The new single, “Hate You” is a masterful collaboration with HEALTH and Jpegmafia. The sound is lyrically rough with an out pour of angst and frustration. The song’s synth background weaves lyrically with vocalist, Jpegmafia also known as Barrington Hendricks who brilliantly pulls you into the chaotic emotion. One of their fans said, “Yeahhhhhh I’m going to need a full collab album plz and thank you.”
“HATE YOU” is HEALTH’s fourth collaborative single since last September, following “Innocence” with Youth Code, “BODY/PRISON” with Perturbator, and the super stormy “MASS GRAVE” alongside Soccer Mommy’s Sophie Allison and Corin Roddick of Purity Ring.
Though the artists are an unexpected pairing, JPEGMAFIA and HEALTH have a mutual admiration for each other that began with JPEG’s discovery of HEALTH’s Max Payne 3 soundtrack and HEALTH’s finding of JPEG’s acclaimed 2018 album Veteran. HEALTH is an LA-based band of Jacob Duzsik, John Famiglietti, and Benjamin Miller.
HEALTH’s early success started back as an opener for Nine Inch Nails back in 2008. HEALTH first gained reputation through a remix of their song “Crimewave” by experimental electronic band Crystal Castles in August 2007. The band’s self-titled album was recorded in L.A.’s noise/experimental venue, The Smell which is known for its DIY mystique. Famiglietti said in an interview, “The room completely changes the tone of anything you want to record; makes a lot of things dark and beautiful. It also makes everything sound like “CLANG!”
HEALTH’s unique sound caught the attention of Spin in which they wrote, “The near-innocuous opening track of HEALTH’s self-titled album, Heaven segues into the 36-second neurotic dissonance of “Girl Attorney,” which picks up tempo on its transition into “Triceratops”—a thrashing scourge of screeches, feedback, and gratuitous clanging reminiscent of Liars laced with a relief of a Deerhunter meditation.”
HEALTH released new album VOL. 4 :: SLAVES OF FEAR with EDM, noise, noise rock and industrial sounds. Tracks like “GOD BOTHERER,” “FEEL NOTHING” and “SLAVES OF FEAR” are pulse-pounding bangers. The band also released a clever webisode which serves as music video for the track, “Strange Days (1999)” . This music video features the band’s drummer being caught and accused of going on a murderous rampage.
On JPEGMAFIA’s latest album, Veteran, Barrington Hendricks proclaims himself a veteran. With just two albums and a handful of EPs under his belt, this statement may seem a bit premature, but it is anything but that. JPEGMAFIA aka “Peggy” has served time in the Air Force and earned a Master’s degree in Journalism. At just 28 years old, he oozes confidence, knowledge, and creativity at an obscene rate. And the best part about this is that he is only getting better.
HEALTH – TOUR DATES:
02/27 – Frankfurt, DE – Nachtleben
02/28 – Munich, DE – Feierwerk
03/01 – Leipzig, DE – Täubchenthal
03/02 – Berlin, DE – So36
03/04 – Brussels, BE – AB
03/05 – Lille, FR – Aéronef
03/06 – Utrecht, NL – EKKO
03/07 – Groningen, NL – Vera
03/08 – Lyon, FR – Festival Transfer, Transbordeur
03/09 – Paris, FR – Badaboum
03/12 – Bordeaux, FR – Iboat
03/14 – Milan, IT – Circolo Magnolia
03/15 – Rome, IT – Traffic Live
03/16 – Bologna, IT – Freakout Club
03/17 – Torino, IT – Spazio211
03/19 – Lausanne, CH – Le Romandie
03/20 – Luzern, CH – Konzerthaus Schüür
03/22 – Luxembourg, LU – Rotondes
03/24 – Manchester, UK – YES
03/25 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell
03/26 – Glasgow, UK – CCA
03/27 – Bristol, UK – The Exchange
03/28 – London, UK – Oval Space
03/29 – Cardiff, UK – Clwb ifor Bach
03/30 – Brighton, UK – Patterns
04/09 – Oakland, CA – The New Parish
04/10 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent
04/12 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
04/13 – Vancouver, BC – Venue Nightclub
04/14 – Seattle, WA – Neumos
04/16 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
04/17 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
04/19 – Saint Paul, MN – Amsterdam Bar & Grill
04/20 – Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge
04/21 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
04/22 – Detroit, MI – El Club
04/23 – Toronto, ON – Velvet Underground
04/25 – Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere The Hall
04/26 – Boston, MA – The Sinclair
04/27 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
04/28 – Washington, DC – Rock N Roll Hotel
04/30 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade – Purgatory
05/01 – Baton Rouge, LA – Spanish Moon
05/02 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
05/03 – Austin, TX – Mohawk
05/04 – Dallas, TX – Club Dada
05/06 – Santa Fe, NM – Meow Wolf
05/07 – Phoenix, AZ – Valley Bar
05/10 – Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom
Photo Credit: Raymond Flotat
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