Ha the Unclear

Ha the Unclear’s distinctive body of work oscillates between explication and obscuration, in the liminal space of non-sense and new knowledge. While the discography runs the full gamut of gears from indie screamers to gutter-pop and veiled treasures, live performances are a spirited distillation of upbeat melancholy bangers.

Originating in the Gothic harbour town of Ōtepoti/Dunedin, early on the band moved away to pick basil in the Bay of Plenty before landing in the Auckland music scene and expanding their cardboard box bedroom routine into a more fully realised indie ensemble. It’s with this that they jettisoned their lo-fi, sprawling Guided by Voices-esque early string of releases in favour of more focused studio albums in 2014’s ‘Bacterium (Look at Your Motor Go)’, 2018’s ‘Invisible Lines’, and the ‘Threads’ EP in 2020.