Late Hala - “Saints & Sinners”
UK-based Late Hala has just released the atmospheric progressive rock track, “Saints & Sinners.”
“Saints & Sinners” is a song that evokes the feeling of listening to a lost recording from the 1970s, not only in the layers, but also the flow of the musical composition. It exudes a majestic, reflective, and moody cinematic vibe that is reminiscent of Giorgio Moroder, Jeff Wayne, or even Pink Floyd. Opening with pulsating synth tones, listeners are immediately immersed in meditative atmospherics.
As the song progresses, acoustic guitar introduces a lush sense of texture with strummed chords and a weaving fingerpicked groove. Warm bass pulses underneath, while the drums set a relaxed almost hypnotic groove. The highlight arrives in the final sections, as synths rise with a sense of intensity, imparting an almost alien texture. Other sounds hypnotically pulse and enhance the track’s swagger.
The vocal performance is intimate and gentle, but there is a soulful undercurrent of disillusionment and alienation in the delivery that really sets the track alight. On the track, Late Hala adds: “The lyrics for this song were inspired by the Peter Jackson first world war film, They Shall Not Grow Old. Themes of the song include isolation and detachment, which relate in part to a story one of the soldiers told after returning home from the western front. “When the war is over, you’ll try to join the crowd, only to find they shut you out.””
“Saints & Sinners” by Late Hala is a wonderfully complex, atmospheric, and experimental track that will make any progressive rock junky’s heart leap with joy.