About Federale
Founded in 2004, Federale has released seven cinematic
records inspired by obscure spaghetti westerns, folk-based murder ballads, '60s
and '70s European soundtracks, and stylishly dramatic vocalists such as Lee
Hazelwood and Nick Cave. Federale's music has appeared in films, including A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, The Bad Batch, and The Lego Movie, while the band has toured extensively throughout North
America and Europe.
Federale's newest album Love & Other Lies (2026) teems with a dark sentimentality and a
pronounced gloomy sensibility drawing from British new wave, post-punk, goth,
and 1960s rock n 'roll. Strains of The Cure, Depeche Mode, The Sisters of
Mercy, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Tears for Fears, and even The Beatles abound.
Here, lead singer and primary songwriter Collin Hegna's emotive baritone is
swathed in period-perfect Prophet-5 synthesizers and glistening counter-melody guitar
lines, and supported by intricate but lyrical
basslines and coldly mechanical drums.
Love & Other
Lies picks up where Federale's previous album, Reverb & Seduction, left off. That album was a radical departure
from the band's previous
releases which featured mostly instrumentals. "There are a lot more
similarities than you think," Hegna says of the group's seemingly two distinct
aesthetic periods. "When we were referencing the obscure influences, we liked the drama
and darkness. Those elements are in new wave, goth, and post-punk. I just
grabbed another couple of colors from the Crayon box."
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