Hideous Men
Thu 7 Jan 2010
Rocky Mountain Laser Tag
Another band I discovered via Better Than Sex, it’s Denver’s Hideous Men; a two piece electronic outfit who make cut-up hip-hop style instrumentation and twisted indie Gameboy beats with dainty vocals and the odd sample. BTS compared them to SALEM, but it reminds me more of Nite Jewel or some weird mash-up between High Places and Dandi Wind.
Imagine shards of glass falling from high-rise buildings and the sun shining through the glass like purple cosmic laser beams. With howling hip-hop samples and coloured plasticine balls bouncing between the buildings, the noise will be chaotic and catastrophic. It’s perhaps a cryptic way of saying Hideous Men mould a lot of different sounds together and come up with a hallucinogenic musical puzzle.
In late November, 2009, the band released their debut album. It’s self-titled and can only be purchased by emailing the band direct at ryanandkristi@gmail.com
Hideous Men- Fantasy Cloak: MP3
