Hemi Hemingway

“I wanna live on the wings of desire,” are the first words Hemi Hemingway sings on his new album, ‘Wings of Desire’. There’s a reference here, of course, to the 1987 Wim Wenders classic about an angel who gives up his wings so as to experience human love, the aesthetics of which all make sense within Hemingway’s universe: the grimy yet romantic pulse of 1980s Berlin, the way its detached black-and-white gives way to full colour, its post-punk soundtrack. But more than that, this opening line is a statement of intent which fuels Hemi Hemingway’s entire ethos and identity.