Hidden Souls – All That We Destroy (Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Future-Pop.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: Four years after the promising debut album “The Incorruptible Dream” Argentinian formation Hidden Souls strike back with their new album featuring eleven songs.
Content: “All That we Destroy” is a well-crafted Electro-Pop production which sounds ‘poppier’ than its predecessor whereon the band also mixed harder EBM elements. The songs are elaborated and often carried by strong leads and choruses.
+ + + : Hidden Souls confirm the strong potential from the debut album although this work is more sophisticated. The Electro-Pop sound has something personal but I’ve been mainly impressed by the song writing. I also have to say a word about the great vocals reminding me of the charisma of Tom Smith (Editors). One of the best cuts also is the hardest one (cf. “We Are All Escapists”).
– – – : I think this album could have been improved from a pure technical point of view; the mix sometimes revealing compression especially on the kicks.
Conclusion: Hidden Souls definitely deserves more recognition and attention in the Electro-Pop universe.
Best songs: “We Are All Escapists”, “Dive Into My Dreams”, “Nobody”.
Rate: 7½.
Artist: www.hiddensouls/com/ar / www.facebook.com/HiddenSoulsArgentina
Label: www.echozone.de / www.facebook.com/EchozoneMusic
About Hidden Souls
Hidden Souls is an Argentinian band based in Buenos Aires, formed in 2005. The lineup consists of Leo Carden (vocals, guitars), Guillermo “William” Pardo Neira (keyboards, songwriting, programming) and Alex Visoná (keyboards, composition). The band’s debut album, “The Incorruptible Dream”, was released through the German label Echozone. “All That We Destroy” is their second album, released through Echozone on November 4, 2022, four years after the debut, and follows a first European tour by the band.
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