Hidden Shoal News
Umpire Featured at Der Digitale Flaneur
Another awesome write up at the superfine German blog Der Digitale Flaneur. This time for Umpire’s ‘Green Light District‘ single. You’ll have to do some Google translating if you’re not a German speaker but trust us, its worth it!
Antonymes and Slow Dancing Society Charting at WNYU!
Hot on the heels of the KZSU chart news, we now find Antonymes and Slow Dancing Society charting very strongly over at the wonderful WNYU. Antonymes The Licence To Interpret Dreams is sitting pretty at number 12 on the top 30 chart and the reissue of Slow Dancing Society’s The Sound of Lights When Dim is holding down the number 17 spot on the same chart!
Slow Dancing Society and Antonymes Charting at KZSU
The mighty KZSU continues its Hidden Shoal love fest. And how could it not with releases from Slow Dancing Society and Antonymes sparkling like diamonds in their music library? Our reissue of Slow Dancing Society’s The Sound Of Lights When Dim is Number 9 on the main airplay chart and number 1 on the Classical/Experimental chart while Antonymes The Licence To Interpret Dreams is sitting at number 9 on the Classical/Experimental chart. Check out the charts here.
Just wait until we unleash the upcoming Slow Dancing Society remixes by Antonymes! More details on that soon.
Umpire "Now We're Active" – Track 9
Time to reveal the second last track from Umpire‘s imminent full length Now We’re Active. ‘Spotlights’ sees Umpire stripped back and introspective with just guitar, voice and atmospherics. Geoff Symons takes the lead here and if you listen closely you can actually hear the rest of the band banging on the locked studio door. This is stunning minimal, guitar based melancholia.
You can follow the link below to grab the track and embed it on your Facebook page, website, wherever. Tune in here tomorrow for the final track!
Hotels Supporting Glasvegas This Saturday Night
Fresh from their awesome performance in the Billboard Battle of the Bands final in Las Vegas, Hotels are prepping to play with Glasvegas at Neumos in Seattle this Saturday night, 4 June. If you’re in Seattle you have no excuse to not catch these guys do their thing, playing tracks from their Hidden Shoal releases On The Casino Floor and Where Hearts Go Broke. Advance tickets are now available from etix.com.
Umpire "Now We're Active" – Track 8 and RTRFM Feature Album!
The first day of the new working week not only brings a new Umpire track to preview but also sees their new album featured all week on RTRFM’s breakfast show and beyond! RTR subscribers can win a copy of the album to boot. And now for track 8 from Umpire‘s forthcoming full length Now We’re Active, ‘Milking A Thistle’. One the surface a little rock nugget but wait for that unbridled chorus and you’ll realise you’ve been played by the best. This track literally sticks a finger out of the speaker and presses the repeat button for you.
You can follow the link below to grab the track and embed it on your Facebook page, website, wherever. Tune in here tomorrow for track 9. Only 3 more sleeps until the Australian and digital release on the 2nd of June (everywhere else on the 14th of July).
Umpire "Now We're Active" – Track 7!
Sunday, Happy Sunday! Australian fans will know track 7 of Umpire‘s forthcoming full length Now We’re Active well. The original version of ‘Streamers” featured on the band’s gorgeous debut EP (Australian release only) and also won WAM Song of the Year in 2009. Here we have a touched up and remastered version of the track ready to spring upon international audiences and new Australian ears. If you are not humming the lead melody of this song all week after listening, you are not human.
You can follow the link below to grab the track and embed it on your Facebook page, website, wherever. Tune in here tomorrow for track 8. Only 4 more sleeps until the Australian and digital release on the 2nd of June (everywhere else on the 14th of July).
Umpire "Now We're Active" – Track 6!
What better way to introduce your weekend than with a brand new Umpire track. Sit back and open your ears as we present track 6 of Umpire‘s forthcoming full length Now We’re Active. ‘On The Fringes” is the stunning centerpiece of the album with its lulling verse that leads you like a drugged candle in the intense slow burn chorus. Devastatingly beautiful!
You can follow the link below to grab the track and embed it on your Facebook page, website, wherever. Tune in here tomorrow for track 7 and get ready for the Australian and digital release on the 2nd of June (everywhere else on the 14th of July).
Umpire 'Green Light District' Official Music Video
Thanks to the wonderfully talented Perth based director Robert Livings we’re excited to present the official music video for Umpire’s latest single ‘Green Light District‘. For the uninitiated, the track marries Umpire’s sprawling indie-rock sounds and reflective melancholy, providing the instant gratification of massive sun-drenched melodies and soaring vocals. ‘Green Light District’ is lifted from Umpire’s forthcoming debut album Now We’re Active out in Australia June 2nd and everywhere else July 14th.
“Umpire’s breezy wide-panned progressive rock – smothered in buttery, reverberating humbucker tone – puts you in a daze … the full-length is one Ill be sticking on as soon as it drops” – Rave Magazine on ‘Green Light District’, their Single of the Week
“Once again we’re blessed with another amazing band brought to us by Hidden Shoal Recordings… the single is upbeat and poppy with a chorus that wails, featuring a guitar line mid-way through the song that would make Sonic Youth bow their heads. If this track is in any way a sign of things to come, then rest assured that when the album hits, it’ll leave fans mesmerized.” – DOA on ‘Green Light District’
The video is available in glorious HD at both Youtube and Vimeo and you can download the track for free here. A full press release for the single is also available here.
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2008: This Generation’s 4AD
As part of our 5th birthday celebrations, during the month of May we’ll be looking back at the history of Hidden Shoal, year by year, casting some light on artists and releases that may have been overlooked. For one week, all releases covered below will be available from the Hidden Shoal Store with a 35% discount. Flavoursome!
2008 saw the release of a fresh new raft of superb albums and EPs, including those by new signings The Slow Beings, Fall Electric and City Of Satellites from Australia, Ghost In The Water and Rich Bennett from the USA, and RL/VL from Ireland. HSR stalwarts Tangled Star, Toby Richardson, My Majestic Star, Iretsu, Slow Dancing Society and Sankt Otten all followed up with some of their most critically acclaimed work. And at the end of the year we released compilation album East–West Section, volume four in our free download series.
As acclaim for our artists spread internationally, we were delighted to hear that prominent New York radio host DJ Mojo dubbed the label “this generation’s 4AD”. As huge fans of the classic label, this was a massive and humbling compliment.
HSR031: Tangled Star Our Man In Eden Hill EP
HSR032: Toby Richardson Evergreen
HSR033: Ghost In The Water Tooth
HSR034: The Slow Beings We Know Why The Earth Moves
HSR035: Iretsu Name Our Numbers, Numbers EP
HSR036: Slow Dancing Society Priest Lake Circa ’88
HSR037: My Majestic Star Too Late, The Day
HSR038: Rich Bennett Music For Underwater Supermarkets
HSR039: Sankt Otten Eine Kleine Traurigkeit
HSR040: RL/VL Chagrin
HSR041: Fall Electric Measure And Step
HSR042: City Of Satellites The Spook EP
HSR043: Sankt Otten Tiefgang EP
HSR044: Ghost In The Water Cardinal Red EP
HSR045: Various artists East–West Section
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