Halflives

For other uses, see Half-life (disambiguation).

Halflives
Halflives live in Munich (2024)
Background information
Origin	Modena, Italy
Genres	Alternative rock, pop rock
Years active	2016 (2016)–present
Members	Linda Battilani Gloria Simonini (touring) Enrico Bertoni / Marco Montipo' / Lorenzo Di Girolamo (touring)
Website	wehavehalflives.com

Halflives is an alternative rock band from Modena, Italy. ^[1] Following several lineup changing the band is now a solo project composed of frontwoman Linda Battilani.

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 Halflives toured Europe and the UK with Against The Current and Halocene.

With the release of "V", lead vocalist Linda Battilani announced that the project switched from band to solo project. ^[8]

In 2023 Halflives releases a new EP titled "Inferno" featuring singles like "Dynamite", "Everybody Knows It" and "Oblivion". In 2024 the touring activity of Halflives intensifies with their first headliner tour (Inferno Tour) throughout Europe and the UK.^{[ citation needed ]} In the summer of 2024 Halflives supported Palaye Royale on their summer shows in Europe and appeared on Open Flair's main stage in Germany.^{[ citation needed ]} In November / December 2024 Halflives toured Europe and the UK once more supporting Smash Into Pieces and released a new single named "Perfectly Broken".^{[ citation needed ]}

Linda Battilani's Halflives live band often appears as a trio: Linda (Vocals / Guitars), Gloria Simonini (Drums) while the third musician often switches between Marco Montipò, Enrico Bertoni or Lorenzo Di Girolamo (Bass and/or Guitars).^{[ citation needed ]}

Members

Current members Linda Battilani – lead vocals, (2016-present), guitar (2019-present) Touring members Gloria Simonini - Drums (2022-present) Enrico Bertoni – Guitar (2021-present), Bass (2022-present) Lorenzo Di Girolamo – Guitar (2020-present) Marco Montipó – Bass (2024-present)

Former members Oscar Scantamburlo – bass, keyboards, percussion (2016-2021), guitar (2019-2021) Fede Bernardi – drums (2016-2022) Matteo "Matt" Mantovani - guitar, piano (2016-2017) Enrico Bertoni - guitar, backing vocals (2016-2018) Antonin "Tony" Carré - guitar, backing vocals (2018-2019)

Discography

EPs

• Empty Rooms (2017)
• Resilience (2020)
• V (2021)
• Inferno (2023)
• Inferno (End of the World Edition) (2024)

Singles

• "Mayday" (2016), on Empty Rooms
• "Burn" (2016), on Empty Rooms
• "Echo" (2017), on Empty Rooms
• "Crown" (2018)
• "Fugitive" (2018)
• "Rockstar Everyday" (2019), on Resilience
• "Snake" (2020), on Resilience
• "Hard to Break" (2020), on Resilience
• "Time Bomb" (2020), on Resilience
• "Rockstar Everyday (MC4D Remix)" (2020)
• "Fugitive (Reimagined)" (2020)
• "Villain" (2020), on V
• "Everyday Rockstars" (Vini Vici vs. Ranji) (2021)
• "Vibe" (2021),
• "Victim" (2021),
• "Valkyrie" (2021),
• ”Dynamite” (2022),
• "sorry mom x" (2022).
• "everybody knows it" (2023) ^[9]
• "jealous." (2024)
• "perfectly broken" (2024)
• "Immortals" (2025)

References

1. Music Defender (April 14, 2017). "Halflives: Empty Rooms". Has It Leaked . Gothenburg. Archived from the original on 2017-04-24. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
2. "Empty Rooms - Halflives | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2019-08-21. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
3. Fair, Anna (November 17, 2018). "10 new songs you need to hear this week". Alternative Press . Archived from the original on August 21, 2019. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
4. "Halflives Announce New EP 'Resilience' - News". Archived from the original on 2020-01-22.
5. "EP REVIEW: Halflives - Resilience". Rock Sound Magazine. March 16, 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
6. "Halflives: Parisian Pop-Rockers With Unbreakable Determination". Kerrang!. 26 March 2020.
7. "PREMIERE: Halflives Take Us On The Road In Their Video For 'Time Bomb' - Features". Rock Sound Magazine.
8. Pete (2022-04-29). "Halflives". PETE'S ROCK NEWS AND VIEWS.COM. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
9. "Halflives - sorry mom x (Official Music Video)". YouTube . 11 November 2022.