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Hourglass (feat. Alexa Jesse)

by Host Bodies & Alexa Jesse

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“It’s still dark when singer-songwriter Alexa Jesse arrives at Ocean Beach, San Francisco for the 6AM video shoot with Host Bodies. Their first single together, “Hourglass,” features Alexa gracing a psychedelic dance track built on the live-electronic duo’s swaggering basslines, atmospheric synths, and idiosyncratic drums. Alexa’s lyric, “What will we find at the edge of the night?” seems posed against the beach as surf booms and a breeze carries drifts of sand over the empty Great Highway. 

Director and bassist, Nick Hess, reviews the storyboard with the cameraman while producer, James Collector, prepares to drive his vintage camper van onto the dunes for the opening shot. The day looks clear, a well-timed window between winter storms. Timing has everything to do with Hourglass. After a shared 2020 gig was cancelled by shelter-in-place, Alexa Jesse and Host Bodies started exchanging musical ideas. Hourglass surfaced soon after, a smoky demo that has since evolved into a polished groove mastered by Count Eldridge (Tycho, DJ Shadow, Radiohead) for release on May 19, 2023.

As color creeps into the sky, Alexa steps onto the sand. The music is cued. The camera brings her into focus. By the end of the day, she’ll be dancing barefoot in the waves under a fiery sunset—until then, there is only this present moment and the next, grains falling one by one."

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Lyrics

Can you hear it
The sound of the sand
One by one 
Slipping through our hands

Can you taste it
The sweet memory
Of a life gone by
Was it ever truly free

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh 
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh 

What will we find
At the edge of the night
What will we find
At the bottom of the hourglass

What will we find
At the edge of the night
What will we find
When the last grain falls
When the last grain falls

When it falls
When it falls

Can you feel it
Room losing air
Buried in minutes
Like they were never there

Can you let go 
Release to the void
Energy moving 
It cannot be destroyed

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh 
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh 

What will we..
What will we..

What will we find
At the edge of the night
What will we find
At the bottom of the hourglass

What will we find
At the edge of the night
What will we find
When the last grain falls
When the last grain falls

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released May 19, 2023

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Host Bodies San Francisco, California

Host Bodies is a live electronic duo based in San Francisco. Their sound often defies genre — to the delight of live audiences and dedicated headphone listeners. Think: guitar solos over dance music, rap vocals over lush beats, harmonic synths over groovy bass loops — high energy, big emotion, and raw creativity. ... more

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