"Sometimes" - Hello June (Official Video)

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"Sometimes," which is premiered by Under the Radar Magazine, is the third single from our forthcoming album, Artifacts, which will be out on October 6th, 2023. The moment my sister told me she was having a baby, I immediately knew that I had experienced something life-changing. Any negativity experienced before that moment instantly blew away. It didn't take my brain long though, to start counting all of the ways that I could potentially let down this new little human. I don't have kids of my own - the most responsibility that I have is for my cat and my rock band, ha - what if I'm not good at being an aunt? What if I let him down? "Sometimes" started off as a letter to my nephew, but I think it's also a reminder to myself that you'll never know what could be if you don't step one foot in front of the other and at the very least, try.

Artifacts was recorded in Nashville at Bell Tone Recording with producer Roger Alan Nichols, featuring personnel of Rudy on vocals and guitar, Paul Niehaus on pedal steel (Calexico, Iron & Wine, Justin Townes Earle, Lambchop), Caleb Crosby on drums and percussion (Larkin Poe, Noah Gundersen), and Nichols on guitar (The Veronicas, Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown). The textures and arrangements the band experiments with on Artifacts are warm and adventurous – take “California,” which introduces New Wave synths to color in the song. It’s a sprawling track that finds Rudy singing, “You called me pretty under street lights / I caught you lookin’ now we can’t look away.” Elsewhere, songs like “Honey I Promise” and “23” are propulsive rockers that evoke both early Big Thief and Drive-by Truckers.

"Sometimes" Credits:
Initial Illustration/Concept/Storyline: Sarah Rudy
Final illustrations/animations: Scott Baucan
Coloration/editing: Sarah Rudy
Video work: Whit Alexander