‘Roads’
HULLAH announces the release of his newest single, ‘Roads’, the second single from his upcoming debut EP WAVESTATE, on 30th August 2024.
The single follows the lead single from the EP, ‘What if i feel like this my whole life?’ which was released earlier this year in May. His EP, WAVESTATE, will be released later this year and features a collection of self-produced songs and spoken-word soundscapes.
HULLAH shares, “I wrote and produced Roads after a moment of clarity I had coming home from a club in the early hours. It’s about how I try to escape from reality and how, afterwards, in coming back to “real” life, reality hits even harder. As the track grows, the more awake, more aware and more lucid the song becomes. The song ends with a call out for connection and a sense of direction; a feeling most clubbers can relate to after a long night spent escaping.”
The electronic dance track describes the lucid feeling many people experience whilst observing the world after the escapism of a night out. How the world keeps turning and lives are being lived even though they have escaped theirs for a brief period.
The artist, who lives with ankylosing spondylitis, an inflammatory disease, adds, “There’s a lucid, relaxed yet exhausted state I find myself in when I leave clubs. It’s the good kind of exhausted, I’ve escaped, had some great fun, maybe transcended – been free from my daily worries. Living with a disease and daily pain, the hours spent dancing is like a marathon to me. Yet the club is a place of worship and helps me get out of myself. I enjoy the freedom and courage I find in myself to dance alone, to let go. As a queer person, it’s also about finding pockets of safety and freedom even within “straight” spaces. I can feel less perceived. I can be unknown.”
Roads’ upfront, crisp and stereo production also sees the artist’s boldest vocal delivery yet – mirroring the clarity expressed in its lyrics. HULLAH concludes, “This song has opened up a path for me to explore my love of dance music within my own songwriting and production. I’m excited for the EP and what’s coming next.”