Run & Hide (The Automatic song)

"Run & Hide"
Single by The Automatic
from the album Tear the Signs Down
Released1 March 2010
RecordedWarwick Hall, Cardiff
GenrePost-punk revival
LabelArmored Records, EMI[1]
Songwriter(s)Robin Hawkins, Paul Mullen, James Frost, Iwan Griffiths
The Automatic singles chronology
"Interstate"
(2009) 		"Run & Hide"
(2010) 		"Cannot Be Saved"
(2010)

Run & Hide is the second single taken from Tear the Signs Down, the third studio album by Welsh band The Automatic. The single was announced on BBC Radio Wales.[2] Run & Hide was released on 1 March 2010, 1 week prior to Tear the Signs Down on 8 March 2010.[3]

Music & lyrics

The song is the first single to feature Paul Mullen providing lead vocals, it also uses a string arrangement, and was originally titled "Parasol".[4]

Release

The song was performed acoustically with "Steve McQueen", "Interstate" and a cover of "She Wolf" on Alan Thompson's BBC Radio Wales evening show.[5] The song was officially premiered on BBC Radio 1 at 8:55 PM 19 January 2010 on Zane Lowes Show.

Music video

The music video for Run & Hide was shot at the live music venue Cardiff Coal Exchange on 5 January 2010 and features the band playing against an LED light rig and in a cellar, pictures of the shoot were posted on Facebook and Twitter.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ The Automatic sign deal with EMI webwire.com, 11 November 2009
  2. ^ The Automatic in session on BBC Radio Wales, 10 December 2009, Alan Thompson – The Evening Show Automatic – Run And Hide BBC, The Evening Show
  3. ^ The Automatic chuff media, coverage – regional press, 1 January 2010
  4. ^ Mixing(,) drinks Archived 16 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine theautomatic.co.uk, James Frost, 30 October 2009
  5. ^ The Automatic in session on BBC Radio Wales, 10 December 2009, Alan Thompson – The Evening Show Automatic – Run And Hide BBC, The Evening Show
  6. ^ Just a quick pic from the video shoot just finished – long cold day but nice lights The Automatic on Twitter, 5 January 2010
  7. ^ In Cardiff coal exchange for new video. Wired on nescafé oh yes! Iwan Griffiths on Twitter, 5 January 2010