“Hideaway” by Pale Houses – A Song Review

     Pale Houses uses “Hideaway” as a canvas for presenting more than one sonic view. At the start, there is a serenity in the vocalization and the clear, peaceful guitars. The lyrics describe an escape that carries a feeling which “saves my soul.” Driving leaves concerns behind, replacing them with recollections of being free, with nowhere to be.

      Then, galloping percussion, urgent guitar, and questioning enter. “What’s wrong?” It’s a significant pivot, but Pale Houses executes it seamlessly.

     “Hideaway” will be a single the EP “Songs of the Isolation,” scheduled for a March 30 release. In discussing the track, vocalist Aaron Robinson stated:

 "This was the first song we wrote for this record. It's sonically pretty different than much of the EP, but it set the tone for how these songs would come together live. It's a song about a desperate need to spontaneously get away from everything and reset."

     Pale Houses is based in Nashville. The members are Aaron Robinson (vocals, guitar, piano), Ryan Rayborn (drums), Josh Hood (lead guitar, backing vocals), and Aaron Yung (bass, synth bass).

     “Hideaway” by Pale Houses 

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Lyrics of  “Hideaway” by Pale Houses

Let’s get out of town tonight

And feel alive

You can drive

Our wheels turn counterclockwise

With the dim light

We fade from sight

Remember what it was to be

Oh so free

Nowhere to be

Old songs on the radio

They fill the air

We’re almost there

It saves my soul to feel this way

To leave all of this behind

But if it’s back in the morning

When we feel the sun come up

Promise we won’t give up

What’s wrong?

What’s wrong?

They’re never gonna take

The hideaway

Away from me

So long

So long

They’re never gonna take

The hideaway

Away

And if you go

I’m only gonna follow

And where you stay

It’s where I’m gonna stay tonight

It saves my soul to feel this way

To leave all the bullshit behind

But it if it’s back in the morning

When we feel the sun come up

Promise we won’t give up

What’s wrong?

What’s wrong?

They’re never gonna take

The hideaway

Away from me

So long

So long

They’re never gonna take

The hideaway

Away

Away