Halfling - Demo (2011)

1. Professional Wrestling

2. Clanker's Cavern

3. Harmon

Once upon a time, I was wallowing away on Facebook and saw that Tigers Jaw posted an unidentified Mediafire link. Could it be? New Tigers Jaw? Ready to thank the gods, I downloaded the fuck out of that file. By the time I put it into my music library, I was more than disappointed. The songs were by some band called "Halfling."

One listen through the three song demo removed any and all disappointment. I really, really love this band. They play a very raw, '90s style emo (not twinkly, though) that's as rough as it is infectious. Unfortunately, Halfling has yet to leave much of an impression upon the rest of the internet; a Google search just returned with results about roleplaying J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. I've since found out that Halfling is young - like fifteen or sixteen young - and they hail from Scranton, PA. Makes sense, since Scranton is pumping out great bands at an even greater frequency than Danielle Steele writes mediocre romance novels.

Besides this demo, I found little about Halfling on the internet but a lacking Bandcamp page, an archaic Myspace, and a few live videos on Youtube (that are very good, by the way). I am certainly excited to hear what this band has to offer in the coming years. Get into it.

Recommended track: 'Clanker's Cavern'. That's right, they have a song named after motherfucking Banjo-Kazooie.

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Zach.