Hide From The Sun

Finnish Grammy Award winning quartet The Rasmus are back with the follow-up to 'Dead Letters'. 'Hide From The Sun' is the Helsinki-based foursome's sixth studio outing.

Displaying striking new textures through bold arrangements, the addition of strings and piano to the band's signature infectious dark rock sound, topped off with Lauri's smoldering vocal, results in an injection of Muse-like drama. It's an album the band found easy to write despite the obvious pressures which come in following the success of smash hit singles "In The Shadows", "Guilty" and "First Day Of My Life", singles which shot the band to the fore, took them around the world and saw them building up a massive and loyal fan base.

"There are more contrasts in the music this time," explains Lauri. "It's beautiful melodies set against cutting lyrics, or sweet words over intense, heavy guitars. We're proud of the arrangements on the new album."

Spiritually re-invigorated, the songs came rolling out with tracks such as lead single, the hook-laden, power-rock track, "No Fear", the obvious first choice single. Other songs include "Dead Promises" with string arrangement by Finnish metallers-with-cellos, Apocalyptica, "I had the riff for "Dead Promises" a long time ago and thought of cellos for it, so it was a perfect match. A feeling clearly reflected in 'Hide From The Sun', The Rasmus' most confident outing yet, which sees them raising their own musical bar and experimenting with light and shade to produce attention-grabbing soundscapes with dark lyrical themes of hiding and escaping influenced by their hectic 12 months.