Latest Single 'MIndless' OUt NOW

3rd single release for 2024 MINDLESS 

releases November 1st

https://ffm.to/khmindless 

Mindless’ is a song about mental illness. Kalen sings ‘Mindless’ through the eyes of a person who is drowning and isolated due to an altered state of mind. Kalen is moved by the gritty side life and respects those who are struggling with inherited or self-induced negative states of mind. It describes hallucinogenic episodes and schizophrenic-like symptoms. We are taken on a journey with a person who is well into literally losing their mind. The exhaustion felt after these episodes leave people drained and disconnected, which has been described as mindless state of being.     

Recorded at Damien Gerard Studios. Special thanks again to Kayne Butler on drums, producer Andrew Beck and mastering by King Willy Sound

Distribution and Publishing through Foghorn Records https://medianews.foghornrecords.net/   

2nd single release for 2024 RIGHT THERE 

releases June 28th

https://ffm.to/khrightthere

Right There’ is a song about not knowing what you’ve got, until it’s almost ending or gone. It sings of how we don’t focus on the passing of time in life and almost take for granted that the people and surroundings will always remain the same around you. 

The vocals build up to a final bridge that declares time is stolen and quickly turned into a memory. There is a strong desire to return to a moment that you know is over. The guitar conveys the wistful yearning through its cord progression, crunch, and echo. The musical composition and lyric abruptly finishes on the last word, amplifying the ‘end’. 

  Recorded at Damien Gerard Studios. Special thanks again to Kayne Butler on drums, producer Andrew Beck and mastering by King Willy Sound

Distribution and Publishing through Foghorn Records https://medianews.foghornrecords.net/   

Kalen's Debut Album 'Isolation' - Released May 5, 2023

https://ffm.to/kalenhoganisolation

17-year-old Central Coast local, Kalen Hogan, releases his debut album 'Isolation'. 

Recorded at Damien Gerard Studio's with producer Andrew Beck and with Kayne Butler on drums, the album highlights this young musician’s natural talent for creating catchy melodies.  Although, still in his last year at school the album has a ageless appeal.  The thoughtful and sometimes melancholy lyrics highlight 

Kalen’s sensitivity to life's universa themes.

From the initial single born from the pandemic lockdowns, the songs transition through: relationships left behind; feeling alienated or lost; realising the finite time you have with those you love and understanding your outlook is only relevant to your perspective.

The album ‘Isolation’ was initially created in a time of forced introspective thinking.  Skilfully, the tracks are matched with some soul-searching guitar solos that echo the intensity of the lyrics.  Tracks like 'Beliefs' and 'Not Even A Friend' are tracks that fight back with some big drums and up beat spicy guitar chords.

The dissonant harmonies and chord progression on the album are a subtle nod to Kalen's respect for the 1990's Seattle Grunge scene. The album is alternative rock and with the purposeful lack of heavy distortion, the sound stays true to its indie roots. 

  Distribution and Publishing through Foghorn Records https://medianews.foghornrecords.net/ 

Kalen's third single released February 17, 2023.

 https://ffm.to/stonedandcold 

 After watching a local missing person report, Kalen felt the need to write ‘Stoned And Cold’. The missing person was someone his own age and the day was miserable outside. Kalen felt a connection to how the teens family and friends thoughts would go to the worst-case scenario.  The tracks sound is filled with pensive sadness and regret. Unusually, the song ends with a final verse, rather than a chorus, leaving the listener hanging just like the imagined family. Stoned and Cold is the third preview single release off Kalen's awaited debut album 'Isolation' due out May 5 2023.  

 Recorded at Damien Gerard Studios. Special thanks again to Producer Andrew Beck and Kayne Butler on drums.

  Distribution and Publishing through Foghorn Records https://medianews.foghornrecords.net/ 

Kalen's second and last single release for the year 'Not Even a Friend' -  Released October 14, 2022.

https://ffm.to/notevenafriend

 Kalen was inspired to write ‘Not Even A Friend’ after witnessing a good mates relationship blow-up! It’s about the slow decline to an eventual relationship break up and the transgressions that unravelled until it’s final downfall. It’s about the shock of thinking you know someone but finding out you don’t know them at all. Being once so close and intimate to not even a friend anymore. It’s an upbeat tempo with a fiery bridge and unravelling lyric. The track ‘Not Even A Friend’ captures the surprise and disappointment of being caught in a relationship gone south.    

 Recorded at Damien Gerard Studios. Special thanks again to Producer Andrew Beck and Kayne Butler on drums.

  Distribution and Publishing through Foghorn Records https://medianews.foghornrecords.net/ 

Kalen Hogan was 15, when first inspired to write his song, Help Me I’m Dying. At the time, he was impacted by a story he’d watched of a young person dying in the arms of their parents. Kalen wrote the song to better understand how it made him feel and decided to add the imagined soul’s transition, to remind us, we aren’t just the physical form. It’s a song about wanting to be saved but equally wanting to leave a pained broken body. The track has a dream like quality, filled with melancholy, which sings of a knowing that not all can be saved. Cheers to Engineer/Production Andrew Beck @ Damien Gerard Studios, West Gosford.  Released on Spotify and more, September 23, 2022!

 https://ffm.to/helpmeimdying