Halflives Explained

Halflives
Origin:	Modena, Italy
Genre:	Alternative rock, pop rock
Years Active:	–present
Current Members:	Linda Battilani Gloria Simonini Enrico Bertoni (touring)

Halflives is an alternative rock band originally from Modena, Italy^[1] but now based in Paris, France. After releasing their debut 8-track record "Empty Rooms"^[2] in 2017, they toured Europe and the UK supporting Courage My Love. In 2018 they headlined several tours in mainland Europe and the UK and released two standalone singles "Crown" and "Fugitive".^[3] Early in 2019 they toured in the UK supporting The Faim and Chapel and appeared at Rock for People. In 2020 they released their EP "Resilience",^{[4] [5]} including the single "Time Bomb" featuring Kellin Quinn from Sleeping with Sirens.^{[6] [7]} They toured Europe early 2020 with Icon for Hire and released their single "Villain" in November of that year. Their next EP "V" came out on July 2, 2021, and includes the singles "Victim", "Vibe", "Valkyrie" and "Villain". In 2022 they toured Europe with Halocene.

With the release of "V", lead vocalist Linda Battilani announced that bassist Oscar Scantamburlo and drummer Fede Bernardi had moved from producing members to touring members of the band.^[8]

Members

Current members

• Linda Battilani – lead vocals, piano, keyboards (2016-present), guitar (2019-present)
• Gloria Simonini - Drums (2022-present)
• Enrico Bertoni - Bass (2023-present), Guitar (2016-present), Backing Vocals (2016-present)

Touring members

• Enrico Bertoni – Guitar (2021-present), Bass (2022-present)
• Lorenzo Di Girolamo – Guitar (2020-present)
• Marco Montipó – Bass (2024-2024)

Former members

• Oscar Scantamburlo – bass, keyboards, percussion (2016-2021), guitar (2019-2021)
• Fede Bernardi – drums (2016-2022)
• Matteo "Matt" Mantovani - guitar, piano (2016-2017)
• Enrico Bertoni - guitar, backing vocals (2016-2018)
• Antonin "Tony" Carré - guitar, backing vocals (2018-2019)

Discography

EPs

• Empty Rooms (2017)
• Resilience (2020)
• V (2021)
• Inferno (2023)
• Inferno (End of the World Edition) (2024)

Singles

• "Mayday" (2016), on Empty Rooms
• "Burn" (2016), on Empty Rooms
• "Echo" (2017), on Empty Rooms
• "Crown" (2018)
• "Fugitive" (2018)
• "Rockstar Everyday" (2019), on Resilience
• "Snake" (2020), on Resilience
• "Hard to Break" (2020), on Resilience
• "Time Bomb" (2020), on Resilience
• "Rockstar Everyday (MC4D Remix)" (2020)
• "Fugitive (Reimagined)" (2020)
• "Villain" (2020), on V
• "Everyday Rockstars" (Vini Vici vs. Ranji) (2021)
• "Vibe" (2021),
• "Victim" (2021),
• "Valkyrie" (2021),
• ”Dynamite” (2022),
• "Sorry Mom X" (2022).
• "Everybody Knows it" (2023) ^[9]
• "Jealous" (2024).

Notes and References

1. Music Defender . Halflives: Empty Rooms . live . . https://web.archive.org/web/20170424045621/http://hasitleaked.com/2017/halflives-empty-rooms . 2017-04-24 . Gothenburg . April 14, 2017. October 16, 2021.
2. Web site: Empty Rooms - Halflives | Songs, Reviews, Credits. https://web.archive.org/web/20190821180444/https://www.allmusic.com/album/empty-rooms-mw0003159995. 2019-08-21. AllMusic. 2019-08-21. live.
3. Web site: Anna. Fair . November 17, 2018 . 10 new songs you need to hear this week . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190821180443/https://www.altpress.com/features/new-songs-november-17/ . August 21, 2019 . August 21, 2019.
4. Web site: live . Halflives Announce New EP 'Resilience' - News . https://web.archive.org/web/20200122221343/https://www.rocksound.tv/news/read/halflives-announce-new-ep-resilience . 2020-01-22.
5. Web site: EP REVIEW: Halflives - Resilience. Rock Sound Magazine. 2020-03-29. March 16, 2020.
6. Web site: Halflives: Parisian Pop-Rockers With Unbreakable Determination. Kerrang!.
7. Web site: PREMIERE: Halflives Take Us On The Road In Their Video For 'Time Bomb' - Features . Rock Sound Magazine.
8. Web site: Pete . 2022-04-29 . Halflives . 2022-09-30 . PETE'S ROCK NEWS AND VIEWS.COM . en-GB.
9. Web site: Halflives - sorry mom x (Official Music Video) . .