LIVE is a 5 track collection of high quality live recordings showcasing Hello Dollface's new music and live electric energy in the raw. This ep is a preview of the music the band will be releasing with their 2015 full length studio album. The LIVE ep is the band's 5th independent release and first live set to hit their discography list since formation in 2009. August Moon acoustic as ACE Revel 2013 Virtue 2012 Speaker Door 2011 No Empty Pages 2010 SHORTHAND bio The CO-based indie soul project is comprised of Ashley Edwards and Jesse Ogle and travels as a 2-10 piece live band. Most often the band is touring as a power trio kicking the sound with gutsy, fresh, soulful, raw energy over a tight rhythm section. A well lit female-fronted eclectic soulchild born into a sea of evocative bass heavy, disco-plated live percussive backbeats. Noteably 'salty, sweet, aggressive, and visceral,' Hello Dollface delves into a genre touring sonic scope more associated with rock idioms, all the while throwing back deep grooves with newschool ploys that seal the energy in this group of golden soul-funkster vagabonds. It's in the blood in the heat in the light in the beat. Our story? THE WHOLE ENCHILADA Before we banded together in band chemistry paradise, Jesse Ogle (bass) had been touring hard in the Northwest with his own Oregon-based electro-jazz-funk project, with a strong calling back to his desert roots. A Northern Cali native dubbed with some Maui roots, Ashley Edwards (vocals, keys, guitar) grew into her own studying, living, writing, and wandering Spanish coasts and Scandinavian shores and into the Southeast Asian marketplaces. Somehow our life paths both landed us smack dab in the middle of no capital of music, southern Colorado. But now, we are 5 years in and 200% consumed by passion for music. This lifestyle is full-time. Roy Hargrove said, 'if you go all in... The music will take care of you'.. and it has in so many ways. People ask us all the time of course 'What music do you play?' -Our music has a home in soul, because that's where it comes from. Magnetized together like elements sparking in the Four Corners, not your average music buzztown, we are adventurous and aggressive in heavy pursuit, treading mountains and deserts to put our music and energy on the map. People in the Southwest are very supportive. We have been working toward establishing a global community with a shared a vision of passionate, purposeful, conscious, creative living. Because of this, Hello Dollface reaches beyond our home-base. The community has been a backbone sustaining us through 5 records, over 500 shows across the US including several sold-out theater shows. The music is always evolving. Our sets have shape, diversity, and direction. We begin a journey, taking the listener to different places within and outside themselves. We call it a genre tour...it's a conundrum of a slower soul ballad moving into a more fresh, gutsy technical-piece with elements of electronica and jazz, tailed by a few synthy pop songs, and then followed up with a lyrical, rootsy, indie-folk, driving into a heart wrenching r&b jam with some maui remnants of reggae in there somewhere. The lyrical content is empowering to the individual, geared toward motivating our inner-selves to reach beyond the average buzz of what society and media convey or portray as acceptable existence, in other words- live your passion! OUTREACH & MISSION We love our community and we work hard to give back as much possible. We have hosted and participated in numerous benefits and have raised funds for scholarships with an array of non-profits in our region. As a response, our community has supported us, helping us raise $10,000 in a 30-day Kickstarter campaign to distribute our 2012 release 'Virtue' nationally. In 2013, we founded iAM MUSIC, which is now a 501c3 non-profit music education program as well as professional artist network, in which we actively teach youth and adults and are aiming to bridge the gaps in traditional music ed, giving artists a place to express themselves. Community is not only the place we live daily, but in a broader sense, it is where we belong, grow, nurture, share our talents, make our living playing shows, and exchange ideas. Humans are ignited and inspired by each other and we wish to expand and bridge our connections beyond individuals, urban cityscapes, and social or political boundaries. We are all magical; we came here to create! For more info visit Hello Dollface online.