HELENOR | PRESS KIT

Bad2 - Single (Out 9/1/23)

A public place - Full LP (out Jan 26, 2024)

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Artist Info

Artist Name: Helenor

Single Release: Bad2 (Out 9/1/23)

Location: Brooklyn, NY

Album Release: A public place (Out - Jan 26, 2024)

Press Release

Sep 1st, 2023, New York, NY:

Helenor shares new single ‘Bad2’.

“This is a soundtrack for pretending you have the ability to be present” DiAngelis says of the new single. “Bad2 is a ball and a chain and a weighted walk through a vitamin D soaked summer day.”

Floaty and full of texture, the new single carries the heft of its own subject while still managing to sound completely weightless in its production. Acoustic guitars and a thick beat shuffle alongside a sea of shifting synthesizers. Written and recorded almost entirely in his bedroom, DiAngelis later brought the song to Vishal Nayak (Nick Hakim, Empress Of) to complete the sentence on drums.

The much-anticipated release is Helenor’s 2nd offering since their DIY debut LP Something Twice. Since then, frontman and songwriter David DiAngelis experienced a mid-pandemic move from his home state of Massachusetts to Brooklyn, and expanded from a one-man bedroom pop project to a full band operation while sticking true to his DIY production roots. Helenor’s sound has expanded too, featuring multiple voices and collaborators as well as a more refined production style. Prominent lead guitars shine, while Helenor’s recognizable guitar-meets-synthesizer bedrock and lyric poetry reminds one of floating in a cool body of water along the side of a highway. 

BIO

Helenor is a world builder. Born in the bedroom of Brooklyn-based visual artist and songwriter David DiAngelis, Helenor is the DIY sonic and visual exploration of DiAngelis’s relationship to metamorphosis, moments of frustrating stasis, and habits (both good and bad). A Helenor track is an ecosystem where even depression shimmers a bit, where existential questions offer catharsis in lieu of answers, where summer heat permeates year round, and where the clouds carry quiet messages as they roll by for anyone who happens to want to look up.

CONTACT

Email: dave@helenorhelenor.com

Social

Instagram: @HelenorHelenor

Facebook: Helenorface  Spotify: Helenor

Twitter: @HelenorHelenor

Bandcamp: Helenor Soundcloud: HelenorHelenor

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Bandcamp code:

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