Pieces by Ariel Maniki and the Black Halos

After sometime in which we were all focused on another projects, and finally having a little break, I was hoping to fall naturally into a state of inspiration to write some new Black Halos material, but it didn’t happened like that. Days turned into weeks, weeks into months, and nothing would occur to me that would fit our band. Musically my head was elsewhere. It was clear that we had to do something different and be very intentional. Hence we decided to rent a cabin in the mountains outside of San Jose, where we put together a little recording station and locked ourselves for a weekend to focus on writing some new material together as a band.

Before grabbing any instruments we sat down and discussed what our new song should sound like. Well, it should sound like us. But what does that mean? Maybe some gothic rock elements like atmospheric guitars and the deep vocals. Maybe a new-wave style drum machine that invites to dance to an overall feeling of longing and nostalgia. The discussion went on for a while.

Alcohol and other assets might have helped a bit, but once we agreed on the ingredients then the music just manifested itself effortlessly. We connected on a very deep level and in no time we had something solid that we all liked.

"Pieces" is the leading track of this release, but we also included "The Veil" which is exactly the opposite. Sister songs born at the same time, part of the same writing experiment, with very different intentions and personalities. Hope you enjoy them.

Tracklist

1.	Pieces	4:36

2.	The Veil	4:56

Credits

released March 5, 2025

Writen and performed by Ariel Maniki and the Black Halos

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