Sometimes two voices just click, and you can’t help but wonder why it didn’t happen sooner.

That’s what happened when Hannah Hausman and Guthrie Galileo shared a steamy Valentine’s Day show in Burlington. They sang a couple of duets – some Daniel Caesar and Leon Bridges – and something just lit up.

“Maybe it was the energy onstage,” Hausman says, “but our vocals together had an instant, undeniable chemistry.”

That spark stuck, and over time it turned into Move From Love, a five-track EP that’s hard to define, and impossible to ignore. Hausman brings raw, stripped-down honesty with just her voice and guitar, while Galileo layers in beats, synths and late-night energy from his Brooklyn studio.

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Their sound didn’t come from trying to meet in the middle, rather showing up as exactly who they were. Hausman’s quiet, introspective Vermont energy meets Galileo’s city nights and electronic experiments, and neither has to compromise.

“We showed up with those cultures and experiences and instead of it being a barrier, we created a whole new world,” says Galileo.

A lot of the EP came together from a distance. They’d send each other rough ideas through voice memos, half-finished tracks and little sketches, then see what the other could do with them. One standout moment for Galileo was hearing Hausman’s early version of “Back For You.” Just her voice, no production, no instruments. It already felt complete. The melodies were unconventional, the delivery almost frantic, and she even built choral sections entirely with layered vocals.

“She created this whole storyline with nothing but her voice,” Galileo says. “I just needed to build a world around it.”

Hannah Hausman & Guthrie Galileo © Dillon Tanner

Other songs started in unexpected ways. “Hold Me In A Burning World” began with the sound of a green tea bag hitting hot water. Galileo recorded the little snap, turned it into percussion, added a simple guitar progression and sent it back. Hausman added verses and a refrain, and the song slowly took shape.

Eventually, they met in Brooklyn for a more focused writing session. At one point, they covered a wall in multicolored sticky notes full of ideas, influences and random sounds they wanted to try. It sounds chaotic, but it helped them see everything at once, almost like mapping the inside of their brains.

The collaboration pushed both of them in ways they hadn’t expected. Hausman had never worked with electronic music before, and Galileo had spent most of his creative life working solo. Sharing ideas, giving feedback and reworking things was a new experience for both artists.

“You end up going places you’d never get to on your own,” Galileo says.

And sometimes that meant rethinking everything. Galileo is instinct-driven, usually trusting his gut and moving forward, while Hausman brings a questioning energy, willing to stop and say, “No, this isn’t it yet.” That push-and-pull shaped the EP in ways neither could have done alone.

The title, Move From Love, sums up the project. It’s literal and philosophical: moving through life, dancing, shaking things off and making choices from a place of love … even when it’s uncertain. That idea runs through the songs, especially “Ride Tandem,” which asks what it means to find courage and move forward with an open heart.

“Marry The Night,” the focus of the EP, takes on risk, growth and stepping into the unknown. Hausman describes it as inspired by someone who moves through challenges with unflinching fluidity. The video plays that out with two characters who eventually realize they’re halves of the same person.

Looking back, what stands out for Hausman and Galileo isn’t just the finished EP, but the process: The surprises, the shifts, the moments when one person’s perspective completely changed a song.

At the end of the day, their goal is simple: they want to make music that sits with people through whatever they’re feeling without smoothing it over or numbing it. And they want it to feel good.

“If we can add a little more joy into people’s lives,” they say, “then we’ve already won.”

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