<img class="alignleft" title="Wes Willenbring" src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/wesprofile.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="120" />Hidden Shoal Recordings is excited to announce the release of  ‘<a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=20&amp;products_id=195">Consequences of Recklessness</a>’, the first track lifted from American ambient craftsman <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/wes-willenbring/">Wes Willenbring</a>’s forthcoming third album <em>Weapons Reference Manual</em>.

‘Consequences of Recklessness’ is <em>Weapons Reference Manual</em>’s shimmering centrepiece, setting icicles of delayed guitar amid an aching tapestry of drones and feedback. It sets the tone for the album as a whole, perhaps Willenbring’s most complex and satisfying release to date.

As a further progression from his acclaimed debut <em><a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=20&amp;products_id=38">Somewhere Someone Else</a></em> and his stunning sophomore album<em> <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=20&amp;products_id=125">Close, But Not Too Clos</a></em><a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=20&amp;products_id=125">e</a>, <em>Weapons Reference Manual</em> features a varied and richly hued palette of visceral guitar tones, effects-warped textures and achingly beautiful piano work. Immersive and darkly emotive soundscapes, such as droning opener ‘Dreams and Schemes’ and the 15-minute epic ‘Quaaludes’, are counterbalanced by seductively melodic pieces, such as ‘People Disappear Everyday’ and closing track ‘Ashes’.

<em>“a gorgeous ambient album … a serene, hypnotic and majestic soundscape suitable for daydreaming... hauntingly beautiful atmospheric compositions”</em> – <strong>Delusion Of Adequacy on <em>Close, But Not Too Close</em></strong>

<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>

‘Consequences of Recklessness’ is available for free download from the <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=20&amp;products_id=195">Hidden Shoal Store</a>. It is taken from Wes Willenbring’s forthcoming third album <em>Weapons Reference Manual</em>, which is released in CD and digital formats on 12 April 2012.

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