“Hasta La Vista” by Dream Wife
It’s rare I feature two songs from the same recent release in a short time span. After all, there’s a lot of fantastic new music to get to and I only feature 20 songs per month. But when a song sticks in your head for nearly a month, maybe it’s time to break your own rule and share it. “Hasta La Vista” is the second track from Dream Wife’s new album So When You Gonna… to get featured on Ventipop in the past month. I highlighted “Sports” back on July 15. Both are worthy as is the band.
“Hasta La Vista” Lyrics
How many ways to say goodbye
To wash away all the strokes of our past life
How many words until we let go
Swollen tongues, cracked bones and cardio
How many parts do we have to lose
Struck down with a cold heart flu
Saying "Hasta la Vista, baby"
Ciao
Hasta la vista baby
Goodbye now
Hasta la vista baby
Bless
Hasta la vista baby
Remember me in the morning light
Remember none of the wrong just the right
How many ways to say goodbye
To wash away all the strokes of our past life
How many words until we let go
Swollen tongues, cracked bones and cardio
How many parts do we have to lose
Struck down with a cold heart flu
Saying "Hasta la vista, baby"
Ciao
Hasta la vista baby
Goodbye now
Hasta la vista baby
Bless
Hasta la vista baby
Remember me in the morning light
Remember none of the wrong, just the right
Remember all the joy we gave
Remember that it paved the way
But then again maybe not
Just keep me close to your heart
-xxx-
Dream Wife Bio
Dream Wife’s rise has been swift and steep from the start. Their self-titled debut album – an 11-track collection of heavy garage-punk riffs and dance party pop, out January 2018 – was released to widespread critical acclaim (five stars and a cover in the NME, positive coverage across BBC Radio 1, The Guardian, The Fader, Dazed, Nylon and more).
Now the band – vocalist Rakel, guitarist Alice, bassist Bella – are back with their second album, So When You Gonna… out July 3, 2020. Just like the title suggests, this is a record brimming with adrenaline and playful excitement (“It’s an invitation, a challenge, a call to action,” says Rakel).
Dream Wife have always been outspoken about holding up other womxn and non-binary people in the creative industries, but these aren’t just words or sentiments. With a gender divide in music production currently estimated at around ninety-five percent male to five percent female, the band are proud to have worked with an all-female recording team for So When You Gonna..., including producer and mixer Marta Salogni (Björk, Holly Herndon, FKA Twigs) engineer Grace Banks (David Wrench, Marika Hackman) and mastering engineer Heba Kadry (Princess Nokia, Alex G, Beach House).
“It was a way of us practicing what we preach,” says Alice, “It felt like an honour to be able to deliver this baby with these three amazing midwives.” “Put your money where your mouth is!” adds Rakel, quoting the lyrics of “Sports!”
