George Hirsch is an American musician who performs as a vocalist in the hardcore band

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and solo folk project under the moniker Harm Wülf. He was originally from

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but later moved to

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Music career

When his previous band broke up, George Hirsch co-founded the

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band Blacklisted in 2003. After Blacklisted released the more experimental album ''

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'' in 2009—an album with lyrics born out of Hirsch's struggles with depression—the band entered an undeclared hiatus state as each member focused on their respective new families and lives. In this downtime, Hirsch launched his solo project Harm Wülf, a stripped down semi-acoustic act that's often described as "dark folk". He released his debut album as Harm Wülf titled ''There's Honey In the Soil So We Wait for the Till...'' in November 2013 through

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. Three years later, Harm Wülf released its second studio album ''Hijrah'' in August 2016 through Deathwish. Hirsch has said he felt like his debut album was more of a demo in some ways and that ''Hijrah'' felt like a more proper album. The album's title is a reference and alternate spelling of

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, which was the event when the prophet

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and his followers traveled from

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. The lyrics of the album deal feelings of isolation and loneliness after moving to Chicago and only knowing his girlfriend and also healing through escape. The album's cover art is a photo of the Solheimasandur plane crash in Iceland taken by Hirsch himself and chosen as the cover because it fit the theme of the album. Hirsch said: "I was torn at first because it is such a recognizable attraction. But, in the end it fit the album/feel so well. It lends itself perfectly to escape, exile, and the abandon I've felt, before ultimately learning the survival I needed. While writing the album I also had an obsession with this certain color; it's a blue, but has hints of green and purple as well." Recent years have seen Hirsch releasing solo music under his home recording moniker "Rose Clouds", and a return to his roots in a

band called "Staticlone".

Personal life

Aside from music, Hirsch has had short stories and his amateur photography published. The story "Goodnight" in the

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compilation "#23" and

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compiled book "Enamelized" and movie "Infamy", being most notable.

Discography

Harm Wülf

* ''There's Honey In the Soil So We Wait for the Till...'' (2013) * ''Hijrah'' (2016)

Rose Clouds

* ''Doldrums Heavy Shadows'' (2021) * ''Until The Candle Burns Down'' (2021)

Blacklisted

* '' ...The Beat Goes On'' (2005) * ''

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'' (2008) * ''

'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2015)

As guest musician

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hirsch, George 1984 births Living people Musicians from Philadelphia American punk rock singers 21st-century American singers