Yesterday, Atlanta foursome Places To Hide announced their second and final EP, Strange Lyfe. Formed in 2010, the band has enjoyed considerable success following their 2012 debut, Getting Old. In 2013, the group released their first full length, Almost Nothing, a fervent punk screed that examined themes of youth, debt, lust and regret. Led by overdriven guitars, girl/boy gang vocals and scrappy punk energy, the record was packed tight with exuberant hooks and dance-worthy drums that established Places to Hide as band to watch in the city.

In anticipation of its September 20 release, the band unveiled the EP’s title track and first video via Impose Magazine. “Strange Lyfe” engages its listeners in a drastically different fashion than previous recordings; the guitars are sparse and the overall tone is one of melancholy, lacking the fuzzy grit that we’ve grown used to hearing from the band. Frontman Kyle Swick lets his lyrics ooze out of him — blurred and drug-addled as they may be — with an apathetic vigor that provides a sense of rawness and yearning to the track’s mostly sluggish slacker punk leanings. The band returns back to its familiar melodic punk tendencies by the end of the song, providing listeners with hope that, no matter what, everything works itself out in the end. Watch and listen below.

Strange Lyfe will be released on LP and CD via Atlanta imprint Irrelevant Recordings. Pre-orders are available here.

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