<font size="2"><font face="Verdana">Hidden Shoal Recordings today announced the signing  of the wonderful US based indie pop rockers, "The Hero Cycle".

The band possess that  magic combination of sound and song, pooling all the ingredients of shoegaze  rock and indie pop and distilling them into undeniably catchy and driving tunes.  The Hero Cycle are, without doubt, one of the bands to watch in 2007.</font></font>

<font size="2"><font face="Verdana">The band will release their first EP, “Lakes  and Ponds” through Hidden Shoal Recordings on January the 16th, 2007 with the  first single from the EP, “You vs Them” being released exclusively through the  HSR Store on the 15th of December, 2006.</font></font>