Hailey, It Happens

Hailey, It Happens are an electronic music duo from Boston, MA who have been friends and collaborators since they were 13 years old. Bob DiBari composes the band’s atmospheric soundscapes. Chris Cleary provides the vocals. Together they create the band’s intricate arrangements and bring sincerity and depth of feeling to their lyrics. Two and a half years after their last EP Under the Brilliant Lights, the band are ready to release Hailey, It Happens, their second full-length. Recorded during time stolen between full-time jobs as an accountant and a teacher, the record chronicles 36 consequential months in the duo’s lives. Between the first session with veteran producer Jon Taft (The Saddest Landscape, Morne) and the last layered harmony, songs about girlfriends became songs about fiancés and then wives. Songs were informed by visiting places all over the world. The muse for songs of hurt and goodbye on past records became the inspiration for new songs about a blossoming relationship. And during every break between fevered writing and recording sessions, the face of the music world changed, and these two music obsessives listened to, absorbed and repurposed a whole world of new sounds into their own aesthetic. Whether studying old favorites like Bruce Hornsby and Phil Collins, falling in love with the atmosphere created by Frank Ocean, The Weeknd and M83, marveling at the simplicity of Ryan Adams’ song structures, or picking up new inspirations from SBTRKT, Daft Punk, Purity Ring and a host of other artists, their passion for the music around them bled into these songs that were still entirely their own distinct creation. The end result was such a personal document that the only possible name could be self-titled, an announcement to the world of who they are and who they want to be. Hailey, It Happens' self-titled record out now!!!