The Hidden Cameras
Album Title: Age
Record Label: Evil Evil
Review by John Noyd
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The Hidden Cameras - Age
Reggae beats, medieval harmonies and pointed lyrics trapped inside propulsive pop-rock melodies, Canada’s The Hidden Cameras have produced a wonderfully cohesive album despite an eclectic intellect drawing from disparate temperaments. Dark, sharp and moody, “Age,” simmers in quick-witted shifts, artfully navigating between earnest concerns and droll chic with a splash of party-crashing panache and chattering satire. The collective’s first full-length effort since 2009, singer, writer and mastermind Joel Gibb’s malevolent magic has matured into a leathery bellwether grafting defiant dissection onto alluring affection, deconstructing dysfunction while sculpting slick, vigorous tidbits of lubricated grooves whose devilish relish and bittersweet beats cruise, sooth and seduce. Divisive, conflicted, yet brilliantly insistent, the suave, shadowy, “Age,” conveys a swift riveting gift for polishing post-modern gloss from complicated sexual politics.
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