New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Alternative rock band HIDDEN HOSPITALS is gearing up to hit the road in support of their debut full-length album SURFACE TENSION out now. The Chicago-based foursome-which includes members from previous projects Damiera (Equal Vision Records) and Kiss Kiss (Eyeball Records)-will kick off a nine show run on May 3 in Rochester, NY. They'll make stops in Syracuse, NY, Philadelphia, PA, and New Brunswick, NJ before hitting The Shop in Brooklyn on Friday, May 8. The group will then perform a special show with Anti-Flag on May 9 in Pittsburgh, PA and continue on to Columbus, OH and Cedar Falls, IA before returning to their hometown of
Chicago for a show at Beat Kitchen on June 2. All dates are listed below and ticket info is available at www.hiddenhospitals.com.
HIDDEN HOSPITALS-DAVE RAYMOND (Vocals/Guitar),
STEVE DOWNS (Guitar), JARED KARNS (Drums)and JOHN SCOTT (Bass/Vocals)-has spent the past three years finely etching SURFACE TENSION. The self-released album is available digitally via iTunes, Amazon, and other online retailers, as well as physical CD and limited copies on vinyl via a partnership with Secret Audio Club.
Produced and mixed by J. Hall, who also worked on their past releases, SURFACE TENSION is a record that churns heavy with kinetic energy and precise movements. A stable and familiar thread ties together the album-carefully paced through 12 engaging tracks-as a whole. The band transitions seamlessly between sharp, taut guitar-rock reminiscent of Diamond Eyes-era
Deftones and an atmosphere of electronica evoking Radiohead's Kid A. Check out the music video for "Rose Hips," a new track off the album, here. The band decided to take a more artful approach to videos by shooting a short film, broken into three parts and set to songs "Pulp," "Rose Hips" and "Modern Saints." The next video in the series will premiere in the coming weeks.
Here's what's being said about SURFACE TENSION:
"Based out of Chicago, progressive alt-rock quartet Hidden Hospitals may be new to the scene, but their members aren't new to the game…So it's no surprise that their debut full-length,
Surface Tension, sounds like an album made not by a new band but by seasoned musicians focused on honing their craft and pushing their sound forward." - Scott Heisel, SUBSTREAM, 3/20/15
"…Surface Tensionis an emotive 12-track rock collection with deep lyrical content, progressive riffs, and a semi-dreamlike quality…These hospitals are no longer hidden; they are about to break out." - Bear Frazier, ARENA.COM, 3/11/15
Catch HIDDEN HOSPITALS out on the following tour dates:
Sun 5/3 Rochester, NY Bug Jar
Mon 5/4 Syracuse, NY Gorham Brother
Tue 5/5 Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
Wed 5/6 New Brunswick, NJ Court Tavern
Fri 5/8 Brooklyn, NY The Shop
*Sat 5/9 Pittsburgh, PA Smiling Moose
Sun 5/10 Columbus, OH Skully's
Sat 5/16 Cedar Falls, IA Octopus College Hill
Tue 6/2 Chicago, IL Beat Kitchen
* w/ Anti-Flag
