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Hideout
Photo: S L Hillman
Words: Rachel Mayers & Lauren Mcdonagh
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The Rock genre brings us a wonderfully eclectic range of awesome music, from hard rock, psychedelic rock, indie and punk rock. One Punk Rock band to watch in 2021 is Lincoln’s very own Hideout. Established in their hometown of Lincoln, the group released their first studio EP ‘What Came Before’ in 2018. With the music community in desperate need to live alongside music once again, Hideout seem to be preparing to do JUST that... “...maybe people being starved of gigs for a year will be the perfect opportunity to give them some ace shows to bang their heads to” Tracks such as ‘Going Nowhere’ and ‘Close Your Eyes’ capture the true sound of 90’s and 2000’s rock music, with clear influence from rock legends Nirvana and Green Day. Here’s what the band had to say about their post-pandemic plans... including a second EP:
What are your plans for 2021?
There’s so much that we planned to do this year which has been dampened by the pandemic. We have plenty of songs already written which need to be 24 recorded but given that we all live in separate cities, it’s pretty hard to find the time or place given that everything is closed. But who knows, if restrictions are lifted, we might have the chance to get into a studio, and you better believe we’re going to be taking the opportunity as soon as it comes up! So, main plans this year are writing more music and recording the music that’s already written, and then hopefully getting a second EP released with four maybe five tracks on there. Post pandemic, who knows! We are absolutely going to get back into gigging, and maybe people being starved of gigs for a year will be the perfect opportunity to give them some ace shows to bang their heads to!
Photo: Ethan Crabb
As a band, who would you say influences your music?
In terms of influences, we all like wildly different stuff. Zach’s pretty into metal and hardcore, so he’s inspired by bands like Cane Hill and Architects, you’ve got Jack who is big into Royal Blood the minute, Connor is really into metal and alternative, so he’a always listening to bands like Enter Shikari, and Alex said his favourite was a bit of a Biffy Clyro. So we cover a pretty wide range of stuff, and it all comes together in a big melting pot which we stick a Hideout label on!
