Ha Ha Tonka isn’t one to shy away from a challenge. Their latest offering’s origin story is part tragedy, part triumph: a week into recording their fifth album “Heart-Shaped Mountain”, a hardware crash deleted everything and the band was forced to start over. With that early loss behind them, the band picked up the pieces only to find melodies and sounds they didn’t know they needed. The result is an expansive and celebratory album that seamlessly winds itself between genre and nostalgia. Their latest single “Race to the Bottom” may be the poster child single for this sentiment, coming off as a Springsteen-esque ballad while pushing forward to cinematic edges — a perfect soundtrack for those moments in life when we find the will to overcome.
Heart Shaped Mountain is due out March 10th, 2017
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