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HIDDEN CHARMS - The Square Root Of Love

by HIDDEN CHARMS (ALIEN SNATCH! RECORDS)

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    "..no doubt, these DEAN DIRG guys are full time professionals who got thrown out of the bar to form a band and kick the shit really bad. On a mission to annoy all myspace friends who never been there when drinks were needed. On the edge to hardcore it´s as the SPITS try to disolve “The Square Root of Love” into the hardly missed METROS agitation factor and overall unreached brilliancy, join into the TOKYO ELECTRONS dead end number range to finally fool us with a CLONE DEFECTS artyness formula for losers. Why name drop classic punk bands when there are new ones doing better selling less? The square root vestiges are pressed on 45rpm cluster bomb we proud to approved for world destruction, ipods included. Razorcut home recording with well dosed but braincracking keyboards with no time for any defense action – 12 out 14 songs clock in around 1:40"

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DEGENERATION OVERDRIVE (NL)
Untamed, spastic garagey rock that brings to mind a cross between Le Shok and a much rawer The Hives- Germany's Hidden Charms gallop their way through this gem of an LP with a brand of savage fury that would do even Sylvester Stallone proud. Alien Snatch does it again!

NOW WAVE MAGAZINE (USA)
Here at Now Wave, we often extol the virtues of "high energy" music. But much of what we hail as "high energy" sounds listless, lethargic, and just plain dead in comparison to the Hidden Charms! No joke! This German trio plays with such fast, frenzied force and wildhearted abandon that listening to its debut LP is like riding a rollercoaster after drinking three bottles of Jolt Cola. It's a blast, kids! It's better than beating off while skydiving! And it's no surprise that this thrilling slab of 180 gram wax comes to us courtesy of Alien Snatch Records - home to kindred spirit types like The Real Losers and Locomotions! The Hidden Charms are first-rate practitioners of the genre of music named by Now Wave's Raul Reaction: fast punk. Not quite garage-punk, not quite hardcore punk, but rather something perfectly in between, with a distinctly modern twist. For sure, the group has the spirit of rock n' roll in it, and tunes like "Echolot Brain" and "Messed Up Mind" are catchy as hell. But the speed and fury of the band's attack shoot straight to the top of the punk-as-fuck meter. The group rips through 14 songs in just over 20 minutes - the economy and skill of the trio's songwriting never obscured by the racecar velocity of the playing. Somehow this band manages to take everything you like about the Registrators, Hives, Clone Defects, and Dean Dirg and mash it all into one blazing ball of sonic fire. Simply put, the Hidden Charms are what all bands should be: very good at what they do. The songs, the musicianship, the singing, the production - it's all top-notch. And what FUN this record is! Singer Holger D. has a real presence on vocals - his supersnotty style imbued with contagious enthusiasm and sheer likeability. Drummer Borge, who also plays in Dean Dirg, continues to amaze....How can one man play so fast and not miss a beat? How does he play this material live without collapsing from exhaustion after the first three songs? Is he a robot? Without a doubt, this is the record I always reach for when I need a quick jolt of energy and excitement. And I never listen to it at anything less than a piss-off-the-neighbors volume. As Raul would say, this record "makes me crazy".

SAVAGE MAGAZINE
They’re running their garagerock through a hc/noise-filter and out comes a high enegry overdose of catchy snarling punk. Sometimes HIVES-y, sometimes MONKS-y, all the time pretty damn great! Check these guys out! Short, sweet, cool equals one hell of a band!

KASINO ROYALE (GERMANY)
Eigentlich hätten bereits nach ihrer selbstbetitelten und mittlerweile ausverkauften 7" alle wissen müssen, dass die HIDDEN CHARMS die geilsten Typen der Welt sind. Dennoch soll es einige geben, bei denen das noch nicht angekommen ist. Damit dieser Zustand jetzt ein Ende findet, sind die 3 Münsteraner zurück. Diesmal nicht nur mit einer 7" sondern einer kompletten LP. Und die hat es verdammt noch mal in sich!!! 14 Garage Punk Hymnen, die an Power und Intensität kaum zu überbieten sind, direkt in die Beine gehen und somit vom ersten bis zum letzten Ton zum Tanzen einladen. Das alles in weniger als 25 Minuten, da bleibt keine Zeit zum Ausruhen. Angetrieben von Börges schepperndem Schlagzeug und Duniels wummerndem Bass, kommen die herrlich angepissten Vocals von Obernuschler Holger hervorragend zur Geltung. Was sich bereits auf der Single andeutete, wird auf der LP fortgesetzt. Und so setzen die 3 im Gegensatz zu ihrer trashigen Liveperformance durch den Einsatz von Orgel und Syntheziser auf dem Album neue Akzente und erhalten so einen deutlichen New Wave Einschlag, der ihnen sehr gut zu Gesicht steht. Da stellt sich doch die Frage, ob nicht bald ein 4. Mitglied für Auftritte rekrutiert wird. Abgerundet wird das Ganze durch eine super Produktion, die nicht vermuten lässt, dass die Platte in Eigenregie aufgenommen wurde aber auch in keiner Minute zu dick aufträgt... Perfekt! Die HIDDEN CHARMS sind Gott!

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released June 5, 2020

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