Hiding Places – “Paradise”

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