![]() Written and produced by Hana herself, and mastered by Clay Jones(Modest Mouse, Sunflower Bean) the EP masters the defining balance of bedroom pop: it’s warm, sparse, and whisper-intimate. Instead, I found two or three key homies, then just did my own thing- socially and in my music.” This partly explains the ambition and ambiance of her first official release. “I wouldn’t call myself a curmudgeon, but I found it hard to be friends with other young people. Hana Vu clamoured for creative outlets from an early age – she formed musical projects and played shows, though without fully clicking with her teen peers in the local D.I.Y. “Gypsy’ is the height of vocal, instrumental, and lyrical intricacy… It is almost forbidden to cover such a monumental track.” 1 After sharing music for several years on SoundCloud and Bandcamp, she released her self-produced debut EP How. by the age of 14, eventually opening for bands like Soccer Mommy and Wet. Vu began writing songs as a child and started performing around L.A. When asked why she chose this song to cover, Vu’s response was typically obtuse, explaining why the song was a bold choice but not why she did it herself. Hana Vu (born 2000) is an American DIY singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, California. In a somewhat unexpected turn Hana Vu has shared a follow-up, a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s classic ‘ Gypsy.’ Vu’s take on the Fleetwood Mac classic replaces the soft-rock radio sheen of the original with percussion heavy electronic grooves and synth tremolos – transporting Nicks and Buckingham’s timeless tune to the 21st century dance-floor. It was a unique and compelling collection of pop-unfused indie-chill which marked her as an artist to watch. Vincent, the 17-year-old is crafting something truly unique.” – NMEĮighteen year-old Los Angeles-based artist Hana Vu released her EP How Many Times Have You Driven By through Melbourne’s Barely Dressed Records back in June this year. “With the same spark that powered early Alvvays work and the nifty guitar work of St. “homemade indie pop…The songwriting and melodies are easy to imagine as more polished productions, but they’re great just as they are” – Complex (Best New Artists of April 2018) “Threaded through the entire project is Vu’s remarkable knack for melody armed with a dazzlingly confident voice, these songs are all clearly hers, even if they explore radically different musical territory.” – Bandcamp (Album of the Day) “a keen-eyed lyricist and a vocalist capable of bringing singer-songwriter vulnerability to bristling post-punk soundscapes…she’s poised to be an essential voice in this new era of indie rock for years to come.” – Pigeons & Planes (Best New Artists of 2018 So Far) “Hana Vu’s ‘Shallow’ proves the seventeen-year-old is cooler than you and me.” – FADER excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received significant. ![]() The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in the second half of 2021. The 18-year-old’s debut EP, How Many Times Have You Driven By, is an incredibly self-assured, individual collection.” – Under The Radar (8/10) 2021 (JulyDecember) 2022 (JanuaryJune) 2022 (JulyDecember) 2023. ![]() “How Many Times is an intriguing glimpse of an artist at the beginning of a skillfully carved path” – Pitchfork Praise for Hana Vu’s How Many Times Have You Driven By “Fleetwood Mac is one of the most sacred artists of all time, but Hana Vu does the rock band justice on her cover of their 1982 hit ‘Gypsy’.”- Highsnobiety A crown jewel of one of indie rock’s most ambitious songbooks, “June” found its home in a world that seems as absurd, doomed, and oddly romantic as Bejar has always seen it.“It’s not every day we’re offered a fresh cover of a classic from a vital new voice. If we’re to take him at his word, this really is what life is like-alternately gliding in ecstasy and waging war on each passing thought, all while still making time for the everyday absurdity that falls in between. The Hana Vu hype train has long departed the station (co-signs from Pitchfork, Fader, etc) but the immensely talented Vu continues to top herself which each. The onslaught of non sequiturs is chopped and layered against wafting disco, like the soundtrack to a mirrorball head-trip sequence in the Hollywood adaptation of his life. The Canadian songwriter’s spoken-word vocals are processed to sound like a montage of various Dan Bejars complimenting and contradicting one another, musing on art and existence or cracking an “I barely know her!” joke while pondering the meaning of love. “Speaking of lifelike, this is what life’s like,” Dan Bejar declares midway through “June,” a gloriously surreal destination following three decades of journeying into the heart of his subconscious. ![]()
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