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[Album Review] The Birthday Massacre ‘Hide And Seek’
The Birthday Massacre is that band that fits well into so many different situations. Whether it be wanting to jump up and dance around your room or laying back on your couch staring out the window on a rainy day, their music seems to encompass all those emotions and then some. They’re a band that I know I can fall back on and enjoy thoroughly. But does their latest album Hide And Seek offer me the same? Find out below!
The album opens up with “Leaving Tonight”, a toe-tapper that put a smile on my face almost right away. Something about this song sounds so triumphant, as though you’re supposed to jubilantly raise your fists into the sky. We then go into “Down”, the heaviest track of the album and one that had me bobbing my head, just shy of full blown headbanging. After the slower beauty of “Play With Fire”, “Need” picks up the pace again with some incredibly catchy melodies.
From a production standpoint, this album sounds beautiful. Crisp, polished and rich with textures, it avoids sounding cold and mechanical. Chibi’s voice shines, ranging from coy, demure and breathy on “Play With Fire” to vicious, almost snarly on “Down” and everything in between on the rest of the tracks. She also pulls off some sneaky vocal harmonies that can easily be missed under all the musical layers.
Mixing melancholic beauty with impossibly hooking passages, my only complaint with Hide And Seek is that it ended too early and I found myself wanting more. Even though I truly enjoyed what I was given, the 36 minute album felt more like an appetizer than a full meal.
The Final Word: Even though Hide And Seek is criminally short, it’s a catchy, addictive album that I found myself spinning over and over again without caring that I’d already heard the tracks before. Actually, I found myself enjoying them more with each repeat. With no doubt in my mind, I can say that The Birthday Massacre has released another winner.
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The Lost Boys: A New Musical officially kicked off on Broadway last month, and Deadline now reports that the show’s Broadway run has been extended into next year.
The show was originally set to run through November, but Deadline reports that The Lost Boys: A New Musical “has released a block of tickets through Sunday, March 7, 2027.”
The news comes in the wake of The Lost Boys: A New Musical becoming the most Tony-nominated musical of the season with twelve nominations including Best Musical.
Additionally, “The Lost Boys will launch a North American National Tour in Spring 2028, at Playhouse Square in Cleveland. Additional cities and tour dates will be announced later.”
The Lost Boys: A New Musical is of course an adaptation of the 1987 horror classic from director Joel Schumacher, with the cast including Ali Louis Bourzgui as lead vampire David (originally played by Kiefer Sutherland), Maria Wirries as Star (originally played by Jami Gertz), and LJ Benet as the soon-to-be-turned Michael (originally played by Jason Patric).
The horror musical’s cast also includes Shoshana Bean as Lucy Emerson, Benjamin Pajak as Sam Emerson, Paul Alexander Nolan as Max, Jennifer Duka as Alan Frog, Miguel Gil as Edgar Frog, Brian Flores as Marko, Sean Grandillo as Dwayne, and Dean Maupin as Paul.
The Lost Boys: A New Musical is Directed by Michael Arden, featuring Music and Lyrics by The Rescues, Book by David Hornsby & Chris Hoch, Story by James Jeremias & Janice Fischer, and Produced by James Carpinello, Marcus Chait & Patrick Wilson (The Conjuring) by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures.
When a mother and her two teenage sons move to Santa Carla in desperate need of a fresh start, they soon uncover the darker side of this sunny coastal community. While Lucy tries to piece her family’s life back together, Michael keeps pulling away in search of belonging.
As he finds connection with a local rock band and its charismatic leader, his younger brother Sam comes face-to-face with a terrifying reality: When night falls, Michael’s new friends are even more dangerous than they first appeared.
Joel Schumacher directed the original The Lost Boys vampire movie in 1987, wherein two brothers move to a new town and discover that the area is a haven for vampires.
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