(9142,1,'2014-07-03 22:14:18','2014-07-03 22:14:18','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong></p><p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.</p><p><strong><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Antonymes/108567235841143?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/Antonymes\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/antonymes\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Website\" href=\"http://www.antonymes.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8767\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Website.png\" alt=\"Website\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a> </strong></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>We Don\'t Look Back For Very Long (with Slow Dancing Society)</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4290771882/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=none/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/we-dont-look-back-for-very-long\">We Don\'t Look Back For Very Long by Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<em>We Don’t Look Back For Very Long </em>sees Antonymes reworking a track from each of fellow Hidden Shoal artist Slow Dancing Society’s four albums, casting radiant new light on the stunning originals. Across almost 30 minutes, Antonymes marries SDS’s glistening atmospheres to his own trademark ambient neo-classical minimalism, creating a completely mesmerising hybrid.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Lost In Waves of Light</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3184595053/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/lost-in-waves-of-light\">Lost In Waves Of Light by Antonymes</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nCreated from elements lifted off Antonyme’s critically acclaimed album <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span>, ‘Lost In Waves Of Light’ is a deftly crafted sonic and melodic patchwork. The track sits as a wonderful companion piece to the album, as recognised melodies unfurl, cloaked in new guises. As a work unto itself it once again places Antonymes at the height of his game, producing some of the most emotionally and sonically engaging work being released today. Antonymes new album <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> has been met with universal acclaim since its release in April. It is an album of resonant beauty, as expansive as the wilds of North Wales from which it came, yet as delicate and intimate as a loved one’s breath upon your skin. Each song deploys a modest array of instruments and textures, giving them ample space to breathe and glow.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 550px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1679006704/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/the-licence-to-interpret-dreams\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams by Antonymes</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> is the Hidden Shoal debut release by neo-classical/minimal ambient artist Antonymes. It is an album of resonant beauty, as expansive as the wilds of North Wales from which it came, yet as delicate and intimate as a loved one’s breath upon your skin. Each song deploys a modest array of instruments and textures, giving them ample space to breathe and glow. The album’s scope is immediately apparent on breathtaking opener ‘The Slow Beginnings of a ‘A Fragile Acceptance’, where faint piano notes are overwhelmed by an aching surge of cellos, and the timeless, lingering chord progression of ‘The Siren, Hopelessly Lost’. Single ‘Endlessly’ weaves traces of nature with unearthly, oscillating tones before giving way to a strident piano theme. On ‘Doubt’, Jan Van Den Broek delivers the words of Paul Morley, cradled against a bed of melancholic piano, violin and cello, leaving an indelible emotional mark. ‘A Light From The Heavens’ almost feels like a natural conclusion to the album, with its sense of reflective yearning, but it is followed by the devastating metaphysical breakdown of ‘On Arrival at the Strange Museum’, a cavernous piece that calls out like some giant magnetic spirit.[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\nAntonymes is designer, photographer, conceptualist and musician Ian M. Hazeldine, making music from the wilds of North Wales, a very strange, fantastic, ultimately unreal place of mountains, streams, woods, villages and obscure wilderness. To quote North Welsh poet R. S. Thomas, “to live in Wales is to be conscious at dusk of the spilled blood that went into the making of the wild sky, dyeing the wild rivers in all their courses.” His music begins at the piano, where notes, space and intention combine over time, until a shape appears. This shape is taken into the computer, where it is twisted, gently, and given more detail, until it is fully formed. Composition takes form through patience, probing, occasional accidents, spontaneity and a form of focused daydreaming.\r\n\r\nDebut mini-album <em>Beauty Becomes The Enemy of the Future</em> was released initially on David Newlyn’s Cathedral Transmissions label in December 2009, and as a self-published book in spring 2010. A second 2010 release, <em>31: Before The Light Fails</em>, was released as a digital download and as a special box, an edition of one, containing music and photography, representing Antonymes’ fear and suspicion of the herd mentality. The piece consisted of two tracks to be played simultaneously in separate rooms. Various pieces by Antonymes have appeared on compilations produced by labels Soundcolours, Dezordr, Cathedral Transmissions and Audio Gourmet. The album <em>The Licence To Interpet Dreams</em> was released by Hidden Shoal to widespread critical acclaim in early 2011.\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=antonymes-news content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=antonymes-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes_meets_Slow_Dancing_Society.pdf\">Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society – <em>We Don’t Look Back For Very Long</em> </a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes_meets_Slow_Dancing_Society.pdf\">EP </a> <em><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes-Lost_In_Waves_Of_Light.pdf\">Lost In Waves Of Light</a></em>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes-Endlessly.pdf\"><em>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</em> Album</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes-Endlessly.pdf\">‘Endlessly’ Single</a> <a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes_Signing.pdf\">Antonymes Signing</a>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[gallery ids=\"8222,8221,8220,8219\"]\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/4senhm9eiTY?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\nAntonymes music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-07-03 22:14:18','2014-07-03 22:14:18','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9144,1,'2017-02-06 10:15:03','2017-02-06 02:15:03','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]\n<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1>\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong>\n\nSlow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.\n\n<a href=\"https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/artist/slow-dancing-society/id204837919?at=11lRii&amp;mt=1&amp;app=music\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12412\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/badge_itunes-sm.png\" alt=\"iTunes\" width=\"44\" height=\"15\" /></a>  <a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>\n\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\n<h3>Discography</h3>\n&nbsp;\n<h4>The Sound of Lights When Dim (2017 Remaster)</h4>\n<div></div>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 472px;\" src=\"https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4072769729/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-lights-when-dim-2017-remaster\">The Sound of Lights When Dim (2017 Remaster) by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\n28th February 2017\n<div></div>\nFirst released back in 2006, <em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> was one of Hidden Shoal’s most acclaimed early releases, landing on many ‘best of’ ambient lists. It introduced Drew Sullivan as an artist capable of imbuing minimal ambient compositions with enviable depth and emotion. While he has gone on to release another six full-length albums, his debut album still stands among his best work, unfolding as one long sumptuous ride towards a fading horizon.\n\nAs with Eno’s finest moments and Sylvian’s ambient explorations, <em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> manages to dissolve its temporal markers and speak about moments removed from time. It talks to the delicious flaws of memory and feeling, while never sullying itself with literality or simple documentation. The fact that album track ‘A Song That Will Help You Remember to Forget’ has been streamed over 5 million times on Spotify speaks to the album’s lasting appeal.\n\n<em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is available as a limited edition clear vinyl and in digital formats. To coincide with the release, the reissue is accompanied by a set of remixes of tracks from the original album by Echo Grid, Antonymes, Fr33dom People, Candlepark Stars, Startle the Heavens, Spenzar, Chloe March, and Monte Xannic.\n\n&nbsp;\n<h4>The Wagers Of Love And Their Songs From The Witching Hour</h4>\n<div></div>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 472px;\" src=\"https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2556548653/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-wagers-of-love-and-their-songs-from-the-witching-hour\">The Wagers of Love and Their Songs from the Witching Hour by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\n23rd August 2016\n<div></div>\nOn his seventh full-length release as Slow Dancing Society, Drew Sullivan’s sound continues to evolve. This 19-track epic meshes the warm, rich SDS sound with a new set of textures, bringing these musical snapshots into vivid definition. Trumpet and saxophone nestle amidst lyrical guitar lines, pulsing rhythms and expansive synths, creating an immersive and melancholy listen, tempered with rays of hope.\n\nSullivan’s work is as cinematic as ever, yet here he’s scoring a more personal film. Profoundly influenced by Sullivan’s experience of becoming a father for the first time, the album took shape around the creation of single ‘The Color of Despair’. The track distilled his anxieties about his new life and responsibilities, and became ground zero for the album’s sound and production, with many other songs on the album evolving out of its instrumentation and feel. The ambient lyricism present here is a testament to the narrative possibilities of instrumental music, resulting in a strikingly complete-sounding album.\n\n&nbsp;\n<h4>The Dusk Recital</h4>\n<div></div>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 340px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3114138192/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-dusk-recital\">The Dusk Recital by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\n<div></div>\n<em>The Dusk Recital</em> was borne out of the sessions for Slow Dancing Society’s last album <em>The Cogent Sea</em> and is, in part, an instrumental homage to the mainstream dream-pop of the 90s. Cavernous drums, minimal guitar licks a la Roxy Music, and smooth saxophone lines feature prominently across these six tracks, all enveloped in the unmistakable Slow Dancing Society sound and feel. This is Drew Sullivan at his most playful, offering us a glimpse into some of the guilty pleasures he acknowledges as influences, while also delivering a deliciously smooth and immersive listening experience.\n<h4>The Cogent Sea</h4>\n<div></div>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 540px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=932115624/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-cogent-sea\">The Cogent Sea by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\n<div></div>\nSlow Dancing Society’s sixth album <em>The Cogent Sea</em> is another absorbing progression in Drew Sullivan’s mesmerising discography. The album continues the submersed exploration of Sullivan’s ’80s influences while also drawing upon an incredibly focused and cinematic ambient minimalism. There are trademark elements from across Slow Dancing Society’s stunning, critically acclaimed back catalogue, but rather than being throwbacks they present a continuity of narrative that is rarely found over such a large body of work. On single ‘A Clearing’, gently overlapping waves of synthesizer are suspended amid sustained tones, holding the listener transfixed before Sullivan’s trademark guitar sound gently brings the listener back down to earth, transformed. Second single ‘Pull’ is aptly titled, its droning radiance, warm piano chords and magnetic guitar figures pulling the listener irresistibly into its enveloping glow. This is Slow Dancing Society at his masterful, immersive best.\n<h4>Laterna Magica</h4>\n<div></div>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3307423845/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/laterna-magica\">Laterna Magica by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\n<div></div>\nSlow Dancing Society’s fifth album <em>Laterna Magica</em> demonstrates another key progression in the Slow Dancing Society discography, which is becoming one of the essential bodies of work in contemporary ambient music. The tracks are underpinned by gorgeous guitar drift and warm synth wash, sparingly propelled by throbbing electronic undercurrents. From the soft-focus exhalation of ‘A Few Moments’, via the gleaming musical universe of recently released single ‘I’ll Leave A Light On’, through to the hypnotic pulse and drifting melancholic piano of finale ‘Tomorrow’s Another Day’, <em>Laterna Magica</em> is a definitive Slow Dancing Society release.\n<h4>Under The Sodium Lights</h4>\n<div></div>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 373px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1884357437/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-sodium-lights\">Under The Sodium Lights by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\n<div></div>\nFollowing on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em>, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> is Drew Sullivan’s latest ambient epic. The album feels like a distillation of the three stunning releases that preceded it – and as such is Sullivan’s finest work to date. The delicate interplay between focused melodic details and blurred washes of sound draws the listener into a hypnotised state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance. First single ‘…and to the dust we shall return’ sees the gradual accretion of reverberant guitar tones, emerging from the silence as sparse reflections across the stereo field. Slow searching melodies overlap and accumulate before a descending bass figure carries the song home to its elegiac conclusion. From the luscious, tactile dream of ‘The Songs In Your Eyes’ to hopeful finale ‘Love Is On The Way’, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> resonates with a rich emotional core – and the choking realisation of our own transience. The album rewards immersive listening from start to finish, to really soak in its beauty.\n<h4>Priest Lake Circa \'88</h4>\n<div></div>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3949085097/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/priest-lake-circa-88\">Priest Lake Circa \'88 by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\n<div></div>\nFollowing on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> is Drew Sullivan’s finest work to date. In essence, it is the second part of a double album that began with <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, acting as a long-distance conclusion to the double album’s narrative arc. <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and full. While the album draws its raw form from ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully crafted into something that could only ever find itself under the Slow Dancing Society moniker. The album speaks of both departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its broadest sense the notion of “home”. Above all, this is music to bathe in: warm, steamy and all-encompassing.\n<h4>The Slow and Steady Winter</h4>\n<div></div>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1874510603/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow-and-steady-winter\">The Slow and Steady Winter by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\n<div></div>\nFrom the outset<em> The Slow and Steady Winter</em> sets itself up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour long and comprising of only eight tracks the album paints its majestic landscapes with both measure and purpose, unfolding a sound that moves from immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock. <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> is not concerned with singularity but rather the totality of experience. The album is a gorgeously choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter from the ice covered fields of ‘The Early Stages of Decline’ to the thawed warm edges of spring in ‘February Sun’. The album serves as a wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous work both in sound and mood. In part it presents a much darker vision while still radiating an ineffable sense of humanity and heart.\n<h4>The Sound of Lights When Dim</h4>\n<div></div>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=29030174/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-lights-when-dim\">The Sound Of Lights When Dim by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\n<div></div>\n<em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is a sumptuous unfolding ride towards a fading horizon. As with Eno’s finest moments and Sylvian’s ambient explorations, this work 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.\n<div></div>\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\n<h3>Biography</h3>\nSlow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.\n\nAt times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?\n\n&nbsp;\n\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\n<h3>News</h3>\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"Slow Dancing Society News\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/category/news/slow-dancing-society/\"><strong>More News</strong></a></p>\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"Slow Dancing Society Reviews\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/category/reviews/slow-dancing-society-reviews/\"><strong>More Reviews</strong></a></p>\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\n<a title=\"The Dusk Recital Press Release\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/slow-dancing-society/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Dusk_Recital-Press_Release.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Dusk Recital</em></a> EP Release\n\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a>\n\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a>\n\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a>\n\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a>\n\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a>\n\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a>\n\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a>\n\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a>\n\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a>\n\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a>\n\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a>\n\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n[gallery ids=\"9155,9156,9157,9158,9159,9160\"]\n\n&nbsp;\n\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/oRRxPZf5yO4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>\n\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>\n\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\nSlow Dancing Society\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.\n\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"light\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','9140-autosave-v1','','','2017-02-06 10:15:03','2017-02-06 02:15:03','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(10164,1,'2014-08-04 15:28:21','2014-08-04 15:28:21','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]\r\n<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong>\r\n\r\nSlow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Cogent Sea</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 540px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=932115624/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-cogent-sea\">The Cogent Sea by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nSlow Dancing Society’s sixth album <em>The Cogent Sea</em> is another absorbing progression in Drew Sullivan’s mesmerising discography. The album continues the submersed exploration of Sullivan’s ’80s influences while also drawing upon an incredibly focused and cinematic ambient minimalism. There are trademark elements from across Slow Dancing Society’s stunning, critically acclaimed back catalogue, but rather than being throwbacks they present a continuity of narrative that is rarely found over such a large body of work. On single ‘A Clearing’, gently overlapping waves of synthesizer are suspended amid sustained tones, holding the listener transfixed before Sullivan’s trademark guitar sound gently brings the listener back down to earth, transformed. Second single ‘Pull’ is aptly titled, its droning radiance, warm piano chords and magnetic guitar figures pulling the listener irresistibly into its enveloping glow. This is Slow Dancing Society at his masterful, immersive best.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Laterna Magica</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3307423845/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/laterna-magica\">Laterna Magica by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nSlow Dancing Society’s fifth album <em>Laterna Magica</em> demonstrates another key progression in the Slow Dancing Society discography, which is becoming one of the essential bodies of work in contemporary ambient music. The tracks are underpinned by gorgeous guitar drift and warm synth wash, sparingly propelled by throbbing electronic undercurrents. From the soft-focus exhalation of ‘A Few Moments’, via the gleaming musical universe of recently released single ‘I’ll Leave A Light On’, through to the hypnotic pulse and drifting melancholic piano of finale ‘Tomorrow’s Another Day’, <em>Laterna Magica</em> is a definitive Slow Dancing Society release.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Under The Sodium Lights</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 373px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1884357437/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-sodium-lights\">Under The Sodium Lights by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nFollowing on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em>, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> is Drew Sullivan’s latest ambient epic. The album feels like a distillation of the three stunning releases that preceded it – and as such is Sullivan’s finest work to date. The delicate interplay between focused melodic details and blurred washes of sound draws the listener into a hypnotised state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance. First single ‘…and to the dust we shall return’ sees the gradual accretion of reverberant guitar tones, emerging from the silence as sparse reflections across the stereo field. Slow searching melodies overlap and accumulate before a descending bass figure carries the song home to its elegiac conclusion. From the luscious, tactile dream of ‘The Songs In Your Eyes’ to hopeful finale ‘Love Is On The Way’, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> resonates with a rich emotional core – and the choking realisation of our own transience. The album rewards immersive listening from start to finish, to really soak in its beauty.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Priest Lake Circa \'88</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3949085097/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/priest-lake-circa-88\">Priest Lake Circa \'88 by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nFollowing on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> is Drew Sullivan’s finest work to date. In essence, it is the second part of a double album that began with <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, acting as a long-distance conclusion to the double album’s narrative arc. <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and full. While the album draws its raw form from ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully crafted into something that could only ever find itself under the Slow Dancing Society moniker. The album speaks of both departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its broadest sense the notion of “home”. Above all, this is music to bathe in: warm, steamy and all-encompassing.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Slow and Steady Winter</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1874510603/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow-and-steady-winter\">The Slow and Steady Winter by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nFrom the outset<em> The Slow and Steady Winter</em> sets itself up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour long and comprising of only eight tracks the album paints its majestic landscapes with both measure and purpose, unfolding a sound that moves from immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock. <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> is not concerned with singularity but rather the totality of experience. The album is a gorgeously choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter from the ice covered fields of ‘The Early Stages of Decline’ to the thawed warm edges of spring in ‘February Sun’. The album serves as a wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous work both in sound and mood. In part it presents a much darker vision while still radiating an ineffable sense of humanity and heart.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Sound of Lights When Dim</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=29030174/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-lights-when-dim\">The Sound Of Lights When Dim by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is a sumptuous unfolding ride towards a fading horizon. As with Eno’s finest moments and Sylvian’s ambient explorations, this work 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.\r\n<div></div>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\nSlow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.\r\n\r\nAt times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"Slow Dancing Society News\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/category/news/slow-dancing-society/\"><strong>More News</strong></a></p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"Slow Dancing Society Reviews\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/category/reviews/slow-dancing-society-reviews/\"><strong>More Reviews</strong></a></p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[gallery ids=\"9155,9156,9157,9158,9159,9160\"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/oRRxPZf5yO4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\nSlow Dancing Society\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"light\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','closed','closed','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-08-04 15:28:21','2014-08-04 15:28:21','',9140,'http://www.hiddenshoal.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(10163,1,'2014-08-04 15:22:34','2014-08-04 15:22:34','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]\r\n<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1>\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong></p>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.</p>\r\n<p><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></p>\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Cogent Sea</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 540px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=932115624/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-cogent-sea\">The Cogent Sea by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s sixth album <em>The Cogent Sea</em> is another absorbing progression in Drew Sullivan’s mesmerising discography. The album continues the submersed exploration of Sullivan’s ’80s influences while also drawing upon an incredibly focused and cinematic ambient minimalism. There are trademark elements from across Slow Dancing Society’s stunning, critically acclaimed back catalogue, but rather than being throwbacks they present a continuity of narrative that is rarely found over such a large body of work. On single ‘A Clearing’, gently overlapping waves of synthesizer are suspended amid sustained tones, holding the listener transfixed before Sullivan’s trademark guitar sound gently brings the listener back down to earth, transformed. Second single ‘Pull’ is aptly titled, its droning radiance, warm piano chords and magnetic guitar figures pulling the listener irresistibly into its enveloping glow. This is Slow Dancing Society at his masterful, immersive best.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Laterna Magica</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3307423845/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/laterna-magica\">Laterna Magica by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s fifth album <em>Laterna Magica</em> demonstrates another key progression in the Slow Dancing Society discography, which is becoming one of the essential bodies of work in contemporary ambient music. The tracks are underpinned by gorgeous guitar drift and warm synth wash, sparingly propelled by throbbing electronic undercurrents. From the soft-focus exhalation of ‘A Few Moments’, via the gleaming musical universe of recently released single ‘I’ll Leave A Light On’, through to the hypnotic pulse and drifting melancholic piano of finale ‘Tomorrow’s Another Day’, <em>Laterna Magica</em> is a definitive Slow Dancing Society release.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Under The Sodium Lights</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 373px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1884357437/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-sodium-lights\">Under The Sodium Lights by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em>, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> is Drew Sullivan’s latest ambient epic. The album feels like a distillation of the three stunning releases that preceded it – and as such is Sullivan’s finest work to date. The delicate interplay between focused melodic details and blurred washes of sound draws the listener into a hypnotised state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance. First single ‘…and to the dust we shall return’ sees the gradual accretion of reverberant guitar tones, emerging from the silence as sparse reflections across the stereo field. Slow searching melodies overlap and accumulate before a descending bass figure carries the song home to its elegiac conclusion. From the luscious, tactile dream of ‘The Songs In Your Eyes’ to hopeful finale ‘Love Is On The Way’, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> resonates with a rich emotional core – and the choking realisation of our own transience. The album rewards immersive listening from start to finish, to really soak in its beauty.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Priest Lake Circa \'88</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3949085097/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/priest-lake-circa-88\">Priest Lake Circa \'88 by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> is Drew Sullivan’s finest work to date. In essence, it is the second part of a double album that began with <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, acting as a long-distance conclusion to the double album’s narrative arc. <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and full. While the album draws its raw form from ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully crafted into something that could only ever find itself under the Slow Dancing Society moniker. The album speaks of both departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its broadest sense the notion of “home”. Above all, this is music to bathe in: warm, steamy and all-encompassing.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Slow and Steady Winter</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1874510603/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow-and-steady-winter\">The Slow and Steady Winter by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>From the outset<em> The Slow and Steady Winter</em> sets itself up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour long and comprising of only eight tracks the album paints its majestic landscapes with both measure and purpose, unfolding a sound that moves from immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock. <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> is not concerned with singularity but rather the totality of experience. The album is a gorgeously choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter from the ice covered fields of ‘The Early Stages of Decline’ to the thawed warm edges of spring in ‘February Sun’. The album serves as a wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous work both in sound and mood. In part it presents a much darker vision while still radiating an ineffable sense of humanity and heart.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Sound of Lights When Dim</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=29030174/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-lights-when-dim\">The Sound Of Lights When Dim by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is a sumptuous unfolding ride towards a fading horizon. As with Eno’s finest moments and Sylvian’s ambient explorations, this work 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.</p><div> </div>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.</p>\r\n<p>At times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3><p>[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]</p><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"Slow Dancing Society News\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/category/news/slow-dancing-society/\"><strong>More News</strong></a></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h2>Reviews</h2><p>[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]</p><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"Slow Dancing Society Reviews\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/category/reviews/slow-dancing-society-reviews/\"><strong>More Reviews</strong></a></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a></p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[gallery ids=\"9155,9156,9157,9158,9159,9160\"]\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/oRRxPZf5yO4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society\'s music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"light\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','closed','closed','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-08-04 15:22:34','2014-08-04 15:22:34','',9140,'http://www.hiddenshoal.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9145,1,'2014-07-03 22:38:01','2014-07-03 22:38:01','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong></p><p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.</p><p><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>We Don\'t Look Back For Very Long (with Slow Dancing Society)</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4290771882/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=none/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/we-dont-look-back-for-very-long\">We Don\'t Look Back For Very Long by Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>We Don’t Look Back For Very Long </em>sees Antonymes reworking a track from each of fellow Hidden Shoal artist Slow Dancing Society’s four albums, casting radiant new light on the stunning originals. Across almost 30 minutes, Antonymes marries SDS’s glistening atmospheres to his own trademark ambient neo-classical minimalism, creating a completely mesmerising hybrid.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Lost In Waves of Light</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3184595053/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/lost-in-waves-of-light\">Lost In Waves Of Light by Antonymes</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Created from elements lifted off Antonyme’s critically acclaimed album <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span>, ‘Lost In Waves Of Light’ is a deftly crafted sonic and melodic patchwork. The track sits as a wonderful companion piece to the album, as recognised melodies unfurl, cloaked in new guises. As a work unto itself it once again places Antonymes at the height of his game, producing some of the most emotionally and sonically engaging work being released today. Antonymes new album <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> has been met with universal acclaim since its release in April. It is an album of resonant beauty, as expansive as the wilds of North Wales from which it came, yet as delicate and intimate as a loved one’s breath upon your skin. Each song deploys a modest array of instruments and textures, giving them ample space to breathe and glow.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 550px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1679006704/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/the-licence-to-interpret-dreams\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams by Antonymes</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> is the Hidden Shoal debut release by neo-classical/minimal ambient artist Antonymes. It is an album of resonant beauty, as expansive as the wilds of North Wales from which it came, yet as delicate and intimate as a loved one’s breath upon your skin. Each song deploys a modest array of instruments and textures, giving them ample space to breathe and glow. The album’s scope is immediately apparent on breathtaking opener ‘The Slow Beginnings of a ‘A Fragile Acceptance’, where faint piano notes are overwhelmed by an aching surge of cellos, and the timeless, lingering chord progression of ‘The Siren, Hopelessly Lost’. Single ‘Endlessly’ weaves traces of nature with unearthly, oscillating tones before giving way to a strident piano theme. On ‘Doubt’, Jan Van Den Broek delivers the words of Paul Morley, cradled against a bed of melancholic piano, violin and cello, leaving an indelible emotional mark. ‘A Light From The Heavens’ almost feels like a natural conclusion to the album, with its sense of reflective yearning, but it is followed by the devastating metaphysical breakdown of ‘On Arrival at the Strange Museum’, a cavernous piece that calls out like some giant magnetic spirit.[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.</p><p>At times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?</p><p> </p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3><p>[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h2>Reviews</h2><p>[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3><p> <br /> <a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Priest Lake Circa ’88 Album Release </a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">A Warm Glow Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\">The Slow and Steady Winter Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Sounds Of Lights When Dim Album Release </a></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p>[gallery ids=\"8222,8221,8220,8219\"]<p><br /> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/4senhm9eiTY?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>Antonymes music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-07-03 22:38:01','2014-07-03 22:38:01','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9147,1,'2014-07-03 22:45:57','2014-07-03 22:45:57','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong></p><p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.</p><p><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>We Don\'t Look Back For Very Long (with Slow Dancing Society)</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4290771882/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=none/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/we-dont-look-back-for-very-long\">We Don\'t Look Back For Very Long by Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>We Don’t Look Back For Very Long </em>sees Antonymes reworking a track from each of fellow Hidden Shoal artist Slow Dancing Society’s four albums, casting radiant new light on the stunning originals. Across almost 30 minutes, Antonymes marries SDS’s glistening atmospheres to his own trademark ambient neo-classical minimalism, creating a completely mesmerising hybrid.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Lost In Waves of Light</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3184595053/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/lost-in-waves-of-light\">Lost In Waves Of Light by Antonymes</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Created from elements lifted off Antonyme’s critically acclaimed album <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span>, ‘Lost In Waves Of Light’ is a deftly crafted sonic and melodic patchwork. The track sits as a wonderful companion piece to the album, as recognised melodies unfurl, cloaked in new guises. As a work unto itself it once again places Antonymes at the height of his game, producing some of the most emotionally and sonically engaging work being released today. Antonymes new album <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> has been met with universal acclaim since its release in April. It is an album of resonant beauty, as expansive as the wilds of North Wales from which it came, yet as delicate and intimate as a loved one’s breath upon your skin. Each song deploys a modest array of instruments and textures, giving them ample space to breathe and glow.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 550px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1679006704/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/the-licence-to-interpret-dreams\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams by Antonymes</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> is the Hidden Shoal debut release by neo-classical/minimal ambient artist Antonymes. It is an album of resonant beauty, as expansive as the wilds of North Wales from which it came, yet as delicate and intimate as a loved one’s breath upon your skin. Each song deploys a modest array of instruments and textures, giving them ample space to breathe and glow. The album’s scope is immediately apparent on breathtaking opener ‘The Slow Beginnings of a ‘A Fragile Acceptance’, where faint piano notes are overwhelmed by an aching surge of cellos, and the timeless, lingering chord progression of ‘The Siren, Hopelessly Lost’. Single ‘Endlessly’ weaves traces of nature with unearthly, oscillating tones before giving way to a strident piano theme. On ‘Doubt’, Jan Van Den Broek delivers the words of Paul Morley, cradled against a bed of melancholic piano, violin and cello, leaving an indelible emotional mark. ‘A Light From The Heavens’ almost feels like a natural conclusion to the album, with its sense of reflective yearning, but it is followed by the devastating metaphysical breakdown of ‘On Arrival at the Strange Museum’, a cavernous piece that calls out like some giant magnetic spirit.[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.</p><p>At times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?</p><p> </p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3><p>[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h2>Reviews</h2><p>[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3><p> </p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p>[gallery ids=\"8222,8221,8220,8219\"][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/4senhm9eiTY?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>Antonymes music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-07-03 22:45:57','2014-07-03 22:45:57','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9146,1,'2014-07-03 22:44:18','2014-07-03 22:44:18','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<br />\r\n<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1>\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong></p>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.</p>\r\n<p><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></p>\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<h4>We Don\'t Look Back For Very Long (with Slow Dancing Society)</h4>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4290771882/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=none/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/we-dont-look-back-for-very-long\">We Don\'t Look Back For Very Long by Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p><em>We Don’t Look Back For Very Long </em>sees Antonymes reworking a track from each of fellow Hidden Shoal artist Slow Dancing Society’s four albums, casting radiant new light on the stunning originals. Across almost 30 minutes, Antonymes marries SDS’s glistening atmospheres to his own trademark ambient neo-classical minimalism, creating a completely mesmerising hybrid.</p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<h4>Lost In Waves of Light</h4>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3184595053/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/lost-in-waves-of-light\">Lost In Waves Of Light by Antonymes</a></iframe></p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p>Created from elements lifted off Antonyme’s critically acclaimed album <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span>, ‘Lost In Waves Of Light’ is a deftly crafted sonic and melodic patchwork. The track sits as a wonderful companion piece to the album, as recognised melodies unfurl, cloaked in new guises. As a work unto itself it once again places Antonymes at the height of his game, producing some of the most emotionally and sonically engaging work being released today. Antonymes new album <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> has been met with universal acclaim since its release in April. It is an album of resonant beauty, as expansive as the wilds of North Wales from which it came, yet as delicate and intimate as a loved one’s breath upon your skin. Each song deploys a modest array of instruments and textures, giving them ample space to breathe and glow.</p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<h4>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</h4>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 550px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1679006704/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/the-licence-to-interpret-dreams\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams by Antonymes</a></iframe></p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> is the Hidden Shoal debut release by neo-classical/minimal ambient artist Antonymes. It is an album of resonant beauty, as expansive as the wilds of North Wales from which it came, yet as delicate and intimate as a loved one’s breath upon your skin. Each song deploys a modest array of instruments and textures, giving them ample space to breathe and glow. The album’s scope is immediately apparent on breathtaking opener ‘The Slow Beginnings of a ‘A Fragile Acceptance’, where faint piano notes are overwhelmed by an aching surge of cellos, and the timeless, lingering chord progression of ‘The Siren, Hopelessly Lost’. Single ‘Endlessly’ weaves traces of nature with unearthly, oscillating tones before giving way to a strident piano theme. On ‘Doubt’, Jan Van Den Broek delivers the words of Paul Morley, cradled against a bed of melancholic piano, violin and cello, leaving an indelible emotional mark. ‘A Light From The Heavens’ almost feels like a natural conclusion to the album, with its sense of reflective yearning, but it is followed by the devastating metaphysical breakdown of ‘On Arrival at the Strange Museum’, a cavernous piece that calls out like some giant magnetic spirit.[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.</p>\r\n<p>At times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<br />\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<br />\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[gallery ids=\"8222,8221,8220,8219\"]\r\n<p> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/4senhm9eiTY?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\n<p>Antonymes music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-07-03 22:44:18','2014-07-03 22:44:18','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9148,1,'2014-07-04 03:31:56','2014-07-04 03:31:56','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong></p><p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.</p><p><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Cogent Sea</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=932115624/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-cogent-sea\">The Cogent Sea by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s sixth album <em>The Cogent Sea</em> is another absorbing progression in Drew Sullivan’s mesmerising discography. The album continues the submersed exploration of Sullivan’s ’80s influences while also drawing upon an incredibly focused and cinematic ambient minimalism. There are trademark elements from across Slow Dancing Society’s stunning, critically acclaimed back catalogue, but rather than being throwbacks they present a continuity of narrative that is rarely found over such a large body of work.</p><p>On single ‘A Clearing’, gently overlapping waves of synthesizer are suspended amid sustained tones, holding the listener transfixed before Sullivan’s trademark guitar sound gently brings the listener back down to earth, transformed. Second single ‘Pull’ is aptly titled, its droning radiance, warm piano chords and magnetic guitar figures pulling the listener irresistibly into its enveloping glow. This is Slow Dancing Society at his masterful, immersive best.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Laterna Magica</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3307423845/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/laterna-magica\">Laterna Magica by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s fifth album <em>Laterna Magica</em> demonstrates another key progression in the Slow Dancing Society discography, which is becoming one of the essential bodies of work in contemporary ambient music. The tracks are underpinned by gorgeous guitar drift and warm synth wash, sparingly propelled by throbbing electronic undercurrents. From the soft-focus exhalation of ‘A Few Moments’, via the gleaming musical universe of recently released single ‘I’ll Leave A Light On’, through to the hypnotic pulse and drifting melancholic piano of finale ‘Tomorrow’s Another Day’, <em>Laterna Magica</em> is a definitive Slow Dancing Society release.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Under The Sodium Lights</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 373px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1884357437/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-sodium-lights\">Under The Sodium Lights by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em>, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> is Drew Sullivan’s latest ambient epic. The album feels like a distillation of the three stunning releases that preceded it – and as such is Sullivan’s finest work to date. The delicate interplay between focused melodic details and blurred washes of sound draws the listener into a hypnotised state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance.</p><p>First single ‘…and to the dust we shall return’ sees the gradual accretion of reverberant guitar tones, emerging from the silence as sparse reflections across the stereo field. Slow searching melodies overlap and accumulate before a descending bass figure carries the song home to its elegiac conclusion. From the luscious, tactile dream of ‘The Songs In Your Eyes’ to hopeful finale ‘Love Is On The Way’, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> resonates with a rich emotional core – and the choking realisation of our own transience. The album rewards immersive listening from start to finish, to really soak in its beauty.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Priest Lake Circa \'88</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3949085097/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/priest-lake-circa-88\">Priest Lake Circa &#39;88 by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> is Drew Sullivan’s finest work to date. In essence, it is the second part of a double album that began with <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, acting as a long-distance conclusion to the double album’s narrative arc.</p><p><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and full. While the album draws its raw form from ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully crafted into something that could only ever find itself under the Slow Dancing Society moniker. The album speaks of both departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its broadest sense the notion of “home”. Above all, this is music to bathe in: warm, steamy and all-encompassing.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Slow and Steady Winter</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1874510603/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow-and-steady-winter\">The Slow and Steady Winter by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>From the outset<em> The Slow and Steady Winter</em> sets itself up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour long and comprising of only eight tracks the album paints its majestic landscapes with both measure and purpose, unfolding a sound that moves from immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock.</p><p><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> is not concerned with singularity but rather the totality of experience. The album is a gorgeously choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter from the ice covered fields of ‘The Early Stages of Decline’ to the thawed warm edges of spring in ‘February Sun’. The album serves as a wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous work both in sound and mood. In part it presents a much darker vision while still radiating an ineffable sense of humanity and heart.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Sound of Lights When Dim</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=29030174/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-lights-when-dim\">The Sound Of Lights When Dim by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is a sumptuous unfolding ride towards a fading horizon. As with Eno’s finest moments and Sylvian’s ambient explorations, this work 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.</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.</p><p>At times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?</p><p> </p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3>[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h2>Reviews</h2>[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3><p> </p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p>[gallery ids=\"8222,8221,8220,8219\"][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/4senhm9eiTY?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>Antonymes music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 03:31:56','2014-07-04 03:31:56','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9151,1,'2014-07-04 03:47:32','2014-07-04 03:47:32','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]\r\n<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong>\r\n\r\nSlow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Cogent Sea</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=932115624/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-cogent-sea\">The Cogent Sea by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nSlow Dancing Society’s sixth album <em>The Cogent Sea</em> is another absorbing progression in Drew Sullivan’s mesmerising discography. The album continues the submersed exploration of Sullivan’s ’80s influences while also drawing upon an incredibly focused and cinematic ambient minimalism. There are trademark elements from across Slow Dancing Society’s stunning, critically acclaimed back catalogue, but rather than being throwbacks they present a continuity of narrative that is rarely found over such a large body of work.\r\n\r\nOn single ‘A Clearing’, gently overlapping waves of synthesizer are suspended amid sustained tones, holding the listener transfixed before Sullivan’s trademark guitar sound gently brings the listener back down to earth, transformed. Second single ‘Pull’ is aptly titled, its droning radiance, warm piano chords and magnetic guitar figures pulling the listener irresistibly into its enveloping glow. This is Slow Dancing Society at his masterful, immersive best.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Laterna Magica</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3307423845/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/laterna-magica\">Laterna Magica by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nSlow Dancing Society’s fifth album <em>Laterna Magica</em> demonstrates another key progression in the Slow Dancing Society discography, which is becoming one of the essential bodies of work in contemporary ambient music. The tracks are underpinned by gorgeous guitar drift and warm synth wash, sparingly propelled by throbbing electronic undercurrents. From the soft-focus exhalation of ‘A Few Moments’, via the gleaming musical universe of recently released single ‘I’ll Leave A Light On’, through to the hypnotic pulse and drifting melancholic piano of finale ‘Tomorrow’s Another Day’, <em>Laterna Magica</em> is a definitive Slow Dancing Society release.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Under The Sodium Lights</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 373px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1884357437/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-sodium-lights\">Under The Sodium Lights by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nFollowing on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em>, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> is Drew Sullivan’s latest ambient epic. The album feels like a distillation of the three stunning releases that preceded it – and as such is Sullivan’s finest work to date. The delicate interplay between focused melodic details and blurred washes of sound draws the listener into a hypnotised state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance.\r\n\r\nFirst single ‘…and to the dust we shall return’ sees the gradual accretion of reverberant guitar tones, emerging from the silence as sparse reflections across the stereo field. Slow searching melodies overlap and accumulate before a descending bass figure carries the song home to its elegiac conclusion. From the luscious, tactile dream of ‘The Songs In Your Eyes’ to hopeful finale ‘Love Is On The Way’, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> resonates with a rich emotional core – and the choking realisation of our own transience. The album rewards immersive listening from start to finish, to really soak in its beauty.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Priest Lake Circa \'88</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3949085097/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/priest-lake-circa-88\">Priest Lake Circa \'88 by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nFollowing on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> is Drew Sullivan’s finest work to date. In essence, it is the second part of a double album that began with <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, acting as a long-distance conclusion to the double album’s narrative arc.\r\n\r\n<em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and full. While the album draws its raw form from ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully crafted into something that could only ever find itself under the Slow Dancing Society moniker. The album speaks of both departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its broadest sense the notion of “home”. Above all, this is music to bathe in: warm, steamy and all-encompassing.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Slow and Steady Winter</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1874510603/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow-and-steady-winter\">The Slow and Steady Winter by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nFrom the outset<em> The Slow and Steady Winter</em> sets itself up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour long and comprising of only eight tracks the album paints its majestic landscapes with both measure and purpose, unfolding a sound that moves from immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock.\r\n\r\n<em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> is not concerned with singularity but rather the totality of experience. The album is a gorgeously choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter from the ice covered fields of ‘The Early Stages of Decline’ to the thawed warm edges of spring in ‘February Sun’. The album serves as a wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous work both in sound and mood. In part it presents a much darker vision while still radiating an ineffable sense of humanity and heart.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Sound of Lights When Dim</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=29030174/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-lights-when-dim\">The Sound Of Lights When Dim by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is a sumptuous unfolding ride towards a fading horizon. As with Eno’s finest moments and Sylvian’s ambient explorations, this work 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.[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\nSlow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.\r\n\r\nAt times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[gallery ids=\"8222,8221,8220,8219\"]\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/4senhm9eiTY?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\nAntonymes music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 03:47:32','2014-07-04 03:47:32','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9149,1,'2014-07-04 03:45:55','2014-07-04 03:45:55','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<br />\r\n<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1>\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong></p>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.</p>\r\n<p><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></p>\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Cogent Sea</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=932115624/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-cogent-sea\">The Cogent Sea by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nSlow Dancing Society’s sixth album <em>The Cogent Sea</em> is another absorbing progression in Drew Sullivan’s mesmerising discography. The album continues the submersed exploration of Sullivan’s ’80s influences while also drawing upon an incredibly focused and cinematic ambient minimalism. There are trademark elements from across Slow Dancing Society’s stunning, critically acclaimed back catalogue, but rather than being throwbacks they present a continuity of narrative that is rarely found over such a large body of work.\r\n\r\nOn single ‘A Clearing’, gently overlapping waves of synthesizer are suspended amid sustained tones, holding the listener transfixed before Sullivan’s trademark guitar sound gently brings the listener back down to earth, transformed. Second single ‘Pull’ is aptly titled, its droning radiance, warm piano chords and magnetic guitar figures pulling the listener irresistibly into its enveloping glow. This is Slow Dancing Society at his masterful, immersive best.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Laterna Magica</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3307423845/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/laterna-magica\">Laterna Magica by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nSlow Dancing Society’s fifth album <em>Laterna Magica</em> demonstrates another key progression in the Slow Dancing Society discography, which is becoming one of the essential bodies of work in contemporary ambient music. The tracks are underpinned by gorgeous guitar drift and warm synth wash, sparingly propelled by throbbing electronic undercurrents. From the soft-focus exhalation of ‘A Few Moments’, via the gleaming musical universe of recently released single ‘I’ll Leave A Light On’, through to the hypnotic pulse and drifting melancholic piano of finale ‘Tomorrow’s Another Day’, <em>Laterna Magica</em> is a definitive Slow Dancing Society release.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Under The Sodium Lights</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 373px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1884357437/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-sodium-lights\">Under The Sodium Lights by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nFollowing on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em>, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> is Drew Sullivan’s latest ambient epic. The album feels like a distillation of the three stunning releases that preceded it – and as such is Sullivan’s finest work to date. The delicate interplay between focused melodic details and blurred washes of sound draws the listener into a hypnotised state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance.\r\n\r\nFirst single ‘…and to the dust we shall return’ sees the gradual accretion of reverberant guitar tones, emerging from the silence as sparse reflections across the stereo field. Slow searching melodies overlap and accumulate before a descending bass figure carries the song home to its elegiac conclusion. From the luscious, tactile dream of ‘The Songs In Your Eyes’ to hopeful finale ‘Love Is On The Way’, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> resonates with a rich emotional core – and the choking realisation of our own transience. The album rewards immersive listening from start to finish, to really soak in its beauty.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Priest Lake Circa \'88</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3949085097/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/priest-lake-circa-88\">Priest Lake Circa \'88 by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nFollowing on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> is Drew Sullivan’s finest work to date. In essence, it is the second part of a double album that began with <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, acting as a long-distance conclusion to the double album’s narrative arc.\r\n\r\n<em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and full. While the album draws its raw form from ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully crafted into something that could only ever find itself under the Slow Dancing Society moniker. The album speaks of both departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its broadest sense the notion of “home”. Above all, this is music to bathe in: warm, steamy and all-encompassing.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Slow and Steady Winter</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1874510603/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow-and-steady-winter\">The Slow and Steady Winter by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nFrom the outset<em> The Slow and Steady Winter</em> sets itself up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour long and comprising of only eight tracks the album paints its majestic landscapes with both measure and purpose, unfolding a sound that moves from immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock.\r\n\r\n<em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> is not concerned with singularity but rather the totality of experience. The album is a gorgeously choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter from the ice covered fields of ‘The Early Stages of Decline’ to the thawed warm edges of spring in ‘February Sun’. The album serves as a wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous work both in sound and mood. In part it presents a much darker vision while still radiating an ineffable sense of humanity and heart.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Sound of Lights When Dim</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=29030174/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-lights-when-dim\">The Sound Of Lights When Dim by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is a sumptuous unfolding ride towards a fading horizon. As with Eno’s finest moments and Sylvian’s ambient explorations, this work 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.[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.</p>\r\n<p>At times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<br />\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<br />\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a></p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[gallery ids=\"8222,8221,8220,8219\"][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/4senhm9eiTY?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\n<p>Antonymes music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 03:45:55','2014-07-04 03:45:55','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9150,1,'2014-07-04 03:46:35','2014-07-04 03:46:35','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<br />\r\n<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1>\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong></p>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.</p>\r\n<p><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></p>\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Cogent Sea</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=932115624/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-cogent-sea\">The Cogent Sea by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nSlow Dancing Society’s sixth album <em>The Cogent Sea</em> is another absorbing progression in Drew Sullivan’s mesmerising discography. The album continues the submersed exploration of Sullivan’s ’80s influences while also drawing upon an incredibly focused and cinematic ambient minimalism. There are trademark elements from across Slow Dancing Society’s stunning, critically acclaimed back catalogue, but rather than being throwbacks they present a continuity of narrative that is rarely found over such a large body of work.\r\n\r\nOn single ‘A Clearing’, gently overlapping waves of synthesizer are suspended amid sustained tones, holding the listener transfixed before Sullivan’s trademark guitar sound gently brings the listener back down to earth, transformed. Second single ‘Pull’ is aptly titled, its droning radiance, warm piano chords and magnetic guitar figures pulling the listener irresistibly into its enveloping glow. This is Slow Dancing Society at his masterful, immersive best.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Laterna Magica</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3307423845/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/laterna-magica\">Laterna Magica by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nSlow Dancing Society’s fifth album <em>Laterna Magica</em> demonstrates another key progression in the Slow Dancing Society discography, which is becoming one of the essential bodies of work in contemporary ambient music. The tracks are underpinned by gorgeous guitar drift and warm synth wash, sparingly propelled by throbbing electronic undercurrents. From the soft-focus exhalation of ‘A Few Moments’, via the gleaming musical universe of recently released single ‘I’ll Leave A Light On’, through to the hypnotic pulse and drifting melancholic piano of finale ‘Tomorrow’s Another Day’, <em>Laterna Magica</em> is a definitive Slow Dancing Society release.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Under The Sodium Lights</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 373px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1884357437/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-sodium-lights\">Under The Sodium Lights by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nFollowing on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em>, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> is Drew Sullivan’s latest ambient epic. The album feels like a distillation of the three stunning releases that preceded it – and as such is Sullivan’s finest work to date. The delicate interplay between focused melodic details and blurred washes of sound draws the listener into a hypnotised state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance.\r\n\r\nFirst single ‘…and to the dust we shall return’ sees the gradual accretion of reverberant guitar tones, emerging from the silence as sparse reflections across the stereo field. Slow searching melodies overlap and accumulate before a descending bass figure carries the song home to its elegiac conclusion. From the luscious, tactile dream of ‘The Songs In Your Eyes’ to hopeful finale ‘Love Is On The Way’, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> resonates with a rich emotional core – and the choking realisation of our own transience. The album rewards immersive listening from start to finish, to really soak in its beauty.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Priest Lake Circa \'88</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3949085097/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/priest-lake-circa-88\">Priest Lake Circa \'88 by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nFollowing on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> is Drew Sullivan’s finest work to date. In essence, it is the second part of a double album that began with <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, acting as a long-distance conclusion to the double album’s narrative arc.\r\n\r\n<em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and full. While the album draws its raw form from ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully crafted into something that could only ever find itself under the Slow Dancing Society moniker. The album speaks of both departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its broadest sense the notion of “home”. Above all, this is music to bathe in: warm, steamy and all-encompassing.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Slow and Steady Winter</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1874510603/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow-and-steady-winter\">The Slow and Steady Winter by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nFrom the outset<em> The Slow and Steady Winter</em> sets itself up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour long and comprising of only eight tracks the album paints its majestic landscapes with both measure and purpose, unfolding a sound that moves from immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock.\r\n\r\n<em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> is not concerned with singularity but rather the totality of experience. The album is a gorgeously choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter from the ice covered fields of ‘The Early Stages of Decline’ to the thawed warm edges of spring in ‘February Sun’. The album serves as a wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous work both in sound and mood. In part it presents a much darker vision while still radiating an ineffable sense of humanity and heart.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Sound of Lights When Dim</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=29030174/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-lights-when-dim\">The Sound Of Lights When Dim by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is a sumptuous unfolding ride towards a fading horizon. As with Eno’s finest moments and Sylvian’s ambient explorations, this work 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.[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.</p>\r\n<p>At times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<br />\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<br />\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3><p> </p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[gallery ids=\"8222,8221,8220,8219\"][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/4senhm9eiTY?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\n<p>Antonymes music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 03:46:35','2014-07-04 03:46:35','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9152,1,'2014-07-04 03:48:38','2014-07-04 03:48:38','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]\r\n<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1>\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong></p>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.</p>\r\n<p><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></p>\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Cogent Sea</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=932115624/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-cogent-sea\">The Cogent Sea by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s sixth album <em>The Cogent Sea</em> is another absorbing progression in Drew Sullivan’s mesmerising discography. The album continues the submersed exploration of Sullivan’s ’80s influences while also drawing upon an incredibly focused and cinematic ambient minimalism. There are trademark elements from across Slow Dancing Society’s stunning, critically acclaimed back catalogue, but rather than being throwbacks they present a continuity of narrative that is rarely found over such a large body of work.</p><p>On single ‘A Clearing’, gently overlapping waves of synthesizer are suspended amid sustained tones, holding the listener transfixed before Sullivan’s trademark guitar sound gently brings the listener back down to earth, transformed. Second single ‘Pull’ is aptly titled, its droning radiance, warm piano chords and magnetic guitar figures pulling the listener irresistibly into its enveloping glow. This is Slow Dancing Society at his masterful, immersive best.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Laterna Magica</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3307423845/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/laterna-magica\">Laterna Magica by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s fifth album <em>Laterna Magica</em> demonstrates another key progression in the Slow Dancing Society discography, which is becoming one of the essential bodies of work in contemporary ambient music. The tracks are underpinned by gorgeous guitar drift and warm synth wash, sparingly propelled by throbbing electronic undercurrents. From the soft-focus exhalation of ‘A Few Moments’, via the gleaming musical universe of recently released single ‘I’ll Leave A Light On’, through to the hypnotic pulse and drifting melancholic piano of finale ‘Tomorrow’s Another Day’, <em>Laterna Magica</em> is a definitive Slow Dancing Society release.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Under The Sodium Lights</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 373px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1884357437/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-sodium-lights\">Under The Sodium Lights by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em>, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> is Drew Sullivan’s latest ambient epic. The album feels like a distillation of the three stunning releases that preceded it – and as such is Sullivan’s finest work to date. The delicate interplay between focused melodic details and blurred washes of sound draws the listener into a hypnotised state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance.</p><p>First single ‘…and to the dust we shall return’ sees the gradual accretion of reverberant guitar tones, emerging from the silence as sparse reflections across the stereo field. Slow searching melodies overlap and accumulate before a descending bass figure carries the song home to its elegiac conclusion. From the luscious, tactile dream of ‘The Songs In Your Eyes’ to hopeful finale ‘Love Is On The Way’, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> resonates with a rich emotional core – and the choking realisation of our own transience. The album rewards immersive listening from start to finish, to really soak in its beauty.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Priest Lake Circa \'88</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3949085097/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/priest-lake-circa-88\">Priest Lake Circa \'88 by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> is Drew Sullivan’s finest work to date. In essence, it is the second part of a double album that began with <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, acting as a long-distance conclusion to the double album’s narrative arc.</p><p><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and full. While the album draws its raw form from ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully crafted into something that could only ever find itself under the Slow Dancing Society moniker. The album speaks of both departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its broadest sense the notion of “home”. Above all, this is music to bathe in: warm, steamy and all-encompassing.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Slow and Steady Winter</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1874510603/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow-and-steady-winter\">The Slow and Steady Winter by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>From the outset<em> The Slow and Steady Winter</em> sets itself up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour long and comprising of only eight tracks the album paints its majestic landscapes with both measure and purpose, unfolding a sound that moves from immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock.</p><p><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> is not concerned with singularity but rather the totality of experience. The album is a gorgeously choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter from the ice covered fields of ‘The Early Stages of Decline’ to the thawed warm edges of spring in ‘February Sun’. The album serves as a wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous work both in sound and mood. In part it presents a much darker vision while still radiating an ineffable sense of humanity and heart.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Sound of Lights When Dim</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=29030174/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-lights-when-dim\">The Sound Of Lights When Dim by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is a sumptuous unfolding ride towards a fading horizon. As with Eno’s finest moments and Sylvian’s ambient explorations, this work 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.</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.</p>\r\n<p>At times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a></p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[gallery ids=\"8222,8221,8220,8219\"]\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/4senhm9eiTY?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\n<p>Antonymes music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 03:48:38','2014-07-04 03:48:38','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9153,1,'2014-07-04 03:49:48','2014-07-04 03:49:48','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong></p><p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.</p><p><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<h4>The Cogent Sea</h4>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=932115624/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-cogent-sea\">The Cogent Sea by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society’s sixth album <em>The Cogent Sea</em> is another absorbing progression in Drew Sullivan’s mesmerising discography. The album continues the submersed exploration of Sullivan’s ’80s influences while also drawing upon an incredibly focused and cinematic ambient minimalism. There are trademark elements from across Slow Dancing Society’s stunning, critically acclaimed back catalogue, but rather than being throwbacks they present a continuity of narrative that is rarely found over such a large body of work.</p>\r\n<p>On single ‘A Clearing’, gently overlapping waves of synthesizer are suspended amid sustained tones, holding the listener transfixed before Sullivan’s trademark guitar sound gently brings the listener back down to earth, transformed. Second single ‘Pull’ is aptly titled, its droning radiance, warm piano chords and magnetic guitar figures pulling the listener irresistibly into its enveloping glow. This is Slow Dancing Society at his masterful, immersive best.</p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<h4>Laterna Magica</h4>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3307423845/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/laterna-magica\">Laterna Magica by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society’s fifth album <em>Laterna Magica</em> demonstrates another key progression in the Slow Dancing Society discography, which is becoming one of the essential bodies of work in contemporary ambient music. The tracks are underpinned by gorgeous guitar drift and warm synth wash, sparingly propelled by throbbing electronic undercurrents. From the soft-focus exhalation of ‘A Few Moments’, via the gleaming musical universe of recently released single ‘I’ll Leave A Light On’, through to the hypnotic pulse and drifting melancholic piano of finale ‘Tomorrow’s Another Day’, <em>Laterna Magica</em> is a definitive Slow Dancing Society release.</p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<h4>Under The Sodium Lights</h4>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 373px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1884357437/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-sodium-lights\">Under The Sodium Lights by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p>Following on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em>, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> is Drew Sullivan’s latest ambient epic. The album feels like a distillation of the three stunning releases that preceded it – and as such is Sullivan’s finest work to date. The delicate interplay between focused melodic details and blurred washes of sound draws the listener into a hypnotised state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance.</p>\r\n<p>First single ‘…and to the dust we shall return’ sees the gradual accretion of reverberant guitar tones, emerging from the silence as sparse reflections across the stereo field. Slow searching melodies overlap and accumulate before a descending bass figure carries the song home to its elegiac conclusion. From the luscious, tactile dream of ‘The Songs In Your Eyes’ to hopeful finale ‘Love Is On The Way’, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> resonates with a rich emotional core – and the choking realisation of our own transience. The album rewards immersive listening from start to finish, to really soak in its beauty.</p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<h4>Priest Lake Circa \'88</h4>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3949085097/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/priest-lake-circa-88\">Priest Lake Circa \'88 by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p>Following on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> is Drew Sullivan’s finest work to date. In essence, it is the second part of a double album that began with <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, acting as a long-distance conclusion to the double album’s narrative arc.</p>\r\n<p><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and full. While the album draws its raw form from ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully crafted into something that could only ever find itself under the Slow Dancing Society moniker. The album speaks of both departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its broadest sense the notion of “home”. Above all, this is music to bathe in: warm, steamy and all-encompassing.</p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<h4>The Slow and Steady Winter</h4>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1874510603/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow-and-steady-winter\">The Slow and Steady Winter by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p>From the outset<em> The Slow and Steady Winter</em> sets itself up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour long and comprising of only eight tracks the album paints its majestic landscapes with both measure and purpose, unfolding a sound that moves from immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock.</p>\r\n<p><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> is not concerned with singularity but rather the totality of experience. The album is a gorgeously choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter from the ice covered fields of ‘The Early Stages of Decline’ to the thawed warm edges of spring in ‘February Sun’. The album serves as a wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous work both in sound and mood. In part it presents a much darker vision while still radiating an ineffable sense of humanity and heart.</p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<h4>The Sound of Lights When Dim</h4>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=29030174/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-lights-when-dim\">The Sound Of Lights When Dim by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p><em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is a sumptuous unfolding ride towards a fading horizon. As with Eno’s finest moments and Sylvian’s ambient explorations, this work 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.</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.</p>\r\n<p>At times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a></p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[gallery ids=\"8222,8221,8220,8219\"]<br />\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/4senhm9eiTY?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\n<p>Antonymes music is  available for licensing (master &#038; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 03:49:48','2014-07-04 03:49:48','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9155,1,'2014-07-04 03:52:34','2014-07-04 03:52:34','','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','drew-sullivan-2014-2','','','2014-07-04 03:52:34','2014-07-04 03:52:34','',9140,'http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-20141.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9156,1,'2014-07-04 03:52:37','2014-07-04 03:52:37','','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','l_4c3dd4ed92c97989943187b3ba2f538b','','','2014-07-04 03:52:37','2014-07-04 03:52:37','',9140,'http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/l_4c3dd4ed92c97989943187b3ba2f538b.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9157,1,'2014-07-04 03:52:43','2014-07-04 03:52:43','','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','drew_sullivan_2-2','','','2014-07-04 03:52:43','2014-07-04 03:52:43','',9140,'http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew_Sullivan_2.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9158,1,'2014-07-04 03:52:45','2014-07-04 03:52:45','','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','drew_sullivan_4-2','','','2014-07-04 03:52:45','2014-07-04 03:52:45','',9140,'http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew_Sullivan_4.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9159,1,'2014-07-04 03:52:49','2014-07-04 03:52:49','','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','drew_sullivan_5-2','','','2014-07-04 03:52:49','2014-07-04 03:52:49','',9140,'http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew_Sullivan_5.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9160,1,'2014-07-04 03:54:05','2014-07-04 03:54:05','','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','drew_sullivan_1-2','','','2014-07-04 03:54:05','2014-07-04 03:54:05','',9140,'http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew_Sullivan_1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9162,1,'2014-07-04 03:59:22','2014-07-04 03:59:22','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]\r\n<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong>\r\n\r\nSlow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Cogent Sea</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=932115624/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-cogent-sea\">The Cogent Sea by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nSlow Dancing Society’s sixth album <em>The Cogent Sea</em> is another absorbing progression in Drew Sullivan’s mesmerising discography. The album continues the submersed exploration of Sullivan’s ’80s influences while also drawing upon an incredibly focused and cinematic ambient minimalism. There are trademark elements from across Slow Dancing Society’s stunning, critically acclaimed back catalogue, but rather than being throwbacks they present a continuity of narrative that is rarely found over such a large body of work.\r\n\r\nOn single ‘A Clearing’, gently overlapping waves of synthesizer are suspended amid sustained tones, holding the listener transfixed before Sullivan’s trademark guitar sound gently brings the listener back down to earth, transformed. Second single ‘Pull’ is aptly titled, its droning radiance, warm piano chords and magnetic guitar figures pulling the listener irresistibly into its enveloping glow. This is Slow Dancing Society at his masterful, immersive best.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Laterna Magica</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3307423845/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/laterna-magica\">Laterna Magica by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nSlow Dancing Society’s fifth album <em>Laterna Magica</em> demonstrates another key progression in the Slow Dancing Society discography, which is becoming one of the essential bodies of work in contemporary ambient music. The tracks are underpinned by gorgeous guitar drift and warm synth wash, sparingly propelled by throbbing electronic undercurrents. From the soft-focus exhalation of ‘A Few Moments’, via the gleaming musical universe of recently released single ‘I’ll Leave A Light On’, through to the hypnotic pulse and drifting melancholic piano of finale ‘Tomorrow’s Another Day’, <em>Laterna Magica</em> is a definitive Slow Dancing Society release.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Under The Sodium Lights</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 373px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1884357437/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-sodium-lights\">Under The Sodium Lights by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nFollowing on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em>, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> is Drew Sullivan’s latest ambient epic. The album feels like a distillation of the three stunning releases that preceded it – and as such is Sullivan’s finest work to date. The delicate interplay between focused melodic details and blurred washes of sound draws the listener into a hypnotised state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance.\r\n\r\nFirst single ‘…and to the dust we shall return’ sees the gradual accretion of reverberant guitar tones, emerging from the silence as sparse reflections across the stereo field. Slow searching melodies overlap and accumulate before a descending bass figure carries the song home to its elegiac conclusion. From the luscious, tactile dream of ‘The Songs In Your Eyes’ to hopeful finale ‘Love Is On The Way’, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> resonates with a rich emotional core – and the choking realisation of our own transience. The album rewards immersive listening from start to finish, to really soak in its beauty.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Priest Lake Circa \'88</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3949085097/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/priest-lake-circa-88\">Priest Lake Circa \'88 by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nFollowing on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> is Drew Sullivan’s finest work to date. In essence, it is the second part of a double album that began with <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, acting as a long-distance conclusion to the double album’s narrative arc.\r\n\r\n<em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and full. While the album draws its raw form from ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully crafted into something that could only ever find itself under the Slow Dancing Society moniker. The album speaks of both departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its broadest sense the notion of “home”. Above all, this is music to bathe in: warm, steamy and all-encompassing.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Slow and Steady Winter</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1874510603/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow-and-steady-winter\">The Slow and Steady Winter by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nFrom the outset<em> The Slow and Steady Winter</em> sets itself up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour long and comprising of only eight tracks the album paints its majestic landscapes with both measure and purpose, unfolding a sound that moves from immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock.\r\n\r\n<em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> is not concerned with singularity but rather the totality of experience. The album is a gorgeously choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter from the ice covered fields of ‘The Early Stages of Decline’ to the thawed warm edges of spring in ‘February Sun’. The album serves as a wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous work both in sound and mood. In part it presents a much darker vision while still radiating an ineffable sense of humanity and heart.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Sound of Lights When Dim</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=29030174/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-lights-when-dim\">The Sound Of Lights When Dim by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is a sumptuous unfolding ride towards a fading horizon. As with Eno’s finest moments and Sylvian’s ambient explorations, this work 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.\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\nSlow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.\r\n\r\nAt times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[gallery ids=\"9155,9156,9157,9158,9159,9160\"]\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/oRRxPZf5yO4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\nSlow Dancing Society\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 03:59:22','2014-07-04 03:59:22','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9161,1,'2014-07-04 03:57:00','2014-07-04 03:57:00','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<br />\r\n<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1>\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong></p>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.</p>\r\n<p><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></p>\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<h4>The Cogent Sea</h4>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=932115624/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-cogent-sea\">The Cogent Sea by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society’s sixth album <em>The Cogent Sea</em> is another absorbing progression in Drew Sullivan’s mesmerising discography. The album continues the submersed exploration of Sullivan’s ’80s influences while also drawing upon an incredibly focused and cinematic ambient minimalism. There are trademark elements from across Slow Dancing Society’s stunning, critically acclaimed back catalogue, but rather than being throwbacks they present a continuity of narrative that is rarely found over such a large body of work.</p>\r\n<p>On single ‘A Clearing’, gently overlapping waves of synthesizer are suspended amid sustained tones, holding the listener transfixed before Sullivan’s trademark guitar sound gently brings the listener back down to earth, transformed. Second single ‘Pull’ is aptly titled, its droning radiance, warm piano chords and magnetic guitar figures pulling the listener irresistibly into its enveloping glow. This is Slow Dancing Society at his masterful, immersive best.</p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<h4>Laterna Magica</h4>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3307423845/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/laterna-magica\">Laterna Magica by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society’s fifth album <em>Laterna Magica</em> demonstrates another key progression in the Slow Dancing Society discography, which is becoming one of the essential bodies of work in contemporary ambient music. The tracks are underpinned by gorgeous guitar drift and warm synth wash, sparingly propelled by throbbing electronic undercurrents. From the soft-focus exhalation of ‘A Few Moments’, via the gleaming musical universe of recently released single ‘I’ll Leave A Light On’, through to the hypnotic pulse and drifting melancholic piano of finale ‘Tomorrow’s Another Day’, <em>Laterna Magica</em> is a definitive Slow Dancing Society release.</p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<h4>Under The Sodium Lights</h4>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 373px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1884357437/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-sodium-lights\">Under The Sodium Lights by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p>Following on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em>, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> is Drew Sullivan’s latest ambient epic. The album feels like a distillation of the three stunning releases that preceded it – and as such is Sullivan’s finest work to date. The delicate interplay between focused melodic details and blurred washes of sound draws the listener into a hypnotised state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance.</p>\r\n<p>First single ‘…and to the dust we shall return’ sees the gradual accretion of reverberant guitar tones, emerging from the silence as sparse reflections across the stereo field. Slow searching melodies overlap and accumulate before a descending bass figure carries the song home to its elegiac conclusion. From the luscious, tactile dream of ‘The Songs In Your Eyes’ to hopeful finale ‘Love Is On The Way’, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> resonates with a rich emotional core – and the choking realisation of our own transience. The album rewards immersive listening from start to finish, to really soak in its beauty.</p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<h4>Priest Lake Circa \'88</h4>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3949085097/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/priest-lake-circa-88\">Priest Lake Circa \'88 by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p>Following on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> is Drew Sullivan’s finest work to date. In essence, it is the second part of a double album that began with <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, acting as a long-distance conclusion to the double album’s narrative arc.</p>\r\n<p><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and full. While the album draws its raw form from ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully crafted into something that could only ever find itself under the Slow Dancing Society moniker. The album speaks of both departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its broadest sense the notion of “home”. Above all, this is music to bathe in: warm, steamy and all-encompassing.</p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<h4>The Slow and Steady Winter</h4>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1874510603/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow-and-steady-winter\">The Slow and Steady Winter by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p>From the outset<em> The Slow and Steady Winter</em> sets itself up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour long and comprising of only eight tracks the album paints its majestic landscapes with both measure and purpose, unfolding a sound that moves from immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock.</p>\r\n<p><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> is not concerned with singularity but rather the totality of experience. The album is a gorgeously choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter from the ice covered fields of ‘The Early Stages of Decline’ to the thawed warm edges of spring in ‘February Sun’. The album serves as a wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous work both in sound and mood. In part it presents a much darker vision while still radiating an ineffable sense of humanity and heart.</p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<h4>The Sound of Lights When Dim</h4>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=29030174/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-lights-when-dim\">The Sound Of Lights When Dim by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p><em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is a sumptuous unfolding ride towards a fading horizon. As with Eno’s finest moments and Sylvian’s ambient explorations, this work 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.</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.</p>\r\n<p>At times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a></p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p><p>[gallery ids=\"9155,9156,9157,9158,9159,9160\"]</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p> <br /> <iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/oRRxPZf5yO4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>Slow Dancing Society\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 03:57:00','2014-07-04 03:57:00','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9164,1,'2014-07-04 04:02:32','2014-07-04 04:02:32','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong></p><p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.</p><p><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Cogent Sea</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=932115624/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-cogent-sea\">The Cogent Sea by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s sixth album <em>The Cogent Sea</em> is another absorbing progression in Drew Sullivan’s mesmerising discography. The album continues the submersed exploration of Sullivan’s ’80s influences while also drawing upon an incredibly focused and cinematic ambient minimalism. There are trademark elements from across Slow Dancing Society’s stunning, critically acclaimed back catalogue, but rather than being throwbacks they present a continuity of narrative that is rarely found over such a large body of work.</p><p>On single ‘A Clearing’, gently overlapping waves of synthesizer are suspended amid sustained tones, holding the listener transfixed before Sullivan’s trademark guitar sound gently brings the listener back down to earth, transformed. Second single ‘Pull’ is aptly titled, its droning radiance, warm piano chords and magnetic guitar figures pulling the listener irresistibly into its enveloping glow. This is Slow Dancing Society at his masterful, immersive best.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Laterna Magica</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3307423845/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/laterna-magica\">Laterna Magica by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s fifth album <em>Laterna Magica</em> demonstrates another key progression in the Slow Dancing Society discography, which is becoming one of the essential bodies of work in contemporary ambient music. The tracks are underpinned by gorgeous guitar drift and warm synth wash, sparingly propelled by throbbing electronic undercurrents. From the soft-focus exhalation of ‘A Few Moments’, via the gleaming musical universe of recently released single ‘I’ll Leave A Light On’, through to the hypnotic pulse and drifting melancholic piano of finale ‘Tomorrow’s Another Day’, <em>Laterna Magica</em> is a definitive Slow Dancing Society release.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Under The Sodium Lights</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 373px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1884357437/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-sodium-lights\">Under The Sodium Lights by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em>, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> is Drew Sullivan’s latest ambient epic. The album feels like a distillation of the three stunning releases that preceded it – and as such is Sullivan’s finest work to date. The delicate interplay between focused melodic details and blurred washes of sound draws the listener into a hypnotised state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance.</p><p>First single ‘…and to the dust we shall return’ sees the gradual accretion of reverberant guitar tones, emerging from the silence as sparse reflections across the stereo field. Slow searching melodies overlap and accumulate before a descending bass figure carries the song home to its elegiac conclusion. From the luscious, tactile dream of ‘The Songs In Your Eyes’ to hopeful finale ‘Love Is On The Way’, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> resonates with a rich emotional core – and the choking realisation of our own transience. The album rewards immersive listening from start to finish, to really soak in its beauty.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Priest Lake Circa \'88</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3949085097/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/priest-lake-circa-88\">Priest Lake Circa \'88 by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> is Drew Sullivan’s finest work to date. In essence, it is the second part of a double album that began with <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, acting as a long-distance conclusion to the double album’s narrative arc.</p><p><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and full. While the album draws its raw form from ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully crafted into something that could only ever find itself under the Slow Dancing Society moniker. The album speaks of both departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its broadest sense the notion of “home”. Above all, this is music to bathe in: warm, steamy and all-encompassing.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Slow and Steady Winter</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1874510603/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow-and-steady-winter\">The Slow and Steady Winter by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>From the outset<em> The Slow and Steady Winter</em> sets itself up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour long and comprising of only eight tracks the album paints its majestic landscapes with both measure and purpose, unfolding a sound that moves from immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock.</p><p><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> is not concerned with singularity but rather the totality of experience. The album is a gorgeously choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter from the ice covered fields of ‘The Early Stages of Decline’ to the thawed warm edges of spring in ‘February Sun’. The album serves as a wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous work both in sound and mood. In part it presents a much darker vision while still radiating an ineffable sense of humanity and heart.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Sound of Lights When Dim</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=29030174/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-lights-when-dim\">The Sound Of Lights When Dim by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is a sumptuous unfolding ride towards a fading horizon. As with Eno’s finest moments and Sylvian’s ambient explorations, this work 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.</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.</p><p>At times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?</p><p> </p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3>[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h2>Reviews</h2>[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3><p> </p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p>[gallery ids=\"9155,9156,9157,9158,9159,9160\"]<p><br /> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/oRRxPZf5yO4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>Slow Dancing Society\'s music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 04:02:32','2014-07-04 04:02:32','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9163,1,'2014-07-04 04:00:17','2014-07-04 04:00:17','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]\r\n<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1>\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong></p>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.</p>\r\n<p><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></p>\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Cogent Sea</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=932115624/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-cogent-sea\">The Cogent Sea by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s sixth album <em>The Cogent Sea</em> is another absorbing progression in Drew Sullivan’s mesmerising discography. The album continues the submersed exploration of Sullivan’s ’80s influences while also drawing upon an incredibly focused and cinematic ambient minimalism. There are trademark elements from across Slow Dancing Society’s stunning, critically acclaimed back catalogue, but rather than being throwbacks they present a continuity of narrative that is rarely found over such a large body of work.</p><p>On single ‘A Clearing’, gently overlapping waves of synthesizer are suspended amid sustained tones, holding the listener transfixed before Sullivan’s trademark guitar sound gently brings the listener back down to earth, transformed. Second single ‘Pull’ is aptly titled, its droning radiance, warm piano chords and magnetic guitar figures pulling the listener irresistibly into its enveloping glow. This is Slow Dancing Society at his masterful, immersive best.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Laterna Magica</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3307423845/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/laterna-magica\">Laterna Magica by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s fifth album <em>Laterna Magica</em> demonstrates another key progression in the Slow Dancing Society discography, which is becoming one of the essential bodies of work in contemporary ambient music. The tracks are underpinned by gorgeous guitar drift and warm synth wash, sparingly propelled by throbbing electronic undercurrents. From the soft-focus exhalation of ‘A Few Moments’, via the gleaming musical universe of recently released single ‘I’ll Leave A Light On’, through to the hypnotic pulse and drifting melancholic piano of finale ‘Tomorrow’s Another Day’, <em>Laterna Magica</em> is a definitive Slow Dancing Society release.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Under The Sodium Lights</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 373px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1884357437/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-sodium-lights\">Under The Sodium Lights by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em>, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> is Drew Sullivan’s latest ambient epic. The album feels like a distillation of the three stunning releases that preceded it – and as such is Sullivan’s finest work to date. The delicate interplay between focused melodic details and blurred washes of sound draws the listener into a hypnotised state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance.</p><p>First single ‘…and to the dust we shall return’ sees the gradual accretion of reverberant guitar tones, emerging from the silence as sparse reflections across the stereo field. Slow searching melodies overlap and accumulate before a descending bass figure carries the song home to its elegiac conclusion. From the luscious, tactile dream of ‘The Songs In Your Eyes’ to hopeful finale ‘Love Is On The Way’, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> resonates with a rich emotional core – and the choking realisation of our own transience. The album rewards immersive listening from start to finish, to really soak in its beauty.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Priest Lake Circa \'88</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3949085097/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/priest-lake-circa-88\">Priest Lake Circa \'88 by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> is Drew Sullivan’s finest work to date. In essence, it is the second part of a double album that began with <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, acting as a long-distance conclusion to the double album’s narrative arc.</p><p><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and full. While the album draws its raw form from ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully crafted into something that could only ever find itself under the Slow Dancing Society moniker. The album speaks of both departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its broadest sense the notion of “home”. Above all, this is music to bathe in: warm, steamy and all-encompassing.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Slow and Steady Winter</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1874510603/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow-and-steady-winter\">The Slow and Steady Winter by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>From the outset<em> The Slow and Steady Winter</em> sets itself up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour long and comprising of only eight tracks the album paints its majestic landscapes with both measure and purpose, unfolding a sound that moves from immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock.</p><p><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> is not concerned with singularity but rather the totality of experience. The album is a gorgeously choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter from the ice covered fields of ‘The Early Stages of Decline’ to the thawed warm edges of spring in ‘February Sun’. The album serves as a wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous work both in sound and mood. In part it presents a much darker vision while still radiating an ineffable sense of humanity and heart.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Sound of Lights When Dim</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=29030174/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-lights-when-dim\">The Sound Of Lights When Dim by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is a sumptuous unfolding ride towards a fading horizon. As with Eno’s finest moments and Sylvian’s ambient explorations, this work 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.</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.</p>\r\n<p>At times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a></p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[gallery ids=\"9155,9156,9157,9158,9159,9160\"]\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/oRRxPZf5yO4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society\'s music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 04:00:17','2014-07-04 04:00:17','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9165,1,'2014-07-04 04:03:30','2014-07-04 04:03:30','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong></p><p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.</p><p><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Cogent Sea</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 540px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=932115624/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-cogent-sea\">The Cogent Sea by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s sixth album <em>The Cogent Sea</em> is another absorbing progression in Drew Sullivan’s mesmerising discography. The album continues the submersed exploration of Sullivan’s ’80s influences while also drawing upon an incredibly focused and cinematic ambient minimalism. There are trademark elements from across Slow Dancing Society’s stunning, critically acclaimed back catalogue, but rather than being throwbacks they present a continuity of narrative that is rarely found over such a large body of work.</p><p>On single ‘A Clearing’, gently overlapping waves of synthesizer are suspended amid sustained tones, holding the listener transfixed before Sullivan’s trademark guitar sound gently brings the listener back down to earth, transformed. Second single ‘Pull’ is aptly titled, its droning radiance, warm piano chords and magnetic guitar figures pulling the listener irresistibly into its enveloping glow. This is Slow Dancing Society at his masterful, immersive best.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Laterna Magica</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3307423845/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/laterna-magica\">Laterna Magica by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s fifth album <em>Laterna Magica</em> demonstrates another key progression in the Slow Dancing Society discography, which is becoming one of the essential bodies of work in contemporary ambient music. The tracks are underpinned by gorgeous guitar drift and warm synth wash, sparingly propelled by throbbing electronic undercurrents. From the soft-focus exhalation of ‘A Few Moments’, via the gleaming musical universe of recently released single ‘I’ll Leave A Light On’, through to the hypnotic pulse and drifting melancholic piano of finale ‘Tomorrow’s Another Day’, <em>Laterna Magica</em> is a definitive Slow Dancing Society release.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Under The Sodium Lights</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 373px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1884357437/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-sodium-lights\">Under The Sodium Lights by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em>, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> is Drew Sullivan’s latest ambient epic. The album feels like a distillation of the three stunning releases that preceded it – and as such is Sullivan’s finest work to date. The delicate interplay between focused melodic details and blurred washes of sound draws the listener into a hypnotised state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance.</p><p>First single ‘…and to the dust we shall return’ sees the gradual accretion of reverberant guitar tones, emerging from the silence as sparse reflections across the stereo field. Slow searching melodies overlap and accumulate before a descending bass figure carries the song home to its elegiac conclusion. From the luscious, tactile dream of ‘The Songs In Your Eyes’ to hopeful finale ‘Love Is On The Way’, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> resonates with a rich emotional core – and the choking realisation of our own transience. The album rewards immersive listening from start to finish, to really soak in its beauty.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Priest Lake Circa \'88</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3949085097/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/priest-lake-circa-88\">Priest Lake Circa \'88 by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> is Drew Sullivan’s finest work to date. In essence, it is the second part of a double album that began with <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, acting as a long-distance conclusion to the double album’s narrative arc.</p><p><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and full. While the album draws its raw form from ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully crafted into something that could only ever find itself under the Slow Dancing Society moniker. The album speaks of both departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its broadest sense the notion of “home”. Above all, this is music to bathe in: warm, steamy and all-encompassing.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Slow and Steady Winter</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1874510603/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow-and-steady-winter\">The Slow and Steady Winter by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>From the outset<em> The Slow and Steady Winter</em> sets itself up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour long and comprising of only eight tracks the album paints its majestic landscapes with both measure and purpose, unfolding a sound that moves from immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock.</p><p><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> is not concerned with singularity but rather the totality of experience. The album is a gorgeously choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter from the ice covered fields of ‘The Early Stages of Decline’ to the thawed warm edges of spring in ‘February Sun’. The album serves as a wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous work both in sound and mood. In part it presents a much darker vision while still radiating an ineffable sense of humanity and heart.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Sound of Lights When Dim</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=29030174/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-lights-when-dim\">The Sound Of Lights When Dim by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is a sumptuous unfolding ride towards a fading horizon. As with Eno’s finest moments and Sylvian’s ambient explorations, this work 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.</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.</p><p>At times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?</p><p> </p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3>[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h2>Reviews</h2>[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3><p> </p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p>[gallery ids=\"9155,9156,9157,9158,9159,9160\"][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/oRRxPZf5yO4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>Slow Dancing Society\'s music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 04:03:30','2014-07-04 04:03:30','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9167,1,'2014-07-04 04:29:29','2014-07-04 04:29:29','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong></p><p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.</p><p><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Cogent Sea</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 535px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=932115624/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-cogent-sea\">The Cogent Sea by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s sixth album <em>The Cogent Sea</em> is another absorbing progression in Drew Sullivan’s mesmerising discography. The album continues the submersed exploration of Sullivan’s ’80s influences while also drawing upon an incredibly focused and cinematic ambient minimalism. There are trademark elements from across Slow Dancing Society’s stunning, critically acclaimed back catalogue, but rather than being throwbacks they present a continuity of narrative that is rarely found over such a large body of work.</p><p>On single ‘A Clearing’, gently overlapping waves of synthesizer are suspended amid sustained tones, holding the listener transfixed before Sullivan’s trademark guitar sound gently brings the listener back down to earth, transformed. Second single ‘Pull’ is aptly titled, its droning radiance, warm piano chords and magnetic guitar figures pulling the listener irresistibly into its enveloping glow. This is Slow Dancing Society at his masterful, immersive best.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Laterna Magica</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3307423845/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/laterna-magica\">Laterna Magica by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s fifth album <em>Laterna Magica</em> demonstrates another key progression in the Slow Dancing Society discography, which is becoming one of the essential bodies of work in contemporary ambient music. The tracks are underpinned by gorgeous guitar drift and warm synth wash, sparingly propelled by throbbing electronic undercurrents. From the soft-focus exhalation of ‘A Few Moments’, via the gleaming musical universe of recently released single ‘I’ll Leave A Light On’, through to the hypnotic pulse and drifting melancholic piano of finale ‘Tomorrow’s Another Day’, <em>Laterna Magica</em> is a definitive Slow Dancing Society release.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Under The Sodium Lights</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 373px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1884357437/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-sodium-lights\">Under The Sodium Lights by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em>, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> is Drew Sullivan’s latest ambient epic. The album feels like a distillation of the three stunning releases that preceded it – and as such is Sullivan’s finest work to date. The delicate interplay between focused melodic details and blurred washes of sound draws the listener into a hypnotised state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance.</p><p>First single ‘…and to the dust we shall return’ sees the gradual accretion of reverberant guitar tones, emerging from the silence as sparse reflections across the stereo field. Slow searching melodies overlap and accumulate before a descending bass figure carries the song home to its elegiac conclusion. From the luscious, tactile dream of ‘The Songs In Your Eyes’ to hopeful finale ‘Love Is On The Way’, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> resonates with a rich emotional core – and the choking realisation of our own transience. The album rewards immersive listening from start to finish, to really soak in its beauty.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Priest Lake Circa \'88</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3949085097/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/priest-lake-circa-88\">Priest Lake Circa \'88 by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> is Drew Sullivan’s finest work to date. In essence, it is the second part of a double album that began with <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, acting as a long-distance conclusion to the double album’s narrative arc.</p><p><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and full. While the album draws its raw form from ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully crafted into something that could only ever find itself under the Slow Dancing Society moniker. The album speaks of both departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its broadest sense the notion of “home”. Above all, this is music to bathe in: warm, steamy and all-encompassing.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Slow and Steady Winter</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1874510603/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow-and-steady-winter\">The Slow and Steady Winter by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>From the outset<em> The Slow and Steady Winter</em> sets itself up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour long and comprising of only eight tracks the album paints its majestic landscapes with both measure and purpose, unfolding a sound that moves from immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock.</p><p><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> is not concerned with singularity but rather the totality of experience. The album is a gorgeously choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter from the ice covered fields of ‘The Early Stages of Decline’ to the thawed warm edges of spring in ‘February Sun’. The album serves as a wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous work both in sound and mood. In part it presents a much darker vision while still radiating an ineffable sense of humanity and heart.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Sound of Lights When Dim</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=29030174/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-lights-when-dim\">The Sound Of Lights When Dim by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is a sumptuous unfolding ride towards a fading horizon. As with Eno’s finest moments and Sylvian’s ambient explorations, this work 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.</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.</p><p>At times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?</p><p> </p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3>[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h2>Reviews</h2>[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3><p> </p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p>[gallery ids=\"9155,9156,9157,9158,9159,9160\"][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/oRRxPZf5yO4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>Slow Dancing Society\'s music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 04:29:29','2014-07-04 04:29:29','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9166,1,'2014-07-04 04:05:38','2014-07-04 04:05:38','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<br />\r\n<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1>\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong></p>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.</p>\r\n<p><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></p>\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Cogent Sea</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 530px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=932115624/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-cogent-sea\">The Cogent Sea by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s sixth album <em>The Cogent Sea</em> is another absorbing progression in Drew Sullivan’s mesmerising discography. The album continues the submersed exploration of Sullivan’s ’80s influences while also drawing upon an incredibly focused and cinematic ambient minimalism. There are trademark elements from across Slow Dancing Society’s stunning, critically acclaimed back catalogue, but rather than being throwbacks they present a continuity of narrative that is rarely found over such a large body of work.</p><p>On single ‘A Clearing’, gently overlapping waves of synthesizer are suspended amid sustained tones, holding the listener transfixed before Sullivan’s trademark guitar sound gently brings the listener back down to earth, transformed. Second single ‘Pull’ is aptly titled, its droning radiance, warm piano chords and magnetic guitar figures pulling the listener irresistibly into its enveloping glow. This is Slow Dancing Society at his masterful, immersive best.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Laterna Magica</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3307423845/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/laterna-magica\">Laterna Magica by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s fifth album <em>Laterna Magica</em> demonstrates another key progression in the Slow Dancing Society discography, which is becoming one of the essential bodies of work in contemporary ambient music. The tracks are underpinned by gorgeous guitar drift and warm synth wash, sparingly propelled by throbbing electronic undercurrents. From the soft-focus exhalation of ‘A Few Moments’, via the gleaming musical universe of recently released single ‘I’ll Leave A Light On’, through to the hypnotic pulse and drifting melancholic piano of finale ‘Tomorrow’s Another Day’, <em>Laterna Magica</em> is a definitive Slow Dancing Society release.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Under The Sodium Lights</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 373px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1884357437/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-sodium-lights\">Under The Sodium Lights by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em>, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> is Drew Sullivan’s latest ambient epic. The album feels like a distillation of the three stunning releases that preceded it – and as such is Sullivan’s finest work to date. The delicate interplay between focused melodic details and blurred washes of sound draws the listener into a hypnotised state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance.</p><p>First single ‘…and to the dust we shall return’ sees the gradual accretion of reverberant guitar tones, emerging from the silence as sparse reflections across the stereo field. Slow searching melodies overlap and accumulate before a descending bass figure carries the song home to its elegiac conclusion. From the luscious, tactile dream of ‘The Songs In Your Eyes’ to hopeful finale ‘Love Is On The Way’, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> resonates with a rich emotional core – and the choking realisation of our own transience. The album rewards immersive listening from start to finish, to really soak in its beauty.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Priest Lake Circa \'88</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3949085097/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/priest-lake-circa-88\">Priest Lake Circa \'88 by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> is Drew Sullivan’s finest work to date. In essence, it is the second part of a double album that began with <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, acting as a long-distance conclusion to the double album’s narrative arc.</p><p><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and full. While the album draws its raw form from ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully crafted into something that could only ever find itself under the Slow Dancing Society moniker. The album speaks of both departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its broadest sense the notion of “home”. Above all, this is music to bathe in: warm, steamy and all-encompassing.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Slow and Steady Winter</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1874510603/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow-and-steady-winter\">The Slow and Steady Winter by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>From the outset<em> The Slow and Steady Winter</em> sets itself up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour long and comprising of only eight tracks the album paints its majestic landscapes with both measure and purpose, unfolding a sound that moves from immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock.</p><p><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> is not concerned with singularity but rather the totality of experience. The album is a gorgeously choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter from the ice covered fields of ‘The Early Stages of Decline’ to the thawed warm edges of spring in ‘February Sun’. The album serves as a wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous work both in sound and mood. In part it presents a much darker vision while still radiating an ineffable sense of humanity and heart.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Sound of Lights When Dim</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=29030174/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-lights-when-dim\">The Sound Of Lights When Dim by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is a sumptuous unfolding ride towards a fading horizon. As with Eno’s finest moments and Sylvian’s ambient explorations, this work 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.</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.</p>\r\n<p>At times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<br />\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<br />\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a></p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[gallery ids=\"9155,9156,9157,9158,9159,9160\"][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/oRRxPZf5yO4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society\'s music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 04:05:38','2014-07-04 04:05:38','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9169,1,'2014-07-04 05:31:57','2014-07-04 05:31:57','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]\r\n<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong>\r\n\r\nSlow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Cogent Sea</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 535px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=932115624/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-cogent-sea\">The Cogent Sea by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nSlow Dancing Society’s sixth album <em>The Cogent Sea</em> is another absorbing progression in Drew Sullivan’s mesmerising discography. The album continues the submersed exploration of Sullivan’s ’80s influences while also drawing upon an incredibly focused and cinematic ambient minimalism. There are trademark elements from across Slow Dancing Society’s stunning, critically acclaimed back catalogue, but rather than being throwbacks they present a continuity of narrative that is rarely found over such a large body of work. On single ‘A Clearing’, gently overlapping waves of synthesizer are suspended amid sustained tones, holding the listener transfixed before Sullivan’s trademark guitar sound gently brings the listener back down to earth, transformed. Second single ‘Pull’ is aptly titled, its droning radiance, warm piano chords and magnetic guitar figures pulling the listener irresistibly into its enveloping glow. This is Slow Dancing Society at his masterful, immersive best.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Laterna Magica</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3307423845/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/laterna-magica\">Laterna Magica by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nSlow Dancing Society’s fifth album <em>Laterna Magica</em> demonstrates another key progression in the Slow Dancing Society discography, which is becoming one of the essential bodies of work in contemporary ambient music. The tracks are underpinned by gorgeous guitar drift and warm synth wash, sparingly propelled by throbbing electronic undercurrents. From the soft-focus exhalation of ‘A Few Moments’, via the gleaming musical universe of recently released single ‘I’ll Leave A Light On’, through to the hypnotic pulse and drifting melancholic piano of finale ‘Tomorrow’s Another Day’, <em>Laterna Magica</em> is a definitive Slow Dancing Society release.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Under The Sodium Lights</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 373px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1884357437/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-sodium-lights\">Under The Sodium Lights by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nFollowing on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em>, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> is Drew Sullivan’s latest ambient epic. The album feels like a distillation of the three stunning releases that preceded it – and as such is Sullivan’s finest work to date. The delicate interplay between focused melodic details and blurred washes of sound draws the listener into a hypnotised state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance. First single ‘…and to the dust we shall return’ sees the gradual accretion of reverberant guitar tones, emerging from the silence as sparse reflections across the stereo field. Slow searching melodies overlap and accumulate before a descending bass figure carries the song home to its elegiac conclusion. From the luscious, tactile dream of ‘The Songs In Your Eyes’ to hopeful finale ‘Love Is On The Way’, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> resonates with a rich emotional core – and the choking realisation of our own transience. The album rewards immersive listening from start to finish, to really soak in its beauty.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Priest Lake Circa \'88</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3949085097/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/priest-lake-circa-88\">Priest Lake Circa \'88 by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nFollowing on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> is Drew Sullivan’s finest work to date. In essence, it is the second part of a double album that began with <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, acting as a long-distance conclusion to the double album’s narrative arc. <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and full. While the album draws its raw form from ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully crafted into something that could only ever find itself under the Slow Dancing Society moniker. The album speaks of both departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its broadest sense the notion of “home”. Above all, this is music to bathe in: warm, steamy and all-encompassing.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Slow and Steady Winter</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1874510603/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow-and-steady-winter\">The Slow and Steady Winter by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nFrom the outset<em> The Slow and Steady Winter</em> sets itself up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour long and comprising of only eight tracks the album paints its majestic landscapes with both measure and purpose, unfolding a sound that moves from immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock. <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> is not concerned with singularity but rather the totality of experience. The album is a gorgeously choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter from the ice covered fields of ‘The Early Stages of Decline’ to the thawed warm edges of spring in ‘February Sun’. The album serves as a wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous work both in sound and mood. In part it presents a much darker vision while still radiating an ineffable sense of humanity and heart.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Sound of Lights When Dim</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=29030174/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-lights-when-dim\">The Sound Of Lights When Dim by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is a sumptuous unfolding ride towards a fading horizon. As with Eno’s finest moments and Sylvian’s ambient explorations, this work 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.\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\nSlow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.\r\n\r\nAt times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[gallery ids=\"9155,9156,9157,9158,9159,9160\"]\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/oRRxPZf5yO4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\nSlow Dancing Society\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 05:31:57','2014-07-04 05:31:57','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9168,1,'2014-07-04 04:46:31','2014-07-04 04:46:31','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<br />\r\n<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1>\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong></p>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.</p>\r\n<p><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></p>\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Cogent Sea</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 535px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=932115624/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-cogent-sea\">The Cogent Sea by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s sixth album <em>The Cogent Sea</em> is another absorbing progression in Drew Sullivan’s mesmerising discography. The album continues the submersed exploration of Sullivan’s ’80s influences while also drawing upon an incredibly focused and cinematic ambient minimalism. There are trademark elements from across Slow Dancing Society’s stunning, critically acclaimed back catalogue, but rather than being throwbacks they present a continuity of narrative that is rarely found over such a large body of work. On single ‘A Clearing’, gently overlapping waves of synthesizer are suspended amid sustained tones, holding the listener transfixed before Sullivan’s trademark guitar sound gently brings the listener back down to earth, transformed. Second single ‘Pull’ is aptly titled, its droning radiance, warm piano chords and magnetic guitar figures pulling the listener irresistibly into its enveloping glow. This is Slow Dancing Society at his masterful, immersive best.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Laterna Magica</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3307423845/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/laterna-magica\">Laterna Magica by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s fifth album <em>Laterna Magica</em> demonstrates another key progression in the Slow Dancing Society discography, which is becoming one of the essential bodies of work in contemporary ambient music. The tracks are underpinned by gorgeous guitar drift and warm synth wash, sparingly propelled by throbbing electronic undercurrents. From the soft-focus exhalation of ‘A Few Moments’, via the gleaming musical universe of recently released single ‘I’ll Leave A Light On’, through to the hypnotic pulse and drifting melancholic piano of finale ‘Tomorrow’s Another Day’, <em>Laterna Magica</em> is a definitive Slow Dancing Society release.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Under The Sodium Lights</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 373px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1884357437/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-sodium-lights\">Under The Sodium Lights by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em>, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> is Drew Sullivan’s latest ambient epic. The album feels like a distillation of the three stunning releases that preceded it – and as such is Sullivan’s finest work to date. The delicate interplay between focused melodic details and blurred washes of sound draws the listener into a hypnotised state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance. First single ‘…and to the dust we shall return’ sees the gradual accretion of reverberant guitar tones, emerging from the silence as sparse reflections across the stereo field. Slow searching melodies overlap and accumulate before a descending bass figure carries the song home to its elegiac conclusion. From the luscious, tactile dream of ‘The Songs In Your Eyes’ to hopeful finale ‘Love Is On The Way’, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> resonates with a rich emotional core – and the choking realisation of our own transience. The album rewards immersive listening from start to finish, to really soak in its beauty.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Priest Lake Circa \'88</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3949085097/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/priest-lake-circa-88\">Priest Lake Circa \'88 by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> is Drew Sullivan’s finest work to date. In essence, it is the second part of a double album that began with <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, acting as a long-distance conclusion to the double album’s narrative arc. <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and full. While the album draws its raw form from ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully crafted into something that could only ever find itself under the Slow Dancing Society moniker. The album speaks of both departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its broadest sense the notion of “home”. Above all, this is music to bathe in: warm, steamy and all-encompassing.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Slow and Steady Winter</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1874510603/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow-and-steady-winter\">The Slow and Steady Winter by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>From the outset<em> The Slow and Steady Winter</em> sets itself up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour long and comprising of only eight tracks the album paints its majestic landscapes with both measure and purpose, unfolding a sound that moves from immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock. <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> is not concerned with singularity but rather the totality of experience. The album is a gorgeously choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter from the ice covered fields of ‘The Early Stages of Decline’ to the thawed warm edges of spring in ‘February Sun’. The album serves as a wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous work both in sound and mood. In part it presents a much darker vision while still radiating an ineffable sense of humanity and heart.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Sound of Lights When Dim</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=29030174/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-lights-when-dim\">The Sound Of Lights When Dim by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is a sumptuous unfolding ride towards a fading horizon. As with Eno’s finest moments and Sylvian’s ambient explorations, this work 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.</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.</p>\r\n<p>At times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<br />\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<br />\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a></p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[gallery ids=\"9155,9156,9157,9158,9159,9160\"][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/oRRxPZf5yO4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\nSlow Dancing Society\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 04:46:31','2014-07-04 04:46:31','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9170,1,'2014-07-04 07:37:29','2014-07-04 07:37:29','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]\r\n<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong>\r\n\r\nSlow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Cogent Sea</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 535px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=932115624/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-cogent-sea\">The Cogent Sea by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nSlow Dancing Society’s sixth album <em>The Cogent Sea</em> is another absorbing progression in Drew Sullivan’s mesmerising discography. The album continues the submersed exploration of Sullivan’s ’80s influences while also drawing upon an incredibly focused and cinematic ambient minimalism. There are trademark elements from across Slow Dancing Society’s stunning, critically acclaimed back catalogue, but rather than being throwbacks they present a continuity of narrative that is rarely found over such a large body of work. On single ‘A Clearing’, gently overlapping waves of synthesizer are suspended amid sustained tones, holding the listener transfixed before Sullivan’s trademark guitar sound gently brings the listener back down to earth, transformed. Second single ‘Pull’ is aptly titled, its droning radiance, warm piano chords and magnetic guitar figures pulling the listener irresistibly into its enveloping glow. This is Slow Dancing Society at his masterful, immersive best.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Laterna Magica</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3307423845/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/laterna-magica\">Laterna Magica by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nSlow Dancing Society’s fifth album <em>Laterna Magica</em> demonstrates another key progression in the Slow Dancing Society discography, which is becoming one of the essential bodies of work in contemporary ambient music. The tracks are underpinned by gorgeous guitar drift and warm synth wash, sparingly propelled by throbbing electronic undercurrents. From the soft-focus exhalation of ‘A Few Moments’, via the gleaming musical universe of recently released single ‘I’ll Leave A Light On’, through to the hypnotic pulse and drifting melancholic piano of finale ‘Tomorrow’s Another Day’, <em>Laterna Magica</em> is a definitive Slow Dancing Society release.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Under The Sodium Lights</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 373px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1884357437/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-sodium-lights\">Under The Sodium Lights by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nFollowing on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em>, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> is Drew Sullivan’s latest ambient epic. The album feels like a distillation of the three stunning releases that preceded it – and as such is Sullivan’s finest work to date. The delicate interplay between focused melodic details and blurred washes of sound draws the listener into a hypnotised state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance. First single ‘…and to the dust we shall return’ sees the gradual accretion of reverberant guitar tones, emerging from the silence as sparse reflections across the stereo field. Slow searching melodies overlap and accumulate before a descending bass figure carries the song home to its elegiac conclusion. From the luscious, tactile dream of ‘The Songs In Your Eyes’ to hopeful finale ‘Love Is On The Way’, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> resonates with a rich emotional core – and the choking realisation of our own transience. The album rewards immersive listening from start to finish, to really soak in its beauty.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Priest Lake Circa \'88</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3949085097/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/priest-lake-circa-88\">Priest Lake Circa \'88 by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nFollowing on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> is Drew Sullivan’s finest work to date. In essence, it is the second part of a double album that began with <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, acting as a long-distance conclusion to the double album’s narrative arc. <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and full. While the album draws its raw form from ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully crafted into something that could only ever find itself under the Slow Dancing Society moniker. The album speaks of both departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its broadest sense the notion of “home”. Above all, this is music to bathe in: warm, steamy and all-encompassing.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Slow and Steady Winter</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1874510603/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow-and-steady-winter\">The Slow and Steady Winter by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nFrom the outset<em> The Slow and Steady Winter</em> sets itself up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour long and comprising of only eight tracks the album paints its majestic landscapes with both measure and purpose, unfolding a sound that moves from immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock. <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> is not concerned with singularity but rather the totality of experience. The album is a gorgeously choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter from the ice covered fields of ‘The Early Stages of Decline’ to the thawed warm edges of spring in ‘February Sun’. The album serves as a wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous work both in sound and mood. In part it presents a much darker vision while still radiating an ineffable sense of humanity and heart.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Sound of Lights When Dim</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=29030174/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-lights-when-dim\">The Sound Of Lights When Dim by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is a sumptuous unfolding ride towards a fading horizon. As with Eno’s finest moments and Sylvian’s ambient explorations, this work 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.\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\nSlow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.\r\n\r\nAt times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[gallery ids=\"9155,9156,9157,9158,9159,9160\"]\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/oRRxPZf5yO4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\nSlow Dancing Society\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 07:37:29','2014-07-04 07:37:29','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9171,1,'2014-07-04 07:38:21','2014-07-04 07:38:21','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]\r\n<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong>\r\n\r\nSlow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Cogent Sea</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 535px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=932115624/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-cogent-sea\">The Cogent Sea by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nSlow Dancing Society’s sixth album <em>The Cogent Sea</em> is another absorbing progression in Drew Sullivan’s mesmerising discography. The album continues the submersed exploration of Sullivan’s ’80s influences while also drawing upon an incredibly focused and cinematic ambient minimalism. There are trademark elements from across Slow Dancing Society’s stunning, critically acclaimed back catalogue, but rather than being throwbacks they present a continuity of narrative that is rarely found over such a large body of work. On single ‘A Clearing’, gently overlapping waves of synthesizer are suspended amid sustained tones, holding the listener transfixed before Sullivan’s trademark guitar sound gently brings the listener back down to earth, transformed. Second single ‘Pull’ is aptly titled, its droning radiance, warm piano chords and magnetic guitar figures pulling the listener irresistibly into its enveloping glow. This is Slow Dancing Society at his masterful, immersive best.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Laterna Magica</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3307423845/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/laterna-magica\">Laterna Magica by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nSlow Dancing Society’s fifth album <em>Laterna Magica</em> demonstrates another key progression in the Slow Dancing Society discography, which is becoming one of the essential bodies of work in contemporary ambient music. The tracks are underpinned by gorgeous guitar drift and warm synth wash, sparingly propelled by throbbing electronic undercurrents. From the soft-focus exhalation of ‘A Few Moments’, via the gleaming musical universe of recently released single ‘I’ll Leave A Light On’, through to the hypnotic pulse and drifting melancholic piano of finale ‘Tomorrow’s Another Day’, <em>Laterna Magica</em> is a definitive Slow Dancing Society release.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Under The Sodium Lights</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 373px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1884357437/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-sodium-lights\">Under The Sodium Lights by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nFollowing on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em>, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> is Drew Sullivan’s latest ambient epic. The album feels like a distillation of the three stunning releases that preceded it – and as such is Sullivan’s finest work to date. The delicate interplay between focused melodic details and blurred washes of sound draws the listener into a hypnotised state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance. First single ‘…and to the dust we shall return’ sees the gradual accretion of reverberant guitar tones, emerging from the silence as sparse reflections across the stereo field. Slow searching melodies overlap and accumulate before a descending bass figure carries the song home to its elegiac conclusion. From the luscious, tactile dream of ‘The Songs In Your Eyes’ to hopeful finale ‘Love Is On The Way’, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> resonates with a rich emotional core – and the choking realisation of our own transience. The album rewards immersive listening from start to finish, to really soak in its beauty.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Priest Lake Circa \'88</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3949085097/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/priest-lake-circa-88\">Priest Lake Circa \'88 by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nFollowing on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> is Drew Sullivan’s finest work to date. In essence, it is the second part of a double album that began with <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, acting as a long-distance conclusion to the double album’s narrative arc. <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and full. While the album draws its raw form from ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully crafted into something that could only ever find itself under the Slow Dancing Society moniker. The album speaks of both departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its broadest sense the notion of “home”. Above all, this is music to bathe in: warm, steamy and all-encompassing.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Slow and Steady Winter</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1874510603/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow-and-steady-winter\">The Slow and Steady Winter by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nFrom the outset<em> The Slow and Steady Winter</em> sets itself up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour long and comprising of only eight tracks the album paints its majestic landscapes with both measure and purpose, unfolding a sound that moves from immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock. <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> is not concerned with singularity but rather the totality of experience. The album is a gorgeously choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter from the ice covered fields of ‘The Early Stages of Decline’ to the thawed warm edges of spring in ‘February Sun’. The album serves as a wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous work both in sound and mood. In part it presents a much darker vision while still radiating an ineffable sense of humanity and heart.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Sound of Lights When Dim</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=29030174/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-lights-when-dim\">The Sound Of Lights When Dim by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is a sumptuous unfolding ride towards a fading horizon. As with Eno’s finest moments and Sylvian’s ambient explorations, this work 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.\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\nSlow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.\r\n\r\nAt times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[gallery ids=\"9155,9156,9157,9158,9159,9160\"]\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/oRRxPZf5yO4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\nSlow Dancing Society\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 07:38:21','2014-07-04 07:38:21','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9177,1,'2014-07-04 07:52:19','2014-07-04 07:52:19','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong></p><p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.</p><p><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\" /][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.</p><p>At times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?</p><p> </p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3>[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h2>Reviews</h2>[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p>[gallery ids=\"9155,9156,9157,9158,9159,9160\"]<p><br /> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/oRRxPZf5yO4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>Slow Dancing Society\'s music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 07:52:19','2014-07-04 07:52:19','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9172,1,'2014-07-04 07:39:32','2014-07-04 07:39:32','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]\r\n<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1>\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong></p>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.</p>\r\n<p><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></p>\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Cogent Sea</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 540px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=932115624/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-cogent-sea\">The Cogent Sea by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s sixth album <em>The Cogent Sea</em> is another absorbing progression in Drew Sullivan’s mesmerising discography. The album continues the submersed exploration of Sullivan’s ’80s influences while also drawing upon an incredibly focused and cinematic ambient minimalism. There are trademark elements from across Slow Dancing Society’s stunning, critically acclaimed back catalogue, but rather than being throwbacks they present a continuity of narrative that is rarely found over such a large body of work. On single ‘A Clearing’, gently overlapping waves of synthesizer are suspended amid sustained tones, holding the listener transfixed before Sullivan’s trademark guitar sound gently brings the listener back down to earth, transformed. Second single ‘Pull’ is aptly titled, its droning radiance, warm piano chords and magnetic guitar figures pulling the listener irresistibly into its enveloping glow. This is Slow Dancing Society at his masterful, immersive best.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Laterna Magica</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3307423845/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/laterna-magica\">Laterna Magica by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s fifth album <em>Laterna Magica</em> demonstrates another key progression in the Slow Dancing Society discography, which is becoming one of the essential bodies of work in contemporary ambient music. The tracks are underpinned by gorgeous guitar drift and warm synth wash, sparingly propelled by throbbing electronic undercurrents. From the soft-focus exhalation of ‘A Few Moments’, via the gleaming musical universe of recently released single ‘I’ll Leave A Light On’, through to the hypnotic pulse and drifting melancholic piano of finale ‘Tomorrow’s Another Day’, <em>Laterna Magica</em> is a definitive Slow Dancing Society release.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Under The Sodium Lights</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 373px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1884357437/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-sodium-lights\">Under The Sodium Lights by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em>, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> is Drew Sullivan’s latest ambient epic. The album feels like a distillation of the three stunning releases that preceded it – and as such is Sullivan’s finest work to date. The delicate interplay between focused melodic details and blurred washes of sound draws the listener into a hypnotised state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance. First single ‘…and to the dust we shall return’ sees the gradual accretion of reverberant guitar tones, emerging from the silence as sparse reflections across the stereo field. Slow searching melodies overlap and accumulate before a descending bass figure carries the song home to its elegiac conclusion. From the luscious, tactile dream of ‘The Songs In Your Eyes’ to hopeful finale ‘Love Is On The Way’, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> resonates with a rich emotional core – and the choking realisation of our own transience. The album rewards immersive listening from start to finish, to really soak in its beauty.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Priest Lake Circa \'88</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3949085097/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/priest-lake-circa-88\">Priest Lake Circa \'88 by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> is Drew Sullivan’s finest work to date. In essence, it is the second part of a double album that began with <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, acting as a long-distance conclusion to the double album’s narrative arc. <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and full. While the album draws its raw form from ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully crafted into something that could only ever find itself under the Slow Dancing Society moniker. The album speaks of both departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its broadest sense the notion of “home”. Above all, this is music to bathe in: warm, steamy and all-encompassing.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Slow and Steady Winter</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1874510603/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow-and-steady-winter\">The Slow and Steady Winter by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>From the outset<em> The Slow and Steady Winter</em> sets itself up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour long and comprising of only eight tracks the album paints its majestic landscapes with both measure and purpose, unfolding a sound that moves from immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock. <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> is not concerned with singularity but rather the totality of experience. The album is a gorgeously choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter from the ice covered fields of ‘The Early Stages of Decline’ to the thawed warm edges of spring in ‘February Sun’. The album serves as a wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous work both in sound and mood. In part it presents a much darker vision while still radiating an ineffable sense of humanity and heart.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Sound of Lights When Dim</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=29030174/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-lights-when-dim\">The Sound Of Lights When Dim by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is a sumptuous unfolding ride towards a fading horizon. As with Eno’s finest moments and Sylvian’s ambient explorations, this work 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.</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.</p>\r\n<p>At times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a></p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[gallery ids=\"9155,9156,9157,9158,9159,9160\"]\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/oRRxPZf5yO4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society\'s music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 07:39:32','2014-07-04 07:39:32','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9174,1,'2014-07-04 07:44:35','2014-07-04 07:44:35','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]\r\n<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1>\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong></p>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.</p>\r\n<p><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></p>\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Cogent Sea</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 540px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=932115624/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-cogent-sea\">The Cogent Sea by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nSlow Dancing Society’s sixth album <em>The Cogent Sea</em> is another absorbing progression in Drew Sullivan’s mesmerising discography. The album continues the submersed exploration of Sullivan’s ’80s influences while also drawing upon an incredibly focused and cinematic ambient minimalism. There are trademark elements from across Slow Dancing Society’s stunning, critically acclaimed back catalogue, but rather than being throwbacks they present a continuity of narrative that is rarely found over such a large body of work. On single ‘A Clearing’, gently overlapping waves of synthesizer are suspended amid sustained tones, holding the listener transfixed before Sullivan’s trademark guitar sound gently brings the listener back down to earth, transformed. Second single ‘Pull’ is aptly titled, its droning radiance, warm piano chords and magnetic guitar figures pulling the listener irresistibly into its enveloping glow. This is Slow Dancing Society at his masterful, immersive best.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Laterna Magica</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3307423845/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/laterna-magica\">Laterna Magica by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nSlow Dancing Society’s fifth album <em>Laterna Magica</em> demonstrates another key progression in the Slow Dancing Society discography, which is becoming one of the essential bodies of work in contemporary ambient music. The tracks are underpinned by gorgeous guitar drift and warm synth wash, sparingly propelled by throbbing electronic undercurrents. From the soft-focus exhalation of ‘A Few Moments’, via the gleaming musical universe of recently released single ‘I’ll Leave A Light On’, through to the hypnotic pulse and drifting melancholic piano of finale ‘Tomorrow’s Another Day’, <em>Laterna Magica</em> is a definitive Slow Dancing Society release.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Under The Sodium Lights</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 373px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1884357437/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-sodium-lights\">Under The Sodium Lights by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nFollowing on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em>, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> is Drew Sullivan’s latest ambient epic. The album feels like a distillation of the three stunning releases that preceded it – and as such is Sullivan’s finest work to date. The delicate interplay between focused melodic details and blurred washes of sound draws the listener into a hypnotised state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance. First single ‘…and to the dust we shall return’ sees the gradual accretion of reverberant guitar tones, emerging from the silence as sparse reflections across the stereo field. Slow searching melodies overlap and accumulate before a descending bass figure carries the song home to its elegiac conclusion. From the luscious, tactile dream of ‘The Songs In Your Eyes’ to hopeful finale ‘Love Is On The Way’, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> resonates with a rich emotional core – and the choking realisation of our own transience. The album rewards immersive listening from start to finish, to really soak in its beauty.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Priest Lake Circa \'88</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3949085097/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/priest-lake-circa-88\">Priest Lake Circa \'88 by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nFollowing on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> is Drew Sullivan’s finest work to date. In essence, it is the second part of a double album that began with <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, acting as a long-distance conclusion to the double album’s narrative arc. <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and full. While the album draws its raw form from ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully crafted into something that could only ever find itself under the Slow Dancing Society moniker. The album speaks of both departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its broadest sense the notion of “home”. Above all, this is music to bathe in: warm, steamy and all-encompassing.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Slow and Steady Winter</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1874510603/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow-and-steady-winter\">The Slow and Steady Winter by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nFrom the outset<em> The Slow and Steady Winter</em> sets itself up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour long and comprising of only eight tracks the album paints its majestic landscapes with both measure and purpose, unfolding a sound that moves from immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock. <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> is not concerned with singularity but rather the totality of experience. The album is a gorgeously choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter from the ice covered fields of ‘The Early Stages of Decline’ to the thawed warm edges of spring in ‘February Sun’. The album serves as a wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous work both in sound and mood. In part it presents a much darker vision while still radiating an ineffable sense of humanity and heart.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Sound of Lights When Dim</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=29030174/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-lights-when-dim\">The Sound Of Lights When Dim by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is a sumptuous unfolding ride towards a fading horizon. As with Eno’s finest moments and Sylvian’s ambient explorations, this work 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.\r\n<div></div>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.</p>\r\n<p>At times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a></p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[gallery ids=\"9155,9156,9157,9158,9159,9160\"]<br />\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/oRRxPZf5yO4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society\'s music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 07:44:35','2014-07-04 07:44:35','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9173,1,'2014-07-04 07:43:05','2014-07-04 07:43:05','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]\r\n<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1>\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong></p>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.</p>\r\n<p><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></p>\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Cogent Sea</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 540px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=932115624/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-cogent-sea\">The Cogent Sea by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s sixth album <em>The Cogent Sea</em> is another absorbing progression in Drew Sullivan’s mesmerising discography. The album continues the submersed exploration of Sullivan’s ’80s influences while also drawing upon an incredibly focused and cinematic ambient minimalism. There are trademark elements from across Slow Dancing Society’s stunning, critically acclaimed back catalogue, but rather than being throwbacks they present a continuity of narrative that is rarely found over such a large body of work. On single ‘A Clearing’, gently overlapping waves of synthesizer are suspended amid sustained tones, holding the listener transfixed before Sullivan’s trademark guitar sound gently brings the listener back down to earth, transformed. Second single ‘Pull’ is aptly titled, its droning radiance, warm piano chords and magnetic guitar figures pulling the listener irresistibly into its enveloping glow. This is Slow Dancing Society at his masterful, immersive best.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Laterna Magica</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3307423845/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/laterna-magica\">Laterna Magica by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s fifth album <em>Laterna Magica</em> demonstrates another key progression in the Slow Dancing Society discography, which is becoming one of the essential bodies of work in contemporary ambient music. The tracks are underpinned by gorgeous guitar drift and warm synth wash, sparingly propelled by throbbing electronic undercurrents. From the soft-focus exhalation of ‘A Few Moments’, via the gleaming musical universe of recently released single ‘I’ll Leave A Light On’, through to the hypnotic pulse and drifting melancholic piano of finale ‘Tomorrow’s Another Day’, <em>Laterna Magica</em> is a definitive Slow Dancing Society release.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Under The Sodium Lights</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 373px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1884357437/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-sodium-lights\">Under The Sodium Lights by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em>, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> is Drew Sullivan’s latest ambient epic. The album feels like a distillation of the three stunning releases that preceded it – and as such is Sullivan’s finest work to date. The delicate interplay between focused melodic details and blurred washes of sound draws the listener into a hypnotised state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance. First single ‘…and to the dust we shall return’ sees the gradual accretion of reverberant guitar tones, emerging from the silence as sparse reflections across the stereo field. Slow searching melodies overlap and accumulate before a descending bass figure carries the song home to its elegiac conclusion. From the luscious, tactile dream of ‘The Songs In Your Eyes’ to hopeful finale ‘Love Is On The Way’, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> resonates with a rich emotional core – and the choking realisation of our own transience. The album rewards immersive listening from start to finish, to really soak in its beauty.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Priest Lake Circa \'88</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3949085097/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/priest-lake-circa-88\">Priest Lake Circa \'88 by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> is Drew Sullivan’s finest work to date. In essence, it is the second part of a double album that began with <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, acting as a long-distance conclusion to the double album’s narrative arc. <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and full. While the album draws its raw form from ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully crafted into something that could only ever find itself under the Slow Dancing Society moniker. The album speaks of both departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its broadest sense the notion of “home”. Above all, this is music to bathe in: warm, steamy and all-encompassing.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Slow and Steady Winter</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1874510603/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow-and-steady-winter\">The Slow and Steady Winter by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>From the outset<em> The Slow and Steady Winter</em> sets itself up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour long and comprising of only eight tracks the album paints its majestic landscapes with both measure and purpose, unfolding a sound that moves from immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock. <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> is not concerned with singularity but rather the totality of experience. The album is a gorgeously choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter from the ice covered fields of ‘The Early Stages of Decline’ to the thawed warm edges of spring in ‘February Sun’. The album serves as a wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous work both in sound and mood. In part it presents a much darker vision while still radiating an ineffable sense of humanity and heart.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Sound of Lights When Dim</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=29030174/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-lights-when-dim\">The Sound Of Lights When Dim by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is a sumptuous unfolding ride towards a fading horizon. As with Eno’s finest moments and Sylvian’s ambient explorations, this work 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.</p><div> </div>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.</p>\r\n<p>At times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a></p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[gallery ids=\"9155,9156,9157,9158,9159,9160\"]<br />\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/oRRxPZf5yO4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society\'s music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 07:43:05','2014-07-04 07:43:05','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9176,1,'2014-07-04 07:46:38','2014-07-04 07:46:38','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong></p><p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.</p><p><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Cogent Sea</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 540px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=932115624/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-cogent-sea\">The Cogent Sea by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s sixth album <em>The Cogent Sea</em> is another absorbing progression in Drew Sullivan’s mesmerising discography. The album continues the submersed exploration of Sullivan’s ’80s influences while also drawing upon an incredibly focused and cinematic ambient minimalism. There are trademark elements from across Slow Dancing Society’s stunning, critically acclaimed back catalogue, but rather than being throwbacks they present a continuity of narrative that is rarely found over such a large body of work. On single ‘A Clearing’, gently overlapping waves of synthesizer are suspended amid sustained tones, holding the listener transfixed before Sullivan’s trademark guitar sound gently brings the listener back down to earth, transformed. Second single ‘Pull’ is aptly titled, its droning radiance, warm piano chords and magnetic guitar figures pulling the listener irresistibly into its enveloping glow. This is Slow Dancing Society at his masterful, immersive best.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Laterna Magica</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3307423845/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/laterna-magica\">Laterna Magica by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s fifth album <em>Laterna Magica</em> demonstrates another key progression in the Slow Dancing Society discography, which is becoming one of the essential bodies of work in contemporary ambient music. The tracks are underpinned by gorgeous guitar drift and warm synth wash, sparingly propelled by throbbing electronic undercurrents. From the soft-focus exhalation of ‘A Few Moments’, via the gleaming musical universe of recently released single ‘I’ll Leave A Light On’, through to the hypnotic pulse and drifting melancholic piano of finale ‘Tomorrow’s Another Day’, <em>Laterna Magica</em> is a definitive Slow Dancing Society release.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Under The Sodium Lights</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 373px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1884357437/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-sodium-lights\">Under The Sodium Lights by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em>, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> is Drew Sullivan’s latest ambient epic. The album feels like a distillation of the three stunning releases that preceded it – and as such is Sullivan’s finest work to date. The delicate interplay between focused melodic details and blurred washes of sound draws the listener into a hypnotised state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance. First single ‘…and to the dust we shall return’ sees the gradual accretion of reverberant guitar tones, emerging from the silence as sparse reflections across the stereo field. Slow searching melodies overlap and accumulate before a descending bass figure carries the song home to its elegiac conclusion. From the luscious, tactile dream of ‘The Songs In Your Eyes’ to hopeful finale ‘Love Is On The Way’, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> resonates with a rich emotional core – and the choking realisation of our own transience. The album rewards immersive listening from start to finish, to really soak in its beauty.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Priest Lake Circa \'88</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3949085097/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/priest-lake-circa-88\">Priest Lake Circa \'88 by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> is Drew Sullivan’s finest work to date. In essence, it is the second part of a double album that began with <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, acting as a long-distance conclusion to the double album’s narrative arc. <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and full. While the album draws its raw form from ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully crafted into something that could only ever find itself under the Slow Dancing Society moniker. The album speaks of both departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its broadest sense the notion of “home”. Above all, this is music to bathe in: warm, steamy and all-encompassing.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Slow and Steady Winter</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1874510603/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow-and-steady-winter\">The Slow and Steady Winter by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>From the outset<em> The Slow and Steady Winter</em> sets itself up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour long and comprising of only eight tracks the album paints its majestic landscapes with both measure and purpose, unfolding a sound that moves from immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock. <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> is not concerned with singularity but rather the totality of experience. The album is a gorgeously choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter from the ice covered fields of ‘The Early Stages of Decline’ to the thawed warm edges of spring in ‘February Sun’. The album serves as a wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous work both in sound and mood. In part it presents a much darker vision while still radiating an ineffable sense of humanity and heart.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Sound of Lights When Dim</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=29030174/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-lights-when-dim\">The Sound Of Lights When Dim by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is a sumptuous unfolding ride towards a fading horizon. As with Eno’s finest moments and Sylvian’s ambient explorations, this work 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.</p><div> </div>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.</p><p>At times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?</p><p> </p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3>[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h2>Reviews</h2>[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p>[gallery ids=\"9155,9156,9157,9158,9159,9160\"]<p><br /> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/oRRxPZf5yO4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>Slow Dancing Society\'s music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 07:46:38','2014-07-04 07:46:38','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9175,1,'2014-07-04 07:45:28','2014-07-04 07:45:28','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]\r\n<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1>\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong></p>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.</p>\r\n<p><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></p>\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Cogent Sea</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 540px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=932115624/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-cogent-sea\">The Cogent Sea by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s sixth album <em>The Cogent Sea</em> is another absorbing progression in Drew Sullivan’s mesmerising discography. The album continues the submersed exploration of Sullivan’s ’80s influences while also drawing upon an incredibly focused and cinematic ambient minimalism. There are trademark elements from across Slow Dancing Society’s stunning, critically acclaimed back catalogue, but rather than being throwbacks they present a continuity of narrative that is rarely found over such a large body of work. On single ‘A Clearing’, gently overlapping waves of synthesizer are suspended amid sustained tones, holding the listener transfixed before Sullivan’s trademark guitar sound gently brings the listener back down to earth, transformed. Second single ‘Pull’ is aptly titled, its droning radiance, warm piano chords and magnetic guitar figures pulling the listener irresistibly into its enveloping glow. This is Slow Dancing Society at his masterful, immersive best.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Laterna Magica</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3307423845/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/laterna-magica\">Laterna Magica by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s fifth album <em>Laterna Magica</em> demonstrates another key progression in the Slow Dancing Society discography, which is becoming one of the essential bodies of work in contemporary ambient music. The tracks are underpinned by gorgeous guitar drift and warm synth wash, sparingly propelled by throbbing electronic undercurrents. From the soft-focus exhalation of ‘A Few Moments’, via the gleaming musical universe of recently released single ‘I’ll Leave A Light On’, through to the hypnotic pulse and drifting melancholic piano of finale ‘Tomorrow’s Another Day’, <em>Laterna Magica</em> is a definitive Slow Dancing Society release.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Under The Sodium Lights</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 373px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1884357437/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-sodium-lights\">Under The Sodium Lights by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em>, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> is Drew Sullivan’s latest ambient epic. The album feels like a distillation of the three stunning releases that preceded it – and as such is Sullivan’s finest work to date. The delicate interplay between focused melodic details and blurred washes of sound draws the listener into a hypnotised state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance. First single ‘…and to the dust we shall return’ sees the gradual accretion of reverberant guitar tones, emerging from the silence as sparse reflections across the stereo field. Slow searching melodies overlap and accumulate before a descending bass figure carries the song home to its elegiac conclusion. From the luscious, tactile dream of ‘The Songs In Your Eyes’ to hopeful finale ‘Love Is On The Way’, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> resonates with a rich emotional core – and the choking realisation of our own transience. The album rewards immersive listening from start to finish, to really soak in its beauty.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Priest Lake Circa \'88</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3949085097/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/priest-lake-circa-88\">Priest Lake Circa \'88 by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> is Drew Sullivan’s finest work to date. In essence, it is the second part of a double album that began with <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, acting as a long-distance conclusion to the double album’s narrative arc. <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and full. While the album draws its raw form from ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully crafted into something that could only ever find itself under the Slow Dancing Society moniker. The album speaks of both departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its broadest sense the notion of “home”. Above all, this is music to bathe in: warm, steamy and all-encompassing.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Slow and Steady Winter</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1874510603/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow-and-steady-winter\">The Slow and Steady Winter by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>From the outset<em> The Slow and Steady Winter</em> sets itself up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour long and comprising of only eight tracks the album paints its majestic landscapes with both measure and purpose, unfolding a sound that moves from immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock. <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> is not concerned with singularity but rather the totality of experience. The album is a gorgeously choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter from the ice covered fields of ‘The Early Stages of Decline’ to the thawed warm edges of spring in ‘February Sun’. The album serves as a wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous work both in sound and mood. In part it presents a much darker vision while still radiating an ineffable sense of humanity and heart.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Sound of Lights When Dim</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=29030174/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-lights-when-dim\">The Sound Of Lights When Dim by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is a sumptuous unfolding ride towards a fading horizon. As with Eno’s finest moments and Sylvian’s ambient explorations, this work 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.</p><div> </div>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.</p>\r\n<p>At times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a></p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[gallery ids=\"9155,9156,9157,9158,9159,9160\"]<br />\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/oRRxPZf5yO4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society\'s music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 07:45:28','2014-07-04 07:45:28','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9218,1,'2014-07-08 00:01:18','2014-07-08 00:01:18','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong></p><p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.</p><p><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Cogent Sea</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 540px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=932115624/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-cogent-sea\">The Cogent Sea by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s sixth album <em>The Cogent Sea</em> is another absorbing progression in Drew Sullivan’s mesmerising discography. The album continues the submersed exploration of Sullivan’s ’80s influences while also drawing upon an incredibly focused and cinematic ambient minimalism. There are trademark elements from across Slow Dancing Society’s stunning, critically acclaimed back catalogue, but rather than being throwbacks they present a continuity of narrative that is rarely found over such a large body of work. On single ‘A Clearing’, gently overlapping waves of synthesizer are suspended amid sustained tones, holding the listener transfixed before Sullivan’s trademark guitar sound gently brings the listener back down to earth, transformed. Second single ‘Pull’ is aptly titled, its droning radiance, warm piano chords and magnetic guitar figures pulling the listener irresistibly into its enveloping glow. This is Slow Dancing Society at his masterful, immersive best.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Laterna Magica</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3307423845/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/laterna-magica\">Laterna Magica by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s fifth album <em>Laterna Magica</em> demonstrates another key progression in the Slow Dancing Society discography, which is becoming one of the essential bodies of work in contemporary ambient music. The tracks are underpinned by gorgeous guitar drift and warm synth wash, sparingly propelled by throbbing electronic undercurrents. From the soft-focus exhalation of ‘A Few Moments’, via the gleaming musical universe of recently released single ‘I’ll Leave A Light On’, through to the hypnotic pulse and drifting melancholic piano of finale ‘Tomorrow’s Another Day’, <em>Laterna Magica</em> is a definitive Slow Dancing Society release.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Under The Sodium Lights</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 373px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1884357437/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-sodium-lights\">Under The Sodium Lights by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em>, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> is Drew Sullivan’s latest ambient epic. The album feels like a distillation of the three stunning releases that preceded it – and as such is Sullivan’s finest work to date. The delicate interplay between focused melodic details and blurred washes of sound draws the listener into a hypnotised state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance. First single ‘…and to the dust we shall return’ sees the gradual accretion of reverberant guitar tones, emerging from the silence as sparse reflections across the stereo field. Slow searching melodies overlap and accumulate before a descending bass figure carries the song home to its elegiac conclusion. From the luscious, tactile dream of ‘The Songs In Your Eyes’ to hopeful finale ‘Love Is On The Way’, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> resonates with a rich emotional core – and the choking realisation of our own transience. The album rewards immersive listening from start to finish, to really soak in its beauty.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Priest Lake Circa \'88</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3949085097/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/priest-lake-circa-88\">Priest Lake Circa \'88 by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> is Drew Sullivan’s finest work to date. In essence, it is the second part of a double album that began with <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, acting as a long-distance conclusion to the double album’s narrative arc. <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and full. While the album draws its raw form from ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully crafted into something that could only ever find itself under the Slow Dancing Society moniker. The album speaks of both departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its broadest sense the notion of “home”. Above all, this is music to bathe in: warm, steamy and all-encompassing.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Slow and Steady Winter</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1874510603/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow-and-steady-winter\">The Slow and Steady Winter by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>From the outset<em> The Slow and Steady Winter</em> sets itself up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour long and comprising of only eight tracks the album paints its majestic landscapes with both measure and purpose, unfolding a sound that moves from immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock. <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> is not concerned with singularity but rather the totality of experience. The album is a gorgeously choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter from the ice covered fields of ‘The Early Stages of Decline’ to the thawed warm edges of spring in ‘February Sun’. The album serves as a wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous work both in sound and mood. In part it presents a much darker vision while still radiating an ineffable sense of humanity and heart.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Sound of Lights When Dim</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=29030174/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-lights-when-dim\">The Sound Of Lights When Dim by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is a sumptuous unfolding ride towards a fading horizon. As with Eno’s finest moments and Sylvian’s ambient explorations, this work 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.</p><div> </div>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.</p><p>At times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?</p><p> </p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3>[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h2>Reviews</h2><p> </p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p>[gallery ids=\"9155,9156,9157,9158,9159,9160\"]<p> </p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/oRRxPZf5yO4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>Slow Dancing Society\'s music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-07-08 00:01:18','2014-07-08 00:01:18','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9209,1,'2014-07-05 00:28:51','2014-07-05 00:28:51','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]\r\n<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong>\r\n\r\nSlow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Cogent Sea</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 540px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=932115624/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-cogent-sea\">The Cogent Sea by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nSlow Dancing Society’s sixth album <em>The Cogent Sea</em> is another absorbing progression in Drew Sullivan’s mesmerising discography. The album continues the submersed exploration of Sullivan’s ’80s influences while also drawing upon an incredibly focused and cinematic ambient minimalism. There are trademark elements from across Slow Dancing Society’s stunning, critically acclaimed back catalogue, but rather than being throwbacks they present a continuity of narrative that is rarely found over such a large body of work. On single ‘A Clearing’, gently overlapping waves of synthesizer are suspended amid sustained tones, holding the listener transfixed before Sullivan’s trademark guitar sound gently brings the listener back down to earth, transformed. Second single ‘Pull’ is aptly titled, its droning radiance, warm piano chords and magnetic guitar figures pulling the listener irresistibly into its enveloping glow. This is Slow Dancing Society at his masterful, immersive best.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Laterna Magica</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3307423845/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/laterna-magica\">Laterna Magica by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nSlow Dancing Society’s fifth album <em>Laterna Magica</em> demonstrates another key progression in the Slow Dancing Society discography, which is becoming one of the essential bodies of work in contemporary ambient music. The tracks are underpinned by gorgeous guitar drift and warm synth wash, sparingly propelled by throbbing electronic undercurrents. From the soft-focus exhalation of ‘A Few Moments’, via the gleaming musical universe of recently released single ‘I’ll Leave A Light On’, through to the hypnotic pulse and drifting melancholic piano of finale ‘Tomorrow’s Another Day’, <em>Laterna Magica</em> is a definitive Slow Dancing Society release.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Under The Sodium Lights</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 373px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1884357437/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-sodium-lights\">Under The Sodium Lights by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nFollowing on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em>, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> is Drew Sullivan’s latest ambient epic. The album feels like a distillation of the three stunning releases that preceded it – and as such is Sullivan’s finest work to date. The delicate interplay between focused melodic details and blurred washes of sound draws the listener into a hypnotised state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance. First single ‘…and to the dust we shall return’ sees the gradual accretion of reverberant guitar tones, emerging from the silence as sparse reflections across the stereo field. Slow searching melodies overlap and accumulate before a descending bass figure carries the song home to its elegiac conclusion. From the luscious, tactile dream of ‘The Songs In Your Eyes’ to hopeful finale ‘Love Is On The Way’, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> resonates with a rich emotional core – and the choking realisation of our own transience. The album rewards immersive listening from start to finish, to really soak in its beauty.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Priest Lake Circa \'88</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3949085097/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/priest-lake-circa-88\">Priest Lake Circa \'88 by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nFollowing on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> is Drew Sullivan’s finest work to date. In essence, it is the second part of a double album that began with <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, acting as a long-distance conclusion to the double album’s narrative arc. <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and full. While the album draws its raw form from ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully crafted into something that could only ever find itself under the Slow Dancing Society moniker. The album speaks of both departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its broadest sense the notion of “home”. Above all, this is music to bathe in: warm, steamy and all-encompassing.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Slow and Steady Winter</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1874510603/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow-and-steady-winter\">The Slow and Steady Winter by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nFrom the outset<em> The Slow and Steady Winter</em> sets itself up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour long and comprising of only eight tracks the album paints its majestic landscapes with both measure and purpose, unfolding a sound that moves from immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock. <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> is not concerned with singularity but rather the totality of experience. The album is a gorgeously choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter from the ice covered fields of ‘The Early Stages of Decline’ to the thawed warm edges of spring in ‘February Sun’. The album serves as a wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous work both in sound and mood. In part it presents a much darker vision while still radiating an ineffable sense of humanity and heart.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Sound of Lights When Dim</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=29030174/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-lights-when-dim\">The Sound Of Lights When Dim by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is a sumptuous unfolding ride towards a fading horizon. As with Eno’s finest moments and Sylvian’s ambient explorations, this work 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.\r\n<div></div>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\nSlow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.\r\n\r\nAt times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[gallery ids=\"9155,9156,9157,9158,9159,9160\"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/oRRxPZf5yO4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\nSlow Dancing Society\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-07-05 00:28:51','2014-07-05 00:28:51','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9179,1,'2014-07-04 07:57:09','2014-07-04 07:57:09','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<br />\r\n<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1>\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong></p>\r\n<p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.</p>\r\n<p><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></p>\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Cogent Sea</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 540px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=932115624/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-cogent-sea\">The Cogent Sea by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s sixth album <em>The Cogent Sea</em> is another absorbing progression in Drew Sullivan’s mesmerising discography. The album continues the submersed exploration of Sullivan’s ’80s influences while also drawing upon an incredibly focused and cinematic ambient minimalism. There are trademark elements from across Slow Dancing Society’s stunning, critically acclaimed back catalogue, but rather than being throwbacks they present a continuity of narrative that is rarely found over such a large body of work. On single ‘A Clearing’, gently overlapping waves of synthesizer are suspended amid sustained tones, holding the listener transfixed before Sullivan’s trademark guitar sound gently brings the listener back down to earth, transformed. Second single ‘Pull’ is aptly titled, its droning radiance, warm piano chords and magnetic guitar figures pulling the listener irresistibly into its enveloping glow. This is Slow Dancing Society at his masterful, immersive best.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Laterna Magica</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3307423845/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/laterna-magica\">Laterna Magica by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s fifth album <em>Laterna Magica</em> demonstrates another key progression in the Slow Dancing Society discography, which is becoming one of the essential bodies of work in contemporary ambient music. The tracks are underpinned by gorgeous guitar drift and warm synth wash, sparingly propelled by throbbing electronic undercurrents. From the soft-focus exhalation of ‘A Few Moments’, via the gleaming musical universe of recently released single ‘I’ll Leave A Light On’, through to the hypnotic pulse and drifting melancholic piano of finale ‘Tomorrow’s Another Day’, <em>Laterna Magica</em> is a definitive Slow Dancing Society release.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Under The Sodium Lights</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 373px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1884357437/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-sodium-lights\">Under The Sodium Lights by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em>, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> is Drew Sullivan’s latest ambient epic. The album feels like a distillation of the three stunning releases that preceded it – and as such is Sullivan’s finest work to date. The delicate interplay between focused melodic details and blurred washes of sound draws the listener into a hypnotised state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance. First single ‘…and to the dust we shall return’ sees the gradual accretion of reverberant guitar tones, emerging from the silence as sparse reflections across the stereo field. Slow searching melodies overlap and accumulate before a descending bass figure carries the song home to its elegiac conclusion. From the luscious, tactile dream of ‘The Songs In Your Eyes’ to hopeful finale ‘Love Is On The Way’, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> resonates with a rich emotional core – and the choking realisation of our own transience. The album rewards immersive listening from start to finish, to really soak in its beauty.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Priest Lake Circa \'88</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3949085097/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/priest-lake-circa-88\">Priest Lake Circa \'88 by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> is Drew Sullivan’s finest work to date. In essence, it is the second part of a double album that began with <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, acting as a long-distance conclusion to the double album’s narrative arc. <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and full. While the album draws its raw form from ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully crafted into something that could only ever find itself under the Slow Dancing Society moniker. The album speaks of both departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its broadest sense the notion of “home”. Above all, this is music to bathe in: warm, steamy and all-encompassing.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Slow and Steady Winter</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1874510603/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow-and-steady-winter\">The Slow and Steady Winter by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>From the outset<em> The Slow and Steady Winter</em> sets itself up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour long and comprising of only eight tracks the album paints its majestic landscapes with both measure and purpose, unfolding a sound that moves from immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock. <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> is not concerned with singularity but rather the totality of experience. The album is a gorgeously choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter from the ice covered fields of ‘The Early Stages of Decline’ to the thawed warm edges of spring in ‘February Sun’. The album serves as a wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous work both in sound and mood. In part it presents a much darker vision while still radiating an ineffable sense of humanity and heart.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Sound of Lights When Dim</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=29030174/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-lights-when-dim\">The Sound Of Lights When Dim by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is a sumptuous unfolding ride towards a fading horizon. As with Eno’s finest moments and Sylvian’s ambient explorations, this work 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.</p><div> </div>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.</p><p>At times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?</p><p> </p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3><p>[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p><p>[gallery ids=\"9155,9156,9157,9158,9159,9160\"]</p><p> </p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/oRRxPZf5yO4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>Slow Dancing Society\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 07:57:09','2014-07-04 07:57:09','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9178,1,'2014-07-04 07:54:19','2014-07-04 07:54:19','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong></p><p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. 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.</p><p><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Cogent Sea</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 540px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=932115624/size=lar ge/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a  href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-cogent- sea\">The Cogent Sea by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s sixth album <em>The Cogent Sea</em> is</p><p>another absorbing progression in Drew Sullivan’s mesmerising</p><p>discography. The album continues the submersed exploration of</p><p>Sullivan’s ’80s influences while also drawing upon an incredibly</p><p>focused and cinematic ambient minimalism. There are trademark</p><p>elements from across Slow Dancing Society’s stunning, critically</p><p>acclaimed back catalogue, but rather than being throwbacks they</p><p>present a continuity of narrative that is rarely found over such</p><p>a large body of work. On single ‘A Clearing’, gently overlapping</p><p>waves of synthesizer are suspended amid sustained tones, holding</p><p>the listener transfixed before Sullivan’s trademark guitar sound</p><p>gently brings the listener back down to earth, transformed.</p><p>Second single ‘Pull’ is aptly titled, its droning radiance, warm</p><p>piano chords and magnetic guitar figures pulling the listener</p><p>irresistibly into its enveloping glow. This is Slow Dancing</p><p>Society at his masterful, immersive best.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Laterna Magica</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3307423845/size=la rge/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a  href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/laterna- magica\">Laterna Magica by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s fifth album <em>Laterna Magica</em></p><p>demonstrates another key progression in the Slow Dancing Society</p><p>discography, which is becoming one of the essential bodies of</p><p>work in contemporary ambient music. The tracks are underpinned</p><p>by gorgeous guitar drift and warm synth wash, sparingly</p><p>propelled by throbbing electronic undercurrents. From the soft-</p><p>focus exhalation of ‘A Few Moments’, via the gleaming musical</p><p>universe of recently released single ‘I’ll Leave A Light On’,</p><p>through to the hypnotic pulse and drifting melancholic piano of</p><p>finale ‘Tomorrow’s Another Day’, <em>Laterna Magica</em> is a</p><p>definitive Slow Dancing Society release.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Under The Sodium Lights</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 373px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1884357437/size=la rge/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a  href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/under-the- sodium-lights\">Under The Sodium Lights by Slow Dancing </p>\r\n<p>Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ebullient warmth of the critically</p><p>acclaimed <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em>, <em>Under The Sodium </em></p><p>Lights is Drew Sullivan’s latest ambient epic. The album</p><p>feels like a distillation of the three stunning releases that</p><p>preceded it – and as such is Sullivan’s finest work to date. The</p><p>delicate interplay between focused melodic details and blurred</p><p>washes of sound draws the listener into a hypnotised state,</p><p>where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out</p><p>of balance. First single ‘…and to the dust we shall return’ sees</p><p>the gradual accretion of reverberant guitar tones, emerging from</p><p>the silence as sparse reflections across the stereo field. Slow</p><p>searching melodies overlap and accumulate before a descending</p><p>bass figure carries the song home to its elegiac conclusion.</p><p>From the luscious, tactile dream of ‘The Songs In Your Eyes’ to</p><p>hopeful finale ‘Love Is On The Way’, <em>Under The Sodium </em></p><p>Lights resonates with a rich emotional core – and the</p><p>choking realisation of our own transience. The album rewards</p><p>immersive listening from start to finish, to really soak in its</p><p>beauty.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Priest Lake Circa \'88</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3949085097/size=la rge/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a  href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/priest-lake- circa-88\">Priest Lake Circa \'88 by Slow Dancing </p>\r\n<p>Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically</p><p>praised <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, <em>Priest Lake </em></p><p>Circa ’88 is Drew Sullivan’s finest work to date. In</p><p>essence, it is the second part of a double album that began with</p><p><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, acting as a long-distance</p><p>conclusion to the double album’s narrative arc. <em>Priest Lake </em></p><p>Circa ’88 exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly</p><p>melodic and full. While the album draws its raw form from</p><p>ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully</p><p>crafted into something that could only ever find itself under</p><p>the Slow Dancing Society moniker. The album speaks of both</p><p>departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its broadest sense</p><p>the notion of “home”. Above all, this is music to bathe in:</p><p>warm, steamy and all-encompassing.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Slow and Steady Winter</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1874510603/size=la rge/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a  href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow- and-steady-winter\">The Slow and Steady Winter by Slow Dancing </p>\r\n<p>Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>From the outset<em> The Slow and Steady Winter</em> sets itself</p><p>up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour long and</p><p>comprising of only eight tracks the album paints its majestic</p><p>landscapes with both measure and purpose, unfolding a sound that</p><p>moves from immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock.</p><p><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> is not concerned with</p><p>singularity but rather the totality of experience. The album is</p><p>a gorgeously choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter from</p><p>the ice covered fields of ‘The Early Stages of Decline’ to the</p><p>thawed warm edges of spring in ‘February Sun’. The album serves</p><p>as a wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous</p><p>work both in sound and mood. In part it presents a much darker</p><p>vision while still radiating an ineffable sense of humanity and</p><p>heart.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Sound of Lights When Dim</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=29030174/size=larg e/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a  href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound- of-lights-when-dim\">The Sound Of Lights When Dim by Slow Dancing </p>\r\n<p>Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is a sumptuous unfolding</p><p>ride towards a fading horizon. As with Eno’s finest moments and</p><p>Sylvian’s ambient explorations, this work manages to dissolve</p><p>its temporal markers and speak about moments removed from time.</p><p>It talks to the delicious flaws of memory and feeling whilst</p><p>never sullying itself with literality or simple documentation.</p><div> </div>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.</p><p>At times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?</p><p> </p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3>[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h2>Reviews</h2>[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p>[gallery ids=\"9155,9156,9157,9158,9159,9160\"]<p><br /> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/oRRxPZf5yO4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>Slow Dancing Society\'s music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 07:54:19','2014-07-04 07:54:19','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9449,1,'2014-07-14 03:57:33','2014-07-14 03:57:33','\"<em>The Cogent Sea</em> offers tracks like <em>Pull,</em> which starts small and builds up to a thick wall of sound built of Hammond organ, synthesizers, and melancholy piano chords, punctuated by a lyrical electric guitar improvisation. This floats on a reverberant rhythm of pulses and clicks, which feel like the echoes of your own footsteps as you stroll through the rich sonic environment.\"\r\n\r\n- <a title=\"Happy\" href=\"http://hhhhappy.com/2014/07/14/hidden-shoal-recordings/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Happy</strong></a>','Slow Dancing Society \" The Cogent Sea\" Reviewed at Happy','','publish','open','open','','slow-dancing-society-the-cogent-sea-reviewed-at-happy','','','2014-07-14 03:57:33','2014-07-14 03:57:33','',0,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/?p=9449',0,'post','',0),(9181,1,'2014-07-04 08:17:38','2014-07-04 08:17:38','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]\r\n<h1>Tangled Star</h1>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9196\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/T-Star_Band_Photo1-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"Tangled Star\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" /></a><em>“<em>something that ripples, radiates and blossoms amid a dressage of shimmering keys and softly burnt riff cascades which had us much in mind of Hefner shimmying with the Clientele at times.</em>”</em> –<strong> Losing Today </strong>\r\n\r\nDistilling elements of indie rock and alt country married with Craig Hallsworth’s wonderful dust and liquor coated vocals and twisting lyrics, Tangled Star weaves their own magic place. Through the musics exultant shifts and wandering detours the band manages to make once familiar territory foreign and offset.\r\n<a href=\"https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/artist/tangled-star/id205384613?at=11lRii&amp;mt=1&amp;app=music\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12412\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/badge_itunes-sm.png\" alt=\"iTunes\" width=\"44\" height=\"15\" /></a>  <a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/artist/6PMX3XZSJ4pAXq29rmSxEA\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14396\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/spotify.png\" alt=\"spotify\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" /></a>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4>Let\'s Adjourn To The Garden</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 439px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2116748307/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://tangled-star.bandcamp.com/album/lets-adjourn-to-the-garden\">Let\'s Adjourn to the Garden by Tangled Star</a></iframe>\r\nJune 2013\r\n<div></div>\r\n<em>Let’s Adjourn To The Garden</em> sees Craig Hallsworth’s Tangled Star project shift gears while continuing to distill the inimitable songcraft Hallsworth is so well known for. <em>Let’s Adjourn To The Garden</em> is, in typically contrarian fashion, their least bucolic offering yet, blending more driving power-pop flavours into their distinctive soup of song. Hallsworth’s wonderful dust-and-liquor-coated vocals and twisting lyrics combine with exultant shifts and melodic detours allowing the music to make once familiar territory somehow foreign and offset.\r\n\r\nTracks such as ‘Head In The Sand’ and ‘Hasn’t Made For Freedom’ streamline Tangled Star’s brilliant hooks and melodic turns into immediately addictive and electric slices of slow burn power-pop. ‘Attic Space Conversion #1’ exemplifies the band\'s compositional and stylistic shifts even more, stitching rousing ramshackle rock with almost Doors’esque cosmic guitar pop. And there amidst the fuzz and driving drums lay some quiet gems in the beautifully stripped back, drumless guitar pop of ‘99% Ok’ and ‘Someone’s Walking’. Just when you think you have the album pegged, the final track ‘Theme’ takes a left turn employing sweeping synths and electronic percussion in some sort of beatific yet melancholic final postcard to the world.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>That Time</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3107117187/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://tangled-star.bandcamp.com/album/that-time\">That Time by Tangled Star</a></iframe>\r\nJune 2009\r\n<div></div>\r\n<em>That Time</em> sees Tangled Star at their most immediately accessible and deliciously hooky. Like a trapdoor spider hidden by a welcome doormat, the band lay an easy invitation to the unsuspecting listener, only to unleash a series of inimitable pop hooks and subtle detours. The EP typifies Tangled Star’s ability to craft songs that reveal fresh dimensions with each listen.\r\n\r\n<em>That Time</em> features the stunning single ‘seabirdtown’. The track opens with the expansive open-air sound of Pink Floyd-style organs and spatial guitars before falling into an earthbound shuffle and a taste of a lush, full-band sound for Tangled Star. The song’s gradual build to a towering edifice of glowing overdriven guitar, droning organ and harmony vocals is topped off by an echoed guitar line that sketches glistening arcs in the stratosphere. The single is indicative of <em>That Time</em>’s strengths as a louder, more flowing version of the melodic, evocative spaces of Tangled Star’s twilight pop songs.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Our Man From Eden Hill</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 307px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2416987741/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://tangled-star.bandcamp.com/album/our-man-in-eden-hill\">Our Man in Eden Hill by Tangled Star</a></iframe>\r\nFebruary 2008\r\n<div></div>\r\n<em>Our Man in Eden Hil</em>l sees Tangled Star building on their wonderfully received debut outing through Hidden Shoal, <em>It’s Now or Later</em>. Musically the EP toys with the frayed edges of country, pop and indie, while in part infusing a sense of space and possibility familiar to fans of the classic <em>Dark Side of the Moon</em>. As with their debut EP, <em>Our Man in Eden Hill</em>’s surface often belies its musical and emotional interior. Through its gentle shifts and directed detours, the EP manages to make once familiar territory foreign and offset. As chief songwriter and lyricist Craig Hallsworth explains,\r\n\r\n“If these songs are simple, they are only apparently so. To me, they are only beginning to really work when they are able to express a space of becoming... There are strange warnings and advice, mysterious imperatives and entreaties... I see the lyrics as working for and against themselves, as well as for and against the music, generating a plane of momentary, shifting affective states. There is comic desperation folded into offhand profundity. There is something depressing and defeating suddenly transformed into a rare kind of pleasure and privilege. There are secrets with nothing to hide. There is one last chance after another…” - Craig Hallsworth\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>It\'s Now Or Later</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 340px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1686875670/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://tangled-star.bandcamp.com/album/its-now-or-later\">It\'s Now or Later by Tangled Star</a></iframe>\r\nFebruary 2007\r\n<div></div>\r\n<em>It’s Now or Later</em> charts a journey across once familiar land yet through its exultant shifts and wandering detours manages to make everything feel new again. The album’s title talks to the wonderful paradox that is infused within each song both musically and lyrically. This is the apathetic’s guide to caring too much.\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\n<p align=\"justify\">In the late 90s, Outstation (Craig Hallsworth, guitars and singing; Jim Butterworth, bass; Jamie Hamilton, drums), a sonic monstrosity, began playing a lot of quiet tunes, and eventually turned into Tangled Star. Lorne Clements (Hammond Organ, Piano) became involved. Then Jamie Hamilton left, and was replaced by a drum machine, and Jim became its programmer.</p>\r\n<p align=\"justify\">The T-Star quietly went about its business for a few years in Jim’s back shed and in Lorne’s living room. They played only a handful of live shows, but recorded two albums with Alan Smith from Bergerk! Recordings – the self-titled debut, and It’s Now Or Later (to be released through Hidden Shoal Recordings November, 2006).</p>\r\n<strong>Craig Hallsworth:</strong>\r\nBorn 1964 in Collie South-West Western Australia – land that belongs to the Noongar People. Fatally infected with AM radio that plays constantly throughout childhood, in the house and in the car. Begins playing guitar and writing songs around 8 or 9 years of age. Magazines and records. Sitting alone in a room playing and singing into a cassette recorder. String of bands. Loses virginity after a gig at the Narrogin Hotel. Moves to Perth in the mid 80s upon completion of welding apprenticeship in the coal mines. Over next 15 years or so plays in The Bamboos, The Healers, wild palms, Zuvuya, Outstation, Tangled Star, as well as many solo performances and recordings. Currently writing an experimental book-length poem and playing in The Slow Beings.\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=tangled-star-news content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=tangled-star-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Lyrics\"]\r\n<h3>Lyrics</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4>Let\'s Adjourn To The Garden</h4>\r\n<h5>Lyrics by Craig Hallsworth</h5>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h5>Crazy Bit O’ Truth</h5>\r\nso don’t build a stage so high\r\nway up to the sky\r\nand expect me to climb up there and play\r\nlike a dream it’s crashing down\r\nway down to the ground\r\nin the middle of the night I heard you leave\r\nyou can’t see where you’re going\r\nwho’s tugging at your sleeve\r\na sorcerer of death’s construction\r\nbaby you’re the last to know\r\nhard won insights turn into throwaway lines\r\nwell dressed gentlemen sidestep a dying world\r\nthen a cold calculating slob\r\nmeets a bitch with no illusions\r\natrocious pessimism\r\nwell I’ve never heard it called that before\r\nmaybe I’m the last to know\r\nit’s not so wonderful anymore\r\nso sorry children\r\nlife’s not beautiful anymore\r\nyour inheritance is grief\r\nyou might want to borrow a handkerchief\r\noh\r\nso they say they’re searching for the one\r\nwhose signs are in disarray and fading now\r\nso they say there are ten bottles of champagne\r\nin the car but we can’t remember where\r\nwe parked it now\r\nso they say they’re searching for the one\r\nwhose signs are in disarray and fading now\r\nso I say I’m cool with it\r\nI’m not trying to make the pieces fit\r\nI got a crazy bit o’ truth in my eye ...\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h5>In Bed With The Averys</h5>\r\ndo you want to know what’s stronger than death\r\nwhat always wakes up with wonderful breath\r\nand do you want to know what’s stranger than fiction\r\nand the facts of life put together?\r\nout of focus autumn branches\r\nrubbing against the sky\r\nshe’s at home in the kitchen with a stranger\r\nhe’s out catching a lady’s eye\r\nthe fricassee is burning\r\nand you’re in bed with the Averys\r\nooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh\r\nin bed with the Averys\r\nthey’ll introduce you to Figaro\r\nhis friends call him Mike\r\nthen you’ll meet Susan and Lydia\r\nwhat’s not to like?\r\nthere’s nothing they can’t study your face\r\nand not hint at\r\nnothing they won’t exactly deny\r\nuntil your mind is reeling\r\ncoz something in this world wants to kill you\r\nyou have no defence\r\nit gets in your head like the man said\r\nit makes perfect sense\r\nit’s black and white\r\nit’s as clear as it can be\r\nthen somehow it’s incomprehensible\r\nand you’re in bed with the Averys\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h5>Someone’s Walking</h5>\r\nsomeone’s free and someone’s got it together\r\nsomeone’s lost in someone’s head forever\r\nsomeone’s dead and someone’s dialling a number\r\nsomeone’s dreaming someone’s coming\r\nsomeone’s passing someone’s staring\r\nsomeone’s waiting someone’s walking home\r\nsomeone’s turning away\r\nsomeone’s just walking home\r\nsomeone’s famous someone’s youth is stolen\r\nsomeone’s cool and someone’s feet are aching\r\nsomeone’s bad and someone must be joking\r\nsomeone’s crying someone’s changing\r\nsomeone’s begging someone’s smoking\r\nsomeone’s searching someone’s walking home\r\nsomeone’s running way\r\nsomeone’s just walking home\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h5>Hasn\'t Made For Freedom</h5>\r\nit’s been all right for a change\r\nbut it hasn’t made for freedom\r\nthey’re hitting the bottle about it at least\r\nyou and I were restless dreamers\r\nin another life\r\nto tell the truth I’m falling asleep on a bus\r\nand it feels like someone else’s life\r\nand it’s all about capitalism\r\nit’s been all right for a change\r\nbut it hasn’t made for freedom\r\nas far as impulsive gestures go\r\ntaking your hand as we ride\r\ngazing out the window\r\nis right up there\r\nwith jumping off at a random stop\r\nas if I’m being followed\r\nand it’s all about patriotism\r\njust another eerie dawn\r\nI know what you mean\r\nbut how’re you gonna mean it all day?\r\noh yeah I know what you mean\r\nbut how’re you gonna make it pay?\r\njust another spooky coffee break\r\ntakes a plant to understand your longing\r\nand your pain\r\noh well I know what you mean\r\nthat doesn’t mean I’m not politely insane\r\nit was all right for a change\r\nbut it didn’t make for freedom\r\nit was the sun now it’s about to fall\r\nit was just an optical illusion\r\nand it wasn’t really there at all\r\ndon’t feel bad\r\nand don’t get crushed in the rush\r\nfor the experimental poem\r\nmy guess is it’s about capitalism\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h5>Painted Days</h5>\r\npainted days have found us\r\nin some seaside town\r\nwith the blinds pulled down\r\nlying low\r\nsupposing we mustn’t have died\r\nat 27\r\nwe must have lived\r\noh we must have lived after all\r\npainted doors have opened and closed\r\nand packages have arrived\r\nthere’s something mysterious about it\r\nbut ours is not to reason why\r\nours is but to squeeze the stuff\r\nout of a tube\r\nuntil it’s all used up\r\npainted whores have loved us\r\nand worried about our health\r\nwhen we didn’t deserve them at all\r\nthey never pushed us away\r\nand the things we would say\r\nwere just the things we would say\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h5>Attic Space Conversion # 1</h5>\r\nsend a beam of light into the world\r\nand pour the tea\r\nall your heroes were so lost\r\nwithout your penury\r\nand you were just this skinny little girl\r\nwho dug the sound\r\naudacity not veracity makes it all go ‘round\r\nnot everything with rings can be called hoop-la\r\nand the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty\r\nto Anastasia\r\nare they with us or against us?\r\nsend a ray of hope into the night\r\nand scrub the pan\r\nkeep a summer breeze inside a rusty old tin can\r\nbut to be more beautiful you have to concentrate\r\non the mystery\r\nlike a revolutionary becoming escaping\r\nall the failed revolutions of history\r\nhundreds of smiling people\r\nrode the silver tinselled escalators\r\none was a soft metal killer\r\nI remember I wasn’t feeling well\r\nI want to lose you in the morning\r\nin the deserted city\r\nI want to lie down any place\r\nand slowly forget your face\r\nI want to explain all of this\r\nbut not if it takes all night\r\nthis darkness is not endless\r\nonly everyone you know\r\nfilling their pockets full\r\nthis darkness is not endless\r\nonly anyone who knows you\r\nflying out for ...\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h5>99% OK</h5>\r\nit was 99% OK so I plucked it out of the air\r\n99% OK sounded better than only fair\r\nbut what about the darkness that spreads her wings\r\nand what about the darkness that makes her sing\r\nso what about the darkness that sips her wine\r\nso what about the darkness that makes her shine\r\nin a galaxy of faces\r\nin love and out of line\r\nthe vandal and the valentine\r\nforget that you and I were one\r\nforget what’s wrong with having fun\r\nhere’s to the tears that burn\r\nwe’re never to return\r\ndon’t break a heart and drop a hat\r\nthey’ve got servants here for that\r\nand though the names may change\r\na thief will call\r\njust to bring back the crystal ball\r\ndon’t you feel like a weathervane\r\nthat’s never known the wind and rain\r\nbut even psychics make mistakes my dear\r\nand bones point the way out of here\r\nforget that you and I were one\r\nforget the places in the sun\r\nhere’s to the tears that burn\r\nwe’re never to return\r\nforget when you and I were one\r\nthose days were like shots from a gun\r\nhere’s to the tears that burn\r\nwe’re never to return\r\ngo find someone to park your car\r\nand tell these dead men who you are\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h5>Head In The Sand</h5>\r\nso dry your thighs and don’t worry anymore\r\nlisten to all my outlandish proposals\r\nsmile when you slip through the cracks\r\ntake an abyss for a walk and never look back\r\nyou’ve got an hour to kill in the heat of the day\r\nhow many mornings are fresh and new\r\nand here you are wondering what to do\r\nshall I go against all my principles for you\r\nshall I draw a diagram or something?\r\nhow many nights do you feel like praying\r\nbut you never learned how to pray\r\nhow many nights do you feel like praying\r\nbut you wouldn’t know how to pray\r\nlike a rich man washing his hands\r\nyou had an hour to kill in the heat of the day\r\nan hour to kill in the heat of the day\r\nlike a daughter of this holy land\r\nbut don’t sleep with the messenger you understand\r\nthe carotid artery is severed as planned\r\nI can say I’m not burying my head in the sand\r\nI can say I’m not burying my head in the sand\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h5>Theme</h5>\r\nnow the wind picks up\r\nthe door creaks I think my cup\r\nis overflowing\r\na triumph of the human spirit\r\nto wake at 7\r\nand lie in bed until 11\r\nbring me your altered states\r\nand what exalts\r\nand bring to me your heaven\r\ndon’t wait for the ironic undercut\r\nnobody wants to wait for that today\r\nfor all anyone knows you really are\r\npassionate and driven\r\nyou’d go all the way to the mountain\r\nif only you could leave the room\r\nnow everything’s changing\r\nit’s like gazing through a splotch\r\non the window\r\nis anything behind everything\r\nis it wrong to wonder\r\nis it just to keep from going under?\r\nembrace the worthless life\r\nif it falls into your arms\r\nlet it reveal its charms\r\nso slowly\r\nyou’ll lose your taste for clever subtle things\r\nand I’ll go hungry analysing things\r\nI might decide to take up the guitar\r\nand there you are\r\nlet’s adjourn to the garden\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<h4>Our Man In Eden Hill</h4>\r\n<h5>Lyrics by Craig Hallsworth</h5>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h5>tosleepingpeople</h5>\r\nDon’t say goodnight to sleeping people\r\nTell your secret to sleeping people\r\nNever wave from the platform to sleeping people\r\nFor all this may convey\r\n\r\nDon’t hang on the sighs of sleeping people\r\nTry to open the eyes of sleeping people\r\nFor that train is bound for sleeping people\r\nMany miles away\r\n\r\nThere’s a naked stranger stranded in the light\r\nOf the refrigerator in the dead of night\r\nToo strung out for an epiphany\r\nAnd a far-off whistle blowing\r\n\r\nSo don’t measure your dreams against sleeping people\r\nSing this song to sleeping people\r\nNever paint the faces of sleeping people\r\nBy the light of the moon\r\n\r\nOnce I met a punk rock girl with psychic powers\r\nShe told me that I had a lot of work to do\r\nThat this would eventually provide me\r\nWith a wealth of some description\r\nBut she didn’t say\r\nI’d give it all away\r\nTo sleeping people\r\nTo sleeping people\r\nTo sleeping people\r\nTo sleeping people\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h5>The Skaters</h5>\r\nAnd it’s oh so pure I know\r\nA chapeau of snow\r\nSo we melt away the hours\r\nCome to in a pool on the floor\r\n\r\nI no longer recall the song\r\nBut I can’t forget that introduction\r\nThere’s a name going around tonight\r\nTaking women and men\r\nDon’t you wonder how?\r\nAs if they want the same things\r\n\r\nLovers caught in a shower\r\nStepped out of a life\r\nThey no longer recall\r\nWhat they expected to find here\r\nWhat they dreamed of\r\nWhat they hung on the wall\r\nWhat they sang about\r\nWhat they sang about\r\nWhat they sang about\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h5>Sunny Day Losers #12 &amp; 35</h5>\r\nCourageous Cat lay around watching television\r\nEverything was all about how he just didn’t scare and\r\nBrother Ray and Miss Torso went out and got hammered in some dive\r\nSee them slumped on barstools\r\nTheir cowboy boots and long hair\r\nStanley and Oliver got divorced on a night in June\r\nBeulah peeled a grape and shut up shop for the afternoon\r\nGilles Deleuze was flying over an unheard-of Paree\r\nHe never lost any sleep over the likes of you and me\r\nThin Lizzy laughed and turned her face away\r\nOnce upon a time in the underground\r\nYou knew more people than I’ll ever forget\r\nWe passed it back and forth\r\nPerched upon that gentle mound\r\nOh we were feeling bad\r\nAbout a sunny day\r\nBecause the land needs rain …\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h5>Turn Me</h5>\r\nNo one to lock the door\r\nIf it wasn’t for these tattoos\r\nWouldn’t get anything about me\r\n\r\nRiding around’s the harder part\r\nAnd the sweeping views\r\nSomeone has no sense of mystery\r\n\r\nHow could I always be on this side?\r\nAs if there’s everywhere to hide\r\n\r\nFrom a glance before it’s lights out\r\nUp ahead before it’s lights out\r\nShow me again before it’s lights out\r\n\r\nTell me why\r\nThe blind eyes couldn’t turn me\r\nTell me why\r\nThe blind eyes couldn’t turn me\r\n\r\nHow could I always be on this side?\r\nAs if there’s nowhere left to hide\r\n\r\nIn this dream before it’s lights out\r\nSteal you one before it’s lights out\r\nBefore it’s lights out\r\nBefore it’s lights out\r\nBefore it’s lights out\r\nBefore it’s lights out\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<h5>The Waiter Is Deceased</h5>\r\nKids will play with a ball by the busy road\r\nWho’s that shadow boxing under the streetlight?\r\nMy cousins Desley and Altina are coming to stay for awhile\r\nThanks for last night\r\nIf anything it wasn’t dark enough\r\nIt wasn’t dark enough\r\n\r\nA conversation between the unheard and the unseen\r\nWhen a world butts in\r\n\r\nAudrey Hepburn was the last to sing Happy Birthday to JFK\r\nNot Marilyn Monroe\r\n\r\nJanet Leigh was the last to sing Chariot Choogle in the shower\r\nBut baby you know who you are\r\n\r\nAll the barnyard academics that never waste an emotion\r\nNever waste an emotion\r\nNever waste an emotion\r\nNever waste an emotion\r\n\r\nAs the mist leaves no tip on the bright pink hill\r\nSo my body irons a shirt\r\n\r\nOh where is the city we loved that made us pay\r\nSo dearly for one small mistake\r\n\r\nSo we live and learn that there is always more to earn\r\nThat there is more in a foreign bank account\r\n\r\nCan I pinch another beer oh lugubrious beauty?\r\nCan no one else show me?\r\nCan no one else show me?\r\nCan no one else show me?\r\n\r\nWhat is this thing called paparazzi?\r\nWhat’s its shame? What’s its claim to fame?\r\n\r\nShall we leave you in the parking lot pushing coins into a slot?\r\nIt’s no crime take your time\r\n\r\nBut the news travels fast that the secret of a man is nothing\r\nIn truth nothing at all\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[gallery columns=\"2\" ids=\"9201,9196\"]\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\nNo videos yet, sorry!\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\nTangled Star\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. 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