In an interview with i-D magazine in 2018, Hale recalled being sensitive to things that other kids weren't, like light and sound, but said that without a proper diagnosis, she had no idea why.
[4][1] Den-Mate's self-titled debut album was self-released in 2013 and was later re-released in 2016 by Babe City Records.
Comparing the EP to her debut album, NPR wrote, "Where Den-Mate was marked by variety — ranging from songs built off pulsating dance beats and aggressive guitars to minimalist reflections centered on foreboding synthesizers and Hale's expressive voice — Entropii displays a sharpening of Hale's production skills and zeroes in on the darker, denser side of Den-Mate's sound.
It received praise from Stereogum, who wrote that "many of Loceke’s songs emerge from past darkness in search of their end destinations, climaxes driven by Hale’s otherworldly melodies and fireworks of gleaming guitars.
"[5] The Washington Post described it as "a dreamy form of self-help, with an emphasis on the self,[6] and i-D called it "both cathartic and soothing; an important reminder that music can be therapeutic for both its creator and its consumer.