From the Suburbs to the Stage: A Place To Hide Has Been Together Through It All
Goofy, fun-loving, and energetic are just a few of the words you can use to describe this Long Island trio. A Place To Hide has proven that they have broken the mold of your typical rock band by growing from their humble roots in Nassau County, New York, to rocking the stages with their music. Upon meeting the crew, you can’t help but enjoy the energy they create in the room. They are extroverted, funny, and obviously have a fantastic dynamic between themselves. What more could you expect from a group of guys that have been friends for close to a decade?
A Place to Hide consists of three members: Nick Rigali (vocals and guitar); Nick Valero (vocals and bass); and Ryan Mastrelli (drums). The group has been together for almost eight years, and as Ryan put it, “we’ve been through all of our awkward stages together. We basically grew up together.” They began as a young group of boys playing around with their instruments in the drummer, Ryan’s basement, to writing their own music, refining their artistry, and sharing their creations with their growing number of fans. Throughout the better part of the decade the band grew both as musicians and as a family joined together by their love and passion for creating music. Their art is a testament to how true their friendship is, which is something that many of us have accomplished or hope to accomplish with the people we love in our own lives.
Another testament to A Place To Hide’s successful band dynamic is how they worked together to develop their sound. As guitarist and vocalist Nick R. stated, their song ‘Drained’, from their 2019 album Wavelength, came together very efficiently through the combined efforts of the group,
“I was trying to get everyone’s attention so I just grabbed my guitar and played a new chord that I learned and I just strummed it really fast. And then Nick was like, “do that again!” so I did it again, and he gave me a rhythm to go with it. We asked Ryan to play drums behind it, Nick just sang the chorus out of nowhere, and that was Drained.”
From that point on, A Place to Hide has developed their sound into something that they are proud of. Bassist Nick Valero claims that now the band “really knows who [they] are, and [they] have matured a lot since the start.”
This is definitely evident in the band’s newest single “So Wrong” which came out today, April 30th, 2021. For fans of the hard rock vibes emulated by Blink-182 and the Foo Fighters, A Place to Hide is the band for you. “So Wrong”, as described by the members, will blow their old music out of the park in terms of the maturity in their sound. The band claimed that it is “by far the best material that [they] have written and recorded, sonically.” Fans are about to experience a never seen before version of A Place To Hide, and the band could not be more excited to showcase the amount of work they put into developing themselves as artists.
Like any normal relationship, A Place To Hide faced their own challenges. Specifically with COVID-19 disrupting many of their plans such as new single releases, a summer tour that got canceled, and of course, taking away the ability for the bandmates to get together and jam. However, their perseverance as a band only shows that setbacks can strengthen the bonds between people. With this new single, it is exciting to hear how A Place to Hide has come back and better than ever after the hard year it has been for many musicians. If you have yet to stream “So Wrong”, we highly encourage you to check it out at this link. Get ready to experience the results of a strong friendship bonded together by music, and you can also understand what it feels like to have people stick by your side as you grow together.
