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Haale as in Halelujua, Jalepeno, Holla back. More music at haale.com.

Haale and the band started touring in January 2007 with the release of the two EPs, 'Paratrooper' and 'Morning,' . Since then the band has played 150 shows in America, Europe, and Canada. Highlights include the Bonnaroo festival (07), the David Byrne curated series at Carnegie Hall, the Hillside Festival, Celebrate Brooklyn, SXSW, Mimi Festival in France, and the Firstworks Festival.

In March 2008, Haale released the full-length album 'No Ceiling' to critical acclaim. The Boston Globe called the album, 'one of the year's most memorable releases.' On 'No Ceiling,' Haale explores themes of transformation and evolution, singing in English and Persian through a riveting soundscape of percussion, electric guitars, and strings. Though the common threads of Haale's voice, and Matt Kilmer's drumming run through all 10 tracks, the album exhibits the wide musical range the band has been exploring, as the songs 'Off Duty Fortune Teller' and 'Ay Dar Shekasteh' most clearly reveal.

The band continues to tour around the country and is currently in the studio recording a new album.

Haale has recorded with Sean Lennon on the song 'Before the Skies' (Paratrooper) and has opened for such diverse artists as Rasputina and Salif Keita.

PRESS

"Percussionists provided driving rhythms...over which Haale's warm, supple voice unfurled like a curlicue of smoke. Her band's amplified rumble served as a reminder of the extent to which rock bands like the Doors and the Velvet Underground turned to the East for their most hypnotic efforts; here their borrowlings were reclaimed with interest." NEW YORK TIMES

"Haale is...a star on the rise. Her first recordings came out in January [2007], and the two five-song EPs show her split musical personality to wonderful effect...her raw sound owes as much to '60s psychedelic rock as it does to the ancient Middle East" WASHINGTON POST

"Haale works a panoramic blend of luscious rock, heady bass, and brilliantly produced rhythms." POPMATTERS

"With sometime drummer Dougie Bowne, Haale creates a mixture of experimental downtown stuff with the vocal intensity of UD, but more intimate." DAVID BYRNE

"[Haale's] earnest blend of electric guitar, thoughtful lyrics, and vocal gymnastics borrow from both ancient song and the poetry of Persia. The surprise chestnut at the heart of the music is the dynamic, fiery delivery of Haale herself, whose voice is by turns deep and commanding, feather-light and breezy, and as rich and sensual as dark-chocolate fondue." FLAVORPILL

"[Her] exotic voice builds a bridge between Sufi music and psychedelic rock...trippy stuff." PASTE

"The trio, led by an intoxicating Persian-American singer who gives the band their name, were deep into a tangent that might have slipped from Zep's "Kashmir"...It was apparent these three were spinningout something deeper than a musical performance, something worshipful yet still wholly rock 'n' roll. Haale seem capable of something really special, say a record like Astral Weeks or Dark Side of the Moon, or maybe hallucinatory concert spectacles like the '70s Patti Smith Group. Within them burns the potential to kick down a bunch of doors of perception. Listen up now and begin being nourished by this music sooner than later." JAMBASE

PRESS FOR 'NO CEILING'

BOSTON GLOBE "'No Ceiling' is set to go down as one of this year's most memorable releases...It situates Haale in a particular tradition of female rockers who balance electric-guitar frenzy with the intimacy and alluring elusiveness of poetry." full article

CITYPAGES "One of the most memorable albums of the young year…a deeply sensual release, powered by the groove and Haale's smoky, honey-thick voice."

CHICAGO SUN TIMES, JIM DEROGATIS "An extraordinarily powerful vocalist. The emotions expressed in Haale's songs are as warm and inviting as the sounds..."

MORE TRACKS TO HEAR AND LYRICS TO READ AT HAALE.COM