Hazlett’s "last night you said you missed me" knows exactly what to say to make you start feeling
Australian singer-songwriter and upcoming indie-folk star Hazlett has been on a roll lately. After touring extensively throughout 2024 and early 2025, he opened for singer Noah Kahan on the 4th of July in London’s famous Hyde Park. Now, as the end of August approaches and he yet embarks on another tour, his second album is also slated to be dropped. Planned for the 12th of September, it bears the title last night you said you miss me and consists of ten beautiful, yet typically heartwrenching songs that fans are familiar with. We at The Unseen got the opportunity to listen in early to tell you what he’s got cooking up to make the listener cry out their emotions again.
The album starts with the song doing my best, which has also been the first single that was released in the run-up to the release. In it, Hazlett relays the familiar feeling of feeling unwell but still trying. The hook of „I’m okay, but kinda upset, told my mum I’m doing my best“ is probably one of the most relatable things I’ve heard in a while and shows perfectly where the artist excels. The song does not offer much in terms of long or deep texts, but it doesn’t have to. It’s perfectly catchy for a commute to work or just an afternoon where nothing feels quite right.
The next two songs blue jeans and mountains of memory are also singles of the album, bearing the same emotional weight. As always, Hazlett approaches these with a sincerity that makes him so refreshing. Where one deals with the fallout of a broken relationship where both are to blame, the other one is tackling the knowledge that the person you loved and then lost, will one day forget you. The fourth song queen of the season asks the question of would you love me if it was easy and the doubt that comes with a relationship, that you can’t quite figure out. It once again highlights Hazlett's strength of taking up familiar themes and making them his own, especially with his lyricism, which provides a poetry that invites the listener to get lost in it. One can generally say that this is a record, that you’d want to listen to in fall or winter while roaming in the country side. Both fast like you and tell me something, also continue this tendency, bridging the first and second half of this album incredibly well.
That feeling continues itself throughout the next couple of songs: the title-giving last night you said you missed me provides, in a nice change of pace, describes the beginning of love. For all the readers that are prone to yearning, this one's definitely worth a listen. Another favorite of mine, if a bit unusual, is the song februrary, which features only a few spoken words but convinces more with the ambient sounds of a guitar and the crashing of waves mixed in. It breaks up the album, before the last two songs start playing. When i don’t want your garden, then starts playing, one might very well read it as a rejection of sorts, not of the person addressed, but of the trauma and problems they bring with them. In here, Hazlett advocates for a sort of self-care, especially if you’re not too familiar with the person and their baggage. The record then closes out with lasso song, with a runtime of 5.16 minutes. It's by far the longest track and a fitting end. As it is also a love song of sorts, for it describes the feeling of wanting to see (and embrace) someone finally, as the long absence of their presence becomes more and more unbearable.
With last night you said you missed me Hazlett perfectly captures the feeling that made us first fall in love with him. Yet it also shows his progression as an artist; having found his style and sound, he is not afraid to develop it further and master his craft. The intimacy and vulnerability at display is a great contrast to all the toxic masculinity plaguing pop culture and parts of the music industry. Honesty and approachability is a big part of his brand, making him unique even in the fairly open genre he dwells in. That openness is also what makes him so intriguing and likable. It’s an album you shouldn’t miss, especially when you love the indie-folk genre.
WRITTEN BY
Lars
Being brought up under deaf parents, as a partially hearing child, I have always struggeled with my search of identity. Inspired by far-distant worlds like middle earth and the tunes of Lord Huron, my goal is not only to tell great stories, but also to understand other people and their tales.
