the Hellp

The Hellp was formed in 2015 by Noah Dillon, Eddie Liaboh and Devin Finucane in Durango, Colorado.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-01 |title=The Hellp could be the last cool band on earth |url=https://theface.com/music/the-hellp-interview-chandler-ransom-lucy-noah-dillon-synth-pop-vol-4-issue-18 |access-date=2025-05-21 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}} Dillon and Liaboh were introduced through Finucane after Dillon tweeted about his desire to start a band. The group released their debut single "Wingspan" with an accompanying music video directed by Dillon and Jack Bridger on January 21, 2016, in anticipation of their debut album Twin Sinner, which was released on February 25, 2016. Twin Sinner was scrapped after release, and Liaboh cut ties with the band.{{Cite web |last=Lafontant |first=Olivier |date=2023-12-22 |title=Twin Sinners: The Hellp |url=https://nobells.blog/the-hellp-interview/ |access-date=2025-05-21 |website=No Bells |language=en-US}} After the release of Twin Sinner, Dillon recruited Chandler Lucy to play drums for the band after the two met at a photoshoot with Luka Sabbat. Lucy was born and raised in Glen Ellen, California.{{Cite web |last=WOLFF |first=REBECCA |date=2023-08-06 |title=Atlantic Records signs GE musician |url=https://www.sonomanews.com/article/entertainment/atlantic-records-signs-glen-ellens-chandler-ransom-lucy-and-the-hellp/ |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=Sonoma Index-Tribune |language=en-US}} The Hellp continued as a duo of Dillon and Lucy.

Throughout the summer of 2017, the band released the tracks "Elevation 001", "Beacon 002", "Heaven Sync", and "Dirty 003".{{Cite web |author=Wonderland Staff|date=2025-04-03 |title=Wonderland Meets: The Hellp |url=https://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2025/04/03/wonderland-meets-the-hellp/ |access-date=2025-05-21 |website=Wonderland |language=en-GB}} In October 2018, the band released the extended play Curtis.{{Cite web |date=May 20, 2025 |title=FWRD THINKING - THE HELLP |url=https://www.fwrd.com/fw/content/landing/fwrd-thinking-the-hellp?d=Mens |website=FWRD}} The music video for "Feel" was later shown as a three screen installation at an exhibition for Dillon and Sabbat's art collective Hot Mess. In December of the same year, they released another EP, titled Lucy.{{Cite web |date=May 25, 2025 |title=The Helllp is on the Way |url=https://www.fwrd.com/fw/content/landing/fwrd-thinking-the-hellp?d=Mens |access-date=May 20, 2025 |website=FWD}}

File:Noah Dillon 2021.jpg performance following the release of Enemy.]]

In 2021, The Hellp signed to Terrible Records. On April 26, 2021, they released the single "Lord Jesus" which was released ahead of their compilation Vol. 1, which features tracks from their previous releases.{{Cite web |title=A Decade Half-Spent: The Hellp's Vol. 1 |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-hellp/a-decade-half-spent-the-hellp-vol-1 |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=Paste Magazine |language=en-US}}

On July 27, 2021, the band released the single "Height" from their forthcoming EP Enemy with an accompanying music video.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXpCyrEH1kk |title=THE HELLP - HEIGHT |date=2021-07-27 |last=THE HELLP |access-date=2025-05-21 |via=YouTube}} On August 18, 2021, they performed on NTS Radio.{{Cite web |title=Feeling Terrible w/ The Hellp 18th August 2021 |url=https://www.nts.live/shows/terrible-records/episodes/terrible-records-18th-august-2021 |access-date=2025-05-21 |website=NTS Radio |language=en}} In September they released two more singles, "yrstruly" and "Undertow".{{Cite web |title=Enemy, by The Hellp |url=https://terriblerecords.bandcamp.com/album/enemy |access-date=2025-05-21 |website=Terrible Records |language=en}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQYmkGy57Vk |title=Undertow |date=2022-10-06 |last=The Hellp - Topic |access-date=2025-05-21 |via=YouTube}} Enemy was released on October 1, 2021.

On May 27, 2022, they released Enemy Remixed, an EP containing remixes of Enemy tracks from Xiu Xiu, CFCF, Damon Rush, and Club Eat.{{Cite web |title=Enemy Remixed, by The Hellp |url=https://terriblerecords.bandcamp.com/album/enemy-remixed |access-date=2025-05-21 |website=Terrible Records |language=en}} On August 10, 2022, they released the single "meant2be".{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyeJr_331JQ |title=THE HELLP - MEANT2BE |date=2022-08-10 |last=THE HELLP |access-date=2025-05-21 |via=YouTube}} In December 2022, the duo's fashion style was noted in an editorial in The Guardian as preceding the indie sleaze revival.{{Cite news |last=Monahan |first=Sean |date=2022-12-19 |title=I predicted the 'vibe shift' – and watched it sweep the world. Here's what it actually means |url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2022/dec/19/how-can-you-spot-a-vibe-shift-that-transforms-popular-culture-ask-me-i-literally-invented-the-term |access-date=2025-05-21 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

In 2023, The Hellp signed to Atlantic Records under the imprint Anemoia Records. On May 16, 2023, they released their debut single on Atlantic, "California Dream Girl". A short film directed by Dillon was released for the track on July 23, 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-23 |title=The Hellp California Dream Girl Short Film |url=https://preludepress.com/news/2023/07/23/the-hellp-california-dream-girl-short-film/ |access-date=2025-05-20 |language=en-US}}

On June 28, 2024, the band released the single "Colorado" alongside a visualizer. On August 23, 2024, they released the song and music video "Caustic".{{Cite web |title=The Hellp Share "Caustic" - PAPER Magazine |url=https://www.papermag.com/the-hellp-caustic#rebelltitem2 |access-date=2025-05-21 |website=www.papermag.com |language=en}} "Go Somewhere" was released officially on September 20, 2024.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YVCymt59JE&rco=1 |title=THE HELLP - GO SOMEWHERE |date=2024-09-19 |last=THE HELLP |access-date=2025-05-21 |via=YouTube}} Three more songs, "Stunn", "LL", and a new version of "Sinamen" were released in October 2024 in anticipation of their second album LL.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px4w-aQAOzI |title=THE HELLP - STUNN |date=2024-10-25 |last=THE HELLP |access-date=2025-05-29 |via=YouTube}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjFD88Fe2D4 |title=THE HELLP - LL |date=2024-10-25 |last=THE HELLP |access-date=2025-05-29 |via=YouTube}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hJXKjpmKFQ |title=THE HELLP - SINAMEN |date=2024-10-25 |last=THE HELLP |access-date=2025-05-29 |via=YouTube}} LL was released on October 25, 2024. The song "Ether" was co-produced with electronic artist 2hollis and the song "Distribution" contains vocals from Sabrina Fuentes of the band Pretty Sick.{{Cite web |last=Press-Reynolds |first=Kieran |title=The Hellp: LL |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-hellp-ll/ |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}} Pitchfork gave the album a score of 7.0, praising the sentimentality of its "gritty, digitized mutation of 2000s electroclash and indie rock" while considering the duo's "self-mythologizing" before the album's release to have been exaggerated. Ann Powers and Hazel Cillis of NPR included LL in their weekly roundup of the "most compelling" new music.{{Cite news |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2024-10-25 |title=New Music Friday: The best albums out Oct. 25 |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/10/25/1211596757/new-music-friday-october-25-2024 |access-date=2025-05-21 |work=NPR |language=en}}

On April 20, 2025, they performed a DJ set at DoLab Coachella.{{Cite magazine |last=Bain |first=Katie |date=2025-02-24 |title=Coachella 2025 Offerings Expand With More Than 50 Artists Announced for Do Lab Stage |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/coachella-2025-lineups-do-lab-stage-1235909010/ |access-date=2025-05-19 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} On April 30, 2025, they released an EP entitled LL Revisited.{{Cite web |last=Holtzclaw |first=Grace |date=7 May 2025 |title=The Hellp Deliver a Microdose of Sleazy Fun in 'LL Revisited' |url=https://www.onestowatch.com/en/blog/the-hellp-ll-revisited |access-date=2025-05-21 |website=Ones to Watch |language=en}}

• Twin Sinner (2016)
• LL (2024)

• Curtis (2018)
• Lucy (2018)
• Enemy (2021)
• Enemy Remixed (2022)
• LL Revisited (2025)

Vol. 1 (2021)

• "Wingspan" (2016)
• "Elevation 001" (2017)
• "Beacon 002" (2017)
• "Heaven Sync" (2017)
• "Dirty 003" (2017)
• "Clense 220" (2019)
• "Ssx" (2019)
• "Vertigo" (2019)
• "Lord Jesus" (2021)
• "Height" (2021)
• "yrstruly" (2021)
• "Undertow" (2021)
• "meant2be" (2022)
• "California Dream Girl" (2023)
• "Colorado" (2024)
• "Stunn" (2024)
• "LL / Sinamen" (2024)
• "Hazel" (2025)
• "Hot Fun" (2025)

• "Wingspan" (2016)
• "Oxygen" (2016)
• "Confluence" (2016)
• "Queen Cement" (2016)
• "Idols" (2016)
• "Orange Crush" (2016)
• "Skinnybodies" (2016)
• "Haze" (2016)
• "Elevation 001 (2017)"
• "Heaven Sync (2017)"
• "Beacon 002 (2017)"
• "Sinamen / Peroxide (2018)"
• "Feel (2018)"
• "Tu Tu Neurotic (2018)"
• "Vertigo (2019)"
• "Lord Jesus (2021)"
• "Ssx (2021)"
• "Height (2021)"
• "Undertow (Xiu Xiu Remix)" (2022)
• "Undertow (damon r. Remix)" (2022)
• "meant2be" (2022)
• "California Dream Girl" (2023)
• "Colorado" (2024)
• "Caustic" (2024)
• "Go Somewhere" (2024)
• "Rllynice" (2024)
• "LL / Stunn" (2024)
• "Halo" (2025)

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