"2016 entstanden die ersten Momentaufnahmen namens „Dunkelkrach“ – eine EP aufgenommen im Proberaum mit der Hilfe von lieben Freunden. Gitarre, Effekte, Schlagzeug, Geschrei. Minimalistisch und auf die Fresse. Der Anspruch der Band war, als sie sich vor drei Jahren gegründet haben: Hauptsache Dunkel, hauptsache Krach. Möglichst laut, möglichst experimentell und ganz sicher nicht so klingen wie andere Bands.
2017 kamen Hauna dann, nachdem es immer schon irgendwie im Hinterkopf war, an einen Punkt, an dem für sie klar war, dass sie nicht mehr ohne Bass weitermachen wollen und können. Auch klar war allerdings, dass sie nicht eine weitere männliche Person in die Band holen wollen. Also haben sie aktiv nach einer Bassistin gesucht und im Sommer 2017 mit Julia auch gefunden.
Aus diesem neuen, bestärkten Gefühl haben wir den Kurs ein wenig gewechselt – die Musik, die wir seitdem geschrieben haben, ist ganz klar zugänglicher, strukturierter und trotzdem nicht weniger düster. Geschwärzter Post-Hardcore wäre vielleicht der passende Begriff.
Mit fünf Songs gingen Hauna ins S.T.R.E.S.S. Studio in Graz, gemeinsam mit Zock Astpai von ASTPAI und Petrol Girls einem Menschen, den sie, nach eigener Aussage, sowohl musikalisch als auch menschlich sehr schätzen. „Die Erfahrungen dort lässt sich schwer in Worte fassen. Es hat uns alle jedenfalls sehr weitergebracht und „Leave Me Behind“ ist genau das geworden, was Hauna im Moment auszeichnet und unsere neue Richtung wunderbar wiedergibt. Wir sind sehr stolz auf das Ergebnis und freuen uns, es mit euch teilen zu können.“, so die Band zu ihrem neuesten Werk." by prettyinnoise.de
"The new effort was recorded with Zock from ASTPAI and PETROL GIRLS at S.T.R.E.S.S. Studio in Graz, Austria and explores different, less experimental, and definitely better produced, richer sounds and vibes than we’ve heard from the Austrian act. In their case, less exploratory means no less of an emotional minefield and it’s somewhat nice that without taking a step too far, they have managed to craft their most fully realized work so far. HAUNA have evolved into a trio and the following single is their first new offering with the new line-up. Listen and see their official word below.
Do we really want to be another three dudes on stage in a male-dominated scene? This is the question that we, Florin and Dmitrij at that time, were facing early last year. After having released an EP in 2016 and playing multiple shows in Austria, we realized that we lacked a bass in HAUNA. We had people we could have asked but decided against it, realizing that, sadly, most of the bassists we knew were men and we didn’t want to further push such a skewed gender ratio at hardcore shows.
Luckily enough, around that time we got to know Julia who has joined the band since then as HAUNA‘s bassist. This has been the best thing that could have possibly happened to HAUNA – playing together, writing music the three of us, sharing the experiences that we had has been an invaluable process and there couldn’t be any better person than Julia to do it with, regardless of gender.
Right away, the sound of the band took a bit of a turn and we started to write more ‘focused’ tracks while still trying to maintain a dark, harsh feel. DIE was the first song we wrote as a three-piece and it encapsulates how we’ve been working this past year and the way we’ve evolved. The song-writing process was inspiringly organic, everyone of us introduced their own ideas to the song, and in the end it turned out to be the perfect dynamic opener to our upcoming EP.
Here’s what Florin Koller has to say about the lyrical themes on the record:
DIE and pretty much all of the other songs on the record are about fears and anxities I’ve been struggling with during the last few years. This song especially means a lot to me because I wrote the lyrics during a hypochondriac phase in my life when I really thought I will die soon. This song helped me see things in a more rational way.
Every track describes a different dark period in life and when you read the lyrics and hear the songs you might easily get depressed. But it also has a very positive outcome: Playing these songs is our catharsis. Especially in the last song and title track you will hear and feel it: It’s sometimes good when someone or something is leaving you, because it means you can get better afterwards." by Karol Kamiński from IDIOTEQ.com
Physical release of the EP comes as a rose cassete with a small booklet, co - released via/ No Firecracker, Please and Iltis Booking
https://hauna.bandcamp.com/
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