The Hidden Cameras are back with a new single – announcing their seventh studio album BRONTO. After the dazzling meta-dance-pop anthem “How do you love?”, Joel Gibb, the charismatic mastermind behind The Hidden Cameras, strikes a more introspective note on “Undertow” and deals with a love that has literally been washed away.
The sound of the sea. Churning masses of water that herald an approaching storm. A swelling chorus of seagull calls leads to a shrill scream: on “Undertow”, Gibb takes an almost onomatopoeic approach to the motif of the undercurrent and deals with the sudden end of a love affair. The unstoppable undertow that gives the song its title unexpectedly washes the ground from under your feet – including seagull samples and surging synth pads.