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Tender Trap EP

by Kerry Hallett

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1.
Always, Honey Just like honey forming from the bees as they’re returning to the honeycomb, honeycomb So this feeling settles into tiny holes inside my skin on my way home, on my way home Whenever there is honey in the corner of your eyes Won’t you give me some, give me some I’ll mix it with the softly spilling sounds of your sighs On the tip of my tongue, tip of my tongue And you sweep me off my feet Won’t you please stay so sweet on me Ooooh... I’ll try my best to understand that empty feeling in your hand that everyone know, everyone knows and I will sit or take a stand, i’ll be your lady and your man wherever we go, wherever we go And you sweep me off my feet Won’t you please stay so sweet on me Yeah, you sweep me off my feet Won’t you please stay so sweet on me Ooooh...
2.
Hating Nothing I found the perfect place for you Out of my head, I’ve got no space for you waiting for something you can’t entertain and hating something you just can’t explain while I’m hating nothing I found the perfect name for you ‘cause I’m just another game to you you started something that nobody can play you’re saving something that’s long gone away while I’m saving nothing so now you’ve had your fun you can hook another one ‘cause you know I was too young I wrote the perfect song for you It feels good to be so wrong for you You’re waiting for someone to make you okay and hating someone who just couldn’t stay while I’m hating nothing
3.
Kismet 05:29
Kismet We’re tracing our circles in the sand Lost time no matter what the circumstance demands And I’ve seen this land, I’ve seen this land I’ve seen this land, this broken land So I took the car to clear my head I’m stalling in the murky pond of us instead And I hope you know, I’m going down But how would you know?- you’re not around Drive until I can’t remember how it felt Drive until I can’t remember how we fight- What would it take to make you chase me just one time The sun will creep into my room To light the growing distance between me and you Our separate lines are redefined And you’re unmoved, like every time Try until i can’t remember how it felt Try until i can’t remember what you said- You said I wish that we could start over again We met somewhere before this rain And I’ve been told some souls are meant to try again So if this ends, it never ends Yes, if this ends, it never.... Cry until i can’t remember where it went Cry until I can’t, and I’ll pretend you said- It’s not the first time that we ever* fell in love, It’s not the last time that we ever fall in love
4.
The Question 03:21
The Question Nothing’s the same When you’re calling her name You know she was here – the question is where Has she gone? Your nightmares and cries Are wasting your eyes You know it’s her time- the question is why Has she gone? Mmmmm.... And you’ll know her again But more beautiful then You know it will end – the question is when The question is when Mmmmmmm.... The question is when The question is when The question is when Ohh Ohhh.....
5.
Melissa 02:46
Melissa I dream of lightning I dream of fighting for your honor I dream of dying I dream that I am a goner But nothing wakes me like you, Melissa I dream of flying I dream of trying to escape the sinking sand I wake up crying I wake up searching for your hands ‘Cause no one holds me like you, Melissa I dream of flowers I dream of turning to dust I dream of towers I dream of climbing to us ‘Cause no one loves me like you, Melissa No one loves me like you, Melissa

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Though writer and vocalist Kerry Hallett's acoustic sensibilities create the backbone of the EP, Tender Trap punches in with catchy pop hooks and unfurls in sometimes dreamy, electronic layers. Intimate and succinct, with earnest vocals that remind of Aimee Mann and catchy lyrics in the vein of Ingrid Michaelson, Hallett invites us to navigate the gauntlet of love (the tender trap) and heartache--armed equally with biting one-liners and simple, sweet assertions.

"It’s not every day that a Facebook post from a nationally-renowned musician points you to an emerging artist from your own city. Last fall, Erin McKeown raved to her fans that she was very excited about the production work she was doing with the band Heart Harbor, who hails from right here in Philadelphia.

We here at The Key immediately checked the band out, and loved what we heard. The project of Kerry Hallett hearkens back to some of the best singer-songwriters in recent memory: Brandi Carlile, Passenger, Tegan and Sara, with a Jenny Lewis-ian sense of arrangement and fearless genre hopping. Recorded with McKeown last summer in Fishtown, the Tender Trap EP boasts immaculate production and infectious tunes; they’ll stick around, and you won’t mind one bit."

--John Vettese, of WXPN's The Key

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released April 22, 2016

All songs written by Heart Harbor
Produced by Erin McKeown
Photos by Jessica Kourkounis

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Kerry Hallett Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

Kerry's songs fuse warm, velvety vocals with catchy, pop-folk
sensibilities. Her debut EP, released under the moniker Heart Harbor, was produced by Erin McKeown and hailed by WXPN's
The Key as "hearkening back to some of the best singer-songwriters in recent memory:
Brandi Carlile, Passenger, Tegan and Sarah, with a Jenny Lewis-ian sense of
arrangement and fearless genre-hopping."
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