Chicago industrial EBM duo HIDE — vocalist Heather Gabel and percussionist Seth Sher — slither and asphyxiate on their debut LP for DAIS Records, Castration Anxiety. The record, due this Friday, March 23rd — and streaming here for the first time below — is full of body-moving rhythms and hard-hitting synth lines that pulse and echo, slamming with a sparse simplicity and darkness for the duration of the band's 30-plus minute exploration. Castration Anxiety juxtaposes a series of elements that shouldn't fit together: caustic and melodic, danceable yet abrasive, and confrontational yet seductive with its fascinating and well-executed beats and seething vocals.
"I want people to feel afraid," Gabel told us in a recent interview. "I'm afraid of a lot of things and I don't think that that's fair. What these songs are about is turning it back on people who prey on other people. Rapists, marginalizers, oppressors. I want them to feel the way that we do."
Stream the LP in full below, and order yours via DAIS.
HIDE Tour Dates:
March 23 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle *Record Release Show*
March 24 Detroit, MI @ El Club
March 27 Rock Island, IL @ Blue Island Brewing Co.
April 5 St. Louis, MO @ RKDE
April 6 Louisville, KY @ Cure Lounge
April 7 Cincinnati, OH @ The Yacht Club
April 8 Pittsburgh, PA @ Howlers
April 10 Boston, MA @ Dorchester Art Project
April 11 Providence, RI @ Psychic Readings
April 12 Brooklyn, NY @ St. Vitus
April 13 Philadelphia, PA @ Lacquer
April 14 Baltimore, MD @ Metrogallery
April 15 Richmond, VA @ Gallery 5
April 16 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
April 17 Asheville, NC @ Mothlight
April 19 New Orleans, LA @ Poor Boys
April 20 Dallas, TX @ Texas Theatre
April 22 Austin, TX @ North Door
April 23 El Paso, TX @ The Monarch
April 24 Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
April 25 Phoenix, AZ @ LBX
April 26 Los Angeles, CA @ Coaxial
April 27 Oakland, CA @ Elbo Room
April 28 Sacramento, CA @ Colony
April 30 Portland, OR @ The Know
May 1 Seattle, WA @ The Black Lodge
May 3 Boise, ID @ Mad Son House
May 4 Salt Lake City, UT @ Diabolical Records
May 6 Denver, CO @ Mutiny Info Cafe
May 7 Omaha, NE @ Reverb Lounge
May 8 Minneapolis, MN @ Eagles Club
May 9 Milwaukee, MI @ Franks Powerplant
