Run & Hide (The Automatic song)

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]

"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)

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]

gollark: The only way to do that is to push an update - with my pastebin account - or to get the SPUDNET key.
gollark: Haha nope.
gollark: Ooh! I can make potatOS fight with other networked computers so only one runs at once.
gollark: That's a sensible idea.
gollark: Because `/claimcolorpoop` is not actually a valid command.

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
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