The Hiding

The Hiding are an Australian band (Anthony Salce, Ryan Di Cecco, Adrian Perri and Joe Torre) who formed out of a previous band in the summer of 2010. This project saw them tour Australia, supporting some of the country’s most respected national and international acts.
The Hiding released their debut self titled EP in April 2012 which was produced by Jimi Maroudas and mixed in Los Angeles by world renowned mix engineer Mark Needham. The two singles from this EP were spun across 140 college radio stations throughout the USA and Canada.
Furthermore, another song was selected to feature in an episode of Australian reality TV show ‘The Block’, which was seen by over 1 million viewers.
The Hiding have been selected to showcase as a band at this year’s CMJ festival in New York 2012.
The Hiding hit the studio again with Jimi Maroudas to produce two follow up singles that will get released in conjunction with their CMJ showcase in September 2012. And today on ascrono we have a review of these two singles.

“Lantern Lights” begins with an electronic beat, a smooth piano comes on top, a cool breezy voice comes in. The vocals are very tender sounding and they really bring across the emotion of the singer. The accompanying music does a very good job of floating about behind the vocals and creating a sad platform for the vocals to build upon. The song manages to sound really gentle and almost purposely simple which overall its a very well rounded song, it flows well and has a nice but somewhat sad air around it.

“Hopeless Heart” begins with a lonely sounding guitar, a rumbling but strangely clear sounding bass enters. The vocals come in after a little instrumental section which builds up a wistful atmosphere. The songs starts to build up and become more energetic during the chorus which make the song much lively and exciting. The guitar part sets up the atmosphere and maintains it really well. The ending sounds very meaningful & pretty as it starts to fade out and wither away to end the song.

These two singles are very well produced and do a good job in creating atmosphere and emotion throughout both songs. The songs are at a high standard and suggest a promising future for the new Australian band. At Ascrono we wish them luck for their performance at CMJ.