Hiding Places

JOY presents
Hiding Places
Plus supports TBA

7pm doors
£13 Adv

Hiding Places formed in the countryside of Athens, Georgia in 2020, but their roots trace back to a shared college radio station in North Carolina. Guitarists/vocalists Audrey Keelin and Nicholas Byrne, bassist Michael Matsakis, and drummer Henry Cutting create a twinkly, raw folk-alternative rock collaboration that blends earnest storytelling with intricate, guitar-driven textures.

Now based in Brooklyn’s DIY scene, Hiding Places has carved out a space with their gentle, evocative vocals and lush, layered melodies. Recently, the band self-booked a tour through the South to SXSW, where they debuted their latest record—an intimate, emotional, and gritty reflection of their years of movement, growth, and collaboration.

Their 2024 EP Lesson was produced by Colin Miller (MJ Lenderman, Wednesday), engineered by Liam Brand (Mount Kimbie, Jeff Rosenstock, Katy J Pearson) and recorded at Abbey Road’s Angel Studios in London. Lesson was released on March 22nd of that year through independent Brooklyn-based label HATETOQUIT. In April 2025, the band released two songs (set to release as “Bonus Tracks” on their new album) on a split release with two Asheville NC bands, Tombstone Poetry and trust blinks.

Engineered and mixed by bassist Michael Matsakis, The Secret to Good Living is a testament to the band’s ascent into collaborative songwriting, found sounds, and finding play in recording as an art. Focus tracks “Holy Roller,” “Dead Dove (Your Love Was Never A Waste of Time),” and “Waiting” found their strengths from live performance, touring, and collaboration in practice rooms rather than via computer screens, as the band was fully “remote” for 4 years before the recording of this project.

Gratitude, trust, and joy all feature as prominent narrative themes on this album. A band that started young is now growing into a chapter of storytelling as a form of engagement in the future betterment of the self, the other, and the group: a band.

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Praise for Hiding Places

"Very rarely do you find a band that, while new in the scheme of time, simultaneously sparks a feeling of fond and reverted sense of comfort; the kind you get when returning to the bands that were accomplices through milestones and memories."

- Post Trash

“Since forming, the band has cultivated and perfected a unique blend of hushed folk melodies along with the crushing subtlety of Elephant 6 style production […] taking a cult classic poise amongst the most taught folk knots and rock n’ roll softies alike.”

- Ugly Hug

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Please note the basement is not wheelchair accessible and is accessed by a narrow enclosed staircase. For more accessibility info, please email [email protected]