<a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/tsd-press-photo.jpg"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-12186" src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/tsd-press-photo-300x300.jpg" alt="The Star Department" width="252" height="252" /></a>Hidden Shoal is proud to announce the signing of Irish indie-pop duo <a title="The Star Department" href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/the-star-department/">The Star Department</a> multi-instrumentalists Justin Commins (Kill Krinkle Club) and Michael Orange (<a title="Feather Beds" href="http://happeninrecords.com/?portfolio=feather-beds" target="_blank">Feather Beds</a>, Soft Bones), who formed in Dublin in 2006. The Star Department juxtapose atypical song structures and shifting time signatures with unashamedly pop-leaning melodies and orchestral ambience. Never self-indulgent yet never predictable, their debut album <em>The Pea Green Boat</em> mixed by Tom McFall (Bloc Party, REM, Stars, Weezer) charts a beguiling journey through gently psychedelic waters.

First single from <em>The Pea Green Boat</em> will be released on 23rd April 2015 with the album following in July.

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