Montreal-based artist Hockitay has released his new EP redstar. The record turns his mix of slowcore, post-rock and experimental electronic music toward questions of identity, technology and modern life.
Born in Guatemala, Hockitay grew up surrounded by visual art and sound. Raised by a painter and filmmaker, he later earned a BFA in Recording Arts from Concordia University. His songs draw on distorted guitars, looping melodic fragments, understated vocals and tactile electronic textures. Those elements move between slowcore, post-rock and experimental electronic music.
Across redstar, Hockitay considers social media, artificial intelligence, ego and disconnection, along with the ways people construct meaning around themselves. The title track distils the record’s central thought into a question: what are we made of, and how much of who we are is simply made up? That disillusionment shares space with moments of intimacy, humour and tenderness.
The rollout has already earned more than 40 Spotify editorial playlist placements, including New Music Friday, POLLEN, All New Indie and Fresh Finds. Spotify also selected Hockitay as a Fresh Finds Favorite. Three of the project’s first four singles were named among the Canadian Editors’ Best Songs of the Month. His music has also received coverage from Stereogum, FLOOD and The Line of Best Fit.
Montreal Rocks spoke with Hockitay a few months ago about buttons, burnout and building music for the metro. Read the interview.
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