Another band I discovered via Better Than Sex, it’s Denver’s Hideous Men; a two piece electronic outfit who make cut-up hip-hop style instrumentation and twisted indie Gameboy beats with dainty vocals and the odd sample. BTS compared them to SALEM, but it reminds me more of Nite Jewel or some weird mash-up between High Places and Dandi Wind.
Imagine shards of glass falling from high-rise buildings and the sun shinning through the glass like purple cosmic laser beams. With howling hip-hop samples and coloured plasticine balls bouncing between the buildings, the noise will be chaotic and catastrophic. It’s perhaps a cryptic way of saying Hideous Men mould a lot of different sounds together and come up with a hallucinogenic musical puzzle.
In late November, 2009, the band released their debut album. It’s self-titled and can only be purchased by emailing the band direct at ryanandkristi@gmail.com
"You only get to appreciate what you do when you're not doing it," says bassist Rob Canning, slurping on a tea. "and now we're back, we're buzzing to go."
PART ONE: WELCOME TO 2008
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