Newly Released ‘Dreamscape’ video is Dahl Haus’ Fever Dream of Unrequited Love

Dahl Haus has released ‘Dreamscape,’ the last of three visually enticing lyric videos created with professional stock footage to bridge the creative gap that pandemic restrictions put on shooting schedules. Like the ‘Helium’ video previously released, Dahl Haus once again plays with color-drenched, trippy visuals to give the impression of a would-be lover trapped in a fever dream. You can watch it now on YouTube:

Lead singer/songwriter and music producer Blaise Dahl said she was inspired to hone her video editing skills because although “I’m always curious about bands’ lyrics, and I want to dig down and explore their meaning, I’m never really drawn in by a background filler with some words scrolling on it. I wanted to be able to tell my songs’ stories in a way that appealed to your senses as well.” ‘Dreamscape’ is a dark, dream pop song which takes an abrupt turn half way through, exploding into fuzzy Lush-like distortion as the dream becomes a nightmare of anxiety and self-doubt. “It’s like a case-study in self-deception and false impressions. Sometimes we delude ourselves in love and relationships -- pretending it's something that it's not to satisfy a need or forward our personal agenda – but then there’s the inevitable, soul-crushing shock of suddenly waking up to reality,” Dahl explained. “The song has the most abrupt changes in its musical progression so when it came to the lyrics it made me think about waking up from a nightmare. There's a hook that's inspired by Edgar Alan Poe's poem ‘A Dream Within a Dream.’ Poe writes: ‘All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.’ I changed that up to make it more personally directed towards the effect of one person on another’s dreams by singing "All I see, All you seem."

‘Dreamscape’ is currently streaming on all platforms.

Dahl Haus' Goth Pop AAPI Charity Single, 'Silhouettes & Alibis,' Gets Film Noir Video Treatment in Time for Halloween

Dahl Haus has released a film noir video for their song ‘Silhouettes & Alibis,’ a gothic love story of toxic lust and obsession. The song recently debuted on paul is dead records’ AAPI charity compilation album, ‘Subversive To Care.’ With a pre-chorus hook that declares “My love is Jekyl to your Hyde,” the song is perfect for serenading your crazy ex-lover during cold and dark October booty calls or as the soundtrack to sex in the cemetery.

With COVID precautions making shoots virtually impossible, singer/songwriter/music producer Blaise Dahl says she found inspiration in Lana Del Rey’s breakthrough DIY spliced “Video Games” music video. To create the slightly over four-and-a-half minute spooky, sexy storyline, Dahl expertly edited seventeen clips of stock footage she found on Pond5.

Watch the video here.

‘Silhouettes & Alibis’ is the second single that the band has donated to causes close to their hearts. paul is dead records’ carefully curated ‘Subversive To Care’ album splits its profits equally among the Asian Mental Health Collective, National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF), and The Tibet Fund – organizations that form a critical support system for Asian Americans during this difficult time. Dahl Haus’ lead guitarist, Daniel Kasshu, is half Japanese, and he has personally felt the crushing anxiety that builds from the constant threat of street harassment at a time when the New York Police Department reports a 375% uptake in Asian Hate Crimes. The label has already raised over 1,200 dollars with a pay-what-you-want price strategy on Bandcamp and plans to continue donating indefinitely.

Download ‘Subversive To Care’ here.

Blaise Dahl Takes On The Role of Courtney Love For Teddy Grey’s Concept Album ‘The Great Failed Romances of the Twentieth Century,’ Out October 22 on Mother West Records

From Mother West Records: We're excited to announce the upcoming release of the new double album from New York City artist Teddy Grey! “The Great Failed Romances of the Twentieth Century,” is an indie rock opus that dissects the legendary couples of years past. From the iconic (F Scott Fitzgerald & Zelda Sayre) to the moronic (Vanilla Ice & Madonna), from the rumored (James Dean & Marlon Brando) to the all-too-real (Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton), the album treats you to the wildest and most entertaining history lesson of your life. Featuring 30 original songs recorded in various genres, and featuring numerous guest vocalists and instrumentalists, “The Great Failed Romances of the Twentieth Century” is an ambitious, comprehensive look at the mythic-but-true love stories that dominated pop culture. We have some amazing packaging and merch for this one, so take a look at the pre-order that went live today! The album will be out October 22nd with the first single out 9/10. Pre-order here.

For a sneak preview of the the first single, check out Aesthetic Magazine’s exclusive premiere.

Blaise Dahl Invokes Type: V's 'The Curse,' on New Album 'PETRICHOR.dust.earth.leaves.stars.' from Electronic Music Producer/Cyberpunk Artemis Cephei

Dahl Haus singer/songwriter/producer Blaise Dahl was a guest artist on Artemis Cephei a/k/a Type: V's new album, 'PETRICHOR.dust.earth.leaves.stars.' Dahl's vocals appear on track 3, 'The Curse.' In his review, Mishka DJ wrote that the work "begs for comparison" with the well-known indie electronic producer and visual artist Travis Egedy, a/k/a Pictureplane, whose conceptual songs explore gender identities and hyperreality; adding that the single, 'The Curse,' "recorded with singer Blaise Dahl, combining drum and bass with gothic vocals in the Evanescence style turned out very cool and you can safely add [Type: V] to the list of musicians whose work should be closely monitored in 2020." The song has been remastered and was rereleased on August 17, 2021. It's available here on Bandcamp.

Dahl Haus Overcomes Pandemic Road Blocks to Release Film Noir Video for ‘Silhouettes & Alibis'

When Dahl Haus’ ‘Silhouettes and Alibis’ was released on May 28th as part of Paul Is Dead Records’ 60-song AAPI charity compilation album, ‘Subversive To Care,’ the band was honored to be included but caught off guard with no videos or recent photos due to the pandemic. When the NYC Deli Magazine’s review singled the song out with a few others from the bunch, every other band mentioned had a video of their chosen song available. The editor was gracious enough to substitute the only Dahl Haus video he could find – a live cover of PJ Harvey’s ’Dress.’ “She’s one of my idols and it’s seriously my favorite song to cover live,” said frontwoman Blaise Dahl, “but I felt a little bummed that we couldn’t represent our original song properly and better promote the compilation album.” The singer-songwriter describes ‘Silhouettes and Alibis” as “a gothic love song about the contrasting halves of a toxic relationship and someone struggling to break the ties of an unhealthy obsession.”

With COVID precautions making video shoots virtually impossible, Dahl says she got inspired by Lana Del Rey’s DIY spliced “Video Games” music video. “My music is often cinematically inspired. I see my songs visually when I write, in colors as well as little movie vignettes. I wanted the video to be dark and moody, and originally I imagined myself singing while stumbling around in the dark over rocky ground outside a lighthouse. There’s a line that goes ‘My love is Jekyl to your Hyde’ and I wanted to get that spooky, classic vintage feel. I started collecting shadowy images. The story in my mind was like a modern day film noir.” She storyboarded the song and mocked it up with sample clips that still had the copyright watermark. Once she was satisfied with how it would eventually look, she cleared out her bank account to purchase stock footage from Pond5. But just when everything was set to go, her MacBook Pro died and she was unable to edit the final video. “Fortunately, I was able to work remotely for a good part of the last year and a half. I applied for credit to get a new computer and then was told that due to the pandemic there was a chip shortage and it would take weeks for me to get it.”

Ten weeks to the day of “Silhouettes and Alibis” initial release, the film noir fantasy Dahl envisioned was finally ready to drop on YouTube. “I discovered I really enjoy creating videos from other people’s footage,” Dahl added. “I ended up creating a lyric video for our song ‘Helium’ from stock footage too. And next month we expect to drop a very crazy, artsy visual piece for our as yet unreleased song, “Dreamscape.” Still she hopes the fans will soon get to see the faces of her guitarist Daniel Kasshu and herself in a more traditional type of video. “I have hopes that by late October or November I’ll have shot some video of the two of us to promote our song, “Seasick.”

You can download “Silhouettes and Alibis,” as well as the rest of “Subversive To Care” here, exclusively on Bandcamp on a pay-what-you-want basis.

100% of the proceeds will be split evenly to fund the Asian Mental Health Collective, National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF), and The Tibet Fund.

Dahl Haus Drops Trippy ‘Helium’ Video to Support ‘Hope: For The Trevor Project’

Dahl Haus has dropped an acid trip of a lyric video to artfully illustrate its dreamy love song, “Helium,” and support the song’s recent release as part of Somewherecold Records’ ‘Hope: For The Trevor Project’ charity compilation album.

Singer, songwriter, and video producer Blaise Dahl describes the song as “a blissful dream pop song about love, lust, and the best sex you ever had.” The smoke and powder fueled psychedelic color explosion, expertly edited by Dahl to emphasize each word down to the syllable, was created using stock footage from Pond5.

‘Hope: For The Trevor Project’ is available as an exclusive download here on Bandcamp now through September 29, 2021 for a minimum $10 donation fee.

All proceeds (after Bandcamp and PayPal fees) go to The Trevor Project. Founded in 1998 by the creators of the Academy Award®-winning short film TREVOR, The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25. Learn more about this vital organization here.

Out Today from SomewhereCold Records – 'Hope: For The Trevor Project'

Somewherecold Records has released a charity compilation almost every year since the label has been active, defining the ethos surrounding the record label as the need for art to do something positive in the world. This year’s compilation is ‘Hope: For The Trevor Project,’ 52 tracks of almost five hours of music from artists that span genres. And while you might think that would make the album feel disjointed, each artist brought something to the table that helped to create an ebb and flow -- from caution, to joy, to danger, to fear, to hope, and so on. According to label head Jason Lamoreaux: “There is a sense of difference here like there are in all communities and the connecting glue is all the artists’ desires to help with this very important cause. Given what is happening to LGBTQ+ communities in the United States and around the world, we think that art, and its ability to touch people, is one way to help raise funds to support said projects.”

Brooklyn-based indie band Dahl Haus chose to donate their dreamy, blissed out love song, ‘Helium.’ “When I got the call, I immediately thought “love is love is love….”, said Blaise Dahl, “and knew I wanted something that represented that kind of love-drunk feeling all humans are entitled to enjoy regardless of their sexual orientation.”

The mission of The Trevor Project is to “end suicide among gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning young people.” This mission involves education, counseling, helping LGBTQ+ young people with homelessness, and much more. The Trevor Project will receive all money tied to the sale of the compilation (minus fees and expenses from Bandcamp and Paypal).

The compilation will be available for download exclusively on Bandcamp through Sept 29, 2021 for a $10 minimum donation, but listeners are encouraged to give more if they can. It will then be removed from circulation, effectively ending the charity drive and returning the tracks to each individual artist to release on albums, EPs, or singles as they choose at a later date. Click here to download.

Fighting Hate With Music: Dahl Haus Releases 'Silhouettes and Alibis' on Paul Is Dead Records' AAPI charity compilation, 'Subversive To Care'

DAHL HAUS debuted a new song, “Silhouettes and Alibis,” on Paul Is Dead Records’ ‘Subversive To Care’ -- a brilliantly curated AAPI charity compilation that benefits the Asian Mental Health Collective, National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF), and The Tibet Fund. 100% of the proceeds from the Bandcamp exclusive download will be split among the three charities. Over 60 amazing, mostly L.A.-based artists came together to share their music in solidarity with these organizations that form a critical support system for the Asian community during the COVID pandemic, as they face so many acts of violence and harassment fueled by racist hatred. Dahl Haus and Mevius (in which Dahl Haus guitarist Daniel Kasshu and singer/guitarist Blaise Dahl trade places) were among just a handful of NYC/Brooklyn bands chosen to participate.

The album’s artwork was created by painter David Fair.

The title, 'Subversive to Care' is based on a conversation one of the label founders had about “the unfortunate lack of compassion and empathy which is so common these days; how the initial ethos of subculture was to rebel against the conservative and oppressive norms of society, whereas these days what is truly subversive is to care for your fellow human and be a genuinely compassionate and altruistic person.” The album is available here for a name-your-own-price donation.

Be Safe and Rock The Blocks with the Official Dahl Haus Face Mask

Be a Dahling and support the band while you protect yourself and those around you. Show your love and rock the blocks during the pandemic with our Dahl Haus facemask, available in 2 styles/sizes.

Click here to grab yours.

For every 1 sold, TeePublic.com will donate a medical grade mask to Direct Relief. Buy 4, get 20% off!

Behind the Scenes on the Slim Jim Phantom Trio Christmas Tour

Hey, Dahlings!

I’m putting some of my hard-earned Berklee College of Music cred to practical use, tour managing for the Slim Jim Phantom Trio’s Rockabilly Christmas Tour. A musician’s life is not all stage glory. Sometimes ya gotta take care of bizness! Honored to do so for a rockabilly legend! Jennie Vee (Eagles of Death Metal, Courtney Love) is back in the lineup on bass and Dibbs Preston is on guitar (Levi and the Rockats, Dibbs and the Detonators).

See ya on the road!
– Blaise Dahl

Blaise Dahl Joins Slim Jim Phantom Trio as Replacement Bassist for Jennie Vee On Tour with Eagles of Death Metal

Blaise Dahl will be filling in on bass for Jennie Vee (now on tour with the Eagles of Death Metal) on some dates on the Slim Jim Phantom Trio tour, currently making its way down the east coast in conjunction with the Stray Cats reunion tour. Keep your eyes peeled for her!

Blaise Dahl Joins a New Band on Netflix’ ‘Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City’

Catch Blaise Dahl playing bass in the house band for the Body Politic bar on a few episodes of “Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City,” now streaming on Netflix. The iconic LGBTQ inspired series from the ‘90s has been given a story update just in time to celebrate Pride month. Laura Linney & Olympia Dukakis are back to reprise their roles from the original UK & Showtime series along with Ellen Page and a slew of talented LGBTQ+ performers.

The Dahl Haus singer/songwriter/producer -- who lives and breathes at the intersection of music and film and aspires to someday join the ranks of music supervisors and film composers-- was thrilled to work with music supervisor Michael Hill (a Grammy nominee and Guild of Music Supervisors award winner for his work on “Lady Bird”) and music director Pat Irwin (founding member of the Raybeats and 8-Eyed Spy, and member of the B-52s; score composer for HBO’s Bored to Death and Showtime’s Nurse Jackie, as well as 100s of cartoons and independent films) both on set and in the recording studio.

Got “Balls?” Bring ‘em to Ceremony224 For the Premiere of the Latest DAVID LEIGH JAUNT

From the creators of the hit book “Mother’s Day at at the Orphanage” and the film “Bodega?,” comes the latest David Leigh Jaunt, “Balls?” Billed as “a short film and a long overdue #metoo chat,” Balls takes a sly, knowing look at the issues of street harassment that those born without balls deal with on a daily basis. Premiering Friday, July 13th at New York’s Ceremony224, before making the festival rounds, the film short features music by Brooklyn indie bands Dahl Haus and Death By Piano. Both bands will perform live sets to close out the evening’s event, which will also feature DJ sets by members of the band BoyToy.

Leigh’s earlier film, “Bodega?” (which featured music by both Dahl Haus and Death by Piano, as well as the Dandy Warhols) explored where gentrification and music culturally intersect, will be screened before the premiere.

Click here for tickets.

ICYMI I got caught up in that whole Russia thing... even stole somebody else's voice! Watch ‘The Americans' on FX

Hope you didn’t blink, but did you catch me last night on “The Americans” (episode 5, season 6)?

Back in December, I was so jazzed to get booked for this brief scene as a bar band singer (lip synching to “Never Want To Say Goodbye” by Simplistics) in a final season episode of my mother’s favorite show. At the time, my Grandmother was a hospice patient, and I had just spent the last two weeks working online while sitting at her bedside in my parents’ living room. As luck would have it, she died before the shoot and it was rescheduled for the day before her funeral. We filmed until the wee hours so I had to rock this heavily sprayed look at the early morning mass and the whole next day. Somehow I think my ‘80s hair would have made Grandma laugh and she would have loved the reaction it got from the other mourners… it certainly was a tension breaker and conversation starter! My Grandma was always my biggest fan. So in the end I guess it was the perfect send-off.

– Blaise Dahl

Brooklyn Indie Band, DAHL HAUS, Places Unreleased Song in “Bodega?,” a Documentary Featuring The Dandy Warhols

Brooklyn indie band Dahl Haus’ unreleased song ‘Seasick,’ gets a sneak preview in David Leigh Abts’ indie documentary, “Bodega?,” premiering Saturday, February 24th. The song became a last minute placement in the film when Abts by chance caught the nugaze/dream pop band playing at Our Wicked Lady in Brooklyn just weeks before the film’s release date, and heard a song that was perfectly in sync with his film’s state of mind.

The film explores the waning of bodega culture in the face of gentrification and juxtaposes its interviews with bodega workers and newbie residents with music from upcoming Brooklyn indie bands. What’s the connection? The filmmaker explains: “You may wonder why such a selection and what do these bands have in common with Brooklyn Bodegas? This is a small strand of sounds of what the transplants/hipsters population would be listening to in their Beats by Dre headphones as they make their morning coffee and bagel stop before jumping on the train for work. For better or worse, totally missing what the shopkeepers are listening to.”

Echoing the film’s theme, Dahl Haus’ singer/songwriter/producer Blaise Dahl describes her song, ‘Seasick,’ as a “grungy social protest song about elitism, apathy, and society’s hater mindset that says, one way or another, we're all struggling not to drown.”

The trailer for ‘Bodega?’ features “The Dandy Warhols TV Theme Song” and the Northwest alt rock band’s frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor (who also wrote the forward to Abts’ book, “Mother’s Day at the Orphanage”) makes an on-camera appearance. (“Bodega?” trailer)

The “Bodega?” premiere will be held at the iconic Brooklyn metal bar, Saint Vitus at 7 PM this Saturday, and will feature a live performance by Jacuzzi Boys and a “Very Special Act from the Northwest” surprise guest, along with musical guests Rat Schabies (The Damned), Chris Constantinou (Adam Ant), David Mudie (LA Mood/Courtney Barnett), Bob Harrow (Immigrant Union), Kalen Lister (Death By Piano), Brian Buta (Steady State) and Cory Wade (former co-host of America’s Next Top Model). (Tickets)

Blaise Dahl kicked off New York Fashion Week at Spindle Magazine's opening night party. The NY/U.K. publication hosted up-and-coming young designers, fashion industry execs, and emerging musicians at their Brooklyn studio.

tfw you walk into the party and you're suddenly surrounded by larger-than-life projections of your photo shoot. So much love for my wonderful photographer Katrin Albert.

Thanks for my celebrity moment Spindle Magazine. So much fun last night at your launch party! Can't wait to get my hands on your February Dreams issue, the first NYC print edition, and the one with my first magazine interview!

Blaise Dahl Shares Her NYC Dreams with the U.K.’s Spindle Magazine

Blaise Dahl -- the singer/songwriter/producer of Brooklyn-based indie band, Dahl Haus -- has been selected as one of the upcoming NYC artists to be featured in Spindle Magazine’s first New York issue, which will also be the first print newsstand edition since it debuted as an online hub from Brighton in 2010. The theme of the February issue -- which launches the UK youth culture magazine on U.S. shores -- is Dreams. Spindle is founded under the belief that music has the power to positively unite, change, and influence daily life for people around the world, and it highlights artists that the editors believe are leading the way.

This will be the first print magazine interview for the Dahl Haus singer/songwriter/producer. Dahl’s accompanying photo shoot was done back in August at Coney Island’s Luna Park by Katrin Albert. Dahl personally chose Albert, who she previously worked with when the talented Russian born, Brooklyn based photographer directed Jennie Vee’s “Lips Like Sugar” video. The impeccably styled and art directed video featured couture dresses designed by Courtney Love.

This special glossy issue of Spindle will not be available online so look for it on newsstands and in Barnes and Noble bookstores when it drops sometime in February.

The Bitch is Back... On Stage with the Loser’s Lounge at Joe's Pub at The Public Theater

Over the weekend, Blaise Dahl worked on her bucket list wish to sing every song with the word BITCH in it at least once live on stage. Thanks to The Loser’s Lounge and Joe's Pub at The Public for making her dream come true. The Dahl Haus singer/songwriter was a featured performer for their sold out series of Elton John tribute shows.

Blaise Dahl Performs 'Purple Rain' on Opening Night of The Loser's Lounge Series of Prince Tribute Shows at Joe's Pub at the Public Theater

The Loser’s Lounge Tribute to Prince opened at Joe's Pub at the Public Theater last night with Blaise Dahl of the Brooklyn indie rock band Dahl Haus bringing down the house with a soulful rendition of 'Purple Rain.'

Dahl, who had been invited to sing with the Loser’s Lounge before, said she had been hoping that, following the legendary artist's passing, the renowned NYC music group would bring together the community to share their love and celebrate Prince's music. "I've never been this forward about a show before," she admitted, "but when I heard The Loser's Lounge was covering Prince, I reached out to Joe McGinty and told him how much Prince meant to me. There's something very healing about performing an artist's work for a live audience grieving their idol. I was thrilled when he said yes and offered me three songs to choose from, but I knew it had to be 'Purple Rain.' I was so honored and humbled that Joe had even considered it for me. It's so iconic."

The Loser’s Lounge is a collective of New York City’s finest performers who have been selling out live shows every other month for twenty years. Founded in 1993 by former Psychedelic Furs keyboardist Joe McGinty, the band continues to canonize the great songwriting catalogues of the '60s, 70's and ‘80’s in its own unique way. Along with a parade of up and coming singers, some past celebrity guest performers have included Richard Dreyfuss, Moby, Parker Posey, Debbie Harry, Lee Hazlewood, Paul Williams, Cyndi Lauper, John Cameron Mitchell, Fred Schneider, Joey Ramone, John Flansburg of They Might Be Giants, Ronnie Spector, Anne Magnuson, Michael Cerveris, Joan Jett, Ian Hunter, Fred Armisen, Antony, Santi Gold and many more, proving that you never know who you might see at The Loser’s Lounge.

The Loser’s Lounge’s performances have been featured on NBC’s Last Call With Carson Daly, Comedy Central’s The Daily Show and Night Of Too Many Stars TV Special, ABC’s My Kind Of Town, radio stations NPR, WFUV, WBAI, WFMU, and in press including The New York Times, The New Yorker, The New York Post, The Village Voice, New York Magazine, Rolling Stone online, Spin Magazine online,  and Time Out New York who have dubbed The Losers Lounge “Essential New York.”

The Loser’s Lounge Tribute to Prince is running for six shows this weekend, all of which are sold out.