<img src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/Million-Square-Miles_MED.jpg" align="left" height="150" width="150" /> <a href="http://music.hiddenshoal.com">Hidden Shoal Recordings</a> is proud to announce the Australian CD release of compilation album <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=12&amp;products_id=126"><em>A Million Square Miles: A sample of Western Australian music</em></a>, following on from its initial US success. <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=12&amp;products_id=126"></a>

After more than three years of sharing excellent independent music far and wide, <em>A Million Square Miles</em> represents a key facet of the Hidden Shoal Recordings story, and is a beacon for the future of Western Australian music. Bringing together a pair of stunning tracks from each of eight WA-based artists on the Hidden Shoal roster, this sampler album is an essential listen whichever way you slice it.

There’s the serpentine indie-rock of <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/mukaizake/">Mukaizake </a>and the crystalline instrumental pop of <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/apricot-rail/">Apricot Rail</a>; the raw intensity of <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/fall-electric/">Fall Electric</a> and the shimmering dreampop of <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/glassacre/">Glassacre</a>; the hook-laden squall of <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/toby-richardson/">Toby Richardson</a> and the lush and subtle songcraft of <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/my-majestic-star/">My Majestic Star</a>; the skewed melodicism of <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/the-slow-beings/">The Slow Beings</a> and the wistful alt-country complexities of <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/tangledstar/">Tangled Star</a>.<em> A Million Square Miles</em> isn’t just great Western Australian music – it’s great music, period. The album also includes the first tastes of upcoming releases by Mukaizake, My Majestic Star and Toby Richardson.

<em>“This is the rare exhibition of musical aptitude that delights from start to finish, with nary a disappointment to be found ... There’s no way to know for sure if Perth, Australia is indie rock’s next Seattle or Montreal, but Hidden Shoals’ impressive roster on A Million Square Miles is bound to shore up some buzz, and deservedly so:  it’s an exhilarating listen from beginning to end.” </em><strong>– DOA</strong>

<a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=12&amp;products_id=126"><em>A Million Square Miles</em></a> is now available on CD in Australia. The album is distributed in Australia through Hidden Shoal Distribution and internationally via <a href="http://n5mailorder.com/index.php?main_page=product_music_info&amp;cPath=3&amp;products_id=812" target="_blank">n5Mailorder</a>. <em>A Million Square Miles</em> is also available digitally through the <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/">Hidden Shoal Store</a> and all good third-party digital music stores (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon, LaLa, Bandcamp, etc.). Head to the <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=12&amp;products_id=126">Hidden Shoal Store</a> for all availability info.

Hidden Shoal has also made the album available as a free, embeddable <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/a-million-square-miles/">streaming radio widget</a> and <a href="http://apps.facebook.com/amillionsquare/" target="_blank">Facebook Application</a>. For more info check out the album's <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/a-million-square-miles/">project page</a>.

Read a full press release <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-A_Million_Square_Miles_Australian_Release.pdf">here</a>.