Following the first part of “Goodbye to the Valley Low” released in late 2023, Australian musician Hazlett has released the complimentary ‘Side B’ EP and combined them together to make a full-length album out now via Nettwerk.
Recorded in an off-grid cabin in the middle of Scandinavian nowhere the first half is a stripped-back collection of delicate indie-folk songs brimming with personal anecdotes told through the Sweden-based artist’s introspective songwriting, and produced by longtime collaborator Freddy Alexander. The new EP, recorded in the same cabin, completes this project, six brand new songs, which together with the first EP, makes one cohesive album with 12 tracks all in all. If you like Bon Iver this is definitely your bag.
Says the man himself, ‘Truth be told there was never meant to be a Side B to Goodbye to the Valley Low. I actually wanted to move onto something else, but the more that I tried moving on from it the more I kept getting pulled back. I realised just how many deeper questions my time in the cabin had raised, I thought I had unpacked it all but there was more digging to be done and somewhere deeper to go with it all. If Side A was the curiosity of the cabin, then Side B is working through all the questions that it left behind.’
2023 was a busy year for Hazlett, as he released his debut album “Bloom Mountain” and to supported Wild Rivers and Josiah & The Bonnevilles across Europe. This year is also shaping up to be a big one for the artist – with this new music out and having opened shows for LANY, Calum Scott, Passenger and Ocie Elliott, he has also just completed a lengthy run of headline shows across North America (as well as a stint supporting John Vincent III), and the UK and Europe is selling well.T
Hazlett UK Dates 2024:
21st November – Lafayette, London
22nd November – The Dareshack, Bristol
23rd November – Deaf Institute, Manchester
24th November – Green Room @ The Academy, Dublin
26th November – Stereo, Glasgow
27th November – Hare and Hounds Birmingham
You can watch the video for the new single ‘I’m Not Ready To Go‘ below.
