2 Hearts and Chemicals

Earlier this month I received an email from musician Eli Lhymn of Helen Stellar (a band I covered back in October 2010). In the email, her wrote: “Since Helen Stellar’s hiatus last year, I’ve finally had the time and opportunity to work on my own music. I teamed up with Stephen Biebel . . . he’s an amazing songwriter and producer in Brooklyn. We’ve worked together before, and we couldn’t be more excited to bring this new band to you guys - 2 Hearts and Chemicals.” After giving a listen to Paradise Lost, I decided to interview Eli and Stephen regarding the project.

Tim O’Shea: What led to you two’s decision to pursue making music in your new project 2 Hearts and Chemicals?

Stephen: For me, the origin of our collaboration began before 2 Hearts. Eli had been making instrumental tracks and posting them to Myspace, and he was looking for a vocalist. I thought there was a lot of potential in the music for some great melodies, so I asked him if he would mind me singing some parts. That actually became our first collaborative project- Chemicolour. We made some nice songs together, including one titled 2 Hearts and Chemicals, which then became the name for this new body of work.

Eli: Stephen and I just work really well together. I don’t think I’ve ever heard anything from him that I didn’t like. I really wanted to work with someone who I had a history with. I did not want to start another craigslist band.

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