TRACKLISTING 

hemlock's Chicago-based full-band album '444' releases independently on October 11, 2024.

'444' - hemlock's second release of the year, following mini-album 'amen!' - is entirely comprised of reimagined selects from songwriter Carolina Chauffe's ongoing, twelve-year song-a-day-for-a-month phone-fi folk project.

The twelve songs that make up this angel number album have all been previously released over the past five years by front-person Chauffe as solo iPhone recordings. Now, a "best of, so far", ‘444’ manifests as a curated archive of this handful of tracks, chosen among hundreds, re-contextualized and recaptured in a collaborative, mostly-live, two-day-long, intensive studio session at In The Pocket in Chicago. Crafted with audible urgency and sharp-edged dedication, and brought to life with a beloved midwestern band featuring all-stars Bailey Minzenberger, Andy "Red" PK, and Jack Henry (Chicago music scene bastions and members of Friko, Free Range, Red PK) as the backbone and the beating heart.

Steeped in intention and intensity, shaken not stirred, a message in a bottle, documented the week before Chauffe moved away from their home in Chicago and settled into the open road.

Pushed to a more raucous place than ever before, with full trust and autonomy, this is hemlock in a sonic horizon expanded - sometimes serrated, jagged, yet still so tender. Inside-out, heart on its sleeve, full of hope, beyond folk.