<img src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/oh_most_MED.jpg" align="left" height="150" width="150" />Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the release of the first single taken from the eagerly awaited sophomore album by American ambient craftsman <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/wes-willenbring/">Wes Willenbring</a>.

‘<a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=20&amp;products_id=120">Oh, Most</a>’ sees Willenbring develop on the gorgeous palette of tones explored on his debut album <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;products_id=38"><em>Somewhere Someone Else</em></a>. The track is submerged in icy washes of guitar, under which piano and bass meet in a rhythmic valium struggle. As with Willenbring’s best work ‘Oh, Most’ is all about time in both its broadest and most discrete sense. There is a deliberation present in its composition that makes for a level of engagement far beyond any easy notion of ambient music.

<em>“Absolutely gorgeous. Dreamy dark meandering melancholia for fans of Stars Of The Lid, Eluvium, Dead Texan, Tim Hecker, Godspeed and other purveyors of darkly dramatic, abstract moody minimalism”</em> – <strong>Aquarius Records on <em>Somewhere Someone Else</em></strong>

‘<a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=20&amp;products_id=120">Oh, Most</a>’ is taken from the upcoming Wes Willenbring eight-song opus <em>Close, But Not Too Close</em>. The track is available for <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=20&amp;products_id=120">free download</a> from the <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/">Hidden Shoal Store</a> until the official CD release of <em>Close, But Not Too Close</em> on November 12th, 2009. Fans will be able to get an early taste of the album when it is digitally pre-released on October 20th.

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/Wes_Willenbring/close_but_not_too_close/Oh_Most.mp3">Wes Willenbring - Oh, Most</a>  <em>Wes Willenbring - Oh, Most </em>