Today, Brooklyn-based indie rockers Hiding Places announce their debut album, The Secret to Good Living, May tour dates across the northeast USA, and release single "Waiting."
The just-released single "Waiting," written by vocalist/guitarist Nicholas Byrne, is a grungy song heavy with distortion and grief.
"Hiding Places’ first bassist, Anthony Cozzarelli, left the band in July of 2022. I wrote the chorus the day before Anthony left the band. I recalled the slow death of my uncle, and the painful anticipation that filled the interstitial space between here and gone. I wrote the verses six months later in the freezing cold on my way home from my studio in the industrial part of our neighborhood. I sang this song to my aunt years later as she was dying. We both cried," Byrne said.
Hiding Places, now a four-piece of Audrey Keelin, Henry Cutting, Nicholas Byrne, and Michael Matsakis, started as an almost tradition-like practice; meeting in rural Georgia for a week or two at a time to record and write; to open themselves up to songs that would visit and hone their technical ability to capture them. Marked by a consistently collaborative process throughout their career, Hiding Places' debut LP is their first collection recorded together in a professional recording studio.
Every band member moving to New York meant they could get together and record in-person, allowing the songs to gel and sit together with the grace that Hiding Places brings to their live shows. Known for their emotive and captivating live performances, with over 500 people RSVP'd to their most recent at-capacity show in Brooklyn on January 6. Hiding Places new LP reflects that same emotional urgency, grace, and delicate balance of dynamics and guts.
Hiding Places hits the road on May 5 for a co-headline tour with Durham-based peers Sluice, plus headline dates, to celebrate the new release, with their hometown release show on May 14th at Baby's All Right.
Hiding Places Headline
April 10 Burlington, VT @ Radio Bean
April 12 Toronto, ON @Monarch Tavern
With Sluice
May 5 Des Moines, IA @ xBK
May 6 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry
May 7 Milwaukee, WI @ Falcon Bowl
May 8 Chicago, IL @ Schubas
May 9 Columbus, OH @ Rumba Cafe
May 10 Pittsburgh, PA @ Bottlerocket Social Hall
May 12 Kingston, NY @ Tubby’s
May 13 Boston, MA @ Deep Cuts
May 14 Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right
May 15 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
May 16 Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery
May 17 Richmond, VA @ The Camel
Hiding Places Headline
May 19 Athens, GA @ Nowhere Bar w/ Penny Loafer, Telemarket
May 20 Asheville, NC @ Rabbit Hole
May 21 Carrboro, NC # Cat's Cradle (Back Room)
May 22 Wilmington, NC @ The Fuzzy Needle