Hidden Shoal News
HC-B Scores CD of the Week in Brisbanes Rave Magazine
HC-B‘s spellbinding slab of cinematic rock, Soundcheck for a Missing Movie, has scored CD of the week in Brisbanes mighty fine Rave Magazine along with a suitably glowing review,
“…Soundcheck For A Missing Movie, their latest LP, finds the band looking for a perfect spaghetti western/Mafia tale to score and instead writing an engrossing collection of elegiac etudes with enough potential to transcend the cinemascope….the record doesn’t so much evoke maestro Morricone’s immortal pieces as creates its own imaginary city of hot sun and high drama, proving along the way there’s more to Sicily than la cosa nostra.” – Rave Magazine
Read the review in HC-B’s review section or head over to the Rave Magazine website. You can stream the album in full at the HSR Store and also check out CD and digital availability. Brisbane fans will be pleased to know that the album will soon be stocked at the wonderful Rocking Horse Records.
HC-B – Black HC-B – Black
Apricot Rail Shows in June and July
After roughly six months away from the live circuit jet-setting Apricot Rail band members are back in sunny Perth and are set to once more fill your ears with the sounds of fruit falling under the wheels of trains. Here are the dates…
13 June at Amplifier Bar:
with Kill Devil Hills, Felicity Groom & Simone and Girlfunkle
19 June at the Velvet Lounge:
with My Majestic Star, Turn & Craig McElhinney
20 June at Amplifier Bar:
Tuckers b’s launch with Umpire & Fall Electric & SPOD
27 June at the Railway Hotel:
RTR fundraiser with Adam Said Galore, Felicity Groom and the Black, Black Smoke, Harlequin League, The Scotch of St James & Stereoflower
4 July at Mojos:
Album launch of our S/T debut with Pond also launching their second record. Fantastic support from Fall Electric and These Shipwrecks. (Be early!)
10 July at The Republic:
with This is Your Captain Speaking (VIC)
Apricot Rail’s self titled debut album drops on the 4th July but while you wait you can download the first single from the album ‘Pouring Milk Out the Window‘.
Tangled Star's That Time EP Released
Hidden Shoal Recordings have announced the release of That Time, the gorgeous new EP by the Craig Hallsworth-led Australian outfit Tangled Star.
That Time features the stunning single ‘seabirdtown’. The track opens with the expansive open-air sound of Pink Floyd-style organs and spatial guitars before falling into an earthbound shuffle and a taste of a lush, full-band sound for Tangled Star. The song’s gradual build to a towering edifice of glowing overdriven guitar, droning organ and harmony vocals is topped off by an echoed guitar line that sketches glistening arcs in the stratosphere. The single is indicative of That Time’s strengths as a louder, more flowing version of the melodic, evocative spaces of Tangled Star’s twilight pop songs.
That Time is the follow-up to the recently re-issued Tangled Star EP Our Man In Eden Hill, which features the sublime pop genius of the EP’s lead single ‘tosleepingpeople’.
“the same surging, warmly anthemic sound of stellar forebears galore, each sonically different – the Triffids, Died Pretty, perhaps most inevitably the Go-Betweens – but which altogether seem to capture a sense and a style more than might be guessed, something detailed, mournful, and a little crushing even at its strongest” – AMG on Our Man In Eden Hill
Tangled Star features the inimitable talents of Perth musical luminaries Craig Hallsworth (The Slow Beings, Outstation, Bamboos), Lorne Clements (The Slow Beings, A Minor Ache, Bing, Chimpy) and Jim Butterworth (Outstation).
That Time is available digitally from the HSR Store and all other good third-party digital stores, and on CD through n5Mailorder. Perth fans can also head into 78 Records or Planet and pick up a copy.
Read a full press release here.
Tangled Star – I had something good in my life and I didn’t want to lose it Tangled Star – I had something good in my life and I didn’t want to lose it
Apricot Rail Reviewed on Losing Today
Apricot Rail’s new single ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window‘ has just received a glowing review in the Singled Out section of the excellent Losing Today site. Visit Losing Today to read the review in full, or visit Apricot Rail’s reviews section to read an excerpt.
‘Pouring Milk Out The Window’ is available for free download from the HSR Store until the release of Apricot Rail’s self-titled debut album on the 4th of July.
Apricot Rail Pouring Milk Out The Window Apricot Rail – Pouring Milk Out The Window
The Caribbean in WRSU RPM Top 10
The Caribbean’s superb remix EP, Scott Solter Re-Populates The Caribbean, is in the WRSU RPM Top 10, number 2 to be precise, alongside recent releases by Susumu Yokota and Harmonic 313. The EP is available in CD and mp3 format from the HSR Store.
The Caribbean Do You Believe In Dinosaurs? (Scott Solter Remix) The Caribbean – Do You Believe In Dinosaurs? (Scott Solter Remix)
Tarcutta and Sleeping Me Reviewed on Luna Kafe
Tarcutta’s new single (deep breath!) ‘You Gotta Crawl Before You Walk Before You Waltz‘ and Sleeping Me’s stunning new album Cradlesongs have both received glowing reviews in the new edition of Norwegian music zine Luna Kafe. Visit the Kafe to read the reviews in full, or visit the respective artist pages to read excerpts.
Pop along to the HSR Store to download the Tarcutta single for free until the release of their self-titled debut album on June 23rd. Sleeping Me’s Cradlesongs is available from the HSR Store in both CD and mp3 format.
Tarcutta You Gotta Crawl Before You Walk Before You Waltz Tarcutta – You Gotta Crawl Before You Walk Before You Waltz
Hotels Live This Saturday Night!
Don’t know about you, but I can’t think of a better way to spend a Saturday night than to see Hotels live. Thankfully, for anyone who lives in the great city of Seattle, you’re in luck! Hotels are playing live this Saturday night, June 13th, at High Dive as part of an event called Noise for the Needy, which aims to raise money for local non-profit organisations. So, head on down, give all you can, and catch everyone’s favourite sci-fi pop band in the process. It’s a win-win! The night kicks off at 9pm.
Apricot Rail Top Track on RTRfm Twice in One Week!
Apricot Rail‘s gorgeous debut single ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window‘ scored Top Track honours on Dave Cutbush’s Thursday Out To Lunch program on the ever awesome RTRfm. If that wasn’t enough Perth radio goodness then how about the Apricot Rail track ‘Halfway House’ socring Top Track status on Sarah Delfante’s Tuesday Drivetime in the same week.
If you don’t why there’s so much love for this band then you haven’t heard Apricot Rail. Remedy this ill situation without cost nor fear of embarrasment here.
Apricot Rail Single on Puddlegum
Apricot Rail’s incandescent new single ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window‘ has just been featured on Puddlegum. Pop along to Puddlegum to read their review in full, or visit Apricot Rail’s reviews section for a lovingly edited excerpt.
Apricot Rail Pouring Milk Out The Window Apricot Rail – Pouring Milk Out The Window
Sleeping Me's Cradlesongs Now Available on CD
Sleeping Me’s stunning debut album Cradlesongs is now available on CD through n5Mailorder (retail and distribution). Head over to n5Mailorder now to grab yourself a copy or if digital is your thing then head to the HSR Store for all digital store availability info.
Sleeping Me – First Cell, First Love Sleeping Me – First Cell, First Love
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