times Tables, “Zoom Meeting”: new single from Roanoke’s faux-midwestern emo sons. EP drops later this month.
Track 09 – TLVS, “Honey From Every Wind”: only track from last year’s split with Powerviolet that’s never been played live.
Track 10 – Steve Scott, “On A Personal Note (Stilyagi Drone Mix)”: Per Steve, this is a rough sketch of something being worked on.

HSAL #57 Goes Farther!

Posted on May 1, 2020 Posted in COVID-19, RELEASES, THE LABELTagged compilation, COVID-19, HSAL, HSAL #57, Isolation, ourlynchburg, Quarantine, Social Distancing, VirginiaLeave a comment

GREAT NEWS! Our most recent compilation, “Isolation“, is now available on Spotify! Over the coming days, you’ll find it popping up on most every digital platform. Stream/share this one with everyone you know. We are all responding to this strange season in our own ways. Consider this collection from among the Commonwealth’s finest are soundtrack to the full range of emotion. Thanks for listening…

HSAL > COVID-19 (part two)

Posted on April 3, 2020April 2, 2020 Posted in COVID-19, RELEASES, THE LABELTagged compilation, coronavirus, COVID-19, HSAL, HSAL #57, Isolation, lovedefeatsfear, loveoverfear, ourlynchburgLeave a comment

Spring is happening all around us! Regretfully, so is that pesky coronavirus. Your friendly neighborhood record label REFUSES to hand life over to an unseen force that threatens our very well-being. That said, we are also 100% on board with measures (be they responsibly insituted or culturally mandated) to stop the spread of said unseen force. Here’s the next installment in a series of posts to reinforce what the HSAL family is doing amidst the COVID-19 scare.

HSAL #57: Various Artists, “Isolation”

RELEASE DATE: April 17, 2020

Perhaps the most unnerving element tangled up in this historical moment is fear. Fear of the future. Fear of contraction. Fear of engagement. These things ought not be. As a community, we reach across technology to share art, which in most every case is an expression of love (directly or indirectly). In a season where multiple pressures were driving people away from each other, your friendly neighborhood record label worked with friends and family to collect recordings made during the COVID-19 scare (03/13/20 – ???). The result is this compilation of sounds primed for times of solitude and contemplation. Of the many emotions that reside in these sounds, may one thing ring true – LOVE DEFEATS FEAR!

AVAILABILITY: DIG (download comes with extra goodies)
ARTWORK: courtesy of HSAL
STREAM/DOWNLOAD: HSAL bandcamp

FFO: PAN‘s “Mono No Aware“, Unseen‘s “Disquiet” Series, Past Inside The Present‘s “Healing Sounds“