Dream
Hallows
Dream is the third full-length album by Los Angeles darkwave duo Hallows — comprising vocalist Dom and multi-instrumentalist Vanee — released on June 5, 2026 via Artoffact Records, marking their debut for the label. The album was produced by Matia Simovich at Infinite Power Studios in Los Angeles using an entirely analogue production setup, sequenced through a Synclavier PSMT and mixed on an AMS Neve 8424 — a deliberate commitment to warmth and physical texture that gives the record a tactile presence uncommon in contemporary electronic music. Thematically, Dream is an intimate exploration of toxic relational dynamics, loss, and the contradictory pull toward human connection even in circumstances that have proven harmful. As the duo describe it, the album traces "the cost of connection, the harm we carry, and the possibility that something real can still be rebuilt from the wreckage."
Across its eight original tracks and two remixes — running just over forty minutes — the album represents what I Die: You Die describes as "a departure in terms of style," moving away from the heavier darkwave of their first two records and leaning more fully into synthpop, while retaining the shadow and tension that have always defined the project. The band has described their self-coined genre as "sadwave" — music as a space for vulnerability and quiet melancholy — and tracks like "Two Bodies," "Catalyst," "Wear You Out," "Regret," and the title track move between restraint and emotional release with commanding bass lines, shimmering synth arrangements, and the duo's vocally charged interplay. Remixes by INHALT Ipso Facto and Nuxx close the record. Destroy/Exist praised the album's sense of momentum and balance of classic new wave foundations with a contemporary electronic sensibility, while Electrozombies highlighted its "wonderful lightness" — a quality that makes Dream Hallows' most consistent and accessible record yet.
Dream
Hallows
Dream is the third full-length album by Los Angeles darkwave duo Hallows — comprising vocalist Dom and multi-instrumentalist Vanee — released on June 5, 2026 via Artoffact Records, marking their debut for the label. The album was produced by Matia Simovich at Infinite Power Studios in Los Angeles using an entirely analogue production setup, sequenced through a Synclavier PSMT and mixed on an AMS Neve 8424 — a deliberate commitment to warmth and physical texture that gives the record a tactile presence uncommon in contemporary electronic music. Thematically, Dream is an intimate exploration of toxic relational dynamics, loss, and the contradictory pull toward human connection even in circumstances that have proven harmful. As the duo describe it, the album traces "the cost of connection, the harm we carry, and the possibility that something real can still be rebuilt from the wreckage."
Across its eight original tracks and two remixes — running just over forty minutes — the album represents what I Die: You Die describes as "a departure in terms of style," moving away from the heavier darkwave of their first two records and leaning more fully into synthpop, while retaining the shadow and tension that have always defined the project. The band has described their self-coined genre as "sadwave" — music as a space for vulnerability and quiet melancholy — and tracks like "Two Bodies," "Catalyst," "Wear You Out," "Regret," and the title track move between restraint and emotional release with commanding bass lines, shimmering synth arrangements, and the duo's vocally charged interplay. Remixes by INHALT Ipso Facto and Nuxx close the record. Destroy/Exist praised the album's sense of momentum and balance of classic new wave foundations with a contemporary electronic sensibility, while Electrozombies highlighted its "wonderful lightness" — a quality that makes Dream Hallows' most consistent and accessible record yet.