The Australian digital music label, Hidden Shoal Recordings, today announced the release of the new <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/chris-mason/">Chris Mason</a> single, '<a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=43">Fast and Furious</a>'.

<em><img align="left" src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/fastandfurious_MED.jpg" />An essential taster for the upcoming album Restless, Chris Mason’s new single ‘Fast and Furious’ is a heartbreaking thriller from the ground up: the insistent pulse of the drums, the visceral growl of the guitars, layered rolling hooks and Chris’s aching vocal. As Mason sings, “He’s coming back for us” the song's wonderfully razored balancing act between hope and a dark sense of fatalistic urgency is exposed. This is newgazer pop with an edge.</em> - <strong>Press Release Excerpt</strong>

For a limited time the single comes bundled with a bonus track taken from the upcoming <em>Restless </em>album. “Deer in the Headlights” plays out like a slow loss with all the dark melancholy of Mazzy Star and the loaded cavernous spaces of Bark Psychosis.

A full press release is available for download <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Chris_Mason_Single.pdf">here</a>.

<a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/chris_mason/restless/Fast_and_Furious.mp3">Chris Mason - Fast and Furious</a> <em>Chris Mason - Fast and Furious</em>