Coco
Mini-Album | 2026
San Francisco dream-pop veterans Halou return with Coco, a shadowy reimagining of their 2024 EP The Butcher’s Bill.
Where The Butcher’s Bill captured the band in raw, live form, Coco pulls those songs into darker waters, recasting them as down-tempo explorations that blur the line between remixes, dub versions, and entirely new compositions.. Newly recorded vocals drift through fractured arrangements, turning familiar material into something intimate, elusive, and hauntingly immersive.
For the vinyl release, Halou extends this hypnotic approach even further: each side of the record is continuously mixed into a seamless 16-minute excursion, dissolving the boundaries between songs and inviting listeners into a deeper, uninterrupted atmosphere.
For longtime listeners, Coco represents Halou’s closest return in years to their roots as one of the defining downtempo electronic bands of the early 2000s.
Coco invites listeners to step inside and stay awhile, long enough for the edges to blur.
LYRICS
Butcher
Lord knows I've tried
I can't control what you do
Though you know I'm right
And no one knows you like I do
Oh how I love you
Why won't you act right?
So strange
Troubling
Peculiar
Befuddling
When outcome's known
The pattern's shown
The real and hope collide
I can predict what you'll do
Still I'm by your side
Watching all you go through
Oh how I love you
Why won't you act right?
Drinks Upon Drinks
I know that you know
I’m not one to judge
We’ve seen other’s lowest
Love is thicker than blood
You know that I know
Where the bodies lie
Metaphorical or literal
Always partners in crime
You know what I know
No secrets to hide
If secrets are a sickness then
Together we thrive
I know that you know
Where I was last night
My reputation’s safe in your arms
Hang on
Cause we’re not done
I still have moves left
Hang on
Cause we’re not done
I put my faith in you
We’re All In This Alone
I’ll help you out
We’ll all be fine
You won't accept
This help of mine
An it just keeps coming
It just keeps coming
And it just keeps coming
It just keeps coming
I hate to see
You suffering
But you won’t take
The help I give
Places, Everyone
Places, Everyone,
Before we lose the sun,
I just need to nail this final scene
And I swear if you behave
We all will celebrate
And your future is made I guarantee
Just do this for me
Just do this for me
I set you up for success
And instead, you’ve made a mess
I suppose it’s for the best
All you bring me is distress
We were so close I could taste
The lusciousness of happy days
Now it’s all gone to waste
This rich future is erased
Leave me here with my grief pull the darkness over me
Leave me here let me be
Leave me here let me be
Maybe I made things too easy
I’ll show you how it can be
Without the benefit of me
(Things would turn out how I want
If you’d only do what I want)
The Sun Goes Up
The sun goes up and
The sun comes down and
It happens every day
It so often happens
Wasted For This Love
Too wasted for this love
Let me get straight
In my embrace
Floating through space
Too wasted for this love
I’m too high for this right now
For this love
I’m too high for this right now
For this love
Too wasted for this love