Emerging earlier this year, Hauméa is a quartet from Alençon in France making a rather potent impression with their debut EP, Unborn. Offering four tracks bristling with a host of rock and metal nurtured flavours, the release makes for a captivating introduction to a band easy to see enticing strong attention with their temptation loaded sound.
Formed by bassist Léa Zima and guitarist Andy, the Hauméa was soon completed by the addition of vocalist Niko Lorelei drummer and Sébastien Chauvin. Their individual musical backgrounds and experiences has bred a sound which embraces an array of styles and flavours; a proposition as melodically seductive as it is imposingly aggressive and as imaginatively delivered as it is emotionally raw.
The Unborn EP opens up with its title track, the song quickly laying down its persuasive rhythmic and sonic bait. In full bloom, the track is a mix of the controlled and fevered, especially potent when its shackles are off. It is a strong start revealing the enterprise within the band’s sound and songwriting as well as individual craft. Equally the varied blend of metal and rock the band merges shows itself a magnetic proposal though really captivated the imagination across its following companions starting with Not Usual.
The second track instantly had attention gripped with its opening rally of beats, a tempting soon fully ablaze as guitars and bass unleashed their lustful exploits. Similarly there is a hungry edge to the vocals which just adds to the captivation. As its grows, the track fuses instinctive ferocity with a Nine Inch Nails-esque tempting, easily twisting from a rousing trespass to a melodic seduction and back as it easily eclipses its predecessor.
Dad is Fool makes its entrance on a deceptively calm beckoning but soon is unleashing a tide of creative trespass which in turn springs a contagious stroll of rhythmic and sonic enticement. Still a volatile edge remains though; a psychosis which ignites with predatory intent across the track’s bold and unpredictable landscape. As the previous track, it is an impressively stirring encounter marking out Hauméa as a highly potent and compelling proposition.
Instantly a sonic spiral around invasively swing rhythms marks the final track of Unborn, the mercurial Here I Am a cauldron of sound and intimation carrying threat and temptation. Both essences proceed to fuel each twist and turn within a track fluidly slipping from predation to seduction time and time again.
At its most striking in its middle but bookended by songs which also easily stirred the appetite, Unborn is a strongly convincing and exciting first meeting with Hauméa suggesting the potential of rather striking times ahead. Our anticipation is already rising.
The Unborn EP is available @ https://haumeaband136108.bandcamp.com/releases
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Pete RingMaster 18/12/2018
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Captive opens up with its title track, a dark mist springing the lumbering gait of the song but a funereal step soon wrapped in romancing melodies as a shadow bred atmosphere descends. Magnetic rhythms are swiftly courted by the ever potent and alluring tones of Chvasta, both in turn hugged by the heavy emotive doom gaze breath of the track. Haunting and mesmeric, the song continues to seduce and impose, drama soaking very brooding note and harmonic utterance trespassing and seducing the senses.
The calmer All Wanna Go To Heaven through its initial less energetic entrance, compared to its predecessors, only leads into a snare of boldly catchy and melodically enticing temptation. The voice of Hermes once more stands tall and captivating within the song, a given proven track by track as the sounds around her cast their creative theatres. Pop, rock, and metal strands all go into its ear wrapping weave before the contagion of Hellawake continues the diversity bred within the Sick N’ Beautiful’s sound with its electro pop meets industrial punk shuffle.
The following Riot Porn is even more urgent to invade the senses, its gait boisterous but happy to ebb and flow as Barrero fingers song and thoughts with his vocal stabs. As within its predecessor, electronic and melodic tendrils spiral across the encounter, their magnetic attraction and imagination as toxic as the barbarous winds sonically blowing around them. Lhuillier splinters it all with his own gripping rhythmic drama, every beat a shuddering yet anthemic coaxing inciting song and listener alike and managing to be even more manipulative and colossal in next up Now!, a track which steals the show for personal tastes.
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The following Twinkle has a livelier gait, its electronic shimmer and melodic rock guitar stroll as transfixing as the rhythmic dance and vocal adventure within them. As the track gently explodes around ears and imagination certain essences remind of bands such as Slug Comparison and Sigur Rós before Someday hugs thoughts with its confidential emotions and sonic tension. As the song before, it is seriously mesmeric, deeply immersing the listener in its raw heart and emotional drama further expressed through the impressing tones of Sojo.
Climbing on board, ears are fastened into their seats by the powerful creative straps of opener Poison, its electronic/industrial lift off instantly swarming around the imagination. In turn, it leads to the virulent rock ‘n’ roll heart of the starter where riffs and rhythms are swiftly harrying and enslaving body and instincts, the calmer almost floating tones of Benmussa glazing the infectious exploits with a plaintive Matt Bellamy scented delivery. A compelling groove reinforces the song’s hold, the lively beats of Monaco dancing tenacious across the senses as keys bring cosmic scenery to bear on the imagination. Even in its calmer drifts, the song is forcibly infectious, the trio painting their creative canvas with an array of textures within skilfully woven enterprise.