<img src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/unknownknowns_MED.jpg" align="left" height="150" width="150" />The Australian music label Hidden Shoal Recordings today announced the Australian CD release of the eagerly awaited sophomore album by Australian indie math-rock marvels <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/mukaizake/">Mukaizake</a>.

The cliché ‘all killer, no filler’ is often bandied around with very little to back it up. In the case of Mukaizake’s stunning new release <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=43&amp;products_id=130"><em>Unknown Knowns</em></a>, the cliché applies: this six-song, half-hour mini-album is sheer perfection. <em>Unknown Knowns</em> kicks off with the fuzzy propulsion of single ‘<a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=43&amp;products_id=124">The Yeah Conditioner</a>’, immediately launching the listener into Mukaizake’s compelling corner of the musical universe. This is serpentine indie-rock at its finest, weaving hook after hook around your chest until you’re suspended from the clouds, a grin plastered across your face, unable to even think about listening to anything else.

‘Rule Norse’ ups the ante with a thunderously rollicking first half that follows with gorgeous layered backing vocals and hovering guitars in the exultant, expansive second half. ‘Corporal Steam’ winds the album down a notch with its chiming circular guitar harmonics and Geoff Symons’ plaintive vocals before ‘Frisbee’ launches the listener off the edge of a cliff attached to an electric boomerang of riffs and angular melodies. Then, the stunningly wistful ‘My Friend Flicker’ and the dreamy lament of ‘Slack Bees’ bring the listener down in a pool of dazzling songmanship.

<em>“Part math-rock, part jangly dream-pop, the six songs are a beguiling dive into the oceanic sounds of 90’s indie rock. Vocalists Geoff Symons and Erickson can both actually sing with clarity, lending the songs a sort of choirboy purity, even when singing about slashing tyres… The outcome is a pristine and intelligent composite of sounds old and new… It’s a heady combination, and one that hopefully won’t need another five years to reoccur.” </em><strong>- Rave Magazine
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Mukaizake comprises Dan Erickson (Bluetile Lounge), Simon Struthers (Umpire, Adam Said Galore), Geoff Symons (Umpire, ex-Adam Said Galore, O!), and Michael Lake (Umpire, ex-Adam Said Galore). <em>Unknown Knowns</em> is the follow up to their critically acclaimed debut album <em>Mapping The Static</em> released in 2003.

<em>Unknown Knowns</em> is now available in CD and digital formats worldwide<a href="http://n5mailorder.com/index.php?main_page=product_music_info&amp;cPath=3&amp;products_id=826" target="_blank"></a>. Head to the <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=43&amp;products_id=130">HSR Store</a> for all availability info and to stream the album in full. The album is being launched on December 11th in Perth, Western Australia at the Amplifier Bar.

Read a full press release <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/press/">here</a>.

<a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Mukaizake/unknown_knowns/My_Friend_Flicker.mp3">Mukaizake - My Friend Flicker</a>  <em>Mukaizake - My Friend Flicker
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