few feign a frown or forget their towns.

Tuesday's twelve hour lack of electricity (and several rousing games of Uno) made presenting a Spotlight nearly impossible. But today is new, and it's being made up to you.
The seven members of The Hidden Cameras have been releasing only slightly-odd hymnal pop songs occasionally with kinky and frequently homosexual themes. And you'd be damned right in saying that there's nothing wrong with that. Song writer Joel Gibb and his six-additional-member cult plants melodies solidly in the dirt, allow them to grow with only a small amount of added fertilizer, and climb them up through the clouds. They also make quite sure they make plenty of time for fun along the way. There are times when Gibb's voice could be mistaken for Owen Pallett's (Final Fantasy), and you'd be damned right in saying that there's nothing wrong with that.
The Hidden Cameras recently signed to Arts & Crafts, who will release the band's third full-length, AWOO, in September. The title track alone is enough to make the one month between now and the album's release seem an eternity.



The Hidden Cameras' "Boys of Melody"
from The Smell of Our Own

The Hidden Cameras' "Music Is My Boyfriend"
from Mississauga Goddam

The Hidden Cameras' "Death of a Tune"
& "Awoo"
from AWOO