New Music: Hillhar – J

It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Hillhar – last April, in fact, when we wrote about Undercover. The band is back in considerable style on new single J. You can watch the touching video for the song below.

The trio: Louharya (vocals and keyboards), Assaf Twina (keyboards, vocals,) and Dar Bachar (vocals and guitars) follow on from 2019’s Earthly Divine album with a song that retains their signature electronic sound but adds some refreshing new layers. Louharya’s vocals still have their smouldering intensity, but this time they glide over a smooth 80s atmosphere. It breathes sophistication and maturity, putting me in mind of that era of tropical pop, where matters of the soul were unwound over glossy Latin and jazz beats.

Speaking about J, this is what the band says is the concept behind the lyrics: “The song revolves around a relationship at the moment of it breaking up, when things are not clear and certain anymore. J is the man or woman we love, J is the lover who couldn’t cope with love in its purest form and was tempted to run away and go against it, but above all J is a reflection of us, searching for ourselves in the dark, slowly, step by step, always leaving footprints behind us for others to follow.”

You can find out more about Hillhar and J on the trio’s Instagram and Facebook pages.  You can stream the track on Spotify and Apple Music – details can be found here.