Adam Hattaway & The Haunters Release New Single + Video 'Tommy Sees Ghosts'

Just months since the release of their Marlon Williams produced album High Horse, Christchurch's own Adam Hattaway & The Haunters are back with a new single and video, "Tommy Sees Ghosts," accompanied by b-side "Roadside Incident." 

Recorded to 2” 16-track tape in an old wool-shed deep in the south of Aotearoa, Tommy Sees Ghosts features a haunting and hypnotic groove reminiscent of the band's earlier music, with one foot in the '70s Stones disco ditch, and a refined focus on vocals akin to their recent album. The band rolls along in a late-night, inebriated haze, threatening to go off the rails at all times but sticking together like glue. 

Inspired by true ghost stories, Adam delves into the tale of Tommy who lives close to the wind, getting up in the middle of the night to wave buenas noches to friends or lovers, dead and alive.  In the liminal space between waking and sleeping, he communes with the dead and does whatever he damn well pleases.

What does he want? Everything. 

Accompanying the new track is an eerie music video by Hēmi Baker. We follow Hattaway portrayed as a noctule familiar and inspired by Miley Cyrus’ ‘Flowers’, as he dances through Melbourne’s Abbotsford Convent. 

Tommy Sees Ghosts/ Roadside incident are available on all major streaming platforms and BandCamp For more information and a listen, visit adamhattawayandthehaunters.com.

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