<img src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/rich-bennett.jpg" align="left" height="135" width="180" />The ears of all <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/monocle/">Monocle</a> fans will prick up at the sound of this news. Hidden Shoal Recordings will release the debut mini-album by Monocle's <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/rich-bennett/">Rich Bennett</a>. The seductive and sublime <em>Music for Underwater Supermarkets</em> will be released on the 9th September by the label. Here's a word based taster of what's to come:

<em>Since early childhood, the music of supermarkets, elevators and doctor’s offices has been floating around inside Rich Bennett’s head. When Bennett began to make his own music, much of it seemed to come from the first delightfully soporific melodies he heard while riding around in his mom’s shopping cart as a child. Indeed Bennett’s debut solo outing <em>Music for Underwater Supermarkets</em> is the glistening fruit of a retreat back to those aisles. While informed by the familiar, <em>Music for Underwater Supermarkets</em> breathes gentle yet strange new life into the everyday. </em>

If you think music speaks louder than words then fear not. The first single to be lifted from the mini-album will be available on the 12th August for free download up until the release of <em>Music for Underwater Supermarkets.</em>

In the meanwhile prepare your ears for the treats that await with a track from Monocle's <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=27&amp;products_id=57"><em>Outer Sunset</em></a>.

<a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/monocle/road_sign.mp3">Monocle - Road Sign</a>  <em>Monocle - Road Sign </em>