Hot off the presses, a debut cassette from Montreal, Quebec. WAYS OF HIDING offer up 5 songs of spacey, atmospheric, dreamy, meandering post-punk. These songs are not for the short attention spanned, however, with songs averaging around 4 minutes each. I was in the midst of writing about how the incredibly raw recording was a very interesting and unexpected touch coming from a band of this style. Then I had the realization that the tapes are just dubbed incredibly lo-fi and at a slower pace than the songs are when they are listened to digitally. While it makes a lot more sense that a band of this style would have a professional sounding recording with all instruments and harmonies coming through discernibly, I admittedly can’t help but miss the grit of my first listen. With that came the drawback of the songs being slower, which was a bummer as there are moments in this recording that really start to rev up and cook a little bit, which fell a little flat when listening to my accidental slow-fi version.

Label: self-released

Band: WAYS OF HIDING