Three years into it, things have finally started to click for local rockers Houdini’s Code. Earlier this month, the group played a couple of shows in Akron. In addition, the local alt-rock station 107.3 just played the band’s new single, “Believe,” for the first time (the song arrives on all streaming platforms on June 26).
“I originally thought ‘Believe ‘was about being angry that little things can get in the way of relationships, but I realized anger wasn’t really the truth underneath it. ‘Believe’ is about family and losing touch and friends,” says singer-guitarist Kevin Cedar over coffee one afternoon at Mojo’s, a coffee shop near his Bay Village home. The group’s new album comes out on Aug. 8, and the band will embark on a small tour to support it. The trek launches on Aug. 1 at the Northside Tavern in Cincinnati and then includes stops in Chicago, Green Bay and Geneva (for a private release party). The group will play in Columbus, OH, Bowling Green, OH and Youngstown later this year. “The truth is that I love these people and believe in them. I think the purest form of love is genuinely trusting and believing in someone, even when things are complicated. The song is about believing that people can find their way back to each other, but it is also about believing in this band and even just learning how to believe in myself.”
Cedar, who grew up in Ashtabula County, originally befriended fellow bandmate Shawn Davis back in fifth grade; the two would eventually start the rock band Green Tea when they were in high school…