Acrpost: A Project of the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres

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on sale fri, dec 15 @ 10am

Hinder is an Oklahoma band with old-fashioned values. Old-fashioned rock ‘n’ roll values, that is—as in sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll. Extreme Behavior, their Universal debut recorded at Vancouver’s Armoury Studios, is a veritable shrine to those staples, as well as to influences like Bad Company, Aerosmith, Lit and the Rolling Stones. Featuring charismatic, gravelly voiced vocalist Austin Winkler, the nearly five-year-old quintet fires up the guitars and racy lyrics (there are both “clean” and “explicit” versions of the record) on uptempo barn-burners like “Get Stoned” (about great sex with a bad girlfriend), “Room 21” (casual sex) and “Bliss” (not about sex, exactly, but about getting wasted to forget a ruptured relationship). Extreme Behavior was the subject of a major-label bidding war, and one listen to “Get Stoned” shows why—the song is already getting airplay on major stations in North America. With these new contenders’ fierce live performances about to bring the rock to cities across the continent, Hinder is well on their way to glory—or at least, a really good party.