New York, NY-based Bootblacks shared the song "Hidden Things" today, which appears on their upcoming new album, Thin Skies.
The song, shared below, is described by frontman Panther Almqvist as "[Being] about looking into darkness to find your way out of it.”
Bootblacks last released Fragments, with Thin Skies picking up that release's blend of danceable beats with post-post tones. The album releases Oct. 9 on Artoffact Records.
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