Hidden Shoal News
My Majestic Star Reviewed in Beat Magazine
My Majestic Star’s new album Too Late, The Day has just received a glowing review in Melbourne’s Beat Magazine. Visit My Majestic Star’s reviews section to read an excerpt.
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Fall Electric Single in Western Oz 897 FM Top 10
Fall Electric’s stupendous single ‘Faithless Friend‘ is in Western Oz 897 FM’s Top 10. The single and bonus b-side ‘Sir Sun Shines Strong’ are available for free download from the HSR Store until the release of the album Measure And Step on November 11th.
Fall Electric Faithless Friend Fall Electric – Faithless Friend
My Majestic Star LIVE!
My Majestic Star will be playing live as a trio (guitar, cello, drums) next Wednesday night, 12th November, at Mojo’s Bar, 237 Queen Victoria St, North Fremantle. The night also features Kudos Fiasco, Shock! Horror! and The Wilderness. It promises to be a night of most excellent music, so if you’re in the area with a pair of ears, check it out. Doors open 8pm, $5 on the door.
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Limit Of Maps Sampler Album Featured on Coast Is Clear Blog
Limit Of Maps, the latest volume in our free sampler album series, has just been featured on the German music blog Coast Is Clear. Volume 4 is coming very soon, so stay tuned…
Bury The Sound Gemini Unbound Bury The Sound – Gemini Unbound
Hidden Shoal Recordings Releases RL/VL's Chagrin Album
Hidden Shoal Recordings today announced the release of the album Chagrin by Belfast-based electronic composer RL/VL.
Presenting an impeccably crafted minimalism and focus married to an ineffable sense of human frailty, Chagrin unfolds like the stories of ageless artefacts buried in the earth, still covered in the dirt that was once their home, brimming with micro-histories and rootless memories. Painstakingly layered from a vast array of analogue synths, tape machines, old cassettes and toys, Chagrin’s beauty lies in the fact that no sound is too small, no detail too elusive. This is ambient electronica of staggering emotive power.
“a hovering, floating, soothing piece of art” – Luna Kafe on single ‘Kweens’
Featuring the stunning single ‘Kweens’, Chagrin extends a long line of critically acclaimed ambient and instrumental releases available through Hidden Shoal Recordings, including classic works by Slow Dancing Society, Sankt Otten, Wes Willenbring and Cheekbone.
Chagrin is now available through Hidden Shoal Recordings in both CD and digital format. All availability and third-party distribution information can be found at the HSR Store, where the album can also be streamed in full.
A full press release can be read here.
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Latest Free Sampler Album Reviewed on Post Rock Community
Limit Of Maps, the latest volume of our free sampler albums series, has just received a glowing review on the German Post Rock Community site: “a gripping, adventurous and touching journey across their catalogue of ambient, shoegaze, post rock and indie rock releases. The perfect introduction for the artists and bands, or alternatively, the perfect sampler for those who cannot decide which of these fantastic bands to pay attention to at the moment.”
The next installment, featuring tracks from recent and forthcoming releases, will be available very soon, so stay tuned for more news…
The Slow Beings Reviewed on PopMatters
The Slow Beings’ debut album We Know Why The Earth Moves has just been reviewed on the excellent PopMatters site. Visit PopMatters to read the review in full, or visit the Slowbies’ reviews section for an excerpt.
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New Slow Dancing Society Album in Tonevendor's Top 3!
Slow Dancing Society’s latest album Priest Lake Circa ’88 is currently the third bestselling CD at Tonevendor behind Pavement and American Dollar! You can also grab the goodness on CD or mp3 from the HSR Store.
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City Of Satellites Debut Single Released, Free Download Available
Hidden Shoal Recordings today announced the release of the single ‘Moon In The Sea’ by Australian post-rock dreampop duo City Of Satellites.
Taken from their forthcoming debut EP The Spook, ‘Moon In The Sea’ is the perfect introduction to City Of Satellites’ gorgeous sound. Delayed guitars, bass and drums are swathed in an eerie mist of synths and chimes, above which Jarrod Manuel’s emotive vocals shine clear and true. Like all the best atmospheric music, the track breathes and throbs with life, ebbing and flowing beautifully throughout, leaving the listener hypnotised and hungry for more.
‘Moon In The Sea’ is available for free digital download from the HSR Store until the release of City Of Satellites’ debut EP The Spook on November 25th, 2008. The EP will round out what has been an amazing year of releases for the label, including new signings Fall Electric, and fantastic new albums from Hidden Shoal mainstays Sankt Otten and Slow Dancing Society.
A full press release is available here.
City Of Satellites – Moon In The Sea City Of Satellites – Moon In The Sea
My Majestic Star on RTR FM
Chris Mason from My Majestic Star will be appearing on Perth radio station RTR FM’s Breakfast With Barr show tomorrow morning, 15th October, at 8:30am for a chat and to play a tune. Chris is appearing alongside Giles from The Imps to promote the Allsorts 2 event at the Hyde Park Hotel this Thursday night, 16th October, where The Imps, My Majestic Star and The Slow Beings will all be appearing in a night of unmissable entertainment.
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