Hidden Shoal News
Hidden Shoal Recordings Sign The Retail Sectors
Hidden Shoal Recordings today announced the signing of the Japanese project The Retail Sectors to its roster of artists. The label will release the mini album Foregone Conclusion by The Retail Sectors on the 4th of December, 2007. The first single from Foregone Conclusion, the Si Begg remix of ‘The First Steps to the End of Life’ will see release on November 13th.
Layering manipulated guitars, bass, drums and electronics to create compelling, melodic instrumentals, the music of The Retail Sectors frequently threatens to spiral out of control, yet like an exquisite train wreck holds the listener rapt. From the pounding euphoria of tracks such as ‘The First Steps to the End of Life’ to the elegiac ‘Beauty of the Depression’, The Retail Sectors create inventive and utterly engaging instrumental rock. – Press Release Excerpt
A full press release can be found here.
Chris Mason Implosion live, Sunday 21 October
The Chris Mason Implosion are hitting the stage again in support of their latest album Reckless. Catch them at 8pm this Sunday night at Swan Basement, 201 Queen Victoria St, Fremantle. It’s gonna be a good ‘un.
Chris Mason – The Safety Day Chris Mason – The Safety Day
Cheekbone on Triple J's Soundlab
For the last three weeks, tracks from Cheekbone’s mesmerising Yesterday EP have been played on Triple J’s Soundlab show on Sunday nights. Tune in between 11pm and 2am to hear Fenella Kernebone spin an esoteric range of excellent music.
Cheekbone – Feel Thing While Cheekbone – Feel Thing While
Beautiful Lunar Landscape review on Music Emissions
Beautiful Lunar Landscape’s Alone in this Dark Romantic Night EP has just received another tremendous review, this time from the Music Emissions site. Read the review in full, or visit BLL’s review section for an excerpt.
Beautiful Lunar Landscape – Alone in this Dark Romantic Night Beautiful Lunar Landscape – Alone in this Dark Romantic Night
HSR on Conceptual Ambience
Tune in to tonights (16th Oct) episode of the Conceptual Ambience radio show where HSR artists Chris Mason, Enargeia and My Majestic Star will be featured amongst a playlist of other wonderful tracks laid down by DJ Heather. The show runs every Tuesday night, 7-10pm (Eastern USA Time) on Cam Radio. Listen in to the stream here.
Chris Mason – Wait Chris Mason – Wait
Jumpel Mixtape
Jumpel has just created an excellent mixtape for the website Play My Tape, where you can download mixes put together by various artists. Jumpel’s mix features cuts from his new album Samuel Jason Lies on the Beach, along with fantastic music by Boards of Canada, Fennesz and Brian Eno. Check it out!
Jumpel and Beautiful Lunar Landscape on Textura
Another great review of Jumpel’s sublime album Samuel Jason Lies on the Beach, this time courtesy of excellent review site Textura. Plus, the ace video for the title track of Beautiful Lunar Landscape’s Alone in this Dark Romantic Night EP is featured in Textura’s video section.
Jumpel – Bills Block Jumpel – Bills Block
Jumpel and Cheekbone reviewed on Luna Kafe
Norwegian music zine Luna Kafe has just published great reviews of Jumpel’s Samuel Jason Lies on the Beach and Cheekbone’s Yesterday EP. Pop along to Luna Kafe to read the reviews in full, or read excerpts in the Jumpel and Cheekbone review sections.
Cheekbone Behind the Irony Cheekbone – Behind the Irony
Glassacre on PopScene, Germany
If you don’t happen to live in Germany or if you just plain missed the latest episode of PopScene (Radio Bremmen, 92.50 FM) featuring our very own Glassacre then you can head over to the show’s website and listen online.
New Slow Dancing Society Album
Hidden Shoal Recordings are excited to announce that the eagerly awaited new album from Slow Dancing Society will be released November 6th, 2007. We can also tell you that it is absolutely sublime. For those of you mesmerised by The Sound of Lights When Dim and who expect something special as a follow up to such a critically well recieved album will not be dissapointed. The Slow and Steady Winter is the first part of what is essentially a double album released over 2007/2008. Slow Dancing Society’s Drew Sullivan explains: “After living in LA, during which time I wrote The Sound of Lights When Dim, I returned to my home town of Spokane, Washington to begin another chapter in my life, a return to innocence in a sense. I wanted to write an album that was inspired by the way I experience this city. From the cold recesses of winter where everything stills to the swirling, rising heat of summer as it fills the city streets. The two part double album will chronicle the movement across the two seasons, with the first release being The Slow and Steady Winter.”
The album acts as a wonderful progression from The Sound of Lights When Dim both in sound and mood. It presents a much darker vision while still radiating an ineffable sense of humanity and heart. Like jewels frozen in ice, there are pockets of immense beauty found in this album, swirling inside its cold stretching tones.
Listen to a preview from the upcoming album on the Slow Dancing Society Myspace profile. To keep informed about previews, pre-releases and any other Slow Dancing Society album info, be sure to subscribe to the HSR mailing list.
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