Hidden Shoal News
Sankt Otten, My Majestic Star and Rich Bennett reviewed on Luna Kafe
In this month’s edition of Norwegian e-zine Luna Kafe, new singles by Sankt Otten and Rich Bennett and the new album by My Majestic Star have all received glowing reviews. Visit Luna Kafe to read the reviews in full, or pop along to the respective artists’ reviews sections to read excerpts.
Sankt Otten’s ‘Fernfahrer‘ is still available for free mp3 download from the HSR Store until the re-release of Eine Kleine Traurigkeit on 23rd September, while Rich Bennett’s mini-album Music For Underwater Supermarkets and the new My Majestic Star album Too Late, The Day are both available on CD and mp3 from the HSR Store.
Sankt Otten Fernfahrer Sankt Otten – Fernfahrer
New My Majestic Star album available on CD from Tonevendor
My Majestic Star’s magnificent new album Too Late, The Day is now available on CD through US distributor Tonevendor. The latest release from the prolific and absurdly talented Chris Mason, Too Late, The Day expands upon the emotionally-stirring instrumental palette of debut album Ideas Are The Answer and the stunning follow-up EP Fining, immersing the listener in its warm, enveloping drones, woven guitars and shoegazing songcraft for 45 minutes of sonic wonder. Get amongst it people!
My Majestic Star Defects In Sunsets My Majestic Star – Defects In Sunsets
Slow Dancing Society review on Ondarock
Slow Dancing Society’s new album Priest Lake Circa ’88 has recently been reviewed on Italian music site Ondarock. Visit the site to read the review in Italian, or visit the SDS reviews section for a translated excerpt.
The album will be available on CD from Tonevendor at the end of this month, where the previous two releases The Sound Of Lights When Dim and The Slow And Steady Winter are still in the top ten bestsellers. All three albums are also available through the HSR Store.
Slow Dancing Society Glimmer And Gleam Slow Dancing Society – Glimmer And Gleam
Hidden Shoal Recordings Announce City Of Satellites Signing
Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the signing of Australian post-rock dreampop duo City Of Satellites. In City Of Satellites’ music, raw guitar tones, rich vocal melodies and dynamic percussive rhythms dance and weave around layers of vintage synthesizers, textures and sequences, creating ethereal yet structured electronic pop music. The band flesh out the elegant skeleton of post-rock with the warm, melodic muscle of shoegaze rock, mustering an all-enveloping sound.
City Of Satellites’ debut EP The Spook will be released on 25th November, 2008 through Hidden Shoal Recordings. The label will release the single ‘Moon in the Sea’ on the 23rd of October which will be available for free download for a limited time. 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.
Slow Dancing Society review and interview on Headphone Commute
Slow Dancing Society’s luscious new album Priest Lake Circa ’88 has just received a glowing review on the Headphone Commute blog, accompanied by a short interview with the man himself, Drew Sullivan. Visit Headphone Commute to read the review and interview in full, or visit the Slow Dancing Society reviews section for an excerpt.
Slow Dancing Society This Lilac Life Slow Dancing Society – This Lilac Life
September Specials Now Available!
This month’s batch of Specials are now available from the HSR Store. For the next month you can grab the following releases at super special prices:
Dilatazione, Too Emotional For Maths
“an incredibly coloured debut that does nothing but improve with multiple listens” – FakeJazz
The critically acclaimed debut album from Italian quartet Dilatazione weaves melodic magic with its chiming guitars and complex, articulate rhythms. Sit back and allow these masterful song-stories to tell their tale.
Glassacre, Slow Attack EP
“Glassacre is all shimmer and surge… the power of this music will creep up on you gradually, and before you know it the damn thing is on repeat play” – Luna Kafe
Dream-pop duo Glassacre’s debut EP set a high benchmark for the long-awaited release of their debut album Without Sleep, due in 2009.
Toby Richardson, Golden Days EP
A winning introduction to the deranged genius of his debut album Evergreen, Toby’s debut EP Golden Days is a six-track lo-fi rock opus. With all the playful charm of Robert Pollard and the wirey choreography of Pavement, this EP carved Toby’s very own special shape in the indie-rock landscape, and includes crackerjack single ‘It Makes The Air Sound Better’.
Motor Eye, Motor Eye
An expertly crafted debut album that populates the fertile ground between the smooth jazz-pop of Steely Dan, the noir sampledelia of DJ Shadow, and the loping, dubby grooves of Massive Attack. The result is a musical travelogue that takes your ears from Detroit to Tokyo via Antibes.
Dilatazione – Solo in una strada affollata Dilatazione – Solo in una strada affollata
Hidden Shoal Recordings Sign RL/VL
Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the signing of Belfast-based electronic composer Jack Hamill aka RL/VL to it’s roster of artists.
Presenting an impeccably crafted minimalism and focus married to an ineffable sense of human frailty, the music of RL/VL 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. The beauty of RL/VL is that no sound is too small, no detail too elusive.
Hidden Shoal Recordings will release RL/VL’s mesmerising full length Chagrin on October 30th 2008. The album extends a long line of critically acclaimed ambient and instrumental releases available through Hidden Shoal Recordings including classic works by Slow Dancing Society, Wes Willenbring and Cheekbone to name a few.
Download and read a full press release here.
Hidden Shoal Recordings on Facebook
Yeh, yeh I know…it’s so de rigeur nowadays to be all over Facebook and although the social networking site often seems more like a day care facility with people sending virtual drinks and poking each other via software there’s still good aspects to the whole circus.
So to that end you can now join HSR on Facebook and be kept up to date of new releases, free downloads (inlcuding some Facebook only freebies), artists news and say hi to the gang.
RTRFM Radiothon
Anyone in Perth, and for that matter Australia, with even a passing interest in good music will know the name RTRFM. The station has been a shining light amongst so much FM dross that seems to exist across this country and consistently provides an outlet for the best new music both local and international. What other station can you tune into in the middle of the day and hear the expansive ambience of Slow Dancing Society followed by the dirge metal of the Melvins and then rounded off by the progressive electronic guitar pop-scapes of Pivot?
How do they do it? With your help. RTRFM is a not for profit community radio station with presenters volunteering their time to provide you with the “sound alternative”. The station requires financial support to keep on the air via subscriptions and donations from listeners, supporters and businesses . Radiothon is the yearly drive to ramp up that support and it’s on now. Head over to the RTRFM website for more info and subscription details and help support a station that really makes a difference. And not that you need rewards for such good deeds, but check out the awesome prizes you can pick up this year for subscribing including a whole raft of Hidden Shoal CD’s and download vouchers.
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Fall Electric Live This Weekend
A reminder for the good people of Perth – recent Hidden Shoal signings Fall Electric are playing live in three piece mode this weekend:
Friday, Aug 29, Fall Electric support James Cruikshank (The Cruel Sea) at Mojo’s Bar. Also playing will be Brendon Humphries and Alex Archer from the Kill Devil Hills, Joe Bludge and Seven Weapons.
Sunday, August 31, Fall Electric support James Cruikshank at Mojo’s Bar. Also playing will be Abbe May and Brendon Humphries and Alex Archer from the Kill Devil Hills.
The band will be playing songs from their forthcoming album Measure and Step, released on November 11th. If you’ve seen these guys live then you know why you need to go to see these guys live. If you haven’t seen these guys live then you need to go to know why you need to go to see these guys live. Come on stay with me! It’ll make perfect sense on the night(s).
The weekend’s gigs precede the extreme awesomness that is the RTRFM Radiothon Closing Party on the 6th of September at the Rosemount. Fall Electric will be joined by the likes of Red Jezebel, Tame Impala, The Preytells and Umpire. More info on Radiothon to come shortly.
Hidden Shoal MixTape
