it sounds like my grampa's lullaby
New single "With Love" out now, music video insights, upcoming single, and working on a piano version!
Hey everyone,
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My new single “With Love”, the first song from my upcoming Half Alive EP, is out now on all streaming platforms. If you’ve already listened (or purchased the EP 😱), thank you so much for your support!!
Check here for a little dedicated webpage just for the song:
👉 withlove.iamdavehawkins.com
With Love can probably be interpreted a few different ways depending on how close you’re listening. As one tiktok comment put it:
Which I love for actually kinda nailing it? If grampa is a corporate exec clutching onto power trying to woo you, the unassuming consumer, to spend more money on things and needs (thneeds indeed) that will absolutely definitely for sure make you happier and better and more attractive and healthier, mhmm.
The music video digs into that idea a bit more. It’s shot on an old DV camcorder from the mid-2000s (yes, there’s an actual tape in there, and I needed like 4 adapters to get it onto my computer for editing), so it’s got that nostalgic 4:3 look and grainy texture I love. And features me spinning in circles for nearly a full minute (had to sit down)
Plus there’s a bunch of found footage at the end from Australian tv adverts that I spent a good deal of time laughing alone at while editing this.
Hope you’re doing well as fall sets in, if you live somewhere you can see the aurora, check it out. Was able to see it pretty faintly from my backyard last night.
Coming up
I’ve been working on a stripped-down piano version of With Love, though my little drum machine keeps trying to sneak in, so we’ll see what happens.
Also - stay tuned because the next single from the EP “A Loop” drops on streaming services This Friday!! It has some incredible drum programming from a buddy of mine here in Denver, Doe Denim (AJ Capuano) and the bridge contains just about every word of corporate jargon I could summon.
With love <3
Dave