The Weepies ‘Hideaway’, New Album

The Weepies have followed up their album, ‘Say I Am You’, with ‘Hideaway’. Their 3rd studio effort doesn’t stray from their indie folk-pop roots on any of the 12 song offering.  Nevertheless, I should state immediately that this desire to remain true to this genre isn’t a bad choice; however, it could lead to their music sounding rather samey. Thankfully, this isn’t the case as The Weepies seem to have added multiple layers of sound on most of the tracks on Hideaway. This decision separates the new CD from their previous work by giving the sound scape a more varied texture and a richness previously missing on their more stripped down work of ‘Say I Am You’ and ‘Happiness’.

I am personally a fan of layer upon layer of sound – instruments added and taken away from pieces of music and thus allowing a song to build and decrease in intensity; therefore, this more complex approach works for me and I appreciate the change. People who have bough previous Weepies CDs because they favour the purity of folk may find Hideaway too busy for their taste but, in my opinion, this would be overlooking their best work to date. The Weepies need to evolve their sound or they risk becoming stale and stagnant – the killer of many good artists.

At the moment my personal favourite track on the CD is ‘Orbiting’ which deserves to be turned into a single in the future and I will be surprised if it isn’t!

Buy The Weepies ’Hideaway’, it is refreshingly different and manages to avoid the pitfalls of so much studio music – it is vibrant pop with a soul. Furthermore, if you are yet to purchase the amazing, ‘Say I am You’, do yourself a favour and buy both albums at once – you will not be disappointed.