<img class="alignleft" title="Kramies - &quot;The European&quot;" src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/large/europeancd_01_LRG.jpg" alt="" width="192" height="192" />Hidden Shoal is excited to announce the official release of <em>The European,</em> the new EP by Colorado based Dutch-American atmos-pop artist <a href="../artists/kramies">Kramies</a>.

Produced by <strong>Todd Tobias</strong> (<strong>Guided By Voices</strong>, <strong>Robert Pollard</strong>, <strong>Circus Devils</strong>),<em> The European</em> sets Kramies’ gorgeous voice and acoustic guitar within a glowing  tableau, epic in scope yet delicate in detail. The EP fades into view  with ‘Intro’, a simple cyclical pattern of guitar, piano and vocals  gradually subsumed by drones and distortion. This leads into the  majestic, glacial sway of the title track, guaranteed to make the hairs  on the back of your neck stand on end. Then, ‘Inventors’ is the album’s  dark, shadowy heart, a ballad of subtle intensity.

Single ‘Coal Miners Executive Club’ is an emotionally resonant vortex  of swooning pop built around an absolutely heartbreaking chord  progression on synthesizer, carried skyward as layers and layers of  instruments build and build. And the closing ‘Antiquarian Days’ is a  fitting fade towards a sepia horizon, burbling loops and chiming guitars  accompanying Kramies’ gentle lament.<em> </em>

<em><img class="alignright" title="&quot;The European&quot; CD Postcard" src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/large/europeancd_02_LRG.jpg" alt="" width="120" height="120" />The European</em> EP is  available digitally as well as a<strong> numbered limited edition of 100 cd postcards</strong> with artwork by Australian designer and illustrator <strong>Stuart Medley</strong>. All CD orders  come with an immediate download of the album. The first single from the  EP, ‘Coal Miners Executive Club’, is also available for free download <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=51&amp;products_id=185">here</a>. Head to the <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/kramies/">Hidden Shoal Store</a> to buy and stream the album in full. For more info grab the full press release <a href="../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Kramies-The_European.pdf">here</a>.

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<strong>Kramies - 'The European'</strong>

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