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Hatchet Man

by Alyosha

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Alyosha is a man trying to stand up straight and grow the hell up. In a time, that’s too cynical to even try, he is stepping away from nihilism. Away from depression. Away from postmodernism. Away from the rampant pathologies of the radical left.

Hatchet Man is the debut single. The sound is raw, old school guitar pop. It’s upbeat, true and so damn catchy. It’s music bristling with meaning and purpose. And hooks. And guitarmonies. You might hear Kings of Leon (first 2 albums obviously) makin’ babies with Elvis Costello.

“I wrote this while I was in the process of abandoning a whole bunch of poison ideologies that had been making me miserable for a long time. It’s about the pure, unadulterated joy of picking up my burden and dropping the bitterness and resentment that so plagues modern man, stuck in our material rationalist mindset with its inevitable meaninglessness and nihilism. That hideous strength that denies the very concept of truth and suffocates our purpose. That shit is not only unnecessary, it’s just not true man...”

“Then I laid it down super quick, no opportunity for the feeling to dissipate in the production. I was shmacko in the middle of that joy, you can hear it in the guitars.” Hatchet Man is a total one-man affair - all instrumentation and production is Perth veteran Michael Strong who has been deep diving through just about everything musical you can think of during his 15-year career.

Weird alt-rock with Generals & Majors, a WAM SOTY winning songwriter in the folk outfit Michael Strong and the Ghost Anyway. Currently, commercial(ish) pop rock with The Disappointed, crazy-ass glitch electronic as Young Girl (fresh off of the very well received A Marshmallow Called Moon album earlier in the year). A degree in sound, producer credits on records from Lionizer, The Donald Trumpets and the upcoming Odlaw album, for whom Strong is currently drumming, and the live sound engineer for new Mt Lawley venue Grumpy’s Music Bar!.

Debut LP ‘Shut Up Cain’ is due later in the year. ‘Hatchet Man’ Out July 1 on Blue Grey Pink Launching Fri July 26 at Grumpy’s Music Bar with a backing band full of legends stolen from Salary, Bad Friends and the Wednesday Society.

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released July 1, 2019
Written by Michael Strong
Recorded by Michael Strong
Mixed by Michael Strong
Mastered by Michael Strong

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Alyosha Perth, Australia

The new indie pop rock project from beloved Perth creative Michael Strong

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