Aldous Harding Explained

Aldous Harding
Birth Place:	Lyttelton, New Zealand
Genre:	Indie folk
Occupation:	Singer-songwriter

Hannah Sian Topp (born 1990), known professionally as Aldous Harding, is a New Zealand indie folk singer-songwriter, based in Lyttelton, New Zealand.^[1]

Career

One of the first musicians who came across her was New Zealand folk-pop singer-songwriter Anika Moa. Moa asked Harding to play support for her that night after finding her busking outside the venue she was about to play.^[2]

She has released music through independent record labels Flying Nun, Spunk, and 4AD. She has collaborated with Marlon Williams,^[3] John Parish,^[4] Mike Hadreas (better known by his stage name Perfume Genius),^[5] and Fenne Lily.^[6]

4AD announced Harding as a new signing in early 2017 just prior to the release of her second studio album, Party.^[7] Party was nominated for IMPALA's European Album of the Year Award.^[8] The song "The Barrel", from her third studio album Designer (Flying Nun, 4AD, 2019), won the 2019 APRA Silver Scroll award.^{[9] [10]} In 2022, she released her fourth studio album, Warm Chris. It became her first number one album in her home country, and also featured two of her first charting singles there, with "Tick Tock" peaking at No. 31, and "Ennui" peaking at No. 40 on the New Zealand Hot Singles Chart.

Personal life

Harding comes from a musical family in Lyttelton. Her mother is folk singer Lorina Harding.^[11]

she is based in Cardiff, Wales, where she had previously lived with partner and collaborator H. Hawkline.^{[12] [13]}

Discography

Studio albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"

Album details	Peak chart positions
NZ ^[14]	AUS ^[15]	FRA ^[16]
Aldous Harding	Released: 9 April 2014^[17] ^[18] Label: Lyttelton Records (URA462) Formats: CD, LP, digital	35	—	—
Party	Released: 19 May 2017^[19] ^[20] Label: Flying Nun Records (FN575CD) Formats: CD, LP, digital	6	—	149
Designer	Released: 26 April 2019^[21] ^[22] Label: 4AD (FN587CD) Formats: CD, LP, digital	5	53	101
Warm Chris	Released: 25 March 2022 Label: 4AD (4AD-0391) Formats: CD, LP, digital	1 ^[23]	31 ^[24]	—

Other charted songs

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"

Year	Peak chart positions	Album
NZ Hot ^[25]
"Ennui"	2022	40	Warm Chris
"Tick Tock"		31

External links

• • • • • News: Aldous Harding: the New Zealand folk singer who'll put a spell on you | Music . . 17 July 2015 . 14 March 2017.
• Aldous Harding Subreddit
• Aldous Harding Flying Nun Records page

Notes and References

1. Web site: The strange world of Aldous Harding: 'I've always been driven by fear'. 17 November 2019. Rogers, Jude. The Guardian.
2. Web site: The Mixtape: Aldous Harding | Radio New Zealand . Radionz.co.nz . 10 March 2016 . 14 March 2017.
3. News: The ballad of Marlon Williams – Entertainment – NZ Herald News . . 17 October 2015 . 17 December 2021.
4. Web site: 11 August 2020. /. The Music.
5. News: Aldous Harding's Songs Won't Be Pinned Down. Nor Will Her Voice.. Pareles. Jon. 17 May 2017. The New York Times. 17 December 2021. en-US. 0362-4331.
6. Web site: 11 August 2020. Fenne Lily On Former Selves, Aldous Harding and Relationships. TIDAL Magazine.
7. Web site: The official website for independent record label 4AD.. 4AD. en. 8 June 2017.
8. Web site: [//impalamusic.org/content/22-acts-running-best-european-independent-album 22 acts in the running for best European independent album ]. 6 March 2018 . 6 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180309054152/http://impalamusic.org/content/22-acts-running-best-european-independent-album . 9 March 2018 . dead.
9. News: Aldous Harding takes top gong at 2019 Silver Scroll Awards . 2 October 2019 . Stuff . 18 October 2019.
10. News: Lorde wins Silver Scroll. 28 September 2017 . . 18 October 2019.
11. Web site: 11 August 2020. Aldous Harding's Mild Obsession With the Devil Results in Some Truly Sublime Music. Vice.
12. Web site: Aldous Harding review – conundrums you can dance to . 18 May 2019. Empire, Kitty. The Guardian.
13. Web site: Lauren. Murphy. 11 August 2020. Aldous Harding: 'I think a bit of mystery is good'. 10 July 2019. The Irish Times.
14. Web site: Discography Aldous Harding. charts.nz. 24 March 2022.
15. Web site: Australian Charts: Pink scores her sixth number one album in Australia. Noise11. Ryan. Gavin. 5 May 2019. 26 June 2019.
16. Web site: Discographie Aldous Harding. lescharts.com. fr. 24 March 2022.
17. Web site: Aldous Harding – Flying Out . Flying Out . 14 March 2017 . 24 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170224081719/http://flyingout.co.nz/products/aldous-harding-aldous-harding . dead .
18. Web site: Aldous Harding debut album out now! . Lyttelton Records . 11 March 2023 . 9 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140719031519/http://lytteltonrecords.co.nz/aldous-harding-debut-album-out-now/ . 19 July 2014.
19. News: Kitty. Empire. 11 August 2020. Aldous Harding: Party review – New Zealander's hypnotic second album. The Observer. 21 May 2017. 0029-7712.
20. Web site: 11 August 2020. Aldous Harding – Party. DIY.
21. News: Alexis. Petridis. 11 August 2020. Alexis Petridis's album of the week: Aldous Harding: Designer review – cryptic charm and shimmering pop. The Guardian. 25 April 2019. 0261-3077.
22. Web site: Will. Hermes. 11 August 2020. Review: The Fetching Surrealism of Aldous Harding's 'Designer'. 25 April 2019.
23. Web site: NZ Top 40 Albums Chart. Recorded Music NZ. 4 April 2022. 2 April 2022.
24. Web site: ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart. Australian Recording Industry Association. 4 April 2022. 1 April 2022.
25. Web site: NZ Hot Singles Chart. Recorded Music NZ. 4 April 2022. 2 April 2022.