Allyson Camitta Has Done Everything — Now She Fears Nothing
The musician once pursued molecular toxicology, software engineering, and fashion design. With Shallowhalo, she enters her final form.
By Molly Soda
Photography by Eric Helgas
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Allyson Camitta has lived many lives. Before she started the musical duo Shallowhalo, she worked in fashion. Long before that, she briefly studied to become a doctor. But music is her current — and possibly final — act.
The band, a collaborative effort between her and Ezra Tenenbaum, played their first show in 2021. She started teaching herself how to DJ less than a year ago, and soon after, started the popular monthly night We Take Manhattan with Charlie Baker.
And while music is her main act, Allyson is a multi-hyphenate by trade. She learned to code in 2020 and works full-time as a programmer while balancing her active role in nightlife. Somehow, she makes it look easy. As I click through photos of her at parties, I wonder how many of them are currently saved to someone’s mood board. Despite the effortlessness she exudes and the extensive community she has built in New York City, this is new to her. Allyson often speaks of her artmaking in terms of clouds; she embraces the hazy state of becoming, allowing it to change shape, pass through, and continue to form and refresh.