Finally, just before the needle gravitates towards the centre, Hales whispers ‘so’, just as the record started.

Hales' work has earned him various awards and nominations, including two Grammy and three Ivor Novello nominations. Hales has recently spent time in the studio collaborating with Christina Perri, the Fray, Sara Bareilles, Birdie, Alex Clare, Katharine McPhee, Ginny Blackmore, Kina Grannis, Matt Nathanson, among others.In the edit page, go to the 'Metadata' tab and add your Juno artist, label or release page for listeners to purchase your release / releases. Later that month, B-Unique released the eponymous debut album Aqualung, which according to the sleeve notes was recorded entirely in Hales' hallway.

Dead Letters is less strange, more beautiful, and the best work Matt Hales has made so far as Aqualung. Despite releasing two well-received singles, the label declined to renew the band's contract in March 2002, [19] leading the band to split up. Over its 40 years in business, PIAS has grown to be one of the largest independently-owned music groups in the world, carving out its own in-house recorded music division PIAS [Recordings]. When an artist’s new work is so transparently ranked against their biggest hits, it must send a disconcerting message.Now with a massively successful US tour opening for sweet soul darlings Thee Sacred Souls behind him, 2023 is sure to be a propitious year for Daptone's newest signee. After co-writing and producing the song "Pick Up Your Tricks" with Australian pop rock band Amy Meredith [40] in 2011, Hales wrote and produced "Cold" which featured himself and Lucy Schwartz and appeared on The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 soundtrack, [41] which sold more than 500,000 copies in the United States. After the band parted ways with Arc Records in the Summer of 2000, they renamed themselves the 45s [18] and signed a short-term contract with Mercury Records (part of the Universal Music Group).