FAIRHAZEL / PRESS KIT 2024

“genre-spanning music, with tender, whispering vocals that recall the likes of Villagers, Ben Howard and Sufjan Stevens" - Roisin O' Connor / The Independent

Other People’s Houses, is Fairhazel’s forthcoming album, set to be released one track at a time, of the course of the next several months, culminating into the full-length album release in November 2024. Having made the decision to leave Los Angeles in August of 2023, for a nomadic life on the road with his partner, travelling and playing gigs across the US and UK, Fairhazel found himself with a burst of new inspiration stemming from the act of letting go of his personal possessions and the everyday attachment to a home base. With a portable studio that fit in his backpack, 12 tracks were recorded, all in different people’s houses across the world, embracing each environment and its limitations to create a musical journey that followed his physical journey. Entirely self-produced, mixed and mastered, Other People’s Houses is Fairhazel’s third album but one that feels like the first, signifying the start of a more intentional, emotionally driven sonic and lyric universe. The lead single, Weary Eyes, is set to usher in this new wave of euphoria on March 27th, 2024.

Ye Olde Fairhazel Take Away Menu

Singles

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WEARY EYES

Self-doubt, finding yourself in your 20s, questioning life decisions

$14

BACKWARDS

Nightmares, lost love, not knowing what you had until it's gone

$15

OTHER PEOPLE'S HOUSES

A home is wherever I'm with you sentiment

$18

HOT WATER TAP

Memories of loss, nostalgia, coming to terms with one's own insanity

$20

Fairhazel Biography

Fairhazel is the moniker of 26-year-old British-born singer songwriter, Hugh Macdonald. Raised in the UK, South Africa and France, Fairhazel blends various musical cultures into a refreshing indie-folk sound. He has established himself as a musical storyteller who blurs the lines between fiction and true stories. Inspired by and compared to the likes of early Harry Nilsson, Ben Howard and Sufjan Stevens, Fairhazel has received international recognition for songs like 7x7, The Director's Daughter  &  I Wanna Die with My Blue Jeans on.

He released his debut EP, Bath With A Friend in the spring of 2023 and received massive editorial support which landed him on some of the most coveted playlists like Spotify's Most Beautiful Songs in the World, Lost in the Woods, Fresh Finds Folk, All New Indie, Hot New Bands and more. He went onto support indie-pop band Dizzy on the UK leg of their 2023 tour. Following that run, he later supported Blanco White on the US and Canada leg of his fall tour. He's since performed at iconic venues like Hotel Cafe, Rockwood Music Hall, the Troubadour and Jam in the Van. He was also handpicked by Adam Durtiz of the Counting Crows to headline their festival, Underwater Sunshine, three years running.

With a brand-new album set to be released in the fall of 2024, Fairhazel is also gearing up to support Harrison Storm at the Masonic Lodge in Los Angeles as well as the band Gone Gone Beyond at the legendary Pappy & Harriet's in Pioneertown, CA this April. He currently resides on the road, hopping around to wherever calls but shows no signs of slowing down any time soon.