Hidden Shoal News
New Single & Music Video from The Lizard Point – ‘Håkan’s Drift’
Hidden Shoal is excited to present ‘Håkan’s Drift’, the first single lifted from In The Red Earth, the forthcoming third album from transatlantic ambient experimental outfit The Lizard Point. The album will see digital and vinyl release on the 10th of March through Hidden Shoal. ‘Håkan’s Drift’ is available to download via BandCamp and its accompanying music video by Cam Merton can be viewed on YouTube. In The Red Earth is available now for limited edition vinyl and digital pre-order.
Named after the opening track of Brian Eno’s Ambient 4: On Land, The Lizard Point are a transatlantic instrumental duo Conor Devlin ([the] caseworker, Half Film) and Geoffrey Scott (Slowness), based in Lausanne, Switzerland and San Francisco. In The Red Earth was produced and mixed by Monte Vallier and The Lizard Point at Spillway Sound in upstate New York, and Ruminator Audio in San Francisco in 2025. The Lizard Point will be supporting the release with mini-tours in the U.S. and Europe.
‘Håkan’s Drift’, the first single to be lifted from the album was inspired by Hernán Diaz’s novel In The Distance. The song, along with it’s accompanying music video, explores the fleeting moments of stillness and dusk-to-dawn beauty of a long empty drive.
The music of The Lizard Point is available for licensing via Hidden Shoal (film, tv, web games etc). Check here for more details.
Monotonic – ‘Lazers at Dawn’ New Single and Music Video
Hidden Shoal is excited to announce the release of the new single from Perth-based experimental psych outfit Monotonic. ‘Lazers at Dawn’ is the second single lifted from their forthcoming album “Heavy Metal”, due out March 27th. The single is accompanied by a delirious music video by Perth-based video artist and Hidden Shoal head, Cam Merton. The track is available to download via BandCamp and stream on all the usual services. The music of Monotonic is available for licensing via Hidden Shoal (film, tv, web games etc). Check here for more details.
“With ‘Heavy Metal,’ Monotonic appear less interested in reviving psychedelic tradition than in interrogating it — dragging its ghosts into the present, distorting their shapes, and letting the feedback hum where certainty once lived. “Lazers At Dawn” is both a continuation and a deepening of that mission: trance-inducing, unruly, and unapologetically strange.” – It’s Psychedelic Baby
Monotonic was formed during the pandemic by veterans of Perth’s golden alt-rock era: Liam Coffey (Header, The Slow Beings), Allan Balmont (Ammonia), and Jack Lucas (Yummy Fur/Six Mile High). Reuniting decades after their respective bands made waves in the ’90s, the three longtime friends found a fresh creative spark in loose jam sessions that continued to evolve into something greater than intended. Jams turned into songs, and while there were no initial plans to record, they became so committed to the music they were creating that an album eventually became an inevitability.
Erik Nilsson “Other Beginnings” Remixes
Following on from the reworking of his Hearing Things and The Imperfect Sense albums, Erik Nilsson’ is back with more musical wonder. Other Beginnings delivers two stunning remixes, one from each album. ‘A Tap At The Window’ and ‘Ex Nihilo’ are beautiful deconstructed and brought to another life in a light that only Nilsson can shine. Other Beginnings is available on all streaming services and Erik Nilsson’s Bandcamp.
“Between the gentle warmth of the acoustic arpeggios of the initial “A Tap At The Window” and the progressive post-rock rhythmic crescendo that seals the over fourteen minutes of the final “Once, The Held You In My Arms Forever”, extends a sound microcosm in which nocturnal synthetic stratifications alternate with jazzy piano cadences and with an almost infinite series of variations of times and timbres,” – Music Will Not Save You
Erik Nilsson’s music is available for licensing through Hidden Shoal. Head here for more details.
Erik Nilsson “The Imperfect Sense (Reworked)” Out Now
Hot on the heels of the reworking of Erik Nilsson’s 2015 release Hearing Things, we are delighted to announce the release of The Imperfect Sense (Reworked). This time, the Swedish experimentalist trains his expert lens on his brilliant 2018 album The Imperfect Sense, and manages to extract all the nuances and fine details that make that album so special. As with his recent Hearing Things (Reworked), Nilsson has been hard at work remixing and remastering the original cuts, and the result is stunning. The Imperfect Sense (Reworked) is available on all streaming services and Erik Nilsson’s Bandcamp. Erik Nilsson’s music is available for licensing through Hidden Shoal. Head here for more details.
“Between the gentle warmth of the acoustic arpeggios of the initial “A Tap At The Window” and the progressive post-rock rhythmic crescendo that seals the over fourteen minutes of the final “Once, The Held You In My Arms Forever”, extends a sound microcosm in which nocturnal synthetic stratifications alternate with jazzy piano cadences and with an almost infinite series of variations of times and timbres,” – Music Will Not Save You
From the cascading acoustic guitar loops of ‘A Tap At The Window’ through to the emotive found-sound, post-rock crescendo of closer ‘Once, I Held You In My Arms Forever’, The Imperfect Tense triangulates a musical landscape of potent melodic terrain, full of evocative details and melancholic shadows. Nilsson expertly interweaves the electronic with the acoustic, precision-crafting each track with an auteur’s ear for dynamics and space, resulting in an instrumental suite that is as accessible as it is experimental.
Stay tuned for more from Erik as we head towards 2026.
The Chantic Debut Single & Launch
Hidden Shoal is proud to present the debut single, ‘I Love You Because You’re No One’, by Perth-based psych prog-pop trio, The Chantic. The track is lifted from their debut EP, “The Fate of the Singer”, due out in 2026. The track is available to download via BandCamp and to stream now on SoundCloud. Check out the music video for the track here. The music of The Chantic is available for licensing via Hidden Shoal (film, tv, web games etc). Check here for more details.
The single will be launched at Chinoiserie Fine Arts in Perth, Western Australia on Saturday 22nd November. Blending beats, pop, psych and poetry par excellence, The Chantic bring a smile to your face and a wriggle to your hips. Supported by DJ Pex and carpark projects, come for the art, stay for the music. Check out the prints made specially for the event! Chinoiserie Fine Arts, 381 Beaufort St, Highgate WA 6000.
The Chantic began when long-time musical collaborators Harry Swain and Stu Medley were joined by Craig Hallsworth, who brought lyrics and vocal parts to their instrumental compositions. Initially a recording project where members worked remotely from each other, The Chantic have evolved into a live act where Stu on guitar and synthesizer, Harry on bass and synthesizer and Craig on vocals and guitar perform to backing tracks featuring drums and percussion, additional musical accompaniment and atmospheric sounds.
The result is a rhythmically and harmonically nuanced space or dimension (The Chantic) out of which emerges the song: the embodiment and affirmation of a liminal existence. Each is only a song, with its own version of radical holiness. And it’s catchy, too.
Monotonic ‘The Purple Chords Play Belle Fourche’ Single
Hidden Shoal is excited to announce the release of the debut single from Perth-based experimental psych outfit Monotonic. ‘The Purple Chords Play Belle Fourche’ is lifted from their forthcoming album “Heavy Metal”, due out in 2026. The single is accompanied by a wild Video by Perth-based video artist and photographer Elliot Ramsey. The track is available to stream on all the usual services. The music of Monotonic is available for licensing via Hidden Shoal (film, tv, web games etc). Check here for more details.
“The track itself is a gloriously murky affair. It’s all fuzzed-out wizardry and lethargic acid rock, creating a soundscape utterly drenched in a thick haze of psychedelic dissonance. The rhythm section is the solid anchor: Alan Balmont’s drums march along, almost begrudgingly, yet holding the essential pulse for Jack Lucas’s hypnotic guitar work (complete with electric bouzouki flourishes) and Liam Coffey’s melodic bass. Coffey’s vocals weave themselves through the colossal sonic architecture, effectively taking on the role of a fourth instrumental texture rather than leading the charge.” – Broken 8
Monotonic was formed during the pandemic by veterans of Perth’s golden alt-rock era: Liam Coffey (Header, The Slow Beings), Allan Balmont (Ammonia), and Jack Lucas (Yummy Fur/Six Mile High). Reuniting decades after their respective bands made waves in the ’90s, the three longtime friends found a fresh creative spark in loose jam sessions that continued to evolve into something greater than intended. Jams turned into songs, and while there were no initial plans to record, they became so committed to the music they were creating that an album eventually became an inevitability.
Erik Nilsson “Hearing Things (Reworked)” Out Now
Those of you who have soaked in the beauty that is Erik Nilsson’s 2015 release Hearing Things will know what a special album it is. For those fans and for the lucky few who get to hear it for the first time, we have some special for you. Nilsson has been hard at work remixing and remastering the original cuts, as he did with previous album Recollage, and it sounds glorious. So without further ado let us present Hearing Things (Reworked), available on all streaming services and Erik Nilsson’s Bandcamp. Erik Nilsson’s music is available for licensing through Hidden Shoal. Head here for more details.
“…there have been many points during my numerous listens as I got ready to review this album where the emotional punch of Nilsson’s music just stops me in my tracks and I just need to take a moment to do nothing but listen. That’s effective stuff, and there’s plenty of effective stuff here. Do give this a listen.” – Hypnagogue
Drawing on folk, classical and electronica, Erik Nilsson blends acoustic instruments with field recordings and computer-generated sounds, crafting music akin to early Four Tet, Tortoise at their most minimal, and fellow Scandinavian soundscapers The Gentleman Losers. His Hidden Shoal debut Hearing Things advances the compositional strategy Nilsson first explored on his acclaimed debut Recollage: simple rhythmic and melodic elements are manipulated and recontextualised into richly textured, emotive pieces.
Stay tuned for another reworking and some remixes coming out before the end of the year!
Kramies Sublime New Album “Goodbye Dreampop Troubadour” Out Now
Hidden Shoal is excited to announce the release of the sublime new album from Kramies. Goodbye Dreampop Troubadour is available now via all good streamers such as Tidal, Spotify, Apple and is also available for download via Bandcamp. Kramies’ music is available for licensing through Hidden Shoal. Head here for more details.
Three years after his critically acclaimed self-titled LP which eared multiple “Album of the Year” accolades and saw Billboard christen him The Dreampop Troubadour Kramies pens a new chapter; a collection of songs steeped in wonder, drifting deeper into the otherworldly resims he’s come to inhabit. From that record, a new genre quietly emerged: Folklore Dreampop-a blend of dreamy textures, poetic myth, and spectral beauty.
Now, stepping away from the Dreampop Troubadour moniker, Kramies expands his creative world even further. Collaborating with Grammy-winning producer Mario McNulty (David Bowie), he conjures dusky, dreamlike landscapes filled with nostalgia and nighttime color. His upcoming album, Goodbye Dreampop Troubadour, is perhaps his most complete vision to date an album that wanders through eerle scenery, fairytale myths, and tender memories with haunting grace.
“Enchanting, folkloric, and unmistakably Kramies, ‘Goodbye Dreampop Troubadour’ is both a reckoning and a release – a lush, otherworldly odyssey through self-doubt, renewal, and the quiet beauty of letting go.” – Atwood Magazine on Goodbye Dreampop Troubadour
Brilliant New Single from Kramies – ‘Perfectly Dreadful’
Kramies returns with his second single, ‘Perfectly Dreadful’, from forthcoming new album Goodbye Dreampop Troubadour out October 10th 2025. The accompanying music video for the track is available to stream over on Hidden Shoal’s Youtube. Kramies’ music is available for licensing through Hidden Shoal. Head here for more details.
“Perfectly Dreadful” is the haunting prelude to Kramies’ new record — a brief, 1-minute-50-second descent into a dreamworld that feels pulled from a lost Tim Burton score or hidden between the pages of a Brothers Grimm tale. Built around ghostly piano and swelling orchestral strings, the track is both eerie and beautiful, setting a spellbound tone. With its melancholic magic and cinematic textures, “Perfectly Dreadful” could easily live in the shadows of a Harry Potter soundtrack — a dark lullaby that opens the gates to the strange and enchanting world ahead.
Beautiful New Kramies Single “Hollywood Signs”
Hidden Shoal is proud to present ‘Hollywood Signs’, the gorgeous new single from Kramies. The track is lifted from his forthcoming album Goodbye Dreampop Troubadour and is accompanied by a whimsical music video from the man himself. The music video is available to stream over on Hidden Shoal’s Youtube and the track can be downloaded via Bandcamp. Kramies’ music is available for licensing through Hidden Shoal. Head here for more details.
Three years after his critically acclaimed self-titled LP which eared multiple “Album of the Year” accolades and saw Billboard christen him The Dreampop Troubadour Kramies pens a new chapter; a collection of songs steeped in wonder, drifting deeper into the otherworldly resims he’s come to inhabit. From that record, a new genre quietly emerged: Folklore Dreampop-a blend of dreamy textures, poetic myth, and spectral beauty.
Now, stepping away from the Dreampop Troubadour moniker, Kramies expands his creative world even further. Collaborating with Grammy-winning producer Mario McNulty (David Bowie), he conjures dusky, dreamlike landscapes filled with nostalgia and nighttime color. His upcoming album, Goodbye Dreampop Troubadour, is perhaps his most complete vision to date an album that wanders through eerle scenery, fairytale myths, and tender memories with haunting grace.
Soothing, stirring, and subtly unsettling, this new work is the stuff of folklore and fantasy-music with a deeply touching human heart. It arrives like a story whispered in twilight: gentle but intense, beckoning us closer. Before we know it, we’re swept away into the mysterious world of Kramies once again.
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