<img class="alignleft" src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Todd_Tobias.jpg" alt="" width="131" height="177" />Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the signing of musical experimentalist <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/todd-tobias/" target="_blank">Todd Tobias</a> to its roster of artists. After years of producing Guided By Voices and playing in Circus Devils with Robert Pollard, Todd Tobias is striking out on his own with his debut solo album, <em>Medicine Show,</em> a multi-faceted instrumental opus, evoking a shadowy steampunk dystopia.

Todd Tobias and older brother Tim Tobias grew up in Northeast Ohio, USA, where the two played together in a string of bands, culminating in Clouds Forming Crowns and Circus Devils (the latter with Robert Pollard). Todd has been Pollard’s in-house record producer since 2002, beginning with Guided by Voices’ Matador release <em>Universal Truths and Cycles.</em> Todd has also produced many other indie-rock projects over the years, including the latest release from fellow Hidden Shoal Recordings artist <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/kramies/">Kramies</a> (<a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/kramies/"><em>The European</em></a> EP).

<em>Medicine Show</em> is released by Hidden Shoal on 26 April, preceded by single ‘Manatoc Enters The City / The Long Fall’ on 13 March. Read a full press release about the signing <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Todd_Tobias_Signing.pdf">here</a>.