Hide, Private Service, Louisianna Purchase, Bridle

Under layers of industrial grime, Chicago dark wave duo Hide demand bodily autonomy and the destruction of ego through empathy. August sophomore platter Hell Is Here continues Heather Gabel and Seth Sher’s trajectory from 2018’s Castration Anxiety, a haunting treatise on power dynamics and human rights that led to a Sub Pop single this June. – Greg Stitt