<a href="https://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/"><img class="alignleft" alt="Slow Dancing Society - A Clearing" src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/large/aclearing_LRG.jpg" width="178" height="178" /></a>‘A Clearing’ is the new single by US ambient artist Drew Sullivan (aka <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/slow-dancing-society/">Slow Dancing Society</a>), taken from his forthcoming sixth album <em>The Cogent Sea</em>. ‘A Clearing’ sets the scene beautifully for <em>The Cogent Sea</em>'s masterfully handled journey into new territory for Drew Sullivan. 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.

Slow Dancing Society’s sixth album <em>The Cogent Sea</em> is another absorbing progression in Drew Sullivan’s discography, introducing elements such as saxophone and old-school drum machine rhythms into the mix. The album explores some of Sullivan’s more overt ’80s influences while also drawing upon elements from across Slow Dancing Society’s stunning, critically acclaimed back catalogue.

‘A Clearing’ is available as a free download from <a title="Slow Dancing Society Bandcamp" href="https://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a>. <em>The Cogent Sea</em> will see release on the 26th June 2014.

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