Halflives

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Halflives
OriginModena, Italy
Genres Alternative rock, pop rock
Years active2016 (2016)–present
Members
  • Linda Battilani
  • Gloria Simonini
  • Enrico Bertoni (touring)
Website wehavehalflives.com

Halflives is an alternative rock band originally from Modena, Italy [1] but now based in Paris, France. After releasing their debut 8-track record "Empty Rooms" [2] in 2017, they toured Europe and the UK supporting Courage My Love. In 2018 they headlined several tours in mainland Europe and the UK and released two standalone singles "Crown" and "Fugitive". [3] Early in 2019 they toured in the UK supporting The Faim and Chapel and appeared at Rock for People. In 2020 they released their EP "Resilience", [4] [5] including the single "Time Bomb" featuring Kellin Quinn from Sleeping with Sirens. [6] [7] They toured Europe early 2020 with Icon for Hire and released their single "Villain" in November of that year. Their next EP "V" came out on July 2, 2021, and includes the singles "Victim", "Vibe", "Valkyrie" and "Villain". In 2022 they toured Europe with Halocene.

Contents

With the release of "V", lead vocalist Linda Battilani announced that bassist Oscar Scantamburlo and drummer Fede Bernardi had moved from producing members to touring members of the band. [8]

Members

Discography

EPs

Singles

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