HI CRIME with Sister Swimmer, Clam & Owie

12.3.26 Thursday (Indie/Rock/Folk) Hidden Hall Presents: HI CRIME with Sister Swimmer, Clam & Owie 7:00PM doors 7:30PM show 21+ Hidden Hall 400 N 35th St hiddenhall.com Hi Crime is a Seattle-based indie band led by songwriter/producer, Mitch Etter. The band originated as a recording project between Mitch, and vocalist Brielle Rutledge. The two collaborated between 2015-2023, releasing two albums, one EP, and various non-album singles before Brielle exited the band to focus on a visual art career. Hi Crime's third album, Spirit & Candor released in October, 2024 is the first taste of a new era, where traditional band arrangements are swapped out for the stylings of an obsessive bedroom producer. On Spirit & Candor Mitch explains, “Many of my favorite artists evolve over time, and I realized that most of Hi Crime’s music had been in a certain electric guitar-led, indie pop style. I wanted to explore new territory like my heroes do, so I gave myself assignments that forced me out of my comfort zone. To start, I chose to focus on acoustic sounds this time. More importantly, I tuned my guitar to the point where I didn't know how to play it anymore. Not an open chord tuning. Just a random selection of notes that made no sense to me. The purpose of doing this was to break patterns I had fallen into. Like many musicians, I have a habit of gravitating to certain chord changes and melodic patterns. By taking away my theory knowledge of the instrument, I bypassed my normal conventions, and every part of the creative process became an act of discovery.” This experimentation first presents itself as the "Spirit Suite.&