Another Life

Pitched between infectiously melancholic indie-pop and angular, post-punk inflected stomps, Hadda Be is Amber, Ben, Matthew and Oliver. The band was formed under the name Foundlings in 2018, spread across joint hometowns of South London and Brighton.

The aptly titled Another Life, the bands debut album, was recorded in five days at Brighton Road Studios in between the two national lockdowns.

The intention of the album was to create a body of work that captures the energy and spirit of the band, something that sets them apart: “there’s a vibrancy and an energy to our live shows, a distinct personality that we wanted to immortalise in our debut album. The songs were mostly recorded live, with some overdubs here and there.Due to the coronavirus lockdown restrictions, the recording of the album was delayed twice. By the time we finally managed to get into the studio, we had the songs down to an extent that we recorded most of them in only a few takes”.

That immediacy is palpable throughout the album, the band achieving what they set out to do, capturing their spirit over the course of five intense and unforgettable days.