Back in April, the raggedly emotive Queens indie rockers Hiding Places released their debut album The Secret To Good Living. It's full of blown-out guitars and meditative vocals from Audrey Keelin, with bursts of bleary twang from fellow singer-songwriter Nicholas Byrne. The album is well worth hearing, as is "Paradise," a new Hiding Places single out today.
"Paradise" is on the softer side of Hiding Place's sound. The band members have separate interpretations of the song. Here's Keelin:
When we talked about the significance of this song together, our bandmate Michael said, "Paradise isn’t what it used to be." A face isn’t the same every time you look. Time passes. Change exists. This is a song that investigates making that personal realization in the eyes of the narrator.
And Byrne:
Paradise... does that mean it’s a place where all your desires ring true? Or is that place really a projection of all your fears, where every desire is an antidote. Making peace with change, that feels how I thought paradise would.
And here's another thought from Michael Matsakis:
A goal with the arrangement was to hold back in order to not let the song get too heavy too fast. I felt like a slow burn matched the energy of the song more than something that gets super big. We stripped down instrument parts to more basic melodic fragments and worked on intertwining non-melodic lines to form harmony.
Below, watch the "Paradise" video, directed by Hiding Places and Nara Avakina, and stick around for The Secret To Good Living if you like.
TOUR DATES:
12/02 - Medford, MA - Deep Cuts &
12/03 - Montreal, QC - La Sotterenea &
12/04 - Toronto, ON - The Garrison &
12/05 - Detroit, MI - Lager House &
12/07 - Nashville, TN - The End &
12/08 - Louisville, KY - The Burl LLC &
12/09 - Pittsburgh, PA - Bottlerocket Social Hall &
12/10 - Washington, DC - Songbyrd Music House &
12/11 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s &
12/12 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom &
01/23 - Brooklyn, NY @ Baby's All Right +
05/01 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church *
05/04 - Washington, DC @ Union Stage *
05/05 - Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall *
05/07 - Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West *
05/10 - Chicago, IL @ Sleeping Village *
05/11 - Whitefish Bay, WI @ The Argo *
05/12 - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club *
05/15 - Lakewood, OH @ Mahall’s *
& with Wild Pink
+ with Horsepower
* with Hudson Freeman
