Hidden Cameras Revealed (Hillside '10)

The Hidden Camera collective gradually emerged on stage, building up their opening number slowly and methodically before the horn section came crashing in. Frontman Joel Gibb really makes the most of his voice as an instrument, playing with it throughout the set along with emotive facial expressions. But there were many others on hand to lend both vocal and instrumental support for the show too. In fact the band numbered at least a dozen at points, including some guest vocals from beloved former Guelphite, Gentleman Reg.


For Smells like Happiness the band was apparently joined by Basia Bulat though I couldn't tell as all members performed the entire song under the cover of red blindfolds (to correspond to the lyric "Happy we are when we choose to wear the blindfold").

Old and new songs alike were mixed into the set, with Origin: Orphans tracks, In the NA and a dark version of Walk On complementing classics such as Awoo with its perky xylophone component. Nearing the end of the hour everyone loosened up and band members could be seen dancing and smiling with each other while go-go flag wavers came out to dance at stage-edge. In crowd-pleasing fashion The Hidden Cameras spectacle closed down with band and crowd alike shimmying to the Death of a Tune.