Hello Caller is a five-piece indie folk rock band from Austin, Texas whose sound is constantly exploring the boundary between what is and isn’t meant to be pop music. Their unique blend of folk, 60’s pop, and indie rock features arrangements of cello, trumpet, and xylophone played over melodic progressions of guitar, banjo, bass, and drums.

The distinctive style of storytelling the band have developed in their lyrics points to a sort of eerie comfort with the truth, intended to be heard both casually and seriously at once. While the images being painted by the lyrics are often gritty, creepy, or sometimes even grotesque, the tone of the music and the style of chord progression are intended to play against them with an upswing of mood, creating a sort of jangly darkness in their sound.