Secrets Are Sinister

Insound Staff Pick - 2008! Longwave's fourth album Secrets Are Sinister doesn't waste any time introducing the band's newly expanded sound. Opener "Sirens in the Deep Sea" sets the stage with a brief, dueling jangle of chords before exploding into a cosmic crash of pounding drums, falsetto, and larger than life fuzzed out guitar. The band's trademark sound is all still there - atmospheric, arena-sized guitars that build to an epic swell - but now their penchant for dreamy landscapes gives way to an equally dynamic but louder, noisier, and more driving sensibility. Recorded predominantly by the band in their Brooklyn, NY studio (with help from producers Peter Katis and Dave Fridmann), Longwave returns from a three-year hiatus - self-imposed though sparked by a series of unfortunate events - with their most varied and strongest album to date.