Aqualung & Georgia Lines
Category: Events Calendar
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Saturday, Oct 26, 2024 7pm - 9pm : Doors Open: 6:30 - 21 & Over
Location
The Hotel Café
1623 1/2 Cahuenga Blvd
Details
Let’s start by going back to the beginning. Early in 2002, Matt Hales was a self-proclaimed “failed indie musician” who would spend his days writing beautifully intimate songs on a piano located within the hallway of his equally intimate (but infinitely less beautiful) London flat. He felt there was a sense of opportunity on the horizon, which fortuitously presented itself when his song ‘Strange and Beautiful’ was chosen to soundtrack a Volkswagen advert. Its beguiling, meditative charm won over fans in theUK, who catapulted the song into the Top 10.
And so, Hales’ Aqualung artist project was born. The debut self-titled Aqualung album reached Gold status in recognition of over 100,000 domestic sales, while the symphonic scope of his second album, ‘Still Life’, led to a US hit with ‘Brighter Than Sunshine’. By the time Aqualung’s third album, ‘Memory Man’ emerged, glowing comparisons had been made with everyone from Bacharach to Radiohead via The Beach Boys, while his music has featured in ‘Twilight’, ‘Gossip Girl’ and ‘Grey’s Anatomy’.
In tandem, Hales found himself in growing demand as producer and songwriter. Collaborating with all kinds of artists – including Olivia Dean, Lianne La Havas, Bat For Lashes, Mika, Tom Chaplin, Disclosure, For King & Country and many others – his hectic yet immensely rewarding schedule resulted in huge acclaim, including both an Ivor Novello and a Grammy Award. It was no wonder, then, that aside from occasionally resurfacing, Aqualung remained in hibernation.
2022’s masterful ‘Dead Letters’ led to a joyously received UK tour (Matt’s first in nearly 20 years!) which leads us to October 26th 2024 and an exceedingly rare opportunity to see Aqualung live in Los Angeles. Back at Hotel Cafe, 2 decades since his debut US show at the same venue, it’s not to be missed.
