hialeah is Toronto based multi-instrumentalist Scott Girouard on Heading East Records. Girouard started releasing music as hialeah in 2021, and over the next year, he made two trips to the States to work with producer Fred Mascherino (Taking Back Sunday, Say Anything). What came from those sessions were songs that offered a blend of alternative, melodic hardcore, R&B, pop, and jazz crafted into a familiar, but also distinctly unique sound of its own. Girouard’s years of experience are evident in the fact that he’s playing all the instruments but sounds so much like a cohesive band. He’s since put a live band of friends in place and has been playing shows around Toronto and Southern Ontario. The self-titled debut album was released July 25th on Mascherino’s label Heading East Records.
