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MSPAINT vocalist Deedee has been releasing music as Him Horrison for a while on Bandcamp, and they’ve brought back the moniker and announced their debut LP for it, Starting Not to Hurt, due out on February 4. They recorded it at home to a Tascam digital 8-track, and it was produced and mixed by MSPAINT’s Nick Panella, and mastered by Matthew Thomasi. “I wanted to revisit Him Horrison after some years of not feeling attached to it,” Deedee says. “The earlier version of the project was me recording everything on my own and then sometimes have ten-plus members on stage and we’d all party real hard. I don’t live that lifestyle anymore and it made me feel distant from the music, so I made this album as a way to reconnect with the songs and the singularity of making them. I felt like the project grew into the new person I’ve become.” They add, “It used to be painful to revisit Him Horrison because the music would remind me of times I was less proud of how I’d carried myself, but after making this album and putting more work into it than any other release for the project, it felt like the pain reflected the growth in a way I didn’t appreciate until I engaged with the feelings more.”
The first single and opening track is “Crystalized,” a hazy dream pop track accented with pretty strings. Hear it below.
Deedee has a Him Horrison show happening at Hattiesburg, MS’ Fatcat on February 7 with Glitterer. Tickets are on sale now.
HIM HORRISON – STARTING NOT TO HURT TRACKLIST
1. Crystalized
2. Sound of Trees
3. If I Could
4. Boring
5. Fall Off
6. Heal Me
7. Fire In Your Head
8. Tell A Lie
9. Just Stay
10. Dies From Sadness
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