Dublin based band HAL are set to return with their second album ‘The Time The Hour’ in September. In the meantime they are releasing their joyous, 60s tinged, sun drenched single ‘Be With You’. Watch the video below!!
Dublin 3 piece Hal’s new album ‘The Time The Hour is the follow up to their 2005 eponymous debut. “Be With You” and it’s B-side “Close To Her” will be available to download from iTunes and other online outlets on 13th May. To mark the occasion the band will played a sold out show Whelans,
Dublin on Friday 6th May.
Hal, formed in 2003 and were signed by Geoff Travis to Rough Trade Records in 2004. Their eponymous debut album was produced by Tears for Fears’ Ian Stanley, and released to critical acclaim in 2005, producing two UK and Irish top 40 chart hits.
The band toured worldwide during 2004/05, enjoying extensive television & radio promotion all over Europe, and performing headline and support shows with the likes of the Doves, The Thrills and Brendan Benson.
In 2007, suffering writers block, singer David Allen quit the band and left Ireland. He returned in 2008, with a large collection of new songs, having spent nearly 2 years travelling Europe and the States with only his guitar for company, playing in various pubs and clubs, and indulging in a
different pseudonym for each performance.
And so on Dave’s return, the band began sifting through material to begin work on Hal’s second record. The band spent 2010 recording and 2011 will see the band return to the live arena and long- awaited release of second album, The Time The Hour.
