Hidden Shoal News
"The Wooden Heart" Voted #1 Release of 2013 at The Colorado Sound!
Lots of lovely things have been happening for Kramies utterly beautiful new EP The Wooden Heart over the last month so expect a bunch more posts like these as we catch up. First off we head to the excellent radio show The Colorado Sound where The Wooden Heart was voted by fans as the number 1 album of 2013. Now there is a show that has listeners with taste!
Glowing Album Reviews for PERTH at DOA and Textura
perth’s stunning sophomore album What’s Your Utopia? continues to land brilliant reviews. The latest round of love comes via the excellent DOA and Textura publications. Check out an excerpt below and read the full album reviews at the DOA and Textura sites,
“… it’s worth reflecting that these are musicians that, while they work in more than one format, are somewhere at the peak of their abilities and are pushing their instrumentation very nearly to its limits. The result is a consistently listenable album that’s every bit as ingenious as the music of My Majestic Star, City Of Satellites, Gilded and some other of the albums that Hidden Shoal has released in its eight year history. Which is to say it is an accomplished and very near superb 40 or so minutes and you really should hear it.” – Jon Gordon, DOA
What’s Your Utopia? is available now in CD and digital formats from the Hidden Shoal Store.
Kramies and perth Reviews at Soundly Sounds
Here begins the xmas break reviews catch up! First up some love from the wonderful SoundlySounds blog for Kramies latest single, ‘Sea Otter Cottage‘, and perth’s sophomore album What’s Your Utopia? .There’s a taste below before checking out the full Kramies review here and the perth review here.
“And finally, ‘Sea Otter Cottage’. This one is a tad quieter and less vibrant than the previous entries, but no less amazing. Kramies bring the melancholy poetry hard and fast on their drooping miser ‘Sea Otter Cottage’. Every time you think the track’s about to fall, it is suddenly picked up by some new instrument, like macabre organ chords or vaudevillian guitar. Perhaps its the influence of Jason Lytle of Grandaddy fame that muddles and murkies their sound, but it comes off fantastically.” – SoundlySounds on Kramies ‘Sea Otter Cottage’
“From start to finish, the whole thing reeks of being amazingly talented. Fuck this Arcade Fire bullshit, if you want some indie music that’s tied down solidly with electronic pulses, listen to perth.” – SoundlySounds on perth’s What’s Your Utopia?
Happy 2014!
After a lovely and slightly extended break we are back! Hope 2014 has started swimmingly for everyone and continues that way. We have a whole bunch of wonderful music for you this year, some of it coming out very soon. We’ll be a tease and leave the details for another post. Before we skip to the future though we still have to catch up on the past! There was a number of lovely reviews, posts and general loving posted over the xmas and end of year break for some of our recent releases and we’ll be posting those up this week for your reading pleasure.
Had to get this first post up to get the rust out so excuse its lack of any real information! In an attempt to gloss over this fact we’ll leave you with a playlist of over 4 hours of Hidden Shoal gems…
Kramies New Release of the Day at BoxSpeaker
Kramies beautiful new song and music video, ‘Sea Otter Cottage’, has been chosen as “New Release of the Day” at the excellent BoxSpeaker blog. Here’s a taste,
“The type of sad song Sofia Coppola would use if she and Wes Anderson collaborated on a dark drama with grey washed out skies.” – BoxSpeaker
Check the feature out at BoxSpeaker and check out the video for the track below.
Wonderful Kramies Interview at Seamstress For The Band
Following on from the beautiful film clip for the Kramies track ‘Sea Otter Cottage‘ the man himself has been interview for the wonderful Seamstress for the Band blog. Kramies talks about the ideas behind his music, performing, his upcoming collaboration of Grant Wilson from the Ghost Hunters tv show and much more. Read it all here.
perth's "What's Your Utopia Reviewed at X-Press Magazine
Check out this glowing review of perth’s stunning new album What’s Your Utopia? in X-Press Magazine. Here’s a taste before you head to X-Press,
“there is little doubt that Perth are going to be one of the most cinematic and calming bands to come from these parts.” – X-Press
Check out the album at the Hidden Shoal Store and don’t forget to have a look at the amazing just released James Spinks music video for the album track ‘Quantum Chronological’.
New Music Video for Kramies' (feat. Jason Lytle) 'Sea Otter Cottage'
We’re excited to present the hypnotic new video to Kramies‘ track ‘Sea Otter Cottage’, which features the production and instrumental talents of Jason Lytle (Grandaddy). As the track sways and swoons with an almost unbearable poignancy, the figure of Kramies blurs and multiplies, drenched in multi-coloured light, as the song is caressed by fuzz bass and gorgeous synth textures. Check the video out at Vimeo or Youtube.
‘Sea Otter Cottage’ is taken from Kramies acclaimed new EP The Wooden Heart, which features the production and instrumental talents of Jason Lytle of Grandaddy fame, along with the inimitable production and additional instrumentation of Robert Pollard co-conspirator Todd Tobias. The ‘Sea Otter Cottage’ music video was produced by Hidden Shoal’s Cam Merton with camera work by Jason Bump and lighting design by Alex Reshetniak.
PERTH's Quantum Love
The beautiful new music video for perth’s ‘Quantum Chronological’ has been receiving love on the internet (like so many lonely hearts). Here’s a few nice grabs to get you in the mood,
“I’m not quite sure if it’s the slightly melancholy mood I’m in today or purely the magic of this beautiful track and captivating video but it’s been a really long time since I’ve been as touched by a music vid as I have been by Quantum Chronological from Perth band perth.” – 7 Seconds of Sound
“Oh wow. Sometimes a clip comes your way that just fucking blows you outta the park” – Me and All My Friends
“…as far as film clips go, this accompaniment to “Quantum Chronological”, created by MS Paint artist James Spinks is going to take some beating.” – Life is Noise
If you’ve not already fallen for the charm of Jason Spinks‘ beautiful music video then get some roses and head here. The track comes off perth’s recently released sublime sophomore album What’s Your Utopia?.
Slow Dancing Society's "The Slow and Steady Winter" Reviewed at AmbientExotica
Check out this beautifully written review of The Slow and Steady Winter by Slow Dancing Society at the wonderful AmbientExotica. Lovely to see the album is still getting great press almost 7 years on!
“One of Slow Dancing Society’s greatest compositions ever graces this particular album and scores the opening spot: The Early Stages Of Decline depicts a stupefyingly mellow winter dream and even outshines the sum of its parts. These parts are distinct yet well-known to the connoisseur of electronic music in general, not just to the follower of the Ambient genre.” – AmbientExotica
If you’ve not yet soaked in this albums beauty then head to the Hidden Shoal Store and get yourself a copy on CD or in digital format.
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