Hidden

the 180 gram vinyl edition (500 copies only) comes with a free download. the release of 'hidden' marks two years since their debut album 'beat pyramid' infiltrated the minds and hearts of people yearning to find a band who would challenge, perplex and make perfect sense. produced by these new puitans' jack barnett and graham sutton (bark psychosis, boymerang) and mixed by dave cooley (j dilla, mf doom) the album draws equally on on the rhythmic lexicons of dancehall and 20th century post-minimalism, with instrumentation redolent of both the oceanic brass of benjamin britten's peter grimes and the plastic textures of modern us pop. it is sometimes brutal, sometimes melancholy, and sounds like nothing else. 'hidden' features six-foot japanese taiko drums, a thirteen piece brass and woodwind ensemble, sub-heavy beats, prepared piano, a children's choir, foley recording techniques (including a melon with cream crackers attached struck by a hammer, used to simulate the sound of a human head being smashed), and the ethereal voice of heather marlatt from dream-pop group salem.