Blog: The Line Of Best Fit

The orchestral boom of Hidden will surely garner Southend-on-Sea’s These New Puritans a place on most of 2010’s end of year lists. With their second album the group approached the recording studio as a conductor approaches the stage. They departed from their punk routes to embrace a wholly new concept of music. Hidden is as profound in sound as it is in concept: from sonic static and hypnotic rhythm, to the brilliant yet bizarre introduction of a brass and woodwind section, the record and its score is inspiring. Why then would the [...]