We are delighted that another single from the upcoming electronica album “Electric Mirror” (release date: November 22nd) by THE HALO TREES is being released today. A new version of “This House Of Sadness” together with Stefanie Duchêne (Behind Your Fear, ex-Flowing Tears), who sings the song as a duet with Sascha Blach. The deep voices of the two give you goosebumps and a sea of melancholy, we think. We are very grateful to Stefanie for “lending” us her wonderful voice for the song.
The track is available from today on all streaming and download platforms and as a free download on Bandcamp. Feel free to write us in the comments if you have listened to it.
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry are back. In the lead-up to the new album, „Strange Kind of Paradise“, they started the pre-sales for the first six-track EP, „Driving Black“ at Bandcamp yesterday. And the best thing: There’s a remix from THE HALO TREES on the EP. We’re pretty excited. Pre-order your vinyl HERE!
Half a year after the release of our latest album „Where The Deep Ends“ we already have the next release in the pipeline. To coincide with our European tour as support for Front Line Assembly we are releasing an album with electronic remakes of some of our songs. As a first appetizer, the first single „Alone In A Room Full Of Mirrors“ is available from today on all streaming and download platforms. On Bandcamp it is even available as a free download.
„Electric Mirror“, the title of the upcoming album, is not a classic remix album, but was produced by us ourselves. All songs have been given new electronic arrangements and re-recorded vocals by Sascha, presenting a completely new facet of the band’s sound. It will be released on November 22nd, 2024 as a digital release and CD via COP International. There are also a few exciting guests. More on that soon.
The first single „Alone In A Room Full Of Mirrors“ is a song that was only available in the original rock version as a bonus track on the first album „Antennas To The Sky“. The new version is a super atmospheric track between ambient and electronica – spherical, wide, timeless and weightless. Completely different to everything we’ve done before, but we love this version.
Get track for free download at Bandcamp:
Tourdates:
Scream Silence, The Halo Trees (Rock Set) & Meersein:
24.10.2024 D-Berlin, Hafenbar Tegel
Front Line Assembly & The Halo Trees* (Electronic Set):
On December 6th the “Resurgence” 7CD vinyl sized compilation box + book will be released… it also contains a track from The Halo Trees.
It’s the latest conceptual release from Brussels-based Spleen+ (a division of Alfa Matrix). This deluxe collector’s edition brings together 133 active bands from across the globe, spanning the diverse sub-genres born from post-punk’s iconic roots. Spread over an impressive 7-CD collection, this box set captures the essence of a movement that has influenced generations of music, art, and culture.
We are happy to announce that we will be playing live in Berlin again on October 24, 2024 – this time with Scream Silence and Meersein in the Hafenbar Tegel. Tickets for the Dark Indie Night are now on presale. Don’t miss out on this cool line-up!
We are happy that we will go on tour with Front Line Assembly in November and December. Expect a special electronic set of The Halo Trees for this occasion. Here are the dates:
Front Line Assembly & The Halo Trees:
26.11. CZ-Prague Meetfactory
27.11. HU-Budapest – A 38
29.11. DE-Leipzig Hellraiser
01.12. DE-Oberhausen Kulttempel
02.12. DE-Berlin-Gretchen
Front Line Assembly only:
23.11. ES-Madrid/-Santurio Festival
30.11. DE-Weissenhäuser Strand Plage Noire Festival
The Halo Trees beantworten Fragen rund um das neue Album „Where The Deep Ends“ und die Band im Allgemeinen. Die gesamte Band kam zu einem etwa einstündigen Online-Call zusammen, um Fragen zu beantworten: Glauben die Musiker an Außerirdische? Wann entstehen ihre besten Songs? Welches ist die längste Strecke, die Stefan je zur Probe gelaufen ist? Und vieles mehr! Taucht ein in diesen spannenden Talk voller überraschender Einblicke und unterhaltsamer Anekdoten. Viel Spaß!
Seht Sascha hier im Video-Interview mit Frank Otti van Düren vom Nightshade Magazin. Sie sprechen eine Dreiviertelstunde lang u.a. über das neue The Halo Trees-Album „Where The Deep Ends“, das dazugehörigen Buch, Albumkonzepte, nostalgische Musik-Käufe in den 90ern, Filmmusik, die Hintergründe der Ukulele- und Death Metal-Version von „Stray(nger)“, Reinkarnation und vieles mehr. Danke dafür an Otti und viel Spaß beim Hören.
Before the new The Halo Trees album “Where The Deep Ends” will be released via COP International on June 7, 2024, the Berlin band is presenting another single from it today, “Wrong Train”. “Wrong Train” is a hypnotic, catchy track with a dark tone that combines the best of post-punk, indie rock and dark rock. The deep, narrative vocals are carried by meditative drums, melancholic violins and an intelligent interplay of guitars, bass and Rhodes piano. The album “Where The Deep Ends” will be released in a bundle with the 50-page appendix book of the same name by singer/guitarist Sascha Blach, which deepens and expands the content of the lyrics in pictures, short stories, philosophical texts, poems and comments. “Wrong Train” can now be heard on all streaming and download platforms. On June 6th the band will play their record release concert at the Art Stalker Club in Berlin.
The Halo Trees singer/guitarist Sascha Blach recorded an essay in which he philosophizes about the background of our latest single „Happy Man“ and reflects on the big question of what actually makes us happy. It’s available in German and English on Youtube, each version lasts just under 18 minutes, so give yourself some time for it. Good for car rides, walks or a glass of wine.
Hey guys, today we are releasing „Happy Man“, the second single from our upcoming album, via Spotify, Apple Music etc.
It’s a very personal track. Despite its title, the song leans towards melancholy, revealing our darker side. Sonorous vocals complement electronic elements, tragic violins, and the deep post-punk rock instrumentation that characterizes the track’s latter half.
If you want to support us, we recommend you buy the single on Bandcamp. It only costs 1 dollar and you get 3 songs & the video for download.
Sascha spontaneously recorded a ukulele version of the new The Halo Trees single „Stray(nger)“. Enjoy!
And also don’t miss this one: Sascha shows you the arrangement of the song „Stray(nger)“ in Logic Pro, where you can also hear individual tracks and learn something about the background of the song.
On this photo: THT live at Art Stalker Berlin in 2019. On June 6th 2024 we’ll return to the club – with Cosma Nova and Mansions In The Sea. Save the date and get your tickets now!
Our new single and video „Stray(nger)“ dropped today via COP International. Listen at Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Tidal or whatever your preferred platform is.
We recommend Bandcamp, where we offer you the 3-track single plus video for download (mp3, wave, flac etc.) for 0 euros. Yes, you heard that right! We want our music to spread and encourage you to get it for free. Simply enter 0 in the payment field or pay whatever you want.
We are pleased to announce as of today you can pre-order our new single via Bandcamp: It’s called „Stray(nger)“ and we’re super proud of the song.
In addition to the original version, the Bandcamp package also contains an instrumental and an electronic rework version as well as the video clip. Release is on February 2nd, 2024 – Bandcamp day!
We would be happy if you support us and pre-order the single.
We are super excited that our next studio album will be released via the US label COP International. You can read more about the signing in the press release below. Check out the latest label compilation of COP International, that was released via Bandcamp today – with The Halo Trees! And the best, it’s for free!
The renowned US indie label COP International (Stabbing Westward, The Cassandra Complex, Beasto Blanco etc.) recently signed the Berlin band The Halo Trees. The group around singer/guitarist Sascha Blach describes their music as Deep Dark Indie Rock, which includes elements of Post-Punk, Indie Rock and Post-Rock. The dark Rock sound is characterized by complex arrangements in which the violin also has a fixed place, as well as the frontman’s deep melancholic vocals. In the past, The Halo Trees have been repeatedly compared to bands like The National, Lambchop and Mark Lanegan. After the outfit recently released a few singles on their own such as “Mr. Abundance” or “The Beginning Of Something Beautiful”, the next record “Where The Deep Ends” will be released in spring 2024 worldwide via COP International. The band promises an introspective headphone album with a warm, organic sound that contains lots of little details. The record release will be preceded by the first single and music video still this year.
Christian Petke, label boss of COP International, says about the signing: „I am genuinely thrilled to join forces with The Halo Trees. Their music exudes an introverted, deep, and intensely quiet post-punk vibe that resonated with me on a profound level. Sascha Blach, a truly prolific songwriter, has crafted something extraordinary, and I’m eagerly anticipating the moment we can unveil their incredible new music to the world.”
Sascha Blach from The Halo Trees is pleased: “I know COP International still from the first incarnation of the label and have therefore been following Christian’s work from afar for a long time. I think it’s great that he has revitalized the label and is now expanding musically. In our conversations he proved to be a great idealist and a very likeable person. I see it as a good sign that our first Zoom call lasted over 2.5 hours. So I’m looking forward to what I hope will be a long-term collaboration and I hope we as a band can take the next step.”
Schon mal vormerken: Am 27. Oktober 2023 spielen wir ein Streaming-Konzert im Ape45 Production Showroom Berlin-Mitte, das live über Twitch ins Internet übertragen wird. Los geht es um 19.30h. Dabei werden auch einige der neuen Singles ihre Live-Premiere erfahren …
Mark your calendars! On October 27, 2023 we will play a streaming concert in the Ape45 Production Showroom Berlin-Mitte, which will be broadcast live on the Internet via Twitch. It starts at 7:30 p.m. Some of our new singles will also have their live premiere then…
Even if it seemed quiet around The Halo Trees, we have worked permanently on new tracks in the last 2 years after the release of the last album „Summergloom“. Three handful of songs, which we would like to present to you this year. Before our 3rd studio album will be released in autumn/winter, we will release some digital singles, which will not be on the album. 5 songs in 5 months. This means you will get to know unusual sides of The Halo Trees, before we then return to our familiar Dark Indie Rock sound on the upcoming album. We start with the single „Big Bang Coming“ – a simple, catchy and for The Halo Trees unusual heavy rock song, which Sascha deliberately wrote within only one hour to challenge himself. You can stream and download the song now on all major platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon or Bandcamp (also in 24 Bit). We look forward to your feedback.
Den ganzen Dezember hindurch – vom 01. bis 31.12. also – gibt es bei uns im Winter Solitude Shop diverse Shirts und CDs für nur 5€. Wir brauchen Platz im Lager und Startkapital für unsere nächsten Projekte im neuen Jahr. So könnt Ihr uns durch eine Bestellung gleich doppelt helfen. Stöbert doch mal durch die einzelnen Rubriken und nutzt die Chance – geeignet auch wunderbar zum Kennenlernen neuer Musik.
Bei allen Artikeln gilt, nur solange der Vorrat reicht! Der Versand erfolgt Anfang Januar gesammelt für alle Bestellungen.
Unfortunately we have to cancel the show at Arcanoa, Berlin on Nov. 25 2022 due to a timing inconvenience within the band. We hope to be able to honor Berlin live again soon. We’re very sorry!
We will release a new EP on July 1, 2022 as a follow-up to our 2021 album „Summergloom“, which is already clearly recognizable as a twin release by its title „Reverberations Of A Gloomy Summer“. The 5 songs of the EP were all created in the course of the „Summergloom“ sessions, but didn’t find a place on the album for various reasons – be it because they were stylistically a bit out of the ordinary or because they weren’t finished in time. So „Reverberations Of A Gloomy Summer“ sounds a bit more experimental, versatile and stylistically freer than the last album.
With the Portishead cover „Sour Times“ and the two original compositions „Nothing More To Worry About“ and „Song Of Compassion“, there are also three bonus tracks on the CD version, which were previously only available as digital releases. All three tracks had already been released as digital singles in the run-up to the album „Summergloom“ to bridge the waiting time for the record. For the CD version, which thus contains 8 tracks, the mix and mastering were also reworked once again. The CD is exclusively available in the Winter Solitude Shop as well as soon in our Bandcamp-Shop!
The CD release party will take place on 30.06.2022 at the Junction Bar Berlin. At this show we will also present our new line-up for the first time.
The Halo Trees are finally four musicians again. We welcome Nora Nünning on violin and Gabriel Wohlfahrt on bass as new members of the band.
On June 30th you can see them live for the first time, because we will play that night at Junction Bar in Berlin. See Facebook event
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The Halo Trees singer Sascha has recorded a solo album, which will be released on July 1. Mansions In The Sea is the name of the project and it stands for quiet folk music. The first single including video was just released:
