Biography
Hatchie refreshes 1990s sonic textures inside twenty-first-century frameworks, fusing the expansive sonic palette of Cocteau Twins with the melodic emotional candor of Natalie Imbruglia. Brisbane native Harriette Pilbeam, known professionally as Hatchie, began singing in childhood and later acquired guitar and bass skills during adolescence before adding piano and clarinet to her instrumental command. After studying entertainment, music, and management at college, she turned to live performance for creative expression, performing with Go Violets and Babaganouj while developing solo material under the family nickname Hatchie. Drawing from Cocteau Twins, the Sundays, Kate Bush, Lush, Nic Hessler, and Kylie Minogue, she issued her first single, “Try,” in May 2017.
Strong domestic response prompted a deal with Ivy League Records, which released the single “Sure” that November; Cocteau Twins’ Robin Guthrie supplied a remix. The May 2018 track “Sugar & Spice” anchored her debut EP of the same name on Double Double Whammy. Joe Agius of the Creases and RINSE joined John Castle of Cub Sport to produce the set, which gathered three earlier singles plus two new songs. October brought the standalone Adult Swim single “Adored.” For the full-length Keepsake, Hatchie again partnered with Castle inside a Melbourne home studio, incorporating new-wave and electronic accents into her dream-pop foundation. Double Double Whammy issued the album in June 2019; it reached number 25 on the Australian charts, earned a J Award nomination for Australian Album of the Year from Triple J, and secured Hatchie a Breakthrough Independent Artist nod at the AIR Awards.
A 2020 cover of the Jesus and Mary Chain’s “Sometimes Always” paired her with the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, while a 2021 collaboration with RINSE yielded “Back Into Your Arms” on the album Wherever I Am. After signing with Secretly Canadian and guesting on Swim Deep’s 2022 EP Familiarise Yourself with the Closest Exit, Hatchie delivered her second album, Giving the World Away, that April. Jorge Elbrecht produced the record, which featured Beach House percussionist James Barone; its songs addressed gratitude and imposter syndrome while introducing trip-hop and acid-house shadings.
Strong domestic response prompted a deal with Ivy League Records, which released the single “Sure” that November; Cocteau Twins’ Robin Guthrie supplied a remix. The May 2018 track “Sugar & Spice” anchored her debut EP of the same name on Double Double Whammy. Joe Agius of the Creases and RINSE joined John Castle of Cub Sport to produce the set, which gathered three earlier singles plus two new songs. October brought the standalone Adult Swim single “Adored.” For the full-length Keepsake, Hatchie again partnered with Castle inside a Melbourne home studio, incorporating new-wave and electronic accents into her dream-pop foundation. Double Double Whammy issued the album in June 2019; it reached number 25 on the Australian charts, earned a J Award nomination for Australian Album of the Year from Triple J, and secured Hatchie a Breakthrough Independent Artist nod at the AIR Awards.
A 2020 cover of the Jesus and Mary Chain’s “Sometimes Always” paired her with the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, while a 2021 collaboration with RINSE yielded “Back Into Your Arms” on the album Wherever I Am. After signing with Secretly Canadian and guesting on Swim Deep’s 2022 EP Familiarise Yourself with the Closest Exit, Hatchie delivered her second album, Giving the World Away, that April. Jorge Elbrecht produced the record, which featured Beach House percussionist James Barone; its songs addressed gratitude and imposter syndrome while introducing trip-hop and acid-house shadings.
Albums
Singles
