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Rock · 2012 · 10 tracks · 35m

Hide and Seek

The Birthday Massacre

A darker, urban-focused evolution of the band's signature sound. Shimmering 80s synths collide with heavy riffs and lyrics inspired by unsolved mysteries.

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It's like the soundtrack to a neon-lit cold case mystery you're solving at 3am.

A tense, nocturnal mystery wrapped in shimmering electronics and heavy distortion.

Hide and Seek · vs · The Birthday Massacre
Death Mortality+4.0σ

The writing leans far further into death mortality than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks · 35m
01
Leaving Tonight
3:29
02
Down
3:48
03
Play With Fire
3:48
04
Need
3:32
05
Calling
3:32
06
Alibis
3:28
07
One Promise
3:57
08
In This Moment
4:34
09
Cover My Eyes
3:21
10
The Long Way Home
2:16
Moments Worth Waiting For
The heavy, industrial-tinged guitar crunch that anchors the chorus of Down.
The hauntingly fragile vocal performance on Leaving Tonight, shaped by the physical strain of Chibi's vocal polyps.
The way the shimmering synth arpeggios in Calling create a sense of wide-open nocturnal space.
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