Heavy Halo to release single ‘Lies’ on August 15 – Side-Line premieres video now
Heavy Halo (Photo by Tori McGraw)
New York City-based alt-rock / industrial duo Heavy Halo will release the single “Lies” tomorrow, August 15, 2025 via Silent Pendulum Records. But on Side-Line you can already see the official video premiere of the track.
The track is taken from the “Damaged Dream” album which was released on July 25, 2025 by Silent Pendulum Records. The album is available on the label’s Bandcamp and on major streaming platforms. A vinyl edition is coming up as well.
McKeever summarizes the album’s theme as follows: “Damaged Dream is what you’re left with when the ideals you hold shatter… While the dream is damaged, it is not completely destroyed.”
Heavy Halo spent July 2025 on a US East Coast run with Light Asylum, with dates including Baltimore (Mobtown Ballroom, July 17), Washington, DC (Pie Shop, July 22), and additional shows across the region.
About Heavy Halo
Heavy Halo is a New York City duo formed by McKeever (vocals; Columbia-trained composer) and Gosteffects (producer). The pair met in Brooklyn and began collaborating during the pandemic period, recording at Spellsound Studios.
The self-titled debut album arrived in late 2021/2022 via Negative Gain Productions (digital 2021; physical 2022), followed by the 2022 remix set “Crushed/Destroyed”, featuring reworks by Alec Empire (Atari Teenage Riot), Xavier Swafford (3TEETH), Kontravoid, Pictureplane and others.
In 2024–2025 the band signed with Silent Pendulum Records for the sophomore album “Damaged Dream”.
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