<img class="alignleft" title="Salli Lunn" src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/salli_lunn.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="109" />Hidden Shoal Recordings today announced the release of <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=47&amp;products_id=148"><em>Heresy and Rite</em></a>, the debut album by Danish spectral noise-rock quartet <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/salli-lunn/">Salli Lunn</a>.

Across the expansive terrain of <em>Heresy and Rite</em>, produced by Jonas Munk (Manual), Salli Lunn are utterly bewitching, weaving dark magic in the bleak hinterland of guitar-driven atmospherics, stirring in equal parts pop melody and angular noise. From the tumbling drums and lurching coda of opener ‘The Frame of Reference’ to the stunning finale ‘The First Cause’, Salli Lunn walk a tightrope between bright-eyed songcraft and shadowy textures that threaten to overwhelm. Songs rise and fall in vertiginous shifts, carried by thunderous rhythms, skewed guitar patterns and the compelling vocal presence of Lasse Skjold Bertelsen, each a superb demonstration of Salli Lunn’s mastery of light and shade. Chiming guitar arpeggios highlight the hope and yearning woven throughout the album, while thick coils of bass, pounding drums and wrenching chord changes deepen the atmosphere of foreboding and menace.

<em>“...a courageous breath of fresh air for 2010.”</em> <strong>– Undertoner on<em> Heresy and Rite</em>
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<a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=47&amp;products_id=148"><em>Heresy and Rite</em></a> is available worldwide in CD and digital formats through Hidden Shoal Recordings.  Check out the <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=47&amp;products_id=148">Hidden Shoal Store</a> for all availability details. The album is also available on vinyl in Denmark through <a href="http://www.duckonthewalkrecords.com/" target="_blank">Duck On The Walk Records</a>.

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

<a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Salli_Lunn/Heresy_and_Rite/01_The_Frame_of_Reference.mp3">Salli Lunn - The Frame of Reference</a> <em>Salli Lunn - The Frame of Reference</em>