Joe Hawley
Biography
Joe Hawley is an American musician best known for being the former lead singer and guitarist of rock band Tally Hall.
He formed the comedy troupe anonyMous in 2002 alongside Rob Cantor and other members. Upon completion of their film 'Sargasm' in 2003 and the group's disbandment, the two would go on to form Tally Hall, with many skits from Sargasm eventually appearing in the latter band's internet show. Hawley played on both of Tally Hall's studio albums, Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum and Good & Evil, before it went on indefinite hiatus in 2011.
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Hawley spearheaded the musical project ミラクルミュージカル (Miracle Musical in English), releasing the project's sole album Hawaii: Part II on December 12th, 2012 at 12:12am. The album includes contributions from Tally Hall members Ross Federman, Rob Cantor and Zubin Sedghi, alongside Bora Karaca and several others. The album recieved significant acclaim among fans and physical copies continue to fetch high prices on second-hand markets.
Hawley's first solo material under his own name, Joe Hawley Joe Hawley, was announced on June 15th, 2016 as a PledgeMusic campaign, reaching it's fundraising goal in five days. Although initially available on Bandcamp for a short period, the album faced distribution issues due to it's heavy usage of uncleared samples, resulting in the release of γɘlwɒH ɘoႱ γɘlwɒH ɘoႱ in 2019, consisting of the same album but entirely reversed. The unaltered album was finally released on streaming services in 2020.
Hawley has released multiple singles since the release of Joe Hawley Joe Hawley, including Special ft. Isaac Castor and Marcy Nabors (2017), Since I Don't Have You ft. Casey Shea and Coz Baldwin (2018), Weird Bed &/or Yes Please (2019) and Sleigh Ride Invincibility Star (2020).
In 2021, he released Everything Means Nothing to Me (Instrumental), a chiptune rendition of a song by Elliott Smith, onto streaming services. A version with vocals by India Valladares Lovelace IV was also released, but was later removed.
In 2025, he released Some People Eat Flowers out of Earnest Intent to Bring Heaven, notably marking Hawley's first time in a studio in nine years. The track's recording was filmed by Sean Donnelly, who had previously directed music videos for both Tally Hall and Miracle Musical, as a part of an upcoming documentary titled 'The Curious Case of Joe Hawley'. It was announced the same day as the track's release.
In 2026, the remaining members of Tally Hall released a statement on Twitter, mentioning that "a reunion in our form isn't the way forward." The statement follows alleged repeated inappropriate activity towards minors from Hawley and is signed by every band member aside from him, indicating that he is no longer in the band.
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