It’s a great time to be alive for those of us with a soft spot for artists seesawing between slacker Americana and fuzzy guitar rock. Wednesday, MJ Lenderman and Sluice come immediately to mind. Hiding Places can easily be included in the list. Beyond a shared musical sensibility, they all have roots in the same fruitful North Carolina scene. Their EP Lesson was produced by Colin Miller (Lenderman, Indigo De Souza), they’ve shared stages with Wednesday, and they’ve been touring with Sluice. Now based in New York City, Hiding Places seem to have found just the right combination of their rural Southern roots and urban Northern roughness.

“One Hand” is a reflection on long-distance relationships driven by a dirge-like beat, one-riff acoustic guitars and the dreamy voice of Audrey Keelin, all constantly under threat of being swallowed whole by surging, distorted six-string attacks. This push and pull between tender softness and the untamed beast creates a quietly hypnotic tension. Embrace it with both hands.