Every Wednesday, the ugly hug shares a playlist personally curated by an artist/band that we have been enjoying. This week we have a collection of songs put together by Atlanta-based artist Awsaf Halim of the project Hill View #73. 

There’s an odd moment, a newfound perspective when you lay down on your bedroom floor for the first time in a while, that opens the room up to new angles and possibilities. You might catch yourself thinking of those dust bunnies that live under your dresser forming an awesome jangle pop band, or finally noticing the fraying rug that’s caught your weight in crumbs over the years. The music that Awsaf writes under Hill View #73 is a safe space to revel in the entitlement of growing pains, holding on to those last bits of fallback daydreams as you play into these newfound angles. Hill View’s trajectory as a project, going from their sincerely raw and melodically tangible debut, Songs I Wrote Skipping Classes to 2024’s lush and dynamic night time is the grace period, offers a standout collection of bedroom tunes and found audio, a treasure trove of joy, love, fear and anxieties, the trials of fatigue and forgiveness, as Awsaf fills these tunes with grace and a voice of confidence that knows you’re not going to get it right all the time.

About the playlist, Awsaf shares;

These are songs I’ve been listening to for the past month or so. I tend to listen to a lot of music when I’m driving long commutes to school because it helps my mind wander outside of daily monotonous thinking. I love these songs in particular because to me, they’re all mostly “rock” songs which secretly have awesome songwriting. I also like when music is repetitive and leaves long spaces intentionally. It probes my brain and makes my mind happy.

Listen to the playlist HERE!

Watch this incredible Trash Tape summer tour compilation to the tune of “Apology” by Hill View #73. Video Edited by Eilee Centeno.

You can listen to Hill View #73 anywhere you find your music. You can also order a cassette of night time is the grace period from Trash Tape Records.

Written by Shea Roney | Photo Courtesy of Hill View #73