Hello Shark | photo by Abi Reimold

It’s record release week for Hello Shark, the New England-born project of Lincoln Halloran that is now based in Philadelphia. Delicate is Halloran’s full-length debut and it’s a record we’ve been waiting to get our hands on for a while thanks to a string of single releases that dropped over the summer.

Joining previously released tracks “Alligator,” “Jackson Browne” and “Drake Night” is a collection of homespun, introspective pop songs that are aching and expressive. A few tracks feature vocal collabs with Katie Bennett of Free Cake for Every Creature, while others see Halloran’s delivery calling to mind that of a low-key Jonathan Richman.

Stream Delicate below. Hello Shark celebrates the record at All Night Diner this Friday, September 30th with Meg Bog, Power Animal and Amanda Glasser; more information can be found here.

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