Hide and Seek

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Imogen Heap (lead singer of the group Frou Frou--you heard them at the end of Garden State) has come out with her own album, which is startlingly compelling. I was afraid from the single they released ("Goodnight and Go," which made its debut on the show The OC that the band had gotten all poppy on me.

But nay.

In fact, it's clear from a few listens that "Goodnight and Go" is easily the weakest track on the CD.

The song "Hide and Seek," however, is incredibly moving. It's synth-capella... there's nothing but Imogen's processed voice to hear. Now before you shrug it off as silly electronica, please listen to the 30-second clip on iTunes.

This is one of those places where processing serves to pull out elements of Imogen's voice to create an incredibly moving sound. It gets me all emotional-like every time I hear it.

So, listen to Imogen muse about the way in which we hide our true selves from others, and why that is stupid.

-brian