- 2021-11-20
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MUSIC
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half•alive Releases New Song “Hot Tea” from New Album “Give Me Your Shoulders”
Long Beach-based alt-pop trio half·alive, consisting of Josh Taylor, Brett Kramer and J. Tyler Johnson, will the first part of their sophomore album “Give Me Your Shoulders” in February 2022.
From the album, the trio released a new song “Hot Tea” along with a music video on November 19, 2021.
The track was written by Raul Cubina, Josh Taylor, J. Tyler Johnson, Brett Kramer and David Pramik, who also produced it.
Josh Taylor said of the song, “Hot Tea is the deep longing to be touched by life. a desperate desire to love someone with sacred, caring hands and be loved by people & God & her creation. to open the eyes wide & scratch furiously at the filament on the skin, exposing it to the open air. to feel the depth of the soul & know every one of it's cavernous walls.”
He continued, “we shot this video on tour, representing the desperate longing with plastic- a material that is nearly invisible, yet air tight. that is the feeling. it contains & prevents pure exposure to the raw ingredients of life. an artificial, translucent barrier to the heart that i will claw at until there is nothing left.”- The trio shared on social media, “•the album is called Give Me Your Shoulders. the first part of that album will be ready for you Feb 2022.
••••We've never before explored the topic of love in our songs. This album is unexplored territory in that regard. It's vulnerable. Exposing my shoulders to whoever will stop & listen. Many of the songs are about the cry for love's hand around my heart. In one breath it's about a person & about God. To ache for the comfort of another. To hide in the corner of their shoulder & know I am safe.
•••••Give Me Your Shoulders is Love. To give what you cannot carry. To accept another's burden without condition. To yoke yourself with the author of Love & find rest for your soul.” - source : Apple Music
