by teepoo Here is this week's most visited single-song posts! Man that Gary Clark Jr. song has been on chart forever and it can still rock the top. Hope you find love in a song that someone else has loved. Position Last Song Link 1 5 Gary Clark Jr.- Bright Lights post [...]
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by teepoo The Hidden Words was formed by 2 members of the Unicorns Alden Penner and Jamie Thompson. The result is some lovely french folk-pop. It's very minimal, acoustic with very little percussion which allows you to fully appreciate Alden's voice which has the ability to reach into your soul. The Hidden Words- Dis Oh and it has a video: Website
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I know, I know. Lists are annoying and trying to assign rankings and value to art is subjective at best. That's why these records - 25 from releases that really made an impact on me in '11 - aren't branded with any type of distinction other than "favorite." These are records, not songs, that warmed my heart, eased my pain, inspired my creativity or simply helped tap my toe or nod my head. They never asked for anything more than a listen, and I was more than happy to oblige. That being said, there [...]
The Hidden Words - "Dis" . These many months later , Hidden Words are preparing to release Free Thyself from the Fetters of the World , their debut. This is still a Bahá'í folk enterprise; still a band that includes two-thirds of the Unicorns. I remain perplexed by the goals of the project, or at least by its choice of methodology. I remain disappointed that these songs - sung in English, French and Spanish - communicate so little. Verses from the Báb, set to guitars, viola, Jamie Thompson's suitcase percussion. Alden Penner is one of the country's most [...]
Alden Penner's new group The Hidden Words have been playing "Belleza" live for a while now, but this is our first listen to the studio version of it. Their debut album is out Dec 9. The Hidden Words: "Belleza"
We've written about The Hidden Words several times in anticipation of their debut LP set for release on December 3rd. Over the weekend they premiered the track "Belleza" a smooth song that drives forward with marching percussion and a bright, yet slightly aggressive acoustic guitar. The Hidden Words are a Montreal band helmed by Alden Penner (The Unicorns and Clues) and from what I've heard the vocals move in and out from French to Spanish. The music feels very organic and perfectly out of place in the world of current indie music. "Belleza" is [...]
The music of The Hidden Words is a spiritual awakening, but unlike most that read ancient texts and absorb the influence of great minds, these songs aren't a call to action or a demand for change. These songs aren't pontification from the pulpit or the fear inducing warming from a booming voice from the mountaintop. No, these hand claps, picked notes, soothing words and strings are inclusive, hoping to unify the masses in a more meaningful and permanent manner. Free Thyself from the Fetters of this World is world [...]
With Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? Unicorns founders Nick Thorburn and Alden Penner pretty much earned themselves free reign for the rest of their careers over what they wanted to do and who they wanted to work with (within indie-rock-type limits). Thorburn took his sway and formed Islands with Unicorns drummer Jaime Thompson, going on to work with folks like Jim Guthrie and Subtitle. Penner went on to a few different projects, including solo material, All Makes Parts And Collision, Adam and Alden, and Clues (with Brendan Reed of the Arcade Fire). Now, we have [...]
We've been profiling The Hidden Words for sometime now because it's the new band of Alden Penner (The Unicorns/Clues) and to date he hasn't had a misstep. The music appears to be much more stripped down then his previous two projects with the acoustic guitar, minimal percussion, and Alden's voice front in center. Music writers throw around the word magic to describe the indescribable aspects of music all the time (including myself). I'll replace the word magic and use the soulful to describe Alden's voice and songwriting. His voice, even in the darker moments, [...]
It's Thursday, so I know you've likely been wondering where our Video Hits post is so you can get your (semi)weekly hit of CDN video goodness, and although it may be late, it's here nonetheless. And true to our normal standard, it's rather eclectic if I do say so myself, so let's do this. I've mentioned this a number of times (including while posting the first video from his new album, Handshakes & Middle Fingers), but there are very few contemporary CDN musicians that have pumped out quality videos as [...]
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Haven't heard from Montreal's The Hidden Words . The band consists of Alden Penner and Jamie Thompson from The Unicorns and Eric and James Farr from Honeyman and the Brothers Farr . They just released a music video for Dis from the upcoming album Free Thyself From The Fetters Of This World. It is directed by Video Marsh . Who has directed Caribou's Odessa and Jamelia. Have a look of the music video. On August 28th Hidden Words will [...]
Ex-Unicorns and Clues member Alden Penner has re-united with compadre Jamie Thompson in a new project, The Hidden Words. This exclusive track is from their first album, due to be released Spring 2011 The Hidden Words - Myriads (MP3) The band consists of former Unicorns member Jamie Thompson, Eric Farr, James Farr, Neah Kelly, and Marie-Claire Saindon. The band plays music inspired by the Bahá'í Faith. Soft and soothing like many of Penner's solo releases but with the subtle yet sophisticated beatmaking of Thompson, carrying the vocals along like a rowboat down a [...]
While their former Unicorns partner Nick Thorburn continues to announce side projects seemingly every other month (one with El-P, Mister Heavenly), Alden Penner and Jamie Thompson have a side project of their own up and running: It's called Hidden Words, an apparently they've been playing shows since last year. You can see some videos above. It's pretty dulcet stuff, and lowkey, which probably how these dudes prefer the sound, and promotion, of the band. I guess this means Clues, the other post-Unicorns band these dudes are in, are on hiatus [...]
I can't pretend to be an expert in the spiritual ideals put to parchment in the 19th century by a self-proclaimed Messenger from God, Bahá'u'lláh . I had a copy tucked on my bookshelf, a gift from a former lover who's love for the unconventional always trumped her love for me. I can't argue for or against his vision as humanity as a single race, although, it would provide much needed answers and resolutions. Quite simply, I never read the book. I simply possessed it much like records of critical appeal [...]
Hidden Words - "Temple" . Hidden Words is a project by Alden Penner and Jamie Thompson, reunited for the first time since the Unicorns, and four more friends. "Temple" is chanté en français , but the words are taken from page 74 of Selections from the Writings of the Báb , a holy text of the Bahá'í faith. As far as I know, all of Hidden Words' songs use verses from the Writings . In a certain way, this makes them a Báb cover-band. So let's imagine the Báb as a silent member, yes Siyyid 'Alí [...]
Alden Penner and Jamie Thompson were 2/3's of The Unicorns and have been playing music together under the band name The Hidden Words for months now. It appears the band is in the process of recording a record, news I've been wanting to hear for a long time. Here are some live performance videos that are labeled by The Walrus NP as five of The Hidden Words recorded songs. Enjoy:
It was a Halloween matinee show at Raw Sugar Cafe. Playing at the show was: Hidden Words Glenn Nuotio Very excited to see this show despite being really early due to being on Halloween. I was not aware that I actually did see Hidden Words before. It happened to be at this year's Pop [...]
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