Hidden Shoal News
Target Archery Joins the Hidden Shoal Family!
We’re super excited to announce the signing of Target Archery, the newest project of Ambrose Nock, to the Hidden Shoal family. Following on from his work with Perth’s sun-dappled musical instrumentalists Apricot Rail, Ambrose Nock explores the fertile realm of delicate, experimental post-pop with his new project Target Archery. Influenced by the likes of Sound Dust-era Stereolab, left-of-centre indie-pop bands such as Lacto-Ovo, The Go! Team and Ninetynine, and a dash of late ’80s Sonic Youth, Target Archery mine an inspiring new seam of life-affirming melodies and instrumental texture.
Crafted in an isolated studio in rural Western Australia over a period of three years, debut release Clock of the Long Now is an exploration of delicate, experimental post-pop. The album features contributions from Apricot Rail members Justin Manzano (production and instrumentation) and Jack Quirk (guitars). The album will see release on the 2nd of October with the first single dropping on the 4th of September.
Liminal Drifter’s “The Night Train Vacancies” Scoops RTRFM Feature Album!
Liminal Drifter‘s The Night Train Vacancies, is this week’s Local Feature album at the ever wonderful RTRFM. Not only will tracks from the the album be played across the station all week, but there’s also a bunch of copies of the CD being given away. Win-Win!
On The Night Train Vacancies, Liminal Drifter’s music is reinterpreted by artists such as Matt McLean (of Lilt), Lvmark, p_Frisk, ddos, Warren Scott, Striphy, escue and Robwun. While most of debut album Troubled Mystic (Hidden Shoal, 2015) was written while travelling, The Night Train Vacancies sees the original tracks taking new journeys of their own, woven together into a remix album that flows beautifully as a whole – from restrained and expansive reworkings to spectral tension-and-release bangers.
The album is available now in digital and CD formats (including stunning artwork by Stuart Medley) via the Liminal Drifter Bandcamp and digitally via all good 3rd party stores such as Spotify, iTunes and the rest.
Liminal Drifter’s “The Night Train Vacancies” Out Now!
The time has come to unleash The Night Train Vacancies, the new album featuring remixes of tracks by Perth-based ambient electronica artist Liminal Drifter. The album has already been getting love landing in the top 30 adds on NACC US college radio chart and has been getting lots of Australian radio play.
On The Night Train Vacancies, Liminal Drifter’s music is reinterpreted by artists such as Matt McLean (of Lilt), Lvmark, p_Frisk, ddos, Warren Scott, Striphy, escue and Robwun. While most of debut album Troubled Mystic (Hidden Shoal, 2015) was written while travelling, The Night Train Vacancies sees the original tracks taking new journeys of their own, woven together into a remix album that flows beautifully as a whole – from restrained and expansive reworkings to spectral tension-and-release bangers.
The album is available now in digital and CD formats (including stunning artwork by Stuart Medley) via the Liminal Drifter Bandcamp and digitally via all good 3rd party stores such as Spotify, iTunes and the rest.
The album, along with Liminal Drifter’s sublime debut, is available for licensing (film, tv, games, compilations). Contact Hidden Shoal for more info.
Slow Dancing Society “Night Takes Day” EP Out Now!
Following on from the recently released Lilac Lullabies and The Best Days of Our Lives EPs, Drew Sullivan presents Night Takes Day, the third in a series of four new Slow Dancing Society EPs, lovingly mastered by Taylor Deupree. Each EP will be released digitally, one per month from June to September 2017, with the four EPs released on double vinyl later in the year. The EP is available now via Bandcamp and all good third party digital retailers.
The pulsing, kosmische feel of Night Takes Day evokes liminal states between evening and night, and between night and daybreak. Each instrumental scene continuously changes colour, shifting from Tangerine Dream-esque twilight to swelling electronic ambient dawn. ‘Pulsing Amber’ is prime sci-fi electronica, with hypnotic arpeggios and expansive analogue sweeps, while the hopeful melancholy of ‘Do You Want To Get Out of Here’ feels like a musical nod to the horizon. Night Takes Day plays out like the soundtrack to a 15-minute Soderbergh sci-fi short – succinct yet expansive and continually evolving.
The EP, along with the rest of Slow Dancing Society’s luscious catalogue, is available for licensing (film, tv, games, compilations). Contact Hidden Shoal for more info.
New Slow Dancing Society Single
We’re excited to present the first cut from the forthcoming Slow Dancing Society EP Night Takes Day, the third in a series of four new Slow Dancing Society Eps, each released a month apart. ‘As Night Takes The Day’ delivers a brooding slice of dreamy electronica that roams it’s length in a kind of liminal twilight state. The track is available to stream over at SoundCloud and as a “name your price” download via Bandcamp.
Following on from the recently released Lilac Lullabies and The Best Days of Our Lives EPs, Drew Sullivan presents Night Takes Day, the third in a series of four new Slow Dancing Society EPs, lovingly mastered by Taylor Deupree. Each EP will be released digitally, one per month from June to September 2017, with the four EPs released on double vinyl later in the year. The EP drops on the 25th of August through Hidden Shoal.
“a deeply affecting, consistently excellent effort of stunning tranquility and beautiful ambience, that demands repeated listening… Hidden Shoal have a masterpiece on their hands” – Sputnik Music on The Sound of Lights When Dim
The entire Slow Dancing Society catalogue is available for film, tv, games and compilation licensing via Hidden Shoal. Contact us for more info.
New Liminal Drifter Remix Album – Pre-Orders & Track Stream!
We’re excited to announce the forthcoming release of The Night Train Vacancies, the new album featuring remixes of tracks by Perth-based ambient electronica artist Liminal Drifter. The album is available now for pre-order and will see release on the 28th of August 2017. Stream Erik Nilsson’s sublime remix of ‘Troubled Mystic’ over at SoundCloud and pre-order the album in digital and CD formats (including stunning artwork by Stuart Medley) via the Liminal Drifter Bandcamp.
On The Night Train Vacancies, Liminal Drifter’s music is reinterpreted by artists such as Matt McLean (of Lilt), Lvmark, p_Frisk, ddos, Warren Scott, Striphy, escue and Robwun. While most of debut album Troubled Mystic (Hidden Shoal, 2015) was written while travelling, The Night Train Vacancies sees the original tracks taking new journeys of their own, woven together into a remix album that flows beautifully as a whole – from restrained and expansive reworkings to spectral tension-and-release bangers.
Brilliant New Summon the Birds Single!
Hidden Shoal is excited to announce the release of new single ‘London Tap Water’ by Melbourne band Summon the Birds, taken from their forthcoming second album, Blood Love, recorded by Tim Johnston (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Dandy Warhols, The Drones).
Like Zaphod Beeblebrox animated by Edgar Allan Poe, Summon the Birds have drunk the London tap water and are now poised for flight. Their second album Blood Love will see release on Hidden Shoal in late 2017 – imagine latter-day Talk Talk picking the locks to Spoon’s basement as The Drones circle, restless, looking for the pink pill…
Stream the track at SoundCloud or download via Bandcamp.
Slow Dancing Society’s “The Best Days of Our Lives” EP Out Now!
Following on from the recently released Lilac Lullabies EP, Drew Sullivan presents The Best Days of Our Lives, the second in a series of four new Slow Dancing Society EPs, lovingly mastered by Taylor Deupree. Each EP will be released digitally, one per month from June to September 2017, with the four EPs released on double vinyl later in the year. Stream and download the album via the SDS Bandcamp.
The Best Days of Our Lives is a sublime set of instrumental dream pop, dripping in gorgeous ambient guitar work and Slow Dancing Society’s trademark atmospherics. Opener ‘The Smiling Dawn’ pairs heartbreaking guitar with disorientating swirls of static, while the dream-pop of ‘Lilacs’, reminiscent of Disintegration-era Cure, is a clear highlight of the SDS discography. The EP re-establishes Sullivan’s exceptional command of melody and ambience, culminating in a release that is as luxuriant as it is emotionally poignant.
Slow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan, who has released 7 albums on Hidden Shoal over the last 11 years. As with Brian Eno’s finest moments and David Sylvian’s ambient explorations, Slow Dancing Society’s music manages to dissolve its temporal markers and speak about moments removed from time. It talks to the delicious flaws of memory and feeling whilst never sullying itself with literality or simple documentation.
Markus Mehr Featured on “Mind The Gap” Comp
The ever wonderful Markus Mehr is featured on the latest “Mind the Gap” compilation as part of the new issue of the excellent Dutch magazine Gonzo Circus. Mehr’s latest masterpiece Dyschronia has been bending ears since it’s release in May this year. Find out more on the artist and listen to the album here if you have not already had the pleasure.
Battlestations “Vixit” Out Now!
We’re incredibly excited to present Battlestations‘ majestic new album Vixit. The album is available now via Battlestations’ Bandcamp and all good 3rd party stores. An excerpt of the epic opening track ‘I’ is available for streaming on SoundCloud.
While 2015’s The Extent of Damage felt like a high-definition camera roving across a ruined world, listening to Vixit feels like witnessing an intimidating new dawn, barely comprehensible from a merely human perspective. Massive and awe-inspiring, this three-part composition is breathtaking in scope and stunning in execution. Synthesizers, orchestra and choirs interweave into a billowing tapestry of glorious sound that completely envelopes the listener.
Brief centrepiece ‘II’ is the calm at the eye of the storm, a ruminative piano piece that brings a sense of intimacy to a suite of music that is all about challenging the listener’s sense of scale. To either side, massive tracks ‘I’ and ‘III’ stretch out into multi-part compositions that are as deep and wide as any orchestral piece, tempered with a sensibility akin to ‘70s kosmische music and the most progressive neo-classical ambient.
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