Host Bodies – Impossible Goodbyes
Electronic Duo Host Bodies Share “Impossible Goodbyes”
New Single + Video
Out Today!
San Francisco-based electronic duo Host Bodies have been crafting their genre-blurring sound for over a decade. Formed in 2013 by James Collector and Nick Hess, the pair have built a reputation around the Bay Area for seamlessly merging guitar-driven textures with dance music and hip-hop influences—where soaring solos meet club-ready beats and rap vocals glide over lush, atmospheric production.
Today, Host Bodies share “Impossible Goodbyes,” a sleek house track that feels both nostalgically warm and forward-thinking. Mixed and mastered by producer Count Eldridge (Radiohead, New Order, No Doubt, John Cale), the single captures the duo’s ability to bridge emotional depth with dancefloor energy.
“Impossible Goodbyes started out an idea from an ‘everyday’ creative challenge,” Collector shares. “I was making a 16-bar drum and bass loop everyday and on that particular day we were shooting footage for the Hourglass video at Ocean Beach. During our break, I went down to the old piano in the garage and sounded out the baseline.”
“I remember premiering a demo version of the track for the Headroom producer meet-up at Halcyon in San Francisco. There were all these techno and EDM kids there. Nobody else had guitar in their tracks. They didn’t know how to categorize us. I remember one kid saying he had noticed our kickdrum had different velocities instead of the standard pounding techno kick.”
To the blown-out speaker, the shuttered venue, the city we can’t leave — here’s a song to say what words cannot. The dance moves no one saw, the unspoken moments snatched by time, the kick drum audible through brick walls. Years compressed into a single night. Familiar faces changed by growth and loss and the costs of ambition. To the ones that got away — this is Impossible Goodbyes.
HOST BODIES BIO:
Host Bodies is a live electronic duo based in San Francisco. Their sound often defies genre—to the delight of live audiences and dedicated headphone listeners. Think: guitar solos over dance music, rap vocals over lush beats, harmonic synths over groovy bass loops—high energy, big emotion, and raw creativity.
Since forming Host Bodies in 2013, founders James Collector and Nick Hess have been performing around the Bay Area and releasing original songs and remixes. Their debut LP Daily Apparatus offers a full-spectrum experience of the duo’s tastes and talents.
Their follow-up EP Diamondfruit focuses on melodic instrumentals engineered to calm and center the listener. A series of singles set for release in 2026 promise to expand the Host Bodies universe in all directions: higher vibes, deeper soul, and wider horizons—stay tuned.
(James Collector – rap vocals, drums, keyboard / synths, production)
(Nick Hess – guitar, bass, production)
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