Hunca Munca [Colored Vinyl]

Hunca Munca is the first release from Minnesota songwriter HALEY (FKA Haley Bonar) since 2018's instrumental album Pleasureland. The album title muses on the character of a mouse from Beatrix Potter's children's book, A Tale of Two Bad Mice, in which two hungry mice leave their sleeping babies to break into a playroom doll's house to find food. Upon discovering that the food is made of plaster, the mice subsequently destroy the doll's house in a rage. The mice eventually feel guilt and atone for their misdeeds. The story- much like the lyrical content in Haley McCallum's 11th studio album- illustrates how quickly disillusionment can turn into anger- and the importance of accountability and forgiveness. Produced by former Low bassist/producer Steve Garrington and recorded by multi Grammy winning engineer Brian Joseph (Bon Iver), Hunca Munca's lush, masterful approach proves once again that Haley is at the top of her game not only with lyricism and song craft, but as an artist who conti