(2701,1,'2010-08-03 08:27:38','2010-08-03 08:27:38','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/undersodium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" /> The ever sublime <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/slow-dancing-society/\" target=\"_blank\">Slow Dancing Society</a> was featured on the enigmatic <a href=\"http://warmer-climes.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-09-08T15%3A20%3A00%2B03%3A00&amp;max-results=10\" target=\"_blank\">Warmer Climes</a> last \'week\'. Take a look <a href=\"http://warmer-climes.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-09-08T15%3A20%3A00%2B03%3A00&amp;max-results=10\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> (scroll down a wee bit). On a side note, the video for \'<em>and to the dust we shall return\'</em> has been featured on <a href=\"http://www.textura.org/pages/downloads.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Textura</a> and <a href=\"http://artisansofafloatingworld.blogspot.com/2010/09/slow-dancing-society-under-sodium.html\" target=\"_blank\">A Floating World</a>, both zines more than well worth the read. But don\'t take are advice check it out for yourselves.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Slow_Dancing_Society/under_the_sodium_lights/05_and_to_the_dust_we_shall_return.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Slow Dancing Society - </a><em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Slow_Dancing_Society/under_the_sodium_lights/05_and_to_the_dust_we_shall_return.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">and to the dust we shall return</a> </em>Slow Dancing Society - <em>and to the dust we shall return</em>','Slow Dancing Society - Warmer Climes and more...','','publish','closed','open','','slow-dancing-society-warmer-climes-and-more','','','2016-02-03 16:11:37','2016-02-03 08:11:37','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2701',0,'post','',0),(2503,1,'2010-08-17 02:42:48','2010-08-17 02:42:48','Excerpt: \"... a debut that is alive with creative individuality. There  is a deceptive precision to this work which is further enhanced by Jonas  Munk’s expert production.<em> Heresy &amp; Rite</em> unravels a web of creative ideas... Its complexity  challenges definition with tracks that are often built on a simple, yet  compelling platform, upon which is added building blocks of texture and  unexpected twists and turns to deliver a totally intriguing end result. Chiming guitars over the ever shifting, twisting, pulsing, and  impressive drumming of Line Gronbech help create a maze of possible  directions which prove impossible to second guess. Some simple yet memorable pop-fuelled melody gives way, in wanton  acts of deconstruction, to dark layers, unsettling atmosphere, and a  myriad of alternatives.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-review-salli-lunn-heresy-rite/\" target=\"_blank\">BlogCritics</a>','Salli Lunn &#039;Heresy and Rite&#039; - Blog Critics ','','publish','closed','open','','salli-lunn-heresy-and-rite-blog-critics','','','2010-08-17 02:42:48','2010-08-17 02:42:48','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2503',0,'post','',0),(2524,1,'2010-08-17 02:29:22','2010-08-17 02:29:22','Excerpt: \"Beautiful summery album from the New York composer and multi-instrumentalist. The  first surprise is that Mr Bennett has an appealingly reedy voice (sometimes reminiscient of Bob Mould, to my ears), for someone whose last album was  wholly instrumental. Like that album, the Beach Boys\' trademark left-right  keyboard alternations are evident here, along with some pleasantly disorientating  slide guitar. There\'s the wonderful wooziness of \'EPO\', with its whistled  main melody and dreamy high-register synths, recalling Angelo Badalamenti soundtracks (indeed, the instrumental coda, \'Green Memories\', with  its ominous, shifting keyboard patterns, would be right at home in a David  Lynch film.) The samba shuffle of \'Night Part 1\' also stands out, with a beautiful vibes arrangement, capped with an ecstatic double saxophone  solo over church organ. The overall mood though, despite the uplifting textures,  is something like displacement, which after all is one effect of being on  holiday. Highly recommended.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/theundergroundofhappiness\" target=\"_blank\">Underground of Happiness</a>','Rich Bennett &#039;On Holiday&#039; - Underground of Happiness','','draft','closed','open','','rich-bennett-on-holiday-underground-of-happiness','','','2014-08-01 02:22:25','2014-08-01 02:22:25','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2524',0,'post','',0),(2544,1,'2010-08-17 02:30:11','2010-08-17 02:30:11','Excerpt:<strong> </strong>\"Another beautiful instrumental from the Roman electro-ambient artist, from her  upcoming new album. Warm harpsichord and vibes tones wrap around slow droning  guitar sustains, with space-static swells arriving from the wings. A gorgeous  journey, laden with emotion. Backed with the cosmic \'Pixie Space Rock\' from  last year\'s wonderful <em>Chromatic Sigh</em> album.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/theundergroundofhappiness\" target=\"_blank\">Underground of Happiness </a>','Elisa Luu &#039;Come&#039; - Underground of Happiness','','publish','closed','open','','elisa-luu-come-underground-of-happiness','','','2010-08-17 02:30:11','2010-08-17 02:30:11','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2544',0,'post','',0),(2547,1,'2010-08-17 02:31:16','2010-08-17 02:31:16','Except \"Great cover with the sky bubbling like magma. Markus Mehr was  originally a rock guitarist who now makes more ambient and electronic  music, but the inner guitar hero isn’t entirely absent. <em>Lava </em>is  quite an eclectic album, and a little oddly paced. There’s some  definite sturm und drang about the first track. \'Agenda\' is well titled  because it sets one for the rest of the record to follow. It starts out  hazily ambient, almost casually by rote, but builds into something  altogether dirtier and nastier...<em> </em>If the standard of the first three tracks had been  consistently maintained, I’d honestly put it down as a contender for  album of the year (and to my mind 2010 has been a really strong year).\"\n\n<a href=\"http://dezji.wordpress.com/2010/08/06/markus-mehr-lava/\" target=\"_blank\">Music Musings and Miscellany</a>','Markus Mehr &#039;Lava&#039; - Music Musings and Miscellany','','publish','closed','open','','markus-mehr-lava-music-musings-and-miscellany','','','2010-08-17 02:31:16','2010-08-17 02:31:16','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2547',0,'post','',0),(2549,1,'2010-08-17 02:32:12','2010-08-17 02:32:12','Excerpt: \"Brian Eno once said of his aesthetic for composing ambient music, \'that  it should be as ignorable as it is interesting\'. While not necessarily  adhering to this doctrine, Markus Mehr does succeed in one of these  categories, which is composing music that is for the most part  interesting, but rarely ignorable... <em>Lava</em> is an album as the title suggests, full of  textural and timbral contrasts, which take unexpected dynamic and tonal  paths. Fluid in its musicality and enveloping in its sonic reach... Mehr is clearly a composer that defies any one genre association,  but within the framework of non-percussive, textural soundscapes, this  falls into a number of these subsets and will be of interest to anyone  of this listening persuasion.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.furthernoise.org/index.php?url=page.php&amp;ID=353&amp;iss=87\" target=\"_blank\">Furthernoise</a>','Markus Mehr &#039;Lava&#039; - Furthernoise','','publish','closed','open','','markus-mehr-lava-furthernoise','','','2010-08-17 02:32:12','2010-08-17 02:32:12','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2549',0,'post','',0),(2551,1,'2010-08-17 02:34:38','2010-08-17 02:34:38','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/lava.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />Markus Mehr\'s debut album <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=46&amp;products_id=145&amp;zenid=0decb7e129ed4ddbdb10094555c9b479\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Lava</em></a> is turning heads all over the blogosphere, receiving attention from the likes of <a href=\"http://www.furthernoise.org/index.php?url=page.php&amp;ID=353&amp;iss=87\" target=\"_blank\">Furthernoise</a>, <a href=\"http://pellytwins.blogspot.com/2010/07/mp3s-my-majestic-star-markus-mehr.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pellytwins</a>, <a href=\"http://dezji.wordpress.com/2010/08/06/markus-mehr-lava/\" target=\"_blank\">Music Musings and Miscellany</a> and <a href=\"http://www.noripcord.com/reviews/music/markus-mehr/lava\" target=\"_blank\">No Ripcord</a>. It\'s perhaps a little early to proclaim it album of the year, but have a read of the plaudits being piled at its cosmic doorstep, or do one better and have a listen below.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/markus_mehr/lava/04_Hubble.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Markus Mehr - Hubble</a> Markus Mehr -<em> Hubble</em>','Is Markus Mehr&#039;s Lava Album of the Year?','','publish','closed','open','','is-markus-mehrs-lava-album-of-the-year','','','2016-02-03 16:01:08','2016-02-03 08:01:08','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2551',0,'post','',0),(2553,1,'2010-08-17 02:37:18','2010-08-17 02:37:18','Excerpt: \"German-based technician Markus  Mehr does allow his compositions to move, but ever so slightly –  incorporating deep, monolithic washes of gurgling synthesizer that move  across the listener like tectonic plates... Like a lot of ambient artists, Markus Mehr is at his best when he’s  his most spacey.... They’re ‘big’ compositions, the sheer  scale of the sonic work is rather awe inspiring, but they never sound  antagonistic or uncomfortable... it sounds like  the ebb and flow of space itself – individual snippets of a grand,  repeating, organic process that keeps the universe in balance. You’ll  never hear anything that tangibly relates machinery or human  intervention; this is an album that sounds as old and neutral as the  cosmos itself... Markus Mehr has created a bold,  stouthearted work that deserves to be mentioned in the same sentence as  other current ambient champions like Emeralds or Oneohtrix Point Never.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.noripcord.com/reviews/music/markus-mehr/lava\" target=\"_blank\">No Ripcord</a>','Markus Mehr &#039;Lava&#039; - No Ripcord','','publish','closed','open','','markus-mehr-lava-no-ripcord','','','2010-08-17 02:37:18','2010-08-17 02:37:18','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2553',0,'post','',0),(2555,1,'2010-08-17 02:40:16','2010-08-17 02:40:16','Exceprt: \"Salli Lunn  has generated some formidable buzz in the blogosphere... <em>Heresy  &amp; Rite</em> is a damn good listen. What Salli Lunn attempt on this record is to redefine the entire  meaning of post-rock. Instead of a well-rehearsed, concise and cohesive  album, Salli Lunn persistently avoid any repetition or similar themes –  and take every opportunity to push their music into new territories and  expand on their own musicianship. This is a highly risky approach and  one that could have easily turned the record into just another failed  attempt at experimentalism. But on <em>Heresy &amp; Rite</em>,  this act of innovation and unpredictability delivers with extreme  accuracy... With a startling lack of predictability... <em>Heresy  &amp; Rite</em> puts a new name on the Danish music map: Salli Lunn. Remember this name, for this Danish  quartet is here to stay.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.noripcord.com/reviews/music/salli-lunn/heresy-rite\" target=\"_blank\">No Ripcord</a>','Salli Lunn &#039;Heresy &amp; Rite&#039; - No Ripcord','','publish','closed','open','','salli-lunn-heresy-rite-no-ripcord','','','2010-08-17 02:40:16','2010-08-17 02:40:16','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2555',0,'post','',0),(2572,1,'2010-08-17 02:52:13','2010-08-17 02:52:13','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/galleries/Salli_Lunn/lazy-k-thumbs/Salli_Lunn_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"99\" height=\"100\" />Mighty Danish spectral-rock quartet <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/salli-lunn/\" target=\"_blank\">Salli Lunn</a> have been receiving some love from review sites <a href=\"http://www.noripcord.com/reviews/music/salli-lunn/heresy-rite\" target=\"_blank\">No Ripcord</a> and <a href=\"http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-review-salli-lunn-heresy-rite/\" target=\"_blank\">BlogCritics</a>. Hear what the fuss is all about by popping along to the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=47&amp;products_id=148\" target=\"_blank\">HSR Store</a> to stream the album in full.','Salli Lunn Reviewed on No Ripcord and BlogCritics','','publish','closed','open','','salli-lunn-reviewed-on-no-ripcord-and-blogcritics','','','2010-08-17 02:52:13','2010-08-17 02:52:13','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2572',0,'post','',0),(2576,1,'2010-08-18 10:52:35','2010-08-18 10:52:35','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/galleries/The_Caribbean/lazy-k-thumbs/The_Caribbean_Field_Photo_-_Sarah%20Padgett.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"124\" height=\"100\" />Everyone\'s favourite folk-pop deconstructionists <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/the-caribbean/\" target=\"_blank\">The Caribbean</a> have collaborated on an installation with Matt Hollis as part of Pittsburgh\'s Arts on N Street Festival. Their 21-minute work entitled \'Curtains Drawn\' soundtracks Hollis\'s \'Incubator\' installation. This piece is likely to feature on a forthcoming Caribbean release on Hidden Shoal of more abstract, sample-based music. Meanwhile, their new album <em>Discontinued Perfume</em> is soon to be released on the excellent <a href=\"http://www.home-tapes.com/Hometapes/Home.html\" target=\"_blank\">Hometapes</a> label.','The Caribbean Collaborate on Art Installation','','publish','closed','open','','the-caribbean-collaborate-on-art-installation','','','2010-08-18 10:52:35','2010-08-18 10:52:35','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2576',0,'post','',0),(2583,1,'2010-08-19 01:30:21','2010-08-19 01:30:21','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Salli Lunn - \'The First Cause\'\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/first_cause_MED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" />Hidden Shoal Recordings has announced the release of ‘The First Cause’, the second freely downloadable single taken from <em>Heresy and Rite</em>, the debut album by Danish spectral noise-rock quartet <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/salli-lunn/\">Salli Lunn</a>.\n\n‘The First Cause’ is a true epic in scope and execution, and a superb demonstration of Salli Lunn’s mastery of light and shade. Across its eight-minute runtime, it packs a true sonic and emotional punch, layering guitars into surging waves, upon which Lasse Skjold Bertelsen’s vocals ride with aplomb. ‘The First Cause’ proves a devastating follow-up to acclaimed first single ‘Parachutes Forever’ – and a fittingly awesome finale to <em>Heresy and Rite</em>.\n\n<em>\"... ‘The First Cause’ floats between a dream-pop musing and an indie balla</em><em>d - and then turns into a frenetic juggernaut that completely defies contemporary taxonomy.</em>\" –<strong> No Ripcord</strong>\n\n<em>\"a debut that is alive with creative individuality. Chiming guitars over the ever shifting, twisting, pulsing, and impressive drumming… help create a maze of possible directions which prove impossible to second guess.\"</em> - <strong>BlogCritics</strong>\n\n‘The First Cause’ is available for<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=47&amp;products_id=152\"> free download from the Hidden Shoal Store</a>. Album <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=index&amp;cPath=47\">Hidden Shoal Store</a> for all availability details.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Salli_Lunn/Heresy_and_Rite/08_The_First_Cause.mp3\">Salli Lunn - The First Cause</a> <em>Salli Lunn - The First Cause</em>','New Salli Lunn Single Released - Free Download','','publish','closed','open','','new-salli-lunn-single-released-free-download','','','2010-08-19 01:30:21','2010-08-19 01:30:21','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2583',0,'post','',0),(2601,1,'2010-08-22 07:36:15','2010-08-22 07:36:15','Excerpt: \"New York\'s maestro of shadowy lounge tinged pop Rich Bennett is back  with a follow up to his stunning 2008 album <em>Music for Underwater  Supermarkets</em> entitled <em>On Holiday</em>... Bennett\'s latest  work is brimming with subtly dark, breezy melodies and the buoyant  vocals of both Bennett and Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Rebecca  Pronsky. From the gorgeous single \'Misty Valley\' to the delicious  minor key melancholy of \'Night Part 2\', <em>On Holiday</em> is as intoxicating as  it is playful.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.purplerevolver.com/music/open-mic/12862-rich-bennett-ready-to-release-new-album.html\" target=\"_self\">Purple Revolver</a>','Rich Bennett &#039;On Holiday&#039; - Purple Revolver','','draft','closed','open','','rich-bennett-on-holiday-purple-revolver','','','2014-08-01 02:22:24','2014-08-01 02:22:24','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2601',0,'post','',0),(2603,1,'2010-08-22 07:47:31','2010-08-22 07:47:31','Excerpt: \"Liam Singer harkens back to the late great Elliott Smith. The track \'Winter Weeds\' is like a family memory album and perhaps new beginnings.  It is simple and beautiful, with piano accompaniment whispering  throughout. The care and love is ceaseless as Singer’s well trained  hands breathe life and inspiration. I can only imagine the contrast  between Singer today and his former self as co-founder of a 20 piece  kazoo orchestra. Singer currently resides in Brooklyn, NY where he plays  in Devil Be Gone with Rob Hampton (ex-Band Of Horses)....   Singer places himself among other artists who understand the delicate  nature of human compassion. His capacity for relating such an emotion  seems to come easy, making such a forgotten expression in today’s  society unbelievably refreshing.<em>\"</em>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.adequacy.net/2010/08/liam-singer-winter-weeds/\" target=\"_blank\">Delusions of Adequacy</a>','Liam Singer &#039;Winter Weeds&#039; - DOA','','publish','closed','open','','liam-singer-winter-weeds-doa','','','2010-08-22 07:47:31','2010-08-22 07:47:31','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2603',0,'post','',0),(2606,1,'2010-08-22 07:46:18','2010-08-22 07:46:18','Excerpt: \"Mehr builds monoliths out  of buzzing, oscillating swells of metered noise cutting deep crevices  across the porous surface of cooling granite-slab of the mind. Yes, it  is that kind of thing. Mehr\'s compositions are submerged beneath a  tumultuous sea of  swirling guitar tones that ride the biting edge of  gorgeous and foreboding.... As  the album title predicts, <em>Lava </em>takes its time getting to places.  The off-axis drift is felt more than a steadily canter towards some sort  of definable goal. In this blissful wanderlust Mehr succeeds in spades  creating a completely engrossing, engaging and all together reliable  album full of the most powerful ambient-drone tracks this year.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://tometotheweathermachine.blogspot.com/2010/08/markus-mehr.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tome to the Weather Machine</a>','Markus Mehr &#039;Lava&#039; - Tome to the Weather Machine','','publish','closed','open','','markus-mehr-lava-tome-to-the-weather-machine','','','2010-08-22 07:46:18','2010-08-22 07:46:18','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2606',0,'post','',0),(2610,1,'2010-08-22 07:44:47','2010-08-22 07:44:47','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/heresy_MED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" />Dear Salli Lunn fans in the vicinity of Europe, you are in for a treat! Below are their tour dates for the next two months:\n\n19-Aug-10            5:00 PM  INSTOREGIG: STEREO STUDIO KØBMAGERGADE København, Sjælland, DENMARK <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Find Tickets</a>\n\n21-Aug-10            9:00 PM  FAIR FÆLLED FESTIVAL I FÆLLEDPARKEN Copenhagen, Sjælland, DENMARK <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Find Tickets</a>\n\n8-Sep-10            10:00 PM  FESTIVAL OF ENDLESS GRATITUDE - TBA Copenhagen, Danmark, DENMARK <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Find Tickets</a>\n\n9-Sep-10            10:00 PM  OFF THE HOOK THURSDAY - DET INTERNATIONALE HUS W/ DORIAS BARACCA &amp; THE SICK BOY METHOD Odense C, Danmark, DENMARK <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Find Tickets</a>\n\n19-Sep-10            9:00 PM  HUSET I MAGSTRÆDE København, Danmark, DENMARK <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Find Tickets</a>\n\n23-Sep-10            9:00 PM  MUSIKCAFEEN W/TBA Århus, Jylland, DENMARK <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Find Tickets</a>\n\nAren\'t we kind? And we\'ll throw in a song, too:\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Salli_Lunn/Heresy_and_Rite/08_The_First_Cause.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Salli Lunn - The First Cause</a> <em>Salli Lunn</em> - <em>The First Cause</em>','Salli Lunn - European Tour Dates!','','publish','closed','open','','salli-lunn-european-tour-dates','','','2010-08-22 07:44:47','2010-08-22 07:44:47','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2610',0,'post','',0),(2613,1,'2010-08-24 05:34:32','2010-08-24 05:34:32','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Slow Dancing Society - Under The Sodium Lights\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/undersodium_MED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" />Hidden Shoal Recordings has announced the digital pre-release of the eagerly awaited fourth album by US ambient artist <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/slow-dancing-society/\">Slow Dancing Society</a>.\n\nFollowing on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=13&amp;products_id=75\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em></a>, <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=13&amp;products_id=153\"><em>Under The Sodium Lights</em></a> is Drew Sullivan’s latest ambient epic. The album feels like a distillation of the three stunning releases that preceded it – and as such is Sullivan’s finest work to date. The delicate interplay between focused melodic details and blurred washes of sound draws the listener into a hypnotic state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance.\n\n<em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> resonates with a rich emotional core – and the choking realisation of our own transience. The album rewards immersive listening from start to finish, to really soak in its beauty.\n\n<em>“a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… Textures and timbre are executed with great precision… Even the simplest of songs allow complimentary textures to be layered upon each other to create a robust yet spacious sound… an aural delight for the listener.”</em> – <strong>The Silent Ballet on Priest Lake Circa ’88</strong>\n\n<em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> is available now as a <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=13&amp;products_id=153\">digital pre-release</a> followed by the official CD release on 30 September 2010 (pre-order now available via <a href=\"http://n5mailorder.com/release/1013\" target=\"_blank\">n5Mailorder</a>). Head to the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=13&amp;products_id=153\">Hidden Shoal Store</a> for all availability details. Read a full press release <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\">here</a>.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Slow_Dancing_Society/under_the_sodium_lights/06_by_your_side.mp3\">Slow Dancing Society - by your side</a> <em>Slow Dancing Society - by your side</em>','New Slow Dancing Society Album Pre-Released','','publish','closed','open','','new-slow-dancing-society-album-pre-released','','','2016-02-03 16:11:20','2016-02-03 08:11:20','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2613',0,'post','',0),(2619,1,'2010-08-22 07:35:03','2010-08-22 07:35:03','Excerpt: \"Allen provides the vocals while multi-instrumentalist Solter provides the production side of the pair\'s craft, together creating shimmering dream-pop and an intoxicating blend of prosaic folk influences with modern electronic techniques... <em>The Green</em> isn\'t an album you\'ll be humming in your head or singing along with, it doesn\'t rely on hooks or big singles to make an impression... It manages to maintain the sensibilities of pop... without forgoing its more ethereal tendencies.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.beat.com.au/BEATFlipbook/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Beat</a>','Boxharp &#039;The Green&#039; - Beat','','publish','closed','open','','boxharp-the-green-beat','','','2010-08-22 07:35:03','2010-08-22 07:35:03','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2619',0,'post','',0),(2621,1,'2010-08-22 07:34:14','2010-08-22 07:34:14','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/album_green.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />As an Australian label, we\'re always tickled pink when an Australian rag picks up one of our artist\'s albums and gets a kick out of it. This week is one of those moments. Our dreampop duo <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=45&amp;zenid=8f5376ab134bdf6a54f51063133de3a8\" target=\"_blank\">Boxharp</a> gained the attention of Melbourne\'s <a href=\"http://www.beat.com.au/\" target=\"_blank\">Beat magazine</a> with their album <em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=45&amp;products_id=142&amp;zenid=8f5376ab134bdf6a54f51063133de3a8\" target=\"_blank\">The Green</a>.</em> Have a read of the review <a href=\"http://www.beat.com.au/BEATFlipbook/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Boxharp/The_Green/Cloy.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Boxharp - Cloy</a> <em>Boxharp</em> - <em>Cloy</em>','Boxharp reviewed in Beat Magazine','','publish','closed','open','','boxharp-reviewed-in-beat-magazine','','','2010-08-22 07:34:14','2010-08-22 07:34:14','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2621',0,'post','',0),(2662,1,'2010-08-28 05:41:07','2010-08-28 05:41:07','Excerpt: \"Portland born, Brooklyn based, Liam Singer is a trained harpsichord player with an innocent voice.<em> \'</em>Winter Weeds\' features delicate vocal layers... and a lovely warm piano. It swells and blossoms, but it\'s awfully sad. A song of aching beauty.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.beat.com.au/BEATFlipbook/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Beat Magazine</a>','Liam Singer &#039;Winter Weeds&#039; - Beat Magazine&#039;s Single of the Week','','publish','closed','open','','liam-singer-winter-weeds-beat-magazines-single-of-the-week','','','2010-08-28 05:41:07','2010-08-28 05:41:07','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2662',0,'post','',0),(2665,1,'2010-08-30 03:11:32','2010-08-30 03:11:32','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/winterweeds.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />If you\'ve yet to download Liam Singer\'s gorgeous single <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=48&amp;products_id=151\" target=\"_blank\">\'Winter Weeds\'</a>, pop along to the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/\" target=\"_blank\">Hidden Shoal Store</a> and do so now. It\'s ace. Melbourne\'s Beat Magazine gave \'Winter Weeds\' single of the week. Hoorah!\n\n<em>Dislocatia</em>, the stunning album from which \'Winter Weeds\' is taken, is out on 5 October.','Liam Singer is Beat&#039;s Single of the Week','','draft','closed','open','','liam-singer-is-beats-single-of-the-week','','','2014-08-01 02:30:47','2014-08-01 02:30:47','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2665',0,'post','',0),(2508,1,'2010-09-03 08:45:37','2010-09-03 08:45:37','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/nothingbut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />Just a quick one, our very own <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=44\" target=\"_blank\">Stray Ghost</a> <em> </em>caught the attention of Scott Raymond of <a href=\"http://secretmusicwvkr.blogspot.com/2010/07/secret-music-top-20-june-2010.html\">WVKR </a><em><a href=\"http://secretmusicwvkr.blogspot.com/2010/07/secret-music-top-20-june-2010.html\">Secret Music</a>,</em> with his latest release <em> <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=44&amp;products_id=136\" target=\"_blank\">Nothing, But Death</a></em><em> </em>take a peek <a href=\"http://secretmusicwvkr.blogspot.com/2010/07/secret-music-top-20-june-2010.html\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/stray_ghost/Nothing_But_Death/Part_4.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Stray Ghost - Part 4</a> Stray Ghost - <em>Part 4</em>','Stray Ghost - Secretmusic WVKR','','publish','closed','open','','stray-ghost-secretmusic-wvkr','','','2010-09-03 08:45:37','2010-09-03 08:45:37','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2508',0,'post','',0),(2651,1,'2010-08-30 03:25:50','2010-08-30 03:25:50','Excerpt (loosely translated): \"It all sounds fantastic  and it does not need to be said that this music is for people who cannot get enough of Eno-esque soundscapes (although you can also hear Klaus  Schulze\'s influence) and others will just continue to wonder what  inspired this music. It has something to do  with sense of imagination, daydreaming, a moment away from here...\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.darkentries.be/nl/cds/?cdid=1967\" target=\"_blank\">Dark Entries</a>','Markus Mehr &#039;Lava&#039; - Dark Entries','','publish','closed','open','','markus-mehr-lava-dark-entries','','','2010-08-30 03:25:50','2010-08-30 03:25:50','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2651',0,'post','',0),(2654,1,'2010-08-30 03:15:08','2010-08-30 03:15:08','Excerpt: \"Rich Bennett’s tastes seem to veer towards lounge pop as evidenced on  his \'better than it sounds on paper\' last album <em>Music For  Underwater Supermarkets</em>, not to mention his significant retro-futurist  contributions to great records by Monocle and Hotels. As the title  implies, <em>On Holiday </em>is a concept album Bennett has created (along with  singer-songwriter Rebecca Pronsky) about leisure time away from home  and work pressures.... As with some of his previus records, Bennett appears to be in  typically laid back mood on the surface. Yet after each listen, the  record sounds deeper and more troubled than the last time, which  indicates Bennett is a less than ideal travelling companion but at least  his music offers an alternative soundtrack.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://leonardslair.wordpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Leonard\'s Lair</a>','Rich Bennett &#039;On Holiday&#039; - Leonard&#039;s Lair','','draft','closed','open','','rich-bennett-on-holiday-leonards-lair','','','2014-08-01 02:22:24','2014-08-01 02:22:24','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2654',0,'post','',0),(2658,1,'2010-08-30 03:13:23','2010-08-30 03:13:23','Excerpt: \"Attention choir kids, former and current: I\'ve got a minimalist chamber-pop track for you to swoon over. Liam Singer sends us this track from his forthcoming album <em>Dislocatia</em>, an album full of beguiling songs rich in the romanticism of classical counterpoint interweaved with a modern twist of minimalist indie pop. I have to say, an integration of canon with this type of modern music creates an overall sound that is unexpected and just downright interesting.\"\n\nGuilt Free Pleasures\n\n<a href=\"http://guiltfreepleasure.blogspot.com/2010/08/liam-singer.html\" target=\"_blank\">\n</a>\n\n<a href=\"http://guiltfreepleasure.blogspot.com/2010/08/liam-singer.html\" target=\"_blank\">Guilt Free Pleasures</a>','Liam Singer &#039;Winter Weeds&#039; - Guilt Free Pleasures','','publish','closed','open','','liam-singer-winter-weeds-guilt-free-pleasures','','','2010-08-30 03:13:23','2010-08-30 03:13:23','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2658',0,'post','',0),(2674,1,'2010-09-13 22:59:18','2010-09-13 22:59:18','Excerpt [translated from the Italian]: \"<em>The Green</em> demonstrates the seductive qualities of Boxharp with ethereal melodies  stretched over rhythms...  An updated  version of the dream-pop invented by the Cocteau Twins.... <em>The Green</em> has the advantage of not settling on a  default: languid stretches of ambient zero gravity (\'The Moon\'s  the North Wind\'s Cookie\') alternate with songs of powerful dreamwave  (\'Sidestepping\').\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.ondarock.it/recensioni/2010_boxharpthegreen.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Ondarock</a>','Boxharp &#039;The Green&#039; - Ondarock','','publish','closed','open','','boxharp-the-green-ondarock','','','2010-09-13 22:59:18','2010-09-13 22:59:18','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2674',0,'post','',0),(2676,1,'2010-09-13 23:02:17','2010-09-13 23:02:17','Excerpt: \"Delicious slice of lounge? Don\'t mind if I do! This is the perfect blend of cheesy lounge flavour cut with a scary ambience that is like a deserted shopping centre in the 1970s where someone left the music running. Underneath all of that NY\'s Rich Bennett and co. are a pretty gifted bunch of songwriters as well. People have heard everything from Bacharach to Morricone in this; some of them call it retro-futurist pop, I call it fantastic.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.4zzzfm.org.au/\" target=\"_blank\">4zzz</a>','Rich Bennett &#039;On Holiday&#039; - 4zzzz','','draft','closed','open','','rich-bennett-on-holiday-4zzzz','','','2014-08-01 02:22:24','2014-08-01 02:22:24','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2676',0,'post','',0),(2678,1,'2010-09-13 23:06:56','2010-09-13 23:06:56','Excerpt: \"Slow Dancing Society is the work of ambient musician Drew Sullivan, and at this moment I’m  sort of lost in the tranquility of \'…and to the dust we shall return\'...    It’s the perfect soundtrack for a fading Sunday evening such as this.  And destruction has hardly ever been as beautiful as in this video by  Latvian filmmaker Ieva Balode, which is the only thing keeping my eyes  open.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://popheadwound.blogspot.com/2010/08/mp3-slow-dancing-society-and-to-dust-we.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pop Headwound</a>','Slow Dancing Society &#039;Under the Sodium Lights&#039; - Pop Headwound','','publish','closed','open','','slow-dancing-society-under-the-sodium-lights-pop-headwound','','','2010-09-13 23:06:56','2010-09-13 23:06:56','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2678',0,'post','',0),(2680,1,'2010-09-23 03:24:23','2010-09-23 03:24:23','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/lava.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />Our resident ambient genius <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/markus-mehr/&amp;zenid=77dc355919fb1ed225ea8bd1b5b00e56\" target=\"_blank\">Markus Mehr</a> has made another top 20 listing this week, with <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=46&amp;products_id=145&amp;zenid=77dc355919fb1ed225ea8bd1b5b00e56\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Lava</em></a> being listed in Scott Raymond\'s (WVKR) Secret Music blog. You can see the full list <a href=\"http://secretmusicwvkr.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.\n\n<em> </em>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/markus_mehr/lava/04_Hubble.mp3\" target=\"_self\">Markus Mehr - Hubble</a><em> Markus Mehr </em>- <em>Hubble</em>','Markus Mehr&#039;s Lava in Secret Music&#039;s Top 20','','publish','closed','open','','markus-mehrs-lava-in-secret-musics-top-20','','','2016-02-03 16:01:08','2016-02-03 08:01:08','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2680',0,'post','',0),(2682,1,'2010-09-23 03:28:41','2010-09-23 03:28:41','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/undersodium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" /><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/slow-dancing-society/&amp;zenid=77dc355919fb1ed225ea8bd1b5b00e56\" target=\"_blank\">Slow Dancing Society</a> recently made it the top of <a href=\"http://www.orangealert.net/node/727\" target=\"_blank\">Orange Alert\'s</a> \'Watch List\' and received a great review on <a href=\"http://popheadwound.blogspot.com/2010/08/mp3-slow-dancing-society-and-to-dust-we.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pop Headwound</a>. <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=13&amp;products_id=153&amp;zenid=77dc355919fb1ed225ea8bd1b5b00e56\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Under the Sodium Lights</em></a> is out now, so take a listen below.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Slow_Dancing_Society/under_the_sodium_lights/05_and_to_the_dust_we_shall_return.mp3\" target=\"_self\">Slow Dancing Society - <em>…and to the dust we shall return </em></a><em>Slow Dancing Society</em> - <em>…and to the dust we shall return</em>','Slow Dancing Society on Orange Alert and Pop Headwound','','publish','closed','open','','slow-dancing-society-on-orange-alert-and-pop-headwound','','','2016-02-03 16:12:25','2016-02-03 08:12:25','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2682',0,'post','',0),(2684,1,'2010-09-23 03:31:03','2010-09-23 03:31:03','Excerpt: \"Drew Sullivan makes some of the most beautiful ambient music available  today.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.orangealert.net/node/727\" target=\"_blank\">Orange Alert</a>','Slow Dancing Society - Orange Alert','','publish','closed','open','','slow-dancing-society-orange-alert','','','2010-09-23 03:31:03','2010-09-23 03:31:03','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2684',0,'post','',0),(2686,1,'2010-09-23 03:33:36','2010-09-23 03:33:36','Excerpt: \"Boxharp’s Wendy Allen and Scott Solter fuse together unlikely soundscapes constructed of organic instrumentation, recorded beats, and breathy vocals to make unexpectedly lovely pop songs. \'The Green\' features Allen’s voice swooping prettily over a bed of what sound like steel drums, underpinned with drum machine loops. It should be awful, but it coalesces into a lively song that is more than the sum of its parts.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/128009-boxharp-the-green/\" target=\"_blank\">PopMatters</a>','Boxharp &#039;The Green&#039; - PopMatters','','publish','closed','open','','boxharp-the-green-popmatters','','','2010-09-23 03:33:36','2010-09-23 03:33:36','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2686',0,'post','',0),(2688,1,'2010-09-23 03:42:06','2010-09-23 03:42:06','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/liam-singer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"121\" /> <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=48&amp;zenid=101e8ada5ae8138bc7861f2ff8e5fe9c\">Liam Singer</a> will be performing at<a href=\"http://www.opositivefestival.org/music.html\" target=\"_blank\"> O+ Festival</a> this year. Housed in an array of venues across Kingston, New York, it\'s a unique festival for a good cause. Check it out <a href=\"http://www.opositivefestival.org/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>. Liam Singer\'s single \'<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=48&amp;products_id=151\" target=\"_blank\">Winter Weeds</a>\' is currently available for free download from the <a href=\"http://agora.hiddenshoal.com\" target=\"_blank\">HSR Store</a> until the release of his stunning new album <em>Dislocatia</em> in October.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Liam_Singer/Dislocatia/05_Winter_Weeds.mp3\" target=\"_self\">Liam Singer -</a><em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Liam_Singer/Dislocatia/05_Winter_Weeds.mp3\" target=\"_self\"> Winter Weeds</a> Liam Singer</em> -<em> Winter Weeds</em>','Liam Singer at O+ Festival','','draft','closed','open','','liam-singer-at-o-festival','','','2014-08-01 02:30:47','2014-08-01 02:30:47','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2688',0,'post','',0),(2690,1,'2010-09-28 04:48:06','2010-09-28 04:48:06','Excerpt: \"Superior and thoughtful math rock from this Danish band. You might expect it to be thrilling and visceral (and it is) but it\'s the unexpected details that get me. Like the beautiful pop thrust of \'Belongings\', the organ wash and intertwining guitar melodies of \'First Cause\', the itchy percussion on \'Fast Cars, Clean Bodies\'. And overall the restraint.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/theundergroundofhappiness\" target=\"_blank\">Underground of Happiness</a>','Salli Lunn &#039;Heresy &amp; Rite&#039; - Underground of Happiness','','publish','closed','open','','salli-lunn-heresy-rite-underground-of-happiness','','','2010-09-28 04:48:06','2010-09-28 04:48:06','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2690',0,'post','',0),(2695,1,'2010-09-28 05:11:29','2010-09-28 05:11:29','Excerpt: \"The tone of the record is dark, brooding and heavenly atmospheric that  lulls the listener with elegantly layered sounds, that sports a heavy  \'80s influence. Boxharp’s strength lies in the subtle grace of their  sound that is a beautiful collision of the old and the new with  celestial synthesiser noise melded with folk nuances, that are  encompassed by Allen’s delicate vocals... Boxharp play dreamy, ambient, experimental pop that have won them the public seal of approval from David Bowie himself, however <em>The Green</em> is not music for the mainstream... stick with <em>The Green</em> and you shall  be rewarded for your perseverance with a rich musical tapestry that is  overwhelmingly gorgeous in its construction.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.thedwarf.com.au/nd/albumreviews/the_green_boxharp\" target=\"_blank\">The Dwarf</a>','Boxharp &#039;The Green&#039; - The Dwarf','','publish','closed','open','','boxharp-the-green-the-dwarf','','','2010-09-28 05:11:29','2010-09-28 05:11:29','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2695',0,'post','',0),(2697,1,'2010-09-28 05:21:18','2010-09-28 05:21:18','Excerpt: \"<em>On Holiday </em>is<em> </em>more  than the sum of its much maligned rhythmic inspirations. In fact, much  of the album sounds completely pastoral, equally matching the title... Bennett\'s voice never strains to keep up with the relaxed canter  of his songs and sounds oddly similar to the ruddy baritone of XTC\'s Andy Partridge. <em>On Holiday</em> never sounds like an experiment or a manifesto, it is too good for  that. It simply swings on its own between scenic mountain drives and the  neon-lit palm trees of a smoky Sunset Strip juke joint. It is both of  those things and more.\"<a href=\"http://tometotheweathermachine.com/reviews/2010/08/rich-bennett\" target=\"_blank\">\n</a>\n\n<a href=\"http://tometotheweathermachine.com/reviews/2010/08/rich-bennett\" target=\"_blank\">Tome to the Weather Machine</a>','Rich Bennett &#039;On Holiday&#039; - Tome to the Weather Machine','','draft','closed','open','','rich-bennett-on-holiday-tome-to-the-weather-machine','','','2014-08-01 02:22:24','2014-08-01 02:22:24','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2697',0,'post','',0),(2717,1,'2010-09-14 02:28:15','2010-09-14 02:28:15','<p><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs299.ash2/57894_426305761298_21387601298_5232094_7947078_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"167\" height=\"111\" />The stunning video for City of Satellites\' new single \'BMX\' is out next Thursday, 23 September. Directed by Dael Oates and featuring BMX wizard Michael Steingraeber - along with one half of the band, drummer/programmer/synth player Thomas Diakomichalis, in a space suit! - it\'s seriously awesome. Until then you can visit the band\'s <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/cityofsatellites\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page</a> to see some production stills and befriend the boys. And of course you can also head over to the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/\" target=\"_blank\">Hidden Shoal Store</a> to stream and purchase their superb debut album <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=34&amp;products_id=129\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Machine Is My Animal</em></a> and <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=34&amp;products_id=87\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Spook </em></a>EP in full. Get amongst it.</p>\n<p>In more City of Satellites news, a remix album featuring remixes by artists such as Manual, Slow Dancing Society and Tin Man will be out later in the year. Stay tuned for more details soon!</p>\n','City of Satellites BMX Video Out Next Week!','','publish','closed','open','','city-of-satellites-bmx-video-out-next-week','','','2016-02-03 13:47:23','2016-02-03 05:47:23','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2717',0,'post','',0),(2730,1,'2010-09-22 07:18:40','2010-09-22 07:18:40','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/bmx_MED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" />Hidden Shoal Recordings today announced the release of new single ‘<a href=\"http://music.cityofsatellites.com/album/machine-is-my-animal\">BMX</a>’ by Australian dream-pop outfit <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/city-of-satellites/\">City of Satellites</a> and its stunning accompanying video, directed by <a href=\"http://www.daelo.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Dael Oates</a> of <a href=\"http://www.digitaldomain.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Mothership/Digital Domain</a> (Tron Legacy, Benjamin Button, Pirates of The Caribbean).\n\nThe sublime opening track from their debut album <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=34&amp;products_id=129\"><em>Machine Is My Animal</em></a>, ‘BMX’ unfolds in a magisterial swirl of synths and hovering atmospherics, driven by Thomas Diakomichalis’ propulsive, detailed drumming and Jarrod Manuel’s pure vocal tones. Part misty paean to lost youth, part anthem for a better future, ‘BMX’ is premium 21st-century pop.\n\nThe sumptuous hypnotic sci-fi visuals of the accompanying video distill the haunting, angelic feeling of the song, drawing from its ethereal lyrical plays. A group of lost space invaders is drawn towards a gleaming orb in a forest, while a BMX rider (champion German BMX wizard Michael Steingraeber) is becoming unified with light in an abandoned warehouse. Award winning Australian director and visual effects artist Dael Oates has created an absolute visual feast with this music video.\n\n<em>“One of the most unabashedly shoegaze-y albums in recent memory… City Of Satellites’ Jarrod Manual and Thomas Diakomichalis have tuned their ears to the expansive dream-pop of the classic 4AD roster and the likeminded M83, relishing the elastic reach of spidery rhythms and unmoored melodies… There’s an almost austere sheen to Machine Is My Animal, such that we’re never bombarded but gently seduced and swayed. It’s a beautiful feeling.”</em> – <strong>Cyclic Defrost</strong>\n\nThe ‘BMX’ single is available for<a href=\"http://music.cityofsatellites.com/album/machine-is-my-animal\"> free download from the Hidden Shoal Store</a> and the music video can be streamed and embedded via <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W7HULu_CCc\">Youtube</a> or <a href=\"http://vimeo.com/14790880\">Vimeo</a>. Album <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=34&amp;products_id=129\"><em>Machine Is My Animal</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=index&amp;cPath=34\">Hidden Shoal Store</a> for all availability details and read a full press release <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-City_of_Satellites-BMX_Single_and_Music_Video.pdf\">here</a>.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/City_Of_Satellites/Machine_Is_My_Animal/1_BMX.mp3\">City of Satellites - BMX</a> <em>City of Satellites - BMX </em>','New City of Satellites Single and Music Video','','publish','closed','open','','new-city-of-satellites-single-and-music-video','','','2010-09-22 07:18:40','2010-09-22 07:18:40','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2730',0,'post','',0),(2744,1,'2010-09-22 13:23:39','2010-09-22 13:23:39','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/salli_lunn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"109\" />Salli Lunn\'s expansive dream-noise-rock opus <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> has charted at number 28 on the <a href=\"http://www.cjsw.com/\" target=\"_blank\">CJSW</a> (Calgary) Top 50 charts.\n\nThe album is available now on CD or digital through <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=47&amp;products_id=148\">Hidden Shoal</a> and their latest single \'<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=47&amp;products_id=152\">The First Cause</a>\' is available for free download from the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=47&amp;products_id=152\">Hidden Shoal Store</a>.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Salli_Lunn/Heresy_and_Rite/08_The_First_Cause.mp3\">Salli Lunn - The First Cause</a> <em>Salli Lunn - The First Cause</em>','Salli Lunn at 28 on the CJSW Top 50','','publish','closed','open','','salli-lunn-at-28-on-the-cjsw-top-50','','','2010-09-22 13:23:39','2010-09-22 13:23:39','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2744',0,'post','',0),(2765,1,'2010-09-23 05:10:47','2010-09-23 05:10:47','It makes perfect sense when you think about it - performance enhancing music and sport. Check it all out as <a title=\"Apricot Rail\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/apricot-rail/\">Apricot Rail</a>\'s stunning track \'The Parachute Failure\' soundtracks a Foxtel ad for the upcoming Commonwealth Games. You\'d swear they\'d written it with Matt Shirvington in mind after viewing. Next the Olympics!\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/158217777&amp;color=000000&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=true&amp;show_comments=false&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>','Apricot Rail in Commonwealth Games Foxtel Ad','','publish','closed','open','','apricot-rail-in-commonwealth-games-foxtel-ad','','','2016-02-03 16:48:57','2016-02-03 08:48:57','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2765',0,'post','',0),(10240,1,'2014-08-08 04:37:56','2014-08-08 04:37:56','It makes perfect sense when you think about it - performance enhancing music and sport. Check it all out as <a title=\"Apricot Rail\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/apricot-rail/\">Apricot Rail</a>\'s stunning track \'The Parachute Failure\' soundtracks a Foxtel ad for the upcoming Commonwealth Games. You\'d swear they\'d written it with Matt Shirvington in mind after viewing. Next the Olympics!\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/158217777&amp;color=000000&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=true&amp;show_comments=false&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>','Apricot Rail in Commonwealth Games Foxtel Ad','','inherit','closed','closed','','2765-revision-v1','','','2014-08-08 04:37:56','2014-08-08 04:37:56','',2765,'http://www.hiddenshoal.com/2765-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2768,1,'2010-09-23 14:41:55','2010-09-23 14:41:55','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/bmx.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />There\'s been lots of early loving for the new City of Satellites music video and single including features and posts at the ever wonderful <a href=\"http://iamthecrime.com/2010/09/22/city-of-satellites-bmx-video/\" target=\"_blank\">I Am The Crime</a>, <a href=\"http://sweetoblivionloves.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sweet Oblivion</a>, and <a href=\"http://www.purplerevolver.com/music/open-mic/121000-city-of-satellites-release-new-single-and-video-.html\" target=\"_blank\">Purple Revolver</a> to name a few.\n\nIf you\'ve not yet had the pleasure then soak in the wonderous sounds and vision <a href=\"http://music.cityofsatellites.com/album/machine-is-my-animal\" target=\"_self\">here</a>.','BMX Love','','publish','closed','open','','bmx-love','','','2016-02-03 13:47:23','2016-02-03 05:47:23','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2768',0,'post','',0),(2699,1,'2010-09-28 05:23:03','2010-09-28 05:23:03','Excerpt: \"<em>On Holiday </em>is essentially an experiment in the  emotionally-ached and the musically placid, several times throughout the  album Bennett will be crooning in a theatrical, heartsick demeanor, but  surrounded in a lethargic, intentionally-ignorable mashing of guitar  wallows and twangy atmospherics... That sense for risky  songwriting elevates <em>On Holiday</em> as a whole... the record gets by more on  nostalgia rather than memorable songs. That being said, it’s still a  helluva lot more interesting than your average, factory-pressed indie-rock album. Rich Bennett is trying to do something incredibly ambitious,  and maybe to a fault, taking the essentials of lounge, something almost  universally joked about, and recording them in a new context and for a  new audience.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.adequacy.net/2010/09/rich-bennett-on-holiday/\" target=\"_blank\">Delusions of Adequacy</a>','Rich Bennett &#039;On Holiday&#039; - DOA','','draft','closed','open','','rich-bennett-on-holiday-doa','','','2014-08-01 02:22:24','2014-08-01 02:22:24','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2699',0,'post','',0),(2703,1,'2010-09-28 05:24:07','2010-09-28 05:24:07','Excerpt: \"Formed in 2001, it is only now that Swedish quartet Salli Lunn are releasing their debut LP; averaging over five and half minutes each, <em>Heresy &amp; Rite</em>’s eight tracks are, at their core, studies in spectral rock. Front-man Lasse Skjold Bertelsen sings well in English, but his lyrics are frequently overshadowed by the arresting instrumental lines they nestle in... the highlights here are the vast soundscapes; the sonic scree of \'The First Cause\', crumbling post-rock spire of \'Parachutes Forever\' and \'Fast Cars, Clean Bodies’ towering peaks of bass and guitar. You might need a Sherpa to get through it, but the view from the top is magnificent.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.ravemagazine.com.au/mailer/lt/t_go.php?i=150&amp;e=MTMyNjQ=&amp;l=-http--secure-au.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/b--Q-cg--E-0--A-ci--E-auditbc-au--A-tu--E--http--s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/ravemagazine/PDFs/957web.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Rave Magazine</a>','Salli Lunn &#039;Heresy &amp; Rite&#039; - Rave Magazine','','publish','closed','open','','salli-lunn-heresy-rite-rave-magazine','','','2010-09-28 05:24:07','2010-09-28 05:24:07','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2703',0,'post','',0),(2780,1,'2010-09-29 15:04:26','2010-09-29 15:04:26','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/liam-singer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"121\" /><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=48\">Liam Singer\'s</a> jaw droppingly wondrous  full length <em>Dislocatia </em>has been attracting some fantastic press ahead of its release next week. No less than in one of our new favourite music blogs <a href=\"http://www.tometotheweathermachine.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tome To The Weather Machine</a>. Tome proves that the word \"intelligent\" can be used in the same sentence as \"music criticism\" - too rare! Check out the review <a href=\"http://www.tometotheweathermachine.com/reviews/2010/09/liam-singer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Liam_Singer/Dislocatia/05_Winter_Weeds.mp3\">Liam Singer - Winter Weeds</a> <em>Liam Singer - Winter Weeds</em>','Liam Singer Dislocatia on Tome To The Weather Machine','','draft','closed','open','','liam-singer-dislocatia-on-tome-to-the-weather-machine','','','2014-08-01 02:30:47','2014-08-01 02:30:47','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2780',0,'post','',0),(2784,1,'2010-09-29 16:33:28','2010-09-29 16:33:28','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Slow Dancing Society - Under The Sodium Lights\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/undersodium_MED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" />Hidden Shoal Recordings has announced the official CD release of the eagerly awaited fourth album by US ambient artist <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/slow-dancing-society/\">Slow Dancing Society</a>.\n\nFollowing on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=13&amp;products_id=75\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em></a>, <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=13&amp;products_id=153\"><em>Under The Sodium Lights</em></a> is Drew Sullivan’s latest ambient epic. The album feels like a distillation of the three stunning releases that preceded it – and as such is Sullivan’s finest work to date. The delicate interplay between focused melodic details and blurred washes of sound draws the listener into a hypnotic state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance.\n\n<em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> resonates with a rich emotional core – and the choking realisation of our own transience. The album rewards immersive listening from start to finish, to really soak in its beauty.\n\n<em>“a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… Textures and timbre are executed with great precision… Even the simplest of songs allow complimentary textures to be layered upon each other to create a robust yet spacious sound… an aural delight for the listener.”</em> – <strong>The Silent Ballet on Priest Lake Circa ’88</strong>\n\n<em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> is available now on CD and in digital formats through Hidden Shoal Recordings. Head to the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=13&amp;products_id=153\">Hidden Shoal Store</a> for all availability details and read a full press release <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\">here</a>.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Slow_Dancing_Society/under_the_sodium_lights/02_under_the_sodium_lights.mp3\">Slow Dancing Society - under the sodium lights</a> <em>Slow Dancing Society - under the sodium lights\n</em>','New Slow Dancing Society CD Out Now','','publish','closed','open','','new-slow-dancing-society-cd-out-now','','','2016-02-03 16:11:35','2016-02-03 08:11:35','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2784',0,'post','',0),(2789,1,'2010-09-29 16:53:12','2010-09-29 16:53:12','<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Dislocatia-Front-Cover-480.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2790\" title=\"Dislocatia Front Cover 480\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Dislocatia-Front-Cover-480-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>The waiting is nearly over and to help bridge the final gap the wonderful folk at <a href=\"http://n5mailorder.com/release/1051/liam-singer-dislocatia-%5BPREORDER-+-MP3-download%5D\" target=\"_blank\">n5Mailorder</a> now have <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=48\">Liam Singer\'s</a> <em>Dislocatia</em> available for <a href=\"http://n5mailorder.com/release/1051/liam-singer-dislocatia-%5BPREORDER-+-MP3-download%5D\" target=\"_blank\">pre-order</a>. As a bonus all CD orders come bundled with an mp3 version of the album.\n\nThe album is officially released on the 5th of October, available in all good digital stores and distributed on CD through n5Mailorder.','Liam Singer&#039;s Dislocatia Available for Pre-Order','','draft','closed','open','','liam-singers-dislocatia-available-for-pre-order','','','2014-08-01 02:30:47','2014-08-01 02:30:47','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2789',0,'post','',0),(2804,1,'2010-10-20 01:57:27','2010-10-20 01:57:27','Excerpt: \"While most third albums find artists burrowing into an established  sound or simply feeling out an established ritual, Singer\'s third full  length completely explodes his prior minimalist setup and explores huge,  swelling climes with a mini-chamber orchestra and choir at his  disposal. With earlier material centered around tiny moves shrouded in  nostalgia, Dislocatia practically bursts open with huge sounds  and heady, overzealous arrangements composed for both piano and voice.  2010 has been an impressive year for neo-classical artists working  within traditional modes of music. If the Bedroom Communities roster are the post-romantics, like Brahms and Rachmoninovs, of 21st century indie-acceptable classical music, then Liam Singer is the Erik Satie of the group, playing wildly conceptual music that never quite loses its emotional resonance. Liam Singer culls strands of thoughts from archaic musical styles while  still working within a pop song structure. Even in his most  straight-forward songs melodies that would stand stark and naked on  previous releases are fully fleshed out replete with children\'s choirs  and choral arrangements, clanking claviers and aching strings.... While putting out his most adventerous and experimental material to  tape to date, Singer isn\'t afraid to show his cards when it comes to his  musical idols. He name drops Morton Feldman on the album\'s most obvious tip of the hat to post-modern composers like John Cage and Terry Riley. On the other end of the spectrum his cover of Cat Power\'s \"Cross Bones Style\" is an ode to spiritual mentor Chan Marshall\'s forlorn compositions and melancholy which broods beneath every Singer  composition.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tometotheweathermachine.com/reviews/2010/09/liam-singer\" target=\"_blank\">Tome to the Weather Machine</a>','Liam Singer &#039;Winter Weeds&#039; - Tome to the Weather Machine','','publish','closed','open','','liam-singer-winter-weeds-tome-to-the-weather-machine','','','2010-10-20 01:57:27','2010-10-20 01:57:27','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2804',0,'post','',0),(2811,1,'2010-10-18 01:46:10','2010-10-18 01:46:10','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/bmx.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" /> Our collaborative dream-pop duo <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=34\" target=\"_blank\">City of Satellites</a> recently released their first video, <a href=\"http://music.cityofsatellites.com/album/machine-is-my-animal\" target=\"_blank\"><em>BMX</em></a> from their stellar debut album <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=34&amp;products_id=129\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Machine Is My Animal</em></a>. Directed by Dael Oates and starring champion German BMX wizard Michael Steingraeber, it\'s no wonder it\'s getting picked up all across the blogosphere. Check out reviews by the likes of <a href=\"http://www.purplerevolver.com/music/open-mic/121000-city-of-satellites-release-new-single-and-video-.html\" target=\"_blank\">Purple Revolver</a>, <a href=\"http://iamthecrime.com/\" target=\"_blank\">I Am the Crime</a> and <a href=\"http://www.thefrontloader.com/2010/09/23/mp3-city-of-satellites-bmx/\" target=\"_blank\">The Frontloader</a>. It truly is a work of art to behold, honestly capturing the energy and and concept that drives their music. But don\'t take my word for it, check it out <a href=\"http://music.cityofsatellites.com/album/machine-is-my-animal\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/City_Of_Satellites/Machine_Is_My_Animal/1_BMX.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">City of Satellites - <em>BMX</em></a><em> </em>City of Satellites - <em>BMX</em>','City of Satellites BMX Video Lift Off!','','publish','closed','open','','city-of-satellites-bmx-video-lift-off','','','2016-02-03 13:47:23','2016-02-03 05:47:23','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2811',0,'post','',0),(2815,1,'2010-10-01 06:25:09','2010-10-01 06:25:09','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/galleries/Liam_Singer/lazy-k-thumbs/Liam_Singer_1_-_Photo_by_Alex_Marvar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"148\" height=\"100\" />With the impending release of Liam Singer\'s stunning album <em>Dislocatia </em>on 5 October, you should know that the man\'s got some shows on, including an album launch. Listening carefully? Good. Then I shall proceed...\n\nMost importantly, the album launch is on Monday 11 October at Rose Live Music in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The night kicks off at 8pm, with James Armata opening. Before then, Liam is also playing the We Are Magnets showcase in Hudson on 8 October and the O+ festival in Kingston on 9 October. If you\'re around, get on down.\n\nAnd, if you haven\'t already grabbed it, universally adored single \'Winter Weeds\' is available for free download from the <a href=\"http://agora.hiddenshoal.com\" target=\"_blank\">Hidden Shoal Store</a>. Plus, you can pre-order <em>Dislocatia</em> from the wonderful folks over at <a href=\"http://n5mailorder.com/release/1051&amp;zenid=da08220aa32a1ba75c50345c63b78f4b/liam-singer-dislocatia-%5BPREORDER-+-MP3-download%5D\" target=\"_blank\">n5MD</a>.','Liam Singer Album Launch','','publish','closed','open','','liam-singer-album-launch','','','2010-10-01 06:25:09','2010-10-01 06:25:09','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2815',0,'post','',0),(2823,1,'2010-10-05 02:49:22','2010-10-05 02:49:22','<strong> </strong><img src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/liam-singer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"121\" align=\"left\" />Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the release of the new album <em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=48&amp;products_id=155\">Dislocatia</a> </em>by Brooklyn-based chamber-pop experimentalist <a href=\"../artists/liam-singer\">Liam Singer</a>.\n\n<em>Dislocatia</em> is a truly beguiling song cycle that contains multitudes. In Liam Singer’s music, the prosaic and the magical are two sides of the same dusty coin. Produced by <a href=\"http://www.boxharp.com/scottsolter/\">Scott Solter</a>, and featuring vocals from <a href=\"../artists/boxharp/\">Boxharp’s</a> Wendy Allen, <em>Dislocatia</em> is rich in wondrous, resonant details. These fantastical song-stories carry the listener skyward like a clockwork cloud.\n\nIt’s rare to find such arresting compositional talent married not only to an innate sense of melody and emotion, but also to a keen sense of texture and atmosphere. <em>Dislocatia </em>manages to merge these elements together and, more importantly, blur any lines that divide them. Liam Singer’s alchemical compositional process transforms the songs into a whole that transcends simple descriptors.\n\nThe digital version of the album also includes a wonderful re-working of the Cat Power track \'Cross Bones Style\'.\n\n<em>“If the Bedroom Communities roster are the post-romantics, like Brahms and Rachmoninovs, of 21st century indie-acceptable classical music, then Liam Singer is the Erik Satie of the group, playing wildly conceptual music that never quite loses its emotional resonance. ”</em> – <strong>Tome To The Weather Machine</strong><em> </em>\n\n<em>“With ‘Winter Weeds’, Singer places himself among other artists who understand the delicate nature of human compassion. His capacity for relating such an emotion seems to come easy, making such a forgotten expression in today’s society unbelievably refreshing.” </em><strong>-</strong><strong> Delusions of Adequacy</strong><em>\n</em><strong> </strong>\n<em>Dislocatia</em> is available now on CD and in digital formats through Hidden Shoal Recordings, distributed via <a href=\"http://n5mailorder.com/release/1051/\" target=\"_blank\">n5Mailorder</a>. Head to the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=48&amp;products_id=155\">Hidden Shoal Store</a> for all availability details and read a full press release <a href=\"../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Liam_Singer-Dislocatia.pdf\">here</a>. For information about the album launch in New York and other live dates including the <a href=\"http://www.opositivefestival.org/\" target=\"_blank\">O+ Festival</a> check <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/archive/liam-singer-album-launch/\">here</a>.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Liam_Singer/Dislocatia/12_Words_Make_the_Master.mp3\">Liam Singer - Words Make The Master</a> <em>Liam Singer - Words Make The Master</em>\n\n<em>\n</em><strong><em> </em></strong>','New Album from Chamber-Pop Experimentalist Liam Singer','','draft','closed','open','','new-album-from-chamber-pop-experimentalist-liam-singer','','','2014-08-01 02:30:47','2014-08-01 02:30:47','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2823',0,'post','',0),(2825,1,'2010-10-20 01:49:28','2010-10-20 01:49:28','Excerpt: \"Another band new to Beehive Candy and reminding us of the Cocteau Twins  in a very positive way, that said they are definitive in their own right  City Of Satellites have a considerable amount to offer. The sublime opening track from their debut album Machine Is My Animal,  ‘BMX’ unfolds in a magisterial swirl of synths and hovering  atmospherics, driven by Thomas Diakomichalis’ propulsive, detailed  drumming and Jarrod Manuel’s pure vocal tones. Part misty paean to lost  youth, part anthem for a better future, ‘BMX’ is premium 21st-century  pop.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.beehivecandy.com/2010/09/2010fm-september-edition-three.html\" target=\"_blank\">Beehive Candy</a>','City of Satellites [BMX] - Beehive Candy','','publish','closed','open','','city-of-satellites-bmx-beehive-candy','','','2010-10-20 01:49:28','2010-10-20 01:49:28','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2825',0,'post','',0),(2841,1,'2010-10-08 16:53:37','2010-10-08 16:53:37','<a href=\"../wp-content/uploads/MMS_theDen.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2840\" title=\"My Majestic Star at The Den\" src=\"../wp-content/uploads/MMS_theDen-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"132\" height=\"187\" /></a>Catch the spacious newgazey sounds of <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=6\">My Majestic Star</a> this Saturday at the Den (in the Civic Hotel, Inglewood - Western Australia for you international types). Also playing on the night are Moonlight Wranglers, The Imps, Ron Pollard Quintet. Good times all round! Doors open 8pm, entry is $10.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/my_majestic_star/I_havent_got_it_in_me/04_Like_Cracked_Glass.mp3\">My Majestic Star - Like Cracked Glass</a> <em>My Majestic Star - Like Cracked Glass</em>','My Majestic Star Live This Saturday','','publish','closed','open','','my-majestic-star-live-this-saturday','','','2016-02-03 16:05:01','2016-02-03 08:05:01','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2841',0,'post','',0),(2845,1,'2010-10-11 15:23:22','2010-10-11 15:23:22','Hidden Shoal continues its love for community radio, this time for the beautiful thing that is <a href=\"http://2ser.com/home\" target=\"_self\">2ser</a>. The Sydney station needs your help to continue broadcasting its awesome set of programs and we are pleased once again to be able to sponsor the station\'s membership drive with some delicious prizes. Head <a href=\"http://www.helloradiomyoldfriend.com/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> for all the info and help keep 2ser blasting goodness into the airwaves.','2ser Subscriber Drive','','publish','closed','open','','2ser-subscriber-drive','','','2010-10-11 15:23:22','2010-10-11 15:23:22','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2845',0,'post','',0),(2855,1,'2010-10-12 03:21:58','2010-10-12 03:21:58','<p>Excerpt: \"Nowadays, classically influenced singer-songwriters are no longer a rare  commodity, even when they can play the harpsichord. In these musically  undefined times, any given artist’s influences hardly hold any merit on  their own. Which is why it’s not Liam Singer’s diverse musical pallet  alone makes this album worth listening to, many times over; it’s the  unique and beautiful picture he chooses to paint with it. “Dislocatia”  is, by definition, not about a location, a specific mood, but the exact  opposite. Setting the tone for forty minutes of eternal searching and  never-quite-feeling-at-home, it opens with a deceptive instrumental  statement; what starts off as a simple Beethovenesque prelude soon turns  into an entirely unexpected mélange, fusing an operatic Soprano with  several more keyboard instruments, drifting away to nowhere in  particular—but sticking together, in a semi-organized form, like a flock  of birds in the wind.... while that sense of musical  cohesion is prevalent almost in every song, it doesn’t imply a unified  sound throughout the entire album. About a quarter of the songs are  instrumentals, so whenever you hear a song for the first time, you’re  not entirely sure what exactly is going to happen.... But the vast majority of the songs  are evocative, appealing, and surprisingly approachable at first  listening; while not pertaining to any particular place or time, Dislocatia feels oddly familiar, like walking into an unknown house and finding a welcoming, half-forgotten face.\"<a href=\"http://www.groovemine.com/rantsraves_review_liam-singer_dislocatia\"><br />\n</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.groovemine.com/rantsraves_review_liam-singer_dislocatia\">Groovemine</a></p>\n','Liam Singer &#039;Dislocatia&#039; - Groovemine','','publish','closed','open','','liam-singer-dislocatia-groovemine','','','2010-10-12 03:21:58','2010-10-12 03:21:58','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2855',0,'post','',0),(2860,1,'2010-10-14 01:41:56','2010-10-14 01:41:56','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/king_MED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" />Hidden Shoal Recordings today announced the release of new single ‘<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=8&amp;products_id=156\">King Of All The Moves</a>’ by Australian lo-fi rock magician <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=8\" target=\"_self\">Toby Richardson</a>.\n\nIn his inimitable bent rock stylings Richardson has produced another irreverent indie rock ‘n’ roll gem. ‘King Of All The Moves’ is like a garage band falling endlessly down a cartoon staircase. The track pays homage to dirty rock while turning it inside out and painting it with jelly. The songs skewed melodicism, married with Richardson\'s innate sense of songcraft, creates a soundtrack to some unimaginable ‘70s cop show filled with sequins, half-naked dancers and possibly a dolphin.  ‘King Of All The Moves’ is irrepressible dance music for the PCP crowd.\n\n<em>“psychedelic, lo-fi, indie-rock, with a touch of late 1960s/early 1970s fuzzed and dirty psychedelic blues-rock… a schizophrenic mixture… an exciting blend.”</em> – <strong>Luna Kafe on debut album <em>Evergreen</em></strong>\n\n‘King Of All The Moves’ is available for <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=8&amp;products_id=156\">free download</a> from the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/\">Hidden Shoal Store</a>. The track is lifted from the upcoming 5 track EP <em>The Stones and the Rabbits</em> out on 2nd December 2010. Richardson\'s debut EP <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=8&amp;products_id=24\"><em>Golden Days</em></a> and album <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=8&amp;products_id=66\"><em>Evergreen</em></a> are also available from the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=8\">Hidden Shoal Store</a>. Read a full press release <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Toby_Richardson-King_Of_All_The_Moves.pdf\">here</a>.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/toby/The_Stones_and_The_Rabbits/King_Of_All_The_Moves.mp3\">Toby Richardson - King Of All The Moves</a> <em>Toby Richardson - King Of All The Moves</em>','New Toby Richardson Single - Free Download!','','publish','closed','open','','new-toby-richardson-single-free-download','','','2016-02-03 16:38:39','2016-02-03 08:38:39','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2860',0,'post','',0),(2880,1,'2010-10-15 00:48:08','2010-10-15 00:48:08','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Slow Dancing Society - &quot;Under The Sodium Lights&quot;\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/undersodium_MED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" />The wonderful folks over at the excellent <a href=\"http://www.absolutepunk.net/artists/showlink.php?do=showdetails&amp;l=38622\" target=\"_blank\">AbsolutePunk</a> are currently featuring <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/slow-dancing-society/\">Slow Dancing Society\'s</a> latest ambient-gaze  masterpiece <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=13&amp;products_id=153\"><em>Under The Sodium Lights</em></a>. The album is currently available as a full album stream at AbsolutePunk so <a href=\"http://www.absolutepunk.net/artists/showlink.php?do=showdetails&amp;l=38622\" target=\"_blank\">head over to the site</a> and join in the listening party.\n\nThe album and the entire Slow Dancing Society back catalogue is available now through Hidden Shoal. Check <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/slow-dancing-society/\">here</a> for all the details.','Slow Dancing Society Feature and Full Album Stream at AbsolutePunk','','publish','closed','open','','slow-dancing-society-feature-and-full-album-stream-at-absolutepunk','','','2016-02-03 16:11:55','2016-02-03 08:11:55','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2880',0,'post','',0),(2886,1,'2010-10-25 10:41:02','2010-10-25 10:41:02','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Boxharp\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/galleries/Boxharp/lazy-k-thumbs/Boxharp_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"126\" height=\"100\" />Be sure to tune in to the ever wonderful <a href=\"http://www.echoes.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Echoes</a> this Tuesday night (26th of October) for an interview with Soctt Solter and Wendy Allen of Boxharp. If you\'ve heard Boxharp\'s EP <em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=45&amp;products_id=135\">Loam Arcane</a> </em>or their full length <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=45&amp;products_id=142\"><em>The Green</em></a> you\'ll know why you have to listen. Shame on those who haven\'t but alas redemption is <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=45\" target=\"_self\">available</a>!\n\nSpeaking of <em>Loam Arcane</em> the beautiful new music video (produced by Mark Solter) for the track \'Rainbirds\' is up at <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i2u0sG9G9g\" target=\"_blank\">Youtube</a> and <a href=\"http://vimeo.com/16012097\" target=\"_blank\">Vimeo</a> - soak it in!\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Boxharp/The_Green/Cloy.mp3\">Boxharp - Cloy</a> <em>Boxharp - Cloy</em>','Boxharp Interview on Echoes','','publish','closed','open','','boxharp-interview-on-echoes','','','2010-10-25 10:41:02','2010-10-25 10:41:02','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2886',0,'post','',0),(2888,1,'2010-10-19 00:01:33','2010-10-19 00:01:33','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Boxharp\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/boxharp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"165\" />Thanks to the ridiculously talented Solter  family Hidden Shoal is pleased to present the gorgeous new music video for the Boxharp track ‘Rainbirds’. <a href=\"http://marksolter.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Solter</a> (brother of Boxharp\'s Scott Solter) laid his inimitable talents across the direction, cinematography  and  editing of this video along with the upcoming music video for Boxharp’s   ‘FanFin’. Just to add to the familial talent pool, besides Scott\'s duties with Boxharp he has also recently been busy producing the much lauded <em>Majesty Shredding </em>by Superchunk as well as Liam Singer\'s latest opus <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=48&amp;products_id=155\"><em>Dislocatia</em></a> and even slipping in a Neon Indian remix amongst <a href=\"http://www.boxharp.com/scottsolter/poduction-recording-mixing.htm\" target=\"_blank\">other things</a>.\n\n\'Rainbirds\' is a cascading, enrapturing, bejewelled feast of a song that  displays the full bloom of Boxharp’s talents. Chiming melodies  interweave beautifully with ambient textures and Wendy Allen’s pure  vocals, giving way to a transcendent harmonised middle eight. The  melodies return, crested by sparkling, wavering tones – and then, as if  the door to the most intricate Cornell shadow box closes in front of  you, it’s all over.\n\nView and embed the video via <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i2u0sG9G9g\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube</a> or <a href=\"http://vimeo.com/16012097\" target=\"_blank\">Vimeo</a>. ‘Rainbirds’ is taken from the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=45&amp;products_id=135\"><em>Loam Arcane</em> EP</a> available now through Hidden Shoal along with Boxharp\'s latest full length, <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=45&amp;products_id=142\"><em>The Green</em></a>. The track is  also available for free download from the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=45&amp;products_id=132\">Hidden Shoal Store</a>.','Boxharp - &#039;Rainbirds&#039; Music Video','','publish','closed','open','','boxharp-rainbirds-music-video','','','2010-10-19 00:01:33','2010-10-19 00:01:33','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2888',0,'post','',0),(2991,1,'2010-10-03 08:44:03','2010-10-03 08:44:03','Excerpt: [loosely translated] \"... One of the best albums of the year 2010 contained in the final sprint is from Denmark. Point. The band is called Salli Lunn and, with \"Heresy And Rite\" fresh wind in the noise-rock universe. Point.... The  album will be released on the Australian label Hidden Shoal Recordings  (initially only) digital form and on CD &amp; vinyl. Point. The  post-rocking, psychedelic, progressive shoegazer noise-rockers Salli  Lunn have cut me with their debut \"Heresy And Rite\" of felt slippers.... Even while listening to \"The First Cause\" I was driven to the wall, the accolade for the song of the week was thus inevitable. Perhaps not  the absolute highlight, but a breathtakingly good song  \"Mirror Girl\", is milled with beats, the whirring  Giarrensounds creating a brilliant singing in the ears. A psychedelic guitar orgy, driven by drums and bass, and always on the Twelve, it is never better.... Between Soft and Hard of pop flashes, through the walls of guitars, the songs all sound fresh and intoxicating.  You only have to hear the fulminate finale \"The First Cause\" to understand it\'s a remarkable debut. Flushed  with power it is simulated in over seven minutes until calm beauty  dream-pop, and then with chopped rhythms and hard guitar sounds that really throttle, the specialist Progressive and Post-Rock to go to the end  with Noise-Gewaber listeners the last nonsense drive off. And the best thing in the end, \"Heresy And Rite\" is growing day by day.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.schallgrenzen.de/the-review-salli-lunn-heresy-and-rite/\" target=\"_blank\">Schallgrenzen</a>','Salli Lunn &#039;Heresy and Rite&#039; - Schallgrenzen','','publish','closed','open','','salli-lunn-heresy-and-rite-schallgrenzen','','','2010-10-03 08:44:03','2010-10-03 08:44:03','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2991',0,'post','',0),(3679,1,'2010-10-14 05:29:53','2010-10-14 05:29:53','Excerpt: \"record of the year thus far no doubt\"\n<strong>\nX-Press Magazine </strong>\n','Umpire &quot;Umpire&quot; EP - Xpress','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-umpire-ep-xpress','','','2010-10-14 05:29:53','2010-10-14 05:29:53','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3679',0,'post','',0),(2462,1,'2010-10-29 06:32:07','2010-10-29 06:32:07','Excerpt: \"Boxharp is the band of one Scott Solter, a man who\'s tagged  himself producer of such artists as John Vanderslice, Superchunk and the Mountain Goats. But Boxharp, his project with singer Wendy  Allen, sounds nothing like any of these.... It\'s \"expansive\" in that each  song starts with a fuzzy blanket of warm, Eno-like ambience that  eventually swallows melodies whole. It\'s \"direct\" in that those  melodies are still very much there, rising from the mist with delicate  immediacy, slipping their way gently into the folds with gorgeous  harmonies and ghostly effects. Boxharp also highlights an intriguing  divide somewhere between the celestial and worldly. The Green is late nights, fireplaces,  ghost stories and legends, all rolled up into a NyQuil capsule of a  record. Your dreams have never sounded so good.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://tometotheweathermachine.blogspot.com/2010/07/boxharp.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tome To The Weather Machine</a>','Boxharp - Tome To The Weather Machine','','publish','closed','open','','boxharp-tome-to-the-weather-machine','','','2010-10-29 06:32:07','2010-10-29 06:32:07','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2462',0,'post','',0),(2794,1,'2010-10-28 15:25:45','2010-10-28 15:25:45','Excerpt: \"Solemn, piano-based composition with a whiff of the Renaissance about  it. Liam Singer has a plaintive, Elliott Smith-like tenor, and pairs  himself vocally here with Wendy Allen, of Boxharp, who sings an  intricate counter-melody with the airy, earnest bearing of a traditional  folk singer. The song they create together is both deliberate and  hypnotic, with a canon-like melody that climbs and descends and circles  and fits back together with itself without any apparent starting or end  point, and no sense of chorus or verse.The overall feel is elegiac; the lyrics are inscrutable but there is a  strong sense of lament here, accentuated by the centuries-old  sensibility working its way through this contemporary recording.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.fingertipsmusic.com/?p=3902\" target=\"_blank\">Finger Tips</a>','Liam Singer &#039;Winter Weeds&#039; - Finger Tips','','publish','closed','open','','liam-singer-winter-weeds-finger-tips','','','2010-10-28 15:25:45','2010-10-28 15:25:45','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2794',0,'post','',0),(2799,1,'2010-10-28 15:24:00','2010-10-28 15:24:00','Excerpt: \"So you know, <em>“Dislocatia”</em>, a word used as the title to Liam Singer’s  latest release, is in fact not a word at all, but its connotations  certainly explain what is contained behind the paper sleeve. Singer is  certainly not one to mingle in the standards; he’s the kind of guy who  co-founds a 20-piece kazoo orchestra if you want an example of his past.  <em>Dislocatia</em> is no exception to this, and while there may be no kazoos scooting on this record, dislocation from the norm is rife.... Contemporary arrangements mix together all sorts of piano playing as <em>Dislocatia</em> plays out – beginning with the mystical tinkering and moving to  everything from booming dominance to disjointed madness. It moves  between the soundtrack of a classic fairytale to that of a madman’s  nightmarish imagination. The addition of Wendy Allen’s vocals beside Singer’s own is worthwhile  and a saving grace. The female counterpart adds strong variety and  enhances the album’s positive moments greatly. When the two harmonise,  such as on the minimalistic ‘ <em>Winter Weeds’, </em>you can’t help but feel as though things are going right – the pair really do complement one another well.... It feels as though it should be something  magical, but in the end it stands alone as a wonderfully bizarre product that is hard to place.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.thedwarf.com.au/\" target=\"_blank\">The Dwarf</a>','Liam Singer Dislocatia - The Dwarf','','publish','closed','open','','liam-singer-winter-weeds-the-dwarf','','','2010-10-28 15:24:00','2010-10-28 15:24:00','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2799',0,'post','',0),(2801,1,'2010-10-28 14:51:56','2010-10-28 14:51:56','Excerpt: \"<em>Dislocatia</em> is Brooklyn-based chamber-pop experimentalist Liam  Singer\'s third album. His first on Hidden Shoal. It is produced by Scott  Solter, as were his  second album; <em>Our Secret Lies Beneath The Creek (Tell-All)</em>, and features Wendy Allen on vocals, both of them from Boxharp,   another Hidden Shoal band. And even though the heavy influences from  this Californian duo is very audible, it is Liam Singer\'s chilly and  delightful compositions that  makes <em>Dislocatia</em> such an astonishing album.<em> Dislocatia</em> is a cycle of dusky contemporary chamber, that is  somewhat lightened with elegant pop-melodic craftsmanship. From the  instrumental opener \"On Earth  a Wandering Stranger Was I Born\" to the closure \"Stinson Beach\", the  soundscape is made of prosaic, romantic minimalism, an uneasy  melancholy, and charming metallic  beauty... Liam Singer challenges the borders of pop music  with his experimental, or contemporary musical, use of piano and  strings. This much aided by Wendy  Allen\'s heavenly backing vocals, that empowers the tunes in a classic  direction.... this album that probably is best described as just  beautiful.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.lunakafe.com/moon172/usny172d.php\" target=\"_blank\">Luna Kafe</a>','Liam Singer &#039;Winter Weeds&#039; - Luna Kafe','','publish','closed','open','','liam-singer-winter-weeds-luna-kafe','','','2010-10-28 14:51:56','2010-10-28 14:51:56','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2801',0,'post','',0),(2808,1,'2010-10-28 15:00:09','2010-10-28 15:00:09','Excerpt: \"I’ve often found that the best time to appreciate music is late at  night, after a long day of hustle and bustle.  For some reason, my brain  is usually at it’s most peaceful state in the late hours, and I’ve  found that I’m more accepting and open to new music.... This track was the perfect backdrop to the night… it just seemed to  float out from my iTunes and carry me to complete relaxation.  “BMX” was synth-laden, atmosphere-inducing, and came across just as their label, Hidden Shoal Recordings, described it: sublime.... The music video for the song was directed by Dael Oates of Mothership/Digital Domain (Tron Legacy, Benjamin Button, Pirates of The Caribbean).  It’s truly a sight to see: “BMX” is off their latest album, Machine is My Animal.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.thefrontloader.com/2010/09/23/mp3-city-of-satellites-bmx/\" target=\"_blank\">The Frontloader</a>','City of Satellites &#039;BMX [Video]&#039; - The Frontloader','','publish','closed','open','','city-of-satellites-bmx-video-the-frontloader','','','2010-10-28 15:00:09','2010-10-28 15:00:09','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2808',0,'post','',0),(2828,1,'2010-10-28 14:39:29','2010-10-28 14:39:29','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/markus-mehr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"117\" />Our ruminative ambient composer <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/markus-mehr/&amp;zenid=95f991e64950c248a490f5033c52a7a3\" target=\"_blank\">Markus Mehr</a> has been gaining some serious attention being reviewed by two of the bigger taste makers on the blogosphere <a href=\"http://www.ondarock.it/recensioni/2010_markusmehr.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Ondarock</a> and <a href=\"http://www.textura.org/reviews/mehr_lava.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Textura</a>, with his debut album here <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=46&amp;products_id=145&amp;zenid=95f991e64950c248a490f5033c52a7a3\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Lava</em></a>. Not to mention he\'s recently been announced to be playing at <a href=\"http://www.madeiradig.net/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Madeira Digital Music and Arts Festival</a> 2010! Madeira, for who aren\'t aware, is a small garden island off the coast of Portugal, being transformed into a festival paradise for anyone who\'s music taste lies slightly left of field for four days over December.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/markus_mehr/lava/04_Hubble.mp3\">Markus Mehr - <em>Hubble</em></a> Markus Mehr - <em>Hubble</em>','Markus Mehr Magic','','publish','closed','open','','markus-mehr-magic','','','2016-02-03 16:01:08','2016-02-03 08:01:08','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2828',0,'post','',0),(2830,1,'2010-10-28 14:26:57','2010-10-28 14:26:57','Except: [Translated] \"A  monolithic body [of] sound sometimes waving [like] a giant environment, like a  kaleidoscope, granting a few colors in pictures [the] are always different,  this is \"Lava\" first album of German musician Marcus Mehr. The  strong tradition of kosmische muzik resonates between the thick  textures of \"software\", but [Mehr] seems more prone to stay [with] dreamy  British art-rock, from which it extracts to a brightly colored cloth [which would] otherwise sound granite.... Markus  Mehr provides the public with a hard-faced, whose apparent  predictability is eradicated by a constant cacophony of noise that is  magnified in \"Up-Sturz, with industrial and post-rock tracks that set  aside the charm between songs to become a chaotic nightmare... Suggestions,  perhaps absurd quotes, but emotion is the result of \"Lava,\"  objectionable... and alienating, but the result of research and  passion can also be found with casual listening. How  accessible or valid his \"Lava\" is therefore not the result of a  numerical scale but the consequence of a certainty Mehr has made  it more tangible and vivid sense of the music, ambient-drone, without  changing the appearance\"<a href=\"http://www.ondarock.it/recensioni/2010_markusmehr.htm\" target=\"_blank\">\n</a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.ondarock.it/recensioni/2010_markusmehr.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Ondarock</a>','Markus Mehr &#039;Lava&#039; - Ondarock ','','publish','closed','open','','markus-mehr-lava-ondarock','','','2010-10-28 14:26:57','2010-10-28 14:26:57','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2830',0,'post','',0),(2832,1,'2010-10-28 14:37:10','2010-10-28 14:37:10','Excerpt: \"Created using synths, processed guitars, distortion  pedals, and computer (supplemented by additional sound sources including  electric shavers, ventilators, electric tooth brushes, and field  recordings), Markus Mehr\'s <em>Lava </em> presents nine dark ambient set-pieces that should strongly appeal to fans of Simon Scott\'s <em>Navigare</em>, The Sight Below\'s <em>It All Falls Apart</em>, Tim Hecker\'s <em>Mirages</em>, and Fennesz\'s <em>Venice</em>.  Like Fennesz, the Augsburg, South Germany-based Mehr produces   electronic-based music of majestic melodic design whose beauty is  tempered by a sound approach intent on corrosion. Smears of guitar  distortion spread like viruses throughout Mehr\'s slow-motion meditations  in a wide-ranging recording whose forty-six minutes cover multiple  bases.... It\'s all expertly done, somewhat  preternaturally so given that <em>Lava</em> is the first full-length  release from Mehr. That a summer 2010 European tour purportedly included  stops in both churches and “large disused gas tanks” isn\'t as odd as it  might first appear, given the hymnal and noise dimensions that are both  key aspects of Mehr\'s style. The release\'s appeal is enhanced by  presentation, in this case a large-format amaray case (the kind that  typically houses DVDs) whose size is consistent with <em>Lava</em>\'s epic scale.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.textura.org/reviews/mehr_lava.htm\" target=\"_blank\">\n</a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.textura.org/reviews/mehr_lava.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Textura</a>','Markus Mehr &#039;Lava&#039; - Textura','','publish','closed','open','','markus-mehr-lava-textura','','','2010-10-28 14:37:10','2010-10-28 14:37:10','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2832',0,'post','',0),(2851,1,'2010-10-28 14:31:13','2010-10-28 14:31:13','Excerpt: \"Regular readers will know that if it\'s chamber pop, I\'m there. Even for the converted though, this is thrillingly beautiful music, from the Brooklyn-based composer.... The 16 tracks include one mini-symphony after another, most of which average around 2 minutes. Despite this, they never feel rushed, yet still manage to leave a complex aftertaste. Piano provides the core of the instrumentation (often treated, but usually with a measured, classical feel), with various other keyboards and orchestrated strings in support. Notably, the album also features the lovely, airy, folk singing of Wendy Allen from labelmates Boxharp (her partner in Boxharp, Scott Solter, also produces), which proves a perfect counterpoint to Singer\'s own vibrato. As the album title suggests, the atmospheres are never totally reassuring, although they still manage to remain hopeful. The massed vocal and pulsing piano ending to <em>Leave the world to those who care</em> has a medieval feel, and also calls to mind Steve Reich, with its slightly disconcerting off-rhythm running under a wholly engaging melody. A certain avant-garde tendency is confirmed by the title <em>Morton Feldman holding notes for eternity</em>, which features a pair of parallel, out-of-sync vocal lines with a sort of math-rock piano backing.... Allied to the album\'s experimental leanings, though, is a beating pop heart. In the words of a certain pop song, it\'s all too beautiful.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/theundergroundofhappiness\" target=\"_blank\">Underground of Happiness</a>','Liam Singer &#039;Dislocatia&#039; - Underground of Happiness','','publish','closed','open','','liam-singer-dislocatia-underground-of-happiness','','','2010-10-28 14:31:13','2010-10-28 14:31:13','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2851',0,'post','',0),(2853,1,'2010-10-28 14:34:03','2010-10-28 14:34:03','Excerpt: \"I like to think of this tune as an exercise in the sublime, with its gorgeous shoegazey shimmer (if all exercise was like this, obesity would be a forgotten dream in the pre-formed brain of an unborn child.) From the Australian duo\'s engrossing album of last year, <em>Machine is my animal</em>, which is equally deserving of your attention.\"<a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/theundergroundofhappiness\" target=\"_blank\">\n</a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/theundergroundofhappiness\" target=\"_blank\">Underground of Happiness</a>','City of Satellites &#039;BMX&#039; [Video] - Underground of Happiness','','publish','closed','open','','city-of-satellites-bmx-video-underground-of-happiness','','','2010-10-28 14:34:03','2010-10-28 14:34:03','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2853',0,'post','',0),(2858,1,'2010-10-28 14:29:52','2010-10-28 14:29:52','Liam Singer\'s <em>Dislocatia </em>was reviewed by the ever perceptive gentlemen at <a href=\"http://www.groovemine.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Groovemine</a> who, having taken a moment to listen to Singer\'s intoxicating and eclectic chamber pop, wrote a beautiful and insightful review which you can read <a href=\"http://www.groovemine.com/rantsraves_review_liam-singer_dislocatia\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.','Liam Singer&#039;s &#039;Dislocatia&#039; Reviewed on Groovemine NF','','draft','closed','open','','liam-singer-dislocatia-reviewed-on-groovemine-nf','','','2014-08-01 02:30:46','2014-08-01 02:30:46','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2858',0,'post','',0),(2892,1,'2010-10-28 14:21:36','2010-10-28 14:21:36','Excerpt: \"Slow Dancing Society is Washington based musician Drew Sullivan. \"Under the Sodium Lights <img src=\"http://www.vancooten.com/blog/pivotx/extensions/externallinks/elink.gif\" alt=\"\" />\" is his fourth full album release for the Australian label Hidden Shoal Recordings. Though the music on <em>\"Under the Sodium Light\" </em>can definitely  be \"filed under ambient\", it also has a \'pop music\'/\'post-rock\' feel  that may also appeal to listeners outside the ambient genre. To illustrate that, <em>Sullivan </em>references  a long list of influences, including (among others) Brian Eno, Tears  For Fears, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandau Ballet, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red  House Painters and My Morning Jacket. I guess he is referring to  \'production values\' - the way the sound production is approached - more  than the musical style, since the music of these artists is sometimes  hardly comparable to that on this album. But <em>Hammock</em> comes close indeed. And <em>Sigur Rós. </em>Some tracks (<em>\'</em><em>By Your Side\'</em>, for instance) did remind me of <em>Apollo, </em>the classic album <em>Brian Eno </em>recorded with <em>Daniel Lanois</em>. Though all these comparisions may give an idea about <em>Slow Dancing Society</em>\'s  music, it\'s best to judge the music itself instead of comparing it to  others. So forget all references and check out the music as unbiased as  possible. <em>Under the Sodium Light </em>proves to stand very well on its own!\"<a href=\"http://www.vancooten.com/blog/?e=332\" target=\"_blank\">\n</a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.vancooten.com/blog/?e=332\" target=\"_blank\">AmbientBlog.net</a>','Slow Dancing Society &#039;Under the Sodium Lights&#039; - AmbientBlog','','publish','closed','open','','slow-dancing-society-under-the-sodium-lights-ambientblog','','','2010-10-28 14:21:36','2010-10-28 14:21:36','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2892',0,'post','',0),(2894,1,'2010-10-28 14:16:49','2010-10-28 14:16:49','Excerpt: \"Danish four piece Salli Lunn have a sound that is  likely to divide both critical opinion and listeners generally.  The  band blend elements of experimental noise-rock, post-punk and even veer  toward post-rock, compositional structures rather than ‘songs’. All this adds up to a difficult listening experience. Scales go down  when you expect up, and vice versa, wrong-footing the listener at every  turn.... Confusion, sleight of hand, twist of fate – Heresy and Rite  functions. It is skillful and occasionally excellent but I must add that  it is entirely not to my own personal taste... Yet it is imaginative and dare I say  distinctive... There’s a power here and dynamism to Salli Lunn that you  don’t find all that very often, even in post-rock circles. The album is  superbly produced by Jonas Munk (Manual). Its traumatized subject matter and Lasse Skjold’s bruised vocal delivery are other plus points.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.sicmagazine.net/\">[sic]Magazine</a>','Salli Lunn &#039;Heresy and Rite&#039; - [sic]Magazine','','publish','closed','open','','salli-lunn-heresy-and-rite-sicmagazine','','','2010-10-28 14:16:49','2010-10-28 14:16:49','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2894',0,'post','',0),(2925,1,'2010-10-28 14:08:50','2010-10-28 14:08:50','Excerpt: \"Ambient  music is difficult to define, because the word “ambient” works better as  an adjective than as a noun.  So many sub-genres are funneled into the  ambient field as to dilute its meaning.  At its worst, ambient music is  confused with new age, and regarded as background music for elevators  and spas.  In its vast middle ground, ambient music is associated with  memory, nostalgia and sepia-tinged photographs.  The <em>best </em>ambient music begs for – and deserves – better descriptors than these.... Germany’s  Markus Mehr makes music in the Stars of the Lid tradition: a studied,  slow-moving ambience, with deliberate sound placement leading to a  natural evolution.  Often his songs blossom halfway through as wider  swaths of tones are introduced; the volume rises, and listeners sit up  and take notice.  At times, his grainy textures call to mind the  instrumental recordings of Belong and 36.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/367/ItemID/3692/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">The Silent Ballet</a>','Markus Mehr &#039;Lava&#039; - The Silent Ballet','','publish','closed','open','','markus-mehr-lava-the-silent-ballet','','','2010-10-28 14:08:50','2010-10-28 14:08:50','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2925',0,'post','',0),(2927,1,'2010-10-28 14:02:05','2010-10-28 14:02:05','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/king.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />Our home grown \'lo-fi rocker\' <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=8&amp;zenid=7bafcd227c6c101842f76625ab51d4fc\" target=\"_blank\">Toby Richardson</a> hasn\'t been sitting on his hands these last few years. He\'s been busy creating a new record for his waiting fans, to be released December this year. Toby\'s  first single <em>King of all the Moves</em> (available <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=8&amp;products_id=156&amp;zenid=7bafcd227c6c101842f76625ab51d4fc\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>) has been receiving some fine attention all over the interweb, from the likes of <a href=\"http://songbytoad.com/2010/10/toadcast-144-the-fishcast/\" target=\"_blank\">Song by Toad</a>, <a href=\"http://faronheit.com/2010/10/pick-your-poison-thursday-10-14-10/\" target=\"_blank\">Faronheit</a>, <a href=\"http://heavemedia.com/2010/10/14/new-music-from-toby-richardson/\" target=\"_blank\">Heave Media</a>, <a href=\"http://www.wirelessbollinger.com/columns/help_us_and_help_the_kids/\">Wireless Bollinger</a> and <a href=\"http://www.parasitesandsycophants.com/2010/10/18/toby-richardson-king-of-all-the-moves/\" target=\"_blank\">Parasites and Sycophants</a>. We\'ve all been eagerly awaiting new music from this man. Very excited!\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/toby/The_Stones_and_The_Rabbits/King_Of_All_The_Moves.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Toby Richardson - <em>King of all the Moves</em></a> Toby Richardson - <em>King of all the Moves </em>','Toby Richardson Features and Reviews','','publish','closed','open','','toby-richardson-features-and-reviews','','','2010-10-28 14:02:05','2010-10-28 14:02:05','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2927',0,'post','',0),(2937,1,'2010-10-27 23:19:02','2010-10-27 23:19:02','<img src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/jumpel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" align=\"left\" />Hidden Shoal Recordings today announced the release of ‘Edinburgh’ by German ambient pop maestro <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/jumpel/\">Jumpel</a>, the first single to be taken from his forthcoming third album <em>Europa</em>.\n\nWith ‘Edinburgh’, Jo Dürbeck introduces a bewitching new ingredient to the Jumpel sound – the luscious vocals of <a href=\"http://www.chloemarch.co.uk/\">Chloë March</a>.   Beautifully evoking the rain-soaked streets of the Scottish capital,   refracted through a personal lens, ‘Edinburgh’ is an exercise in   elegance and restraint, filling out the shadows and backstreets with   ennui. Melancholic piano chords carry the track forward while electronic   texture’s weave amid March’s luminous lyrical play. A departure – yet   also an arrival.\n\n‘Edinburgh’ is taken from the forthcoming Jumpel album <em>Europa</em> (out November 25th). Inspired by Jo Dürbeck’s travels around Europe, the   album transforms Dürbeck’s personal memories of 11 different European   locations into minimal ambient electronica. The album acts as a kind of   abstracted sonic diary, painting the intangibilities and romanticism  of  memory and travel using sparse yet resonant sound. A simple idea –  and  one that has produced Jumpel’s most restrained and unified effort  to  date.\n\n<em>“ambient-dub set-pieces of understated yet still resplendent colour…   an album of many moods, with dub, dub-techno, ambient, electro-pop, and   funk all making appearances…  A spirit of languor and ease pervades  the  album as a whole, rendering it a scenic yet still relaxing  travelogue.” </em><strong>– Textura on sophomore album <em>Deuxieme Bureau</em></strong>\n\n<em>“A beautiful, minimal electronic record for the heads… enthusiasts of   minimal electronic music will find much to enjoy with Jumpel’s new album   and its wide sound palate” </em><strong>– Sonic Frontiers on debut album <em>Samuel Jason Lies On The Beach</em></strong>\n\nThe ‘Edinburgh’ single is available for<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=22&amp;products_id=157\"> free download from the Hidden Shoal Store</a> and the music video can be streamed and embedded via <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSBhIDaq3sw\">Youtube</a> or <a href=\"http://vimeo.com/16203866\">Vimeo</a>. Read a full press release <a href=\"../press/\">here</a> and head to the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/jumpel/\">Hidden Shoal Store</a> to check out Jumpel\'s previous releases.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Jumpel/europa/Edinburgh.mp3\">Jumpel - Edinburgh</a> <em>Jumpel - Edinburgh</em>','New Single by German Ambient Electronica Maestro Jumpel','','publish','closed','open','','new-single-by-german-ambient-electronica-maestro-jumpel','','','2010-10-27 23:19:02','2010-10-27 23:19:02','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2937',0,'post','',0),(2973,1,'2010-10-27 02:55:18','2010-10-27 02:55:18','Excerpt: \"There is a certain lightheartedness and charm that goes into “lo-fi”  rock. So what happens when you take that charm and add a tinge of a  dirty psychedelic sound that sounds like it’s coming out of the 70s? You  get Toby Richardson, an Australian who is hellbent on delivering a  fuzzed out sound coupled with a folky demeanor.\"<a href=\"http://heavemedia.com/2010/10/14/new-music-from-toby-richardson/\" target=\"_blank\">\n</a>\n\n<a href=\"http://heavemedia.com/2010/10/14/new-music-from-toby-richardson/\" target=\"_blank\">Heave Media</a>','Toby Richardson &#039;King of all the Moves&#039; - Heave Media','','publish','closed','open','','toby-richardson-king-of-all-the-moves-heave-media','','','2010-10-27 02:55:18','2010-10-27 02:55:18','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2973',0,'post','',0),(2976,1,'2010-11-01 05:26:38','2010-11-01 05:26:38','Excerpt: \"Staccato is a form of musical articulation signifying an unconnected  note, which is short and detached. It is also a great way to describe Liam Singer’s single Winter Weeds.  Coming in at a little more than three minutes, it is a short song. Yet  somehow it does not seem to be short, with a feeling of the song  unfolding and building. There is an effort to build drama in both the  composition and lyrics, but Winter Weeds comes off as – well – staccato. Short and detached. The delivery also fits this bill. Tell me what to say and I’ll say it to  you, Singer implores. But somehow the words are devoid of passion. He  might be lost, but he doesn’t come across as hopeless or helpless.  Somehow, Singer is missing from the emotional plane. He sings of facing  enemies, warns a lover against running away and laments not having the  resources to withstand a force capable of ripping him apart.... On paper, there is much here to interest. Dramatic building, interesting  lyrics and a stab at kooky pop. But there is no passion. Singer appears  to be going through the motions. Detachment may be used as a  juxtaposition to the musical drama and lyrical adventures, but it comes  off as – well – staccato. Short and detached.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&amp;q=http://www.thedwarf.com.au/nd/albumreviews/winter_weeds_liam_singer&amp;ct=ga&amp;cad=:s7:f2:v0:d1:i1:lt:e0:p0:t1287651407:&amp;cd=wMZwhejt3jM&amp;usg=AFQjCNEvsg9lAjeSHrrtZq1r8qd0n31JkA\" target=\"_blank\">The Dwarf</a>','Liam Singer &#039;Winter Weeds&#039; - The Dwarf','','publish','closed','open','','liam-singer-winter-weeds-the-dwarf-2','','','2010-11-01 05:26:38','2010-11-01 05:26:38','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2976',0,'post','',0),(2979,1,'2010-10-29 06:26:21','2010-10-29 06:26:21','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/dislocatia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />Liam Singer\'s stunning new album <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=48&amp;products_id=155\"><em>Dislocatia </em></a>has been given the love it deserves at the ever excellent <a href=\"http://www.textura.org\" target=\"_blank\">Textura</a>. <em>Dislocatia </em>scooped \"Album of the Month\" status and an awesome review which you can read <a href=\"http://www.textura.org/reviews/singer_dislocatia.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>. The current issue of Textura also features a wonderfully insightful interview with Liam which provides a great introduction to the man and his music as well as lovely little window into the production and ideas behind <em>Dislocatia </em>- a must read!\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Liam_Singer/Dislocatia/02_The_Brief_Encounter.mp3\">Liam Singer - The Brief Encounter</a> <em>Liam Singer - The Brief Encounter</em>','Liam Singer Album of the Month and Interview at Textura','','draft','closed','open','','liam-singer-album-of-the-month-and-interview-at-textura','','','2014-08-01 02:30:46','2014-08-01 02:30:46','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2979',0,'post','',0),(2984,1,'2010-10-29 06:43:17','2010-10-29 06:43:17','<img class=\"alignright\" title=\"Liam Singer\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/liam-singer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"103\" height=\"69\" />More glowing press for Liam Singer\'s <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=48&amp;products_id=155\"><em>Dislocatia</em></a><a href=\"http://www.textura.org/\" target=\"_blank\"></a>. This time <em>Dislocatia</em> has been reviewed at the wonderful<a href=\"http://www.popmatters.com\" target=\"_blank\"> PopMatters</a>. Read the full review <a href=\"http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/132349-liam-singer-dislocatia/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.','Liam Singer&#039;s Dislocatia Reviewed at PopMatters','','draft','closed','open','','dislocatia-reviewed-popmatters','','','2014-08-01 02:30:46','2014-08-01 02:30:46','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2984',0,'post','',0),(2133,1,'2010-11-03 08:06:47','2010-11-03 08:06:47','Excerpt: \"The <em>Nothing, But Death </em> title isn\'t the  only epic thing about Anthony Saggers\' latest Stray Ghost collection....  There\'s movement, of course, but movement of the  generally slow and ponderous kind, as Saggers pursues his vision  methodically and without haste, and with one part merging without pause  into the next...Saggers effects a natural segue from the album  cover\'s water imagery to the ocean sounds inaugurating the opening  part. They gradually give way to a judiciously controlled flow of  symphonic ambient material where string and electronic tones gently  overlap like so many waves crashing ashore. The mood, sombre yet  soothing, carries over into part two where the distorted crackle and  shudder of electronics adds a spacier dimension to the material\'s  strings and woodwind elements ...One best make oneself comfortable when  listening because <em>Nothing, But Death</em>—not nearly as gloomy as  its title suggests.... When bird chirping supplants the string tones at the end,  one can\'t help but feel that some kind of paradise has been reached. All  things considered, the recording sounds like a major step forward in an  artistic evolution that has been exceptionally rapid.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.textura.org/reviews/strayghost_nothingbutdeath.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Textura</a>','Stray Ghost &#039;Nothing But Death&#039; - Textura','','publish','closed','open','','stray-ghost-nothing-but-death-textura','','','2010-11-03 08:06:47','2010-11-03 08:06:47','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2133',0,'post','',0),(2135,1,'2010-11-03 08:07:33','2010-11-03 08:07:33','Excerpt: \"Their latest release, <em>Loam Arcane</em>, is an EP of two halves.  The hallucinogenic pop of the first half springs to vivid life with  opener “FanFin”, which ricochets with disorientating beats and refracted  vocal melodies as if some sort of life-sized zoetrope. Sparkling single  “Rainbirds” follows, interweaving ambient textures with Wendy Allen’s  pure vocals, giving way to a harmonised middle eight. The melodies  return, crested by sparkling, wavering tones –- and then it’s over. In the second, more abstract and haunting, half of the EP, the  stunning “The Postcard” slowly dissolves the floor from under your feet.  The track plays out like a consoling friend who turns into gas just as  you need them most.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.popmatters.com/pm/post/124784-boxharp-loam-arcane-new-album-mp3\" target=\"_blank\">PopMatters</a>','Boxharp &#039;Loam Arcane&#039; - PopMatters','','publish','closed','open','','boxharp-loam-arcane-popmatters','','','2010-11-03 08:07:33','2010-11-03 08:07:33','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2135',0,'post','',0),(2708,1,'2010-11-01 05:55:25','2010-11-01 05:55:25','Excerpt: \"A beautiful ambient show gaze album from the master of Ambient Drew  Sullivan. Following up from the well received Priest Lake Circa \'88,... This is Drew\'s best work in my opinion. He takes his time in  building mesmerizing crescendos to great effect. The layers of angelic  synths and guitar riffs drowned in reverb are hypnotizing to say the  least.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://artisansofafloatingworld.blogspot.com/2010/09/slow-dancing-society-under-sodium.html\" target=\"_blank\">A Floating World</a>','Slow Dancing Society - A Floating World','','publish','closed','open','','slow-dancing-society-a-floating-world','','','2010-11-01 05:55:25','2010-11-01 05:55:25','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2708',0,'post','',0),(2792,1,'2010-11-01 05:51:50','2010-11-01 05:51:50','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/winterweeds.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />We seemed to have had a faulty wire in the \'printing\' room which means you, our lovely readers may have missed these! Although a while ago now, our <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=48\" target=\"_blank\">Liam Singer</a> with his first single here at HSR, <em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=48&amp;products_id=151\" target=\"_blank\">Winter Weeds</a> </em>had a insane week of coverage<em>. </em>Our darling contemporary-classical pop composer received reviews from the likes of <a href=\"http://www.thedwarf.com.au/nd/albumreviews/dislocatia_liam_singer\" target=\"_blank\">The Dwarf</a>, <a href=\"http://www.lunakafe.com/moon172/usny172d.php\" target=\"_blank\">Luna Kafe</a>, <a href=\"http://www.fingertipsmusic.com/?p=3902\" target=\"_blank\">Finger Tips</a> and <a href=\"http://stereosubversion.com/downloadable/liam-singer-winter-weeds-09-17-2010/\" target=\"_blank\">Stereo Subversion</a>, in light of his now available release <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=48&amp;products_id=155\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Dislocatia</em></a> which is available <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>! Take a moment and have a listen below.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Liam_Singer/Dislocatia/05_Winter_Weeds.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Liam Singer - <em>Winter Weeds</a> </em>Liam Singer - <em>Winter Weeds</em>','Liam Singer &#039;Winter Weeds&#039; Press','','draft','closed','open','','liam-singer-winter-weeds-press','','','2014-08-01 02:30:46','2014-08-01 02:30:46','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2792',0,'post','',0),(2796,1,'2010-11-01 05:39:25','2010-11-01 05:39:25','Excerpt: \"Maybe it’s because I’ve been doing a lot of yard work lately or perhaps  it’s just the fact that “Winter Weeds” is a beautiful song and Liam  Singer a moving singer.... The piano  presents a strong back drop for his higher pitched voice intertwined  with swirling soprano. It creates an effect of a winter evening, first  snow falling-covering the branches. It’s a new song, but there is an  element of it that feels old, a sentiment drawn forward by the  harpsichord that closes the track. Weeds have a bad rap. They can  produce beautiful flowers as well.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://stereosubversion.com/downloadable/liam-singer-winter-weeds-09-17-2010/\" target=\"_blank\">Stereo Subversion</a>','Liam Singer &#039;Winter Weeds&#039; - Stereo Subversion','','publish','closed','open','','liam-singer-winter-weeds-stereo-subversion','','','2010-11-01 05:39:25','2010-11-01 05:39:25','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2796',0,'post','',0),(2986,1,'2010-11-01 05:29:59','2010-11-01 05:29:59','Excerpt: \"Toby Richardson ‘king of all the moves’ (hidden shoal) Been ages since we’ve featured anything by the Aussie imprint Hidden Shoal - seems we’ve taken our eye somewhat off the ball - so be warned there will be the (more than frequent) occasional mentions over the course of the next few missives starting with this their latest release the slated for December outing ‘the stones and the rabbits’ EP by Toby Richardson from which (this available as a free download cut) ’king of all the moves’ is culled. It marks a step aside from the usual mellowed electro ambiance to which hidden shoal set their trade, this little gem arrives somewhat disheveled and scuffed, the skewed melodic terrains point to a power pop prowess scratched and splintered by a disorientating off kilter soft psyche hue brought to bear courtesy of a clipped corkscrewing ’piper-esque’ motif which all gathered together in one brief sitting sounds not unlike a chemically toned meeting of Kevin Tihista and Chris Stamey types swapping notes with Robyn Hitchcock. Needless to say this won’t be the last time you’ll be hearing about Toby Richardson in these skewiff ramblings.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://losingtoday.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Losing Today</a>','Toby Richardson &#039;King of all the Moves&#039; - Losing Today','','publish','closed','open','','toby-richardson-king-of-all-the-moves-losing-today','','','2010-11-01 05:29:59','2010-11-01 05:29:59','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2986',0,'post','',0),(2993,1,'2010-11-01 05:33:02','2010-11-01 05:33:02','Excerpt: \"This track is perfect for any weather, which if you’re in New York is  still wet, warm and full of spring promise. The weather will likely turn on us really, really soon and everyone will have ice in their  hair/beards. This track is too full of ambient bliss to against anyone. The track is from Jumpel’s forthcoming album Europa out on November 25th.  “Inspired by Jo Dürbeck’s [the artist known as Jumpel] travels around  Europe, the album transforms Dürbeck’s personal memories of 11 different  European locations into minimal ambient electronica.”\n\n<a href=\"http://www.sentimentalistmag.com/2010/10/27/blissful-new-track-from-jumpel-edinburgh/\" target=\"_blank\">Sentimentalist </a>','Jumpel &#039;Edinburgh&#039; - Sentimentalist ','','publish','closed','open','','jumpel-edinburgh-sentimental-list','','','2010-11-01 05:33:02','2010-11-01 05:33:02','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2993',0,'post','',0),(2995,1,'2010-11-03 08:38:50','2010-11-03 08:38:50','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/edinburgh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />It\'s not been long since we last heard from our eclectic electronic composer Jo Dürbeck better known to all as <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/jumpel/&amp;zenid=17ab1201729eea53a89b984a7c8e32ef\" target=\"_blank\">Jumpel</a>. His latest single, <em>Edinburgh,</em> has been getting some well deserved attention across the web with a lovely little review from <a href=\"http://www.sentimentalistmag.com/2010/10/27/blissful-new-track-from-jumpel-edinburgh/\" target=\"_blank\">Sentimental List</a> which you can read <a href=\"http://www.sentimentalistmag.com/2010/10/27/blissful-new-track-from-jumpel-edinburgh/\">here</a>. Not to mention features on <a href=\"http://popstereo.blogspot.com/2010/10/jumpel-loves-edinburgh.html\" target=\"_blank\">The POP! Stereo</a>, <a href=\"http://www.groundcontrolmag.com/detail/9/2218/\" target=\"_blank\">Ground Control</a> and <a href=\"http://faronheit.com/2010/10/pick-your-poison-wednesday-10-27-10/\" target=\"_blank\">Faronheit</a>. Words pale in the shadow of great music so how about downloading the track for yourself - available from our very own store (<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=22&amp;products_id=157&amp;zenid=17ab1201729eea53a89b984a7c8e32ef\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>) for free!\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Jumpel/europa/Edinburgh.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Jumpel - <em>Edinburgh</a> </em>Jumpel - <em>Edinburgh</em>','Jumpel Press!','','publish','closed','open','','jumpel-press','','','2010-11-03 08:38:50','2010-11-03 08:38:50','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=2995',0,'post','',0),(3070,1,'2010-11-04 00:07:27','2010-11-04 00:07:27','<img src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/markus-mehr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"117\" align=\"left\" />Hidden Shoal is proud to announce the new single from Germany\'s post-ambient master <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/markus-mehr/\">Markus Mehr</a>. Much  like Mehr\'s first single ‘<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;amp;cPath=46&amp;amp;products_id=140\">Hubble</a>’ evoked the ink-black expanses of  outer space, second single ‘Cousteau’ (also taken from debut <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=46&amp;products_id=145\"><em>Lava</em></a>)  casts its searchlight beneath the ocean. The track’s slow, majestic  burn is a thing to behold, and further proof of Mehr’s mastery of  dynamic drone. Bubbles of fizzy static gradually fade into view before a  haunting backwards melody is introduced and then subsumed by liquiform  particles and aching synths. The track builds in pressure until the  elements fall away, leaving the backwards melody to sing anew before the  process begins again, with a renewed feeling of heartbreaking  intensity. The track’s black-hole magnetism grows as it pulls in all  around it, with the resultant build erupting into giant, arcing,  electric tendrils.\n\n<em>“In this blissful wanderlust Mehr succeeds in spades creating a   completely engrossing, engaging and all together reliable album full of   the most powerful ambient-drone tracks this year.”</em> -<strong> <a href=\"http://tometotheweathermachine.blogspot.com/2010/08/markus-mehr.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tome to the Weather Machine</a></strong>\n\nMehr’s oft collaborator, visual artist <a href=\"http://www.sixt-sense.de/\">Stefanie Sixt (Sixt Sense)</a>,  has created an incredibly rich and layered widescreen visual  accompaniment to ‘Cousteau’. Sixt’s work traverses film, performance and  animation, and has won her several key visual arts awards in Germany.\n\n‘Cousteau’ is taken from Markus Mehr\'s debut album <a href=\"http://tinyurl.com/27klgo8\"><em>Lava</em></a> out now through Hidden Shoal. The track is available for free download from the <a href=\"http://tinyurl.com/24dq8s4\">Hidden Shoal Store</a>.<strong> </strong>Watch the \'Cousteau\' music video on <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jIYi486n0c\">YouTube</a> or <a href=\"http://vimeo.com/16390343\">Vimeo</a>. Read a full press release <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Markus_Mehr_Cousteau.pdf\">here</a>.\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/markus_mehr/lava/06_Cousteau.mp3\">Markus Mehr - Cousteau </a><em> Markus Mehr - Cousteau\n</em>','New Single and Video From Markus Mehr','','publish','closed','open','','new-single-and-video-from-markus-mehr','','','2016-02-03 16:01:07','2016-02-03 08:01:07','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3070',0,'post','',0),(3075,1,'2010-11-05 18:35:07','2010-11-05 18:35:07','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs975.snc4/76820_489646743244_678423244_7007722_6416972_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"199\" />Pete Barrett, drummer with Hidden Shoal\'s awesome instrumental trio Tarcutta, will be playing in Melbourne next Wednesday night with none other than legendary CAN vocalist Damo Suzuki! If you haven\'t already heard of CAN, Suzuki and/or his seemingly endless quest to play random improvised shows around the world with people who have never played together before, rectify this immediately! It shall be an interesting night\'s entertainment, to say the least. Plus, Pete\'s a damn good drummer - but then we\'re biased... All you need to know is that it\'s at Fad Gallery, Corrs Lane in the city at about 10pm. Doors open 7pm and it\'s $10 entry. The last time Suzuki played in Melbourne there were queues around the block, so get there early.','Tarcutta Drummer Playing With Damo Suzuki!','','publish','closed','open','','tarcutta-drummer-playing-with-damo-suzuki','','','2010-11-05 18:35:07','2010-11-05 18:35:07','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3075',0,'post','',0),(3079,1,'2010-11-07 01:51:23','2010-11-07 01:51:23','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Boxharp - The Green\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/album_green_MED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" />Following on from their wonderful interview on <a href=\"http://www.echoes.org\" target=\"_blank\">Echoes</a>, Boxharp\'s <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=45&amp;products_id=142\"><em>The Green</em></a> has just been placed at 12 on the <a href=\"http://www.echoes.org/Top25-2010-10.html\" target=\"_blank\">Echoes Top 25 chart for October</a>. Also for those who missed out on catching the interview we\'ll be putting up for you to re-stream courtesy of the lovely John Diliberto and Echoes. Link coming soon!\n\nCheck out Boxharp\'s <em>Loam Arcane</em> EP and <em>The Green</em> at the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/\">Hidden Shoal Store</a> (full albums streams).\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Boxharp/Loam_Arcane/The_Postcard.mp3\">Boxharp - The Postcard</a> <em>Boxharp - The Postcard</em>','Boxharp at Number 12 on the Echoes Top 25','','publish','closed','open','','boxharp-at-number-12-on-the-echoes-top-25','','','2010-11-07 01:51:23','2010-11-07 01:51:23','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3079',0,'post','',0),(3086,1,'2010-11-09 03:37:46','2010-11-09 03:37:46','Excerpt: \"What Liam Singer has over other indie-label artists who sing pretty  and play the piano prettier is a uniquely experimental approach to pop  music. Though sometimes seeming like a singer-songwriter, that label  doesn’t fit his habit for musical exploration and composition, or his  clear interest in minimalist and avant-garde composers. His music has  the stately and cerebral sides of modern composition, not to mention the  beauty and grace, but also an intimacy and directness more often  associated with one person playing one instrument and singing. This is  very emotional music that uses all of the tactics at Singer’s disposal,  for greatest impact. That means not just someone communicating directly  to listeners, using a voice to carry ideas and feelings into their  skull, but also people singing together (often Singer and Wendy Allen of  Boxharp), their voices overlapping, and singers using their voices in  unexpectedly dramatic ways, witnessing how different tones and  mannerisms have different effects. The singers float melodies our ways  and fight them. Along with that are rich musical settings that range from piano alone  to elaborate combinations of choirs and instruments, hand claps and  random strange noises. <em>Dislocatia</em>, produced by Scott Solter,  captures that weird and majestic quality of Singer’s music more vividly  than any of his previous releases, in the process highlighting the  strange and familiar heart beating through every song. In the rapturous  “From Fast to Slow—Behind This World”, there is the line, “There is a  world behind this world / There is a sun behind the sun”. On <em>Dislocatia</em>,  Singer seems determined to find what is around us that we don’t know  about, and to make us feel like we’ve done the same, participating in an  exciting act of discovery.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/132349-liam-singer-dislocatia/\" target=\"_blank\">PopMatters</a>','Liam Singer &#039;Dislocatia&#039; - PopMatters','','publish','closed','open','','liam-singer-dislocatia-popmatters','','','2010-11-09 03:37:46','2010-11-09 03:37:46','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3086',0,'post','',0),(3089,1,'2010-11-10 02:08:37','2010-11-10 02:08:37','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/dislocatia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />Another great review on <a href=\"http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/132349-liam-singer-dislocatia/\" target=\"_blank\">PopMatters</a> this week for our enigmatic, and sometimes ethereal, chamber-pop composer <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=48&amp;zenid=5b9cdca7ec71dfb6a47db75ff2631446\" target=\"_blank\">Liam Singer</a>. Well worth the read, which you can do <a href=\"http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/132349-liam-singer-dislocatia/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>. Singer was also featured on <a href=\"http://www.musicinsideofus.com/2010/11/01/liam-singer-%E2%80%93-dislocatia/\" target=\"_blank\">Music Inside Of Us</a> last week. If you haven\'t already, you can pick up a copy of his debut release <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=48&amp;products_id=155&amp;zenid=5b9cdca7ec71dfb6a47db75ff2631446\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Dislocatia</em></a> <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=48&amp;products_id=155&amp;zenid=5b9cdca7ec71dfb6a47db75ff2631446\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.\n\n<em><a href=\"../wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Liam_Singer/Dislocatia/05_Winter_Weeds.mp3\" target=\"_self\">Liam Singer - Winter Weeds</a> </em>Liam Singer - <em>Winter Weeds </em>','Liam Singer Reviewed on PopMatters','','draft','closed','open','','liam-singer-reviewed-on-popmatters','','','2014-08-01 02:34:10','2014-08-01 02:34:10','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3089',0,'post','',0),(3097,1,'2010-11-09 04:18:31','2010-11-09 04:18:31','Excerpt: \"On his latest album, <em>Under the Sodium Lights</em>, Slow Dancing  Society (aka Drew Sullivan) comes through nicely once again with his  signature mix of processed guitar washes and slow, melancholic melodies.  The tracks melt together in your head, but if it’s due to a sameness of  sound, then I have to say it’s a pleasing sameness. What works best  here is that Sullivan’s straightforward playing has a real crispness to  it, a strength and clarity that doesn’t just ease the playing over his  reverent, almost church-organ-esque washes–it makes it pop. I also love  the sound of Sullivan’s laid-back, country-bred slide guitar work and  the shot of unexpected spice it brings to the sound. There’s always a sense of fading sadness to Slow Dancing Society, but  it’s a sadness on the verge of getting over whatever it was that set  you off all melancholy and brooding in the first place. There’s a sigh  of hope under it all. It feels at times like the soundtrack to something  we’ve all been through. It’s sitting, thinking, sighing and then  deciding to just get on with it, caught in a very enjoyable listen.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://hypnagoguereviews.wordpress.com/2010/10/30/slow-dancing-society-under-the-sodium-lights/\" target=\"_blank\">Hypnagogue</a>','Slow Dancing Society &#039;Under the Sodium Lights&#039; - Hypnagogue','','publish','closed','open','','slow-dancing-society-under-the-sodium-lights-hypnagogue','','','2010-11-09 04:18:31','2010-11-09 04:18:31','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3097',0,'post','',0),(3099,1,'2010-11-09 04:18:07','2010-11-09 04:18:07','Excerpt: \"Last is an artist I\'ve come to know recently but like a lot, Slow  Dancing Society. His music has that languid, post rock ambient sound  I\'ve really started to appreciate of late. Very simple, yet very  evocative and emotional. The new album, Under The Sodium Lights, is  perhaps the best yet. Well done and highly recommended.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://secretmusicwvkr.blogspot.com/2010/11/featured-artists-september-october-2010.html\" target=\"_blank\">Secret Music\n</a>','Slow Dancing Society &#039;Under the Sodium Lights&#039; - Secret Music','','publish','closed','open','','slow-dancing-society-under-the-sodium-lights-secret-music','','','2010-11-09 04:18:07','2010-11-09 04:18:07','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3099',0,'post','',0),(3112,1,'2010-11-11 13:39:59','2010-11-11 13:39:59','<img src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/the-caribbean.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"182\" align=\"left\" />The Solter brothers ride again! Hidden Shoal is excited to share this stunning new music video by <a href=\"http://marksolter.com/\">Mark Solter</a> for <a href=\"http://www.boxharp.com/scottsolter/poduction-recording-mixing.htm\">Scott Solter</a>\'s remix of <a href=\"http://www.thecaribbeanisaband.com/\">The Caribbean</a>\'s \'Populations\'.\n\nIn 2009 American folk-pop deconstructionists The Caribbean teamed up  with engineer, producer, mixologist (Superchunk, Spoon, Okkervil River,  The Mountain Goats) and one half of Boxharp Scott Solter to bring you <em>Scott Solter Re-Populates The Caribbean</em>, released through Hidden Shoal. The EP comprises five tracks from The Caribbean\'s 2007 Hometapes record <em>Populations</em>,  which were sent to Solter to deconstruct, warp, and otherwise  obliterate. The result is a set of dizzying curve balls that split the  difference between glistening songcraft and complete re-construction.  Scott Solter\'s ‘Populations’ remix rounds out this unique EP in suitably  woozy shimmer, like sunlight cutting through a hangover, dissolving the  song’s remnants in a pool on the sidewalk. <a href=\"http://marksolter.com/\">Mark Solter</a>\'s visual  accompaniment is a richly smeared, unresolvable abstract  landscape. It  is at once inviting and at the same time completely unknowable - a  perfect marriage to its sonic partner.\n\n<em>\"<em>...</em>and as Solter overhauls their music, he makes us go back  and re-hear  what was already there in the original versions. Where did  these sounds  come from? Not from nowhere, they were there…just hidden,  or living  different lives. Scott Solter Re-Populates The Caribbean may  be  surprising for fans of the band, but it also should be exciting for   everyone.”</em> - <strong>Erasing Clouds</strong>\n\nThe Caribbean are set to release their sublime new album <em>Discontinued Perfume</em> on the ever excellent <a href=\"http://www.home-tapes.com/Hometapes/Home.html\">Hometapes</a> label next year along with an exciting new project for Hidden Shoal (more info in 2011!).\n\nView the video at <a href=\"http://vimeo.com/12037110\">Vimeo</a> and <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_pPUHdC0Vc\">YouTube</a>. The <em>Scott Solter Re-Populates The Caribbean</em> EP and the single \'Do  You Believe in Dinosaurs? (Scott Solter Remix)\' are both available now  through Hidden Shoal. The EP can be <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=37&amp;products_id=103\">streamed in full</a> at the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/\">Hidden Shoal Store</a>. Also be sure to check out Scott Solter\'s work with <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/boxharp/\">Boxharp</a> while you\'re there.','The Caribbean + Scott Solter - New Music Video','','publish','closed','open','','the-caribbean-scott-solter-new-music-video','','','2010-11-11 13:39:59','2010-11-11 13:39:59','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3112',0,'post','',0),(3121,1,'2010-11-16 02:12:51','2010-11-16 02:12:51','Excerpt: \"Sullivan (a.k.a. Slow Dancing Society) uses soft layers of washed-out  synth tones and silky, echoing guitar strums to create lush and  soothing ambient soundscapes. Depth and texture are added with backward  tones, found sounds and hushed bells (and even the occasional whispered  vocal) that float gently through the incandescent atmosphere. Other than allowing the artist to conjure up seven titles or to  provide the listener with opportunities to shift gears through the  various levels of consciousness and hypnotic states the music induces,  there is little need for separate tracks, as the vapor trails of one  lead into the calming ripples of another. Like the glow of sunlight filtered through the slowly undulating waves of blue crystalline water, Under The Sodium Lights is less an auditory adventure and more a rich and imaginative musical daydream.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.adequacy.net/2010/11/slow-dancing-society-under-the-sodium-lights/\" target=\"_blank\">Delusions of Adequacy</a>','Slow Dancing Society &#039;Under the Sodium Lights&#039; - DOA','','publish','closed','open','','slow-dancing-society-under-the-sodium-lights-doa','','','2010-11-16 02:12:51','2010-11-16 02:12:51','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3121',0,'post','',0),(3124,1,'2010-11-17 23:12:53','2010-11-17 23:12:53','<p>Excerpt: \"<em>Edinburgh</em> is taken from the forthcoming Jumpel album Europa (out  November 25th). Inspired by Jo Dürbeck’s travels around Europe, the  album transforms Dürbeck’s personal memories of 11 different European  locations into minimal ambient electronica. The album acts as a kind of  abstracted sonic diary, painting the intangibility\'s and romanticism of  memory and travel using sparse yet resonant sound. A simple idea – and  one that has produced Jumpel’s most restrained and unified effort to  date.... an artist new to us and whom we hope to get to hear a lot more of.\"</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.beehivecandy.com/2010/11/2010fm-november-edition-one.html\" target=\"_blank\">Beehive Candy</a></p>\n','Jumpel &#039;Edinburgh&#039; - Beehive Candy','','publish','closed','open','','jumpel-edinburgh-beehive-candy','','','2010-11-17 23:12:53','2010-11-17 23:12:53','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3124',0,'post','',0),(3676,1,'2010-11-14 05:28:16','2010-11-14 05:28:16','Excerpt: \"manages to completely avoid every current trend being flogged at the moment to approach a timelessness that rewards upon repeated listens\"\n\n<strong>5/5,  The Vine </strong>\n','Umpire &quot;Umpire&quot; EP - The Vine','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-umpire-ep-the-vine','','','2010-11-14 05:28:16','2010-11-14 05:28:16','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3676',0,'post','',0),(3681,1,'2010-11-14 05:31:06','2010-11-14 05:31:06','\"A song i can\'t get out of my head. A wonderful place to be.\"\n\n5/5,  Richard Kingsmill - Triple J\n','Umpire &#039;Streamers&#039; Single - Richard Kingsmill','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-streamers-single-richard-kingsmill','','','2010-11-14 05:31:06','2010-11-14 05:31:06','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3681',0,'post','',0),(3101,1,'2010-11-18 06:29:34','2010-11-18 06:29:34','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/undersodium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />Drew Sullivan aka<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/slow-dancing-society/&amp;zenid=5b9cdca7ec71dfb6a47db75ff2631446\" target=\"_blank\"> Slow Dancing Society</a> has been receiving some heavy and deserved love for his latest full length<em> </em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=13&amp;products_id=153&amp;zenid=5b9cdca7ec71dfb6a47db75ff2631446\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Under the Sodium Lights</em></a>. Check out the two recent features at <a href=\"http://secretmusicwvkr.blogspot.com/2010/11/featured-artists-september-october-2010.html\" target=\"_blank\">Secret Music</a> and <a href=\"http://hypnagoguereviews.wordpress.com/2010/10/30/slow-dancing-society-under-the-sodium-lights/\" target=\"_blank\">Hypnagogue</a>. More reviews to post up so watch this space!\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Slow_Dancing_Society/under_the_sodium_lights/05_and_to_the_dust_we_shall_return.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Slow Dancing Society - <em>and to the dust we shall return</em></a> Slow Dancing Society - <em>and to the dust we shall return</em>','Slow Dancing Society Reviews and Features','','publish','closed','open','','slow-dancing-society-reviews-and-features','','','2016-02-03 16:12:43','2016-02-03 08:12:43','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3101',0,'post','',0),(3129,1,'2010-11-17 23:21:23','2010-11-17 23:21:23','Excerpt: \"Markus Mehr ‘Cousteau’ (hidden shoal). Starts of quietly this one if  fact so quietly that you may well be fooled into thinking the free  download link is broken or at least faulty. Fairly certain we’ve  mentioned German ambi-maestro Markus Mehr in previous despatches.  There’s a debut album just out on Hidden Shoal a copy of which we are in  the process of downloading with a view to a future extended mention.  For now though follow the link below to claim your free download of  ‘Cousteau’. all at once regal and refined - ‘cousteau’ is best listened  to in the early hours of night when all is a rest that way you can  appreciate in its leviathan like hulking aural structures and porcelain  panoramic beauty not to mention its subtle subterranean nuances that  rear into view as the feedback sheens wash over you with hypnotic wave  forming finality. For fans of Manual and the more sedate end of Flying  Saucer Attack’s ambient trained back catalogue.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://losingtoday.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Losing Today</a>','Markus Mehr &#039;Cousteau&#039; - Losing Today','','publish','closed','open','','markus-mehr-cousteau-losing-today','','','2010-11-17 23:21:23','2010-11-17 23:21:23','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3129',0,'post','',0),(3133,1,'2010-11-17 23:31:20','2010-11-17 23:31:20','Excerpt: \"We got this pretty ill track from Germany’s Jumpel,  who apparently is a pretty sick ambient minimalist music maker over  there in Germania.  Checked out some of the earlier stuff and dig it.   Edinburgh is a perfect example off of his forthcoming album <em>Europa</em> with a great vocal contribution from Chloe March.   All a different pace but good for some slower moments.  Jumpel is a  perfect example why I did the ambient movements.  Get the track below  and look out for his album later this month.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://bbqchickenrobot.com/?p=786\" target=\"_blank\">BBQ Chicken Robot</a>','Jumpel &#039;Edinburgh&#039; - BBQ Chicken Robot','','publish','closed','open','','jumpel-edinburgh-bbq-chicken-robot','','','2010-11-17 23:31:20','2010-11-17 23:31:20','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3133',0,'post','',0),(3138,1,'2010-11-18 06:39:59','2010-11-18 06:39:59','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Jumpel\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/galleries/Jumpel/lazy-k-thumbs/Jumpel_Headphones_Street.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" />Exciting news! Ahead of next weeks release of the eagerly awaited new full length from German miminal electronica maestro <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/jumpel/\">Jumpel</a>, our wonderful distributor <a href=\"http://n5mailorder.com/release/1078/jumpel-europa\">n5mailorder</a> now have the CD available for pre-order (get in before the first run sells out!). Even better, if you pre-order the CD you get an immediate mp3 download of the album. Now you can gloat to friends that you\'ve heard the new Jumpel album prior to release date like some sort of high priest of the music press scene. Or....just enjoy what is Jumpel\'s finest work to date.\n\nHead to <a href=\"http://n5mailorder.com/release/1078/jumpel-europa\" target=\"_blank\">n5mailorder</a> now to order your copy and check out Jumpel\'s previous releases (including free downloads) at the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/jumpel/\">Hidden Shoal Store</a>.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Jumpel/europa/08_Wien.mp3\">Jumpel - Wien</a> <em>Jumpel - Wien</em>','Jumpel&#039;s Europa Available for Pre-Release CD Order and Download','','publish','closed','open','','jumpels-europa-available-for-pre-release-order-and-download','','','2010-11-18 06:39:59','2010-11-18 06:39:59','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3138',0,'post','',0),(3141,1,'2010-11-18 23:42:26','2010-11-18 23:42:26','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Boxharp\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/FanFin_Video.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"118\" align=\"left\" />More video magic for <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/boxharp/\">Boxharp</a> as filmmakers Mark Solter and Laura Solter team up for another beautiful video accompaniment to a track from Boxharp\'s <em>Loam Arcane</em> EP.<strong> </strong>This time around its the dizzying astral acid electronic pop that is \'FanFin\' that gets the Solter + Solter visual treatment.  <a href=\"http://marksolter.com/\"><strong>Mark Solter</strong></a> (brother of Boxharp’s Scott Solter) also created the recently released music video for Boxharp\'s \'<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i2u0sG9G9g\">Rainbirds</a>\' .\n\nThe hallucinogenic pop of  ‘FanFin’ ricochets with disorientating beats  and refracted vocal melodies as if some sort of life-sized zoetrope. The  track showcases Wendy Allen\'s stunningly transcendent vocals and Scott  Solter\'s continually inventive and visceral production. Mark and Laura  Solter have perfectly matched the skittering cuts and turns of the  sonics, with the visuals echoing \'Fanfin\'s\' hyper schizo honeyed pop.\n\nFor the uninitiated, Boxharp recently featured in a January 2010 article in British newspaper  <strong>The Guardian</strong> as one of <strong>David Bowie’s</strong> current favourite artists, and  promptly received a full-page feature  on Bowie’s official website. Vocalist Wendy Allen has played and toured  with several bands since the start of the decade, including <strong>The Court and Spark</strong>, <strong>Tarantel</strong>, <strong>Paula Frazer</strong> (of Tarnation), <strong>William Lazarus</strong>, and <strong>Howard Hello</strong>, as well as writing film scores for small indie film projects. She is a member of The <strong>Balustrade Ensemble</strong>. As a producer, recordist and mixer, Solter has worked with numerous indie artists, recently  producing the much  lauded <strong><em>Majesty Shredding</em></strong> by <strong>Superchunk</strong>, <strong>Liam Singer</strong>’s latest opus <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=48&amp;products_id=155\"><strong><em>Dislocatia</em></strong></a> and even slipping in a <strong>Neon Indian</strong> remix  amongst <a href=\"http://www.boxharp.com/scottsolter/poduction-recording-mixing.htm\" target=\"_blank\">other things</a>.\n\nCheck out the video on <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1b13sf86Lg\">Youtube</a> and <a href=\"http://vimeo.com/16891504\">Vimeo</a>. ‘<strong>FanFin</strong>’ is taken from the <strong><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=45&amp;products_id=135\"><em>Loam Arcane</em></a></strong> EP available now through <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/\"><strong>Hidden Shoal</strong></a> along with Boxharp’s latest full length, <strong><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=45&amp;products_id=142\"><em>The Green</em></a></strong>. Availability details at the <a href=\"http://agora.hiddenshoal.com\">Hidden Shoal Store</a>. Read more about Boxharp at the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/boxharp/\">Hidden Shoal label site.</a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Boxharp/Loam_Arcane/FanFin.mp3\">Boxharp - FanFin</a> <em>Boxharp - FanFin</em>\n\n<em>\n</em>','New Boxharp Music Video - &#039;FanFin&#039;','','draft','closed','open','','new-boxharp-music-video-fanfin','','','2014-08-08 02:47:19','2014-08-08 02:47:19','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3141',0,'post','',0),(3145,1,'2010-11-23 16:06:55','2010-11-23 16:06:55','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"The Stones And The Rabbits\" src=\"http://n5mailorder.com/images/hsr075.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" />Ahead of its release next week (2nd Dec), <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=8\">Toby Richardson\'s</a> awesome new EP <em>The Stones And The Rabbits</em> is now available for pre-order from our beautiful friends at <a href=\"http://n5mailorder.com/release/1105/toby-richardson-the-stones-and-the-rabbits\" target=\"_blank\">n5mailorder</a>. Even better, if you pre-order the CD you get an immediate mp3 download of the album.\n\nHead to <a href=\"http://n5mailorder.com/release/1105/toby-richardson-the-stones-and-the-rabbits\" target=\"_blank\">n5mailorder</a> and soak in the wonderfully skewed and wildly addictive indie rock that is <em>The Stones And The Rabbits</em>.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/toby/The_Stones_and_The_Rabbits/02_The_Stones_And_The_Rabbits.mp3\">Toby Richardson - The Stones And The Rabbits</a> <em>Toby Richardson - The Stones And The Rabbits</em>','New Toby Richardson EP Available for CD Pre-Order and Download','','publish','closed','open','','new-toby-richardson-ep-available-for-cd-pre-order-and-download','','','2016-02-03 16:38:39','2016-02-03 08:38:39','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3145',0,'post','',0),(3152,1,'2010-11-25 04:59:49','2010-11-25 04:59:49','<img src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/jumpel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"101\" height=\"136\" align=\"left\" /><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/\">Hidden Shoal Recordings</a> is excited to announce the release of the third album <em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=22&amp;products_id=159\">Europa</a> </em>by German minimal electronica maestro <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/jumpel/\">Jumpel</a>. Inspired by Jo Dürbeck’s travels around Europe, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Europa </span>transforms   Dürbeck’s personal memories of 11 different European locations into a   gorgeous suite of minimal ambient electronica. The album acts as a kind   of abstracted sonic diary, painting the intangibilities and  romanticism  of memory and travel using sparse yet resonant sound. A  simple idea –  and one that has produced Jumpel’s most restrained and  unified effort to  date.\n\nThe album includes the stunning freely downloadable single \'<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=22&amp;products_id=157\">Edinburgh</a>\'  featuring the exquisite guest vocals of Chloë March married to Jumpel\'s  inimitable melancholic ambient pop. ‘Edinburgh’ is an exercise in  elegance and restraint, filling out the shadows and backstreets with  ennui.\n\n<em>“ambient-dub set-pieces of understated yet still resplendent colour…    an album of many moods, with dub, dub-techno, ambient, electro-pop,  and   funk all making appearances…  A spirit of languor and ease  pervades  the  album as a whole, rendering it a scenic yet still  relaxing  travelogue.” </em><strong>– Textura on sophomore album <em>Deuxieme Bureau</em></strong><em> </em>\n\n<em>“A beautiful, minimal electronic record for the heads… enthusiasts of    minimal electronic music will find much to enjoy with Jumpel’s new album    and its wide sound palate” </em><strong>– Sonic Frontiers on debut album <em>Samuel Jason Lies On The Beach</em></strong><em> </em>\n\n<em></em>\n\n<em>Europa </em>is available now on CD and in digital formats through Hidden Shoal Recordings, distributed via <a href=\"http://n5mailorder.com/release/1078/jumpel-europa\" target=\"_blank\">n5Mailorder</a>. Head to the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=22&amp;products_id=159\">Hidden Shoal Store</a> for all availability details and read a full press release <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Jumpel-Europa.pdf\">here</a>. Also download the albums first single \'<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=22&amp;products_id=157\">Edinburgh</a>\' and watch its accompanying music video at <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSBhIDaq3sw\">Youtube</a> or <a href=\"http://vimeo.com/16203866\">Vimeo</a>.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Jumpel/europa/05_Rom.mp3\">Jumpel - Rom</a> <em>Jumpel - Rom</em>','New Album by German Ambient Electronica Maestro Jumpel','','publish','closed','open','','new-album-by-german-ambient-electronica-maestro-jumpel','','','2010-11-25 04:59:49','2010-11-25 04:59:49','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3152',0,'post','',0),(3154,1,'2010-11-25 07:25:40','2010-11-25 07:25:40','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"My Majestic Star\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/galleries/My%20Majestic%20Star/lazy-k-thumbs/My_Majestic_Star_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" />For those of you in the area, and those who aren\'t, get down to the Beaufort Street Festival (Perth, Western Australia for you international types) this Saturday (27th of Nov) and catch Chris Mason and Miriam Braun of <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=6\">My Majestic Star</a> playing some acoustic tunes on the Mary Street stage from 11:30AM. Should be a fantastic day all round with lots happening. Check out all the info at <a href=\"http://www.beaufortstreetfestival.com.au/\" target=\"_blank\">www.beaufortstreetfestival.com.au</a>.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/my_majestic_star/I_havent_got_it_in_me/06_City_Sleeps.mp3\">My Majestic Star - City Sleeps</a> <em>My Majestic Star - City Sleeps</em>','Stripped Back My Majestic Star at the Beaufort St Festival, Pert','','publish','closed','open','','stripped-back-my-majestic-star-at-the-beaufort-st-festival-perth','','','2016-02-03 16:05:31','2016-02-03 08:05:31','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3154',0,'post','',0),(3162,1,'2010-12-01 22:34:11','2010-12-01 22:34:11','<img src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/stones_MED.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"left\" /><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/\">Hidden Shoal Recordings</a> today announced the release of new EP <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=8&amp;products_id=160\"><em>The Stones And The Rabbits</em></a> by Australian lo-fi rock magician <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=8\" target=\"_self\">Toby Richardson</a>.\n\nIn his inimitable bent rock stylings Perth (Western Australia) based  Richardson has produced another  irreverent indie rock ‘n’ roll gem.  ‘Young Sweet Lovers’ kicks off proceedings with all of Toby Richardson’s  delicious trademark ingredients: booming drums, fuzzy guitar lines and  just-rolled-out-of-bed vocal delivery, married to wonderfully skewed  melodicism and Richardson’s innate sense of songcraft. The title track  features one of Richardson’s catchiest hooks to date, plus plenty of  meandering, harmonised guitar soloing that splits the difference between  Dinosaur Jr and an ether-soaked country hoe-down. The track’s disarming  lack of pretense plays against Richardson’s affected take on rock as  wailing guitars and driving chords quaver and bend in and out of shape.  Single ‘King Of All The Moves’ is like a garage band falling endlessly  down a cartoon staircase. The track pays homage to dirty rock while  turning it inside out and painting it with jelly, creating a soundtrack  to some unimaginable ‘70s cop show filled with sequins, half-naked  dancers and possibly a dolphin.\n\n<em>“I’m surprised that more people haven’t been talking about Toby    Richardson. Take some of the bluesy aspects of Captain Beefheart and mix    it with some ’90s college rock sensibilities and you’ve got the Toby    Richardson sound. Fuzzed-out lo-fi classic rock is the order of the  day,   and Toby pulls off this slight ’60s pastiche with panache… By the  time   you reach the last song, it’s hard not to feel slightly  overwhelmed as   it is such an exaggerated sound, but that doesn’t mean  that you won’t   want to simply take a break, and start over again, as  its exaggeration   is laced with an addictive quality that will have you  coming back for   more.”</em> – <strong>It’s Not The Band I Hate It’s Their Fans </strong><strong>on debut album <em>Evergreen</em></strong>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=8&amp;products_id=160\"><em>The Stones And The Rabbits</em></a> is available now through Hidden Shoal Recordings on digital and CD. Head to the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=8&amp;products_id=160\">Hidden Shoal Store</a> for all availability info. Richardson\'s debut EP <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=8&amp;products_id=24\"><em>Golden Days</em></a> and album <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=8&amp;products_id=66\"><em>Evergreen</em></a> are also available through <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=8\">Hidden Shoal</a>. Read a full press release <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Toby_Richardson-The_Stones_And_The_Rabbits.pdf\">here</a> and also grab the single \'King Of All The Moves\' available for <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=8&amp;products_id=156\">free download</a>.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/toby/The_Stones_and_The_Rabbits/02_The_Stones_And_The_Rabbits.mp3\">Toby Richardson - The Stones And The Rabbits</a> <em>Toby Richardson - The Stones And The Rabbits</em>','New EP by Australian lo-fi rock magician Toby Richardson','','publish','closed','open','','new-ep-by-australian-lo-fi-rock-magician-toby-richardson','','','2016-02-03 16:38:39','2016-02-03 08:38:39','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3162',0,'post','',0),(3170,1,'2010-12-06 02:59:30','2010-12-06 02:59:30','Excerpt: \"Ambient drone loveliness from the German, with plenty of heartwrenching drama among the pulses and drifts. <em>Hubble</em> is the most gorgeous synth orchestration I\'ve heard in ages, a 1000-yard low drone gathering sparkles of melody as it rolls. <em>Cousteau</em>, fittingly, rumbles and creaks with deep-sea atmospheres. For fans of kosmische (isn\'t that everyone?). Soak in it like a hot bath. On the never-less-than-excellent Perth-based label.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/theundergroundofhappiness\" target=\"_blank\">Underground of Happiness</a>\n\n<strong> </strong>','Markus Mehr &#039;Lava&#039; - Underground of Happiness','','publish','closed','open','','markus-mehr-lava-underground-of-happiness-2','','','2010-12-06 02:59:30','2010-12-06 02:59:30','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3170',0,'post','',0),(3172,1,'2010-12-06 03:00:04','2010-12-06 03:00:04','Excerpt: \"We really dug Jumpel’s last album, <em>Deuxième Bureau</em>, so we’re  naturally very excited that the German minimalist will be gracing our  ears again, through the excellent Hidden Shoal Recordings. Jumpel’s  third album, <em>Europa</em>, is out now.You can watch the mesmerisingly good film clip to the first single,  “Edinburgh”, which features the vocals of Chloë March. Like the music  itself, it’s arrestingly simple and brilliantly executed. Enjoy!\"\n\n<a href=\"http://lifeisnoise.com/2010/11/29/jumpel-edinburgh/\" target=\"_blank\">Life is Noise</a>','Jumpel &#039;Edinburgh&#039; - Life is Noise','','publish','closed','open','','jumpel-edinburgh-life-is-noise','','','2010-12-06 03:00:04','2010-12-06 03:00:04','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3172',0,'post','',0),(3176,1,'2010-12-06 03:01:41','2010-12-06 03:01:41','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/album_green.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />Boxharp\'s <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=45&amp;products_id=142\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Green</em></a> recently soaked up the number 42 spot on the <a href=\"http://zookeeper.stanford.edu/beta/index.php?action=viewChart&amp;subaction=weekly&amp;year=2010&amp;month=11&amp;day=21&amp;session\" target=\"_blank\">KZSU</a> Charts. Grab the album on CD or digital via the HSR Store <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>, and while you\'re at it take a listen to the gorgeous title track below. <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Boxharp/The_Green/\" target=\"_blank\"> </a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Boxharp/The_Green/\" target=\"_blank\">Boxharp - </a><em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Boxharp/The_Green/The_Green.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">The Green</a> </em>Boxharp - <em>The Green</em>','Boxharp on KZSU Charts','','publish','closed','open','','boxharp-on-kzsu-charts','','','2010-12-06 03:01:41','2010-12-06 03:01:41','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3176',0,'post','',0),(3183,1,'2010-12-06 05:18:23','2010-12-06 05:18:23','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Boxharp\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/boxharp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"165\" /><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/boxharp/\" target=\"_blank\">Boxharp</a>\'s undeniably stunning full length <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=45&amp;products_id=142\"><em>The Green</em></a> has been chosen as one of the years best by the US radio broadcast (its so much more than a show) <a href=\"http://www.echoes.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Echoes</a>. Echoes is regarded as an institution in radio bringing together a wide array of styles, from acoustic to electronic, jazz to space music, avant-garde to rock. <em>The Green</em> took up number 18 on <a href=\"http://echoesblog.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/25-best-echoes-cds-for-2010/\" target=\"_blank\">Echoes Top 25 of 2010</a> keeping company which artists such as Hammock, The Album Leaf, Robert Rich, Jonsi and Manual.\n\nCheck out <em>The Green</em> and other Boxharp releases (including free downloads and videos) at the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=45\">Hidden Shoal Store</a>.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Boxharp/The_Green/The%20Moon%27s_The_North_Wind%27s_Cookie.mp3\">Boxharp - The Moon’s the North Wind’s Cookie</a> <em> Boxharp - The Moon’s the North Wind’s Cookie</em>','Boxharp in Echoes Best of 2010 List','','publish','closed','open','','boxharp-in-echoes-best-of-2010-list','','','2010-12-06 05:18:23','2010-12-06 05:18:23','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3183',0,'post','',0),(3188,1,'2010-12-06 05:42:12','2010-12-06 05:42:12','<a href=\"../artists/boxharp/\" target=\"_blank\">Boxharp</a>\'s  <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=45&amp;products_id=142\"><em>The Green</em></a> was chosen as one of 2010\'s best by the US radio broadcast (its so much more than a show) <a href=\"http://www.echoes.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Echoes</a>.  Echoes is regarded as an institution in radio bringing together a wide  array of styles, from acoustic to electronic, jazz to space music,  avant-garde to rock. <em>The Green</em> took up number 18 on <a href=\"http://echoesblog.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/25-best-echoes-cds-for-2010/\" target=\"_blank\">Echoes Top 25 of 2010</a> keeping company which artists such as Hammock, The Album Leaf, Robert Rich, Jonsi and Manual.','Boxharp &quot;The Green&quot; - Echoes Top 25 of 2010','','publish','closed','open','','boxharp-the-green-echoes-top-25-of-2010','','','2010-12-06 05:42:12','2010-12-06 05:42:12','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3188',0,'post','',0),(3190,1,'2010-12-07 02:07:07','2010-12-07 02:07:07','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"The Caribbean\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/the-caribbean.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"151\" height=\"152\" />The wait is over for the first taste of The Caribbean\'s sublime upcoming album <em>Discontinued Perfume</em> out on the excellent <a href=\"http://hometapes.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Hometapes</a> label. The first single from the album \'Mr. Let\'s Find Out\' is available for free download from <a href=\"http://hometapes.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Hometapes</a>. The album now has an official release date of 22nd February, 2011. Read more about the album at <a href=\"http://hometapes.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_self\">Hometapes</a> including a track listing and some nice bio/interview material.\n\nEnjoy!\n\n<a href=\"http://home-tapes.com/mp3/TheCaribbean-MrLetsFindOut.mp3\">The Caribbean - Mr. Let\'s Find Out</a> <em>The Caribbean - Mr. Let\'s Find Out</em>','The Caribbean&#039;s &quot;Discontinued Perfume&quot; Release Date and Free Single','','publish','closed','open','','the-caribbeans-discontinued-perfume-release-date-and-free-single','','','2010-12-07 02:07:07','2010-12-07 02:07:07','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3190',0,'post','',0),(3194,1,'2010-12-07 08:36:56','2010-12-07 08:36:56','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Liam Singer\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/liam-singer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"109\" />More Hidden Shoal releases are making the best of lists once again this year. One of very favourite online magazines,  the ever wonderful <a href=\"http://www.textura.org\" target=\"_blank\">Textura</a>, have published their <a href=\"http://www.textura.org/reviews/2010top10s.htm\" target=\"_blank\">best of 2010</a> list and sitting pretty at number 13 is Liam Singer\'s masterpiece <em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=48&amp;products_id=155\" target=\"_self\">Dislocatia</a>.</em> Markus Mehr\'s amazing debut album <em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=46&amp;products_id=145\">Lava</a> </em>also received an honourable mention.\n\nSpeaking of Liam Singer, be sure to check out his interview with Conor O\'Toole from Irish radio show <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/theundergroundofhappiness\" target=\"_blank\">The Underground of Happiness</a>. You can download an mp3 of the interview <a href=\"http://tinyurl.com/28d7apa\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.\n\nCheck out both these amazing albums at the <a href=\"http://agora.hiddenshoal.com\">Hidden Shoal Store</a>.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Liam_Singer/Dislocatia/02_The_Brief_Encounter.mp3\">Liam Singer - The Brief Encounter</a> <em>Liam Singer - The Brief Encounter</em>','Liam Singer and Markus Mehr in Textura&#039;s Best of 2010','','publish','closed','open','','liam-singer-and-markus-mehr-in-texturas-best-of-2010','','','2016-02-03 16:01:07','2016-02-03 08:01:07','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3194',0,'post','',0),(3209,1,'2010-12-16 01:12:47','2010-12-16 01:12:47','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"The Stones And The Rabbits\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/stones.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />Toby Richardson\'s latest installment of  irreverent rock goodness <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=8&amp;products_id=160\"><em>The Stones and the Rabbits</em></a> has been featured on New York\'s awesome <a href=\"http://www.breakthruradio.com\" target=\"_blank\">BreakThru Radio</a>. The EP was played in full on the excellent TransPacific show which features all the best music coming out of Australia. Re-stream the show in full <a href=\"http://www.breakthruradio.com/#/post/?dj=djchrish&amp;post=509&amp;blog=11&amp;autoplay=1\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/toby/The_Stones_and_The_Rabbits/01_Young_Sweet_Lovers.mp3\">Toby Richardson - Young Sweet Lovers</a> <em>Toby Richardson - Young Sweet Lovers</em>','Toby Richardson&#039;s New EP Featured on New York&#039;s BreakThru Radio','','publish','closed','open','','toby-richardsons-new-ep-featured-on-new-yorks-breakthru-radio','','','2016-02-03 16:38:56','2016-02-03 08:38:56','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3209',0,'post','',0),(3672,1,'2010-12-14 05:21:26','2010-12-14 05:21:26','<strong>Excerpt:</strong> \"there\'s not a dud moment here. every track has a vitality and honesty that\'s utterly gripping...one of the best local rock releases of the year, if not THE best.\"\n\n<strong>CD OF THE WEEK, Drum Media </strong>\n','Umpire &quot;Umpire&quot; EP - Drum Media','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-umpire-ep-drum-media','','','2010-12-14 05:21:26','2010-12-14 05:21:26','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3672',0,'post','',0),(3674,1,'2010-12-14 05:24:46','2010-12-14 05:24:46','Excerpt: \"an immensely promising debut from a band definitely worth keeping an eye and ear on.\"\n\n<strong>4/5, Rave Magazine </strong>\n','Umpire &quot;Umpire&quot; EP - Rave Magazine','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-umpire-ep-rave-magazine','','','2010-12-14 05:24:46','2010-12-14 05:24:46','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/umpire-umpire-ep-rave-magazine/',0,'post','',0),(3213,1,'2010-12-20 15:57:06','2010-12-20 15:57:06','<img src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/buddy_cop_MED.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"left\" />Today, <a href=\"http://music.hiddenshoal.com\">Hidden Shoal Recordings</a> found an old VHS cassette stuffed down the back of a sofa in their label office. Delighted to discover a playable copy of the movie <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=31&amp;products_id=161\"><em>Buddy Cop</em></a>, the label is now proud to share its soundtrack, for free, with the world. The back of the tape reads:\n\n<em>Dan Lyman (<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=31\">Rich Bennett</a>, star of Badge of Fury and Miami Lockdown) is a classy, refined cop from uptown. When the Deckard Crime Syndicate steals a mysterious mineral, Lyman teams up with streetwise colleague Timothy Sanna (Rich Bennett). Together, travel to the Andromeda Galaxy before syndicate boss Xavier Graffin (Greg Hoy) can turn the minerals into a gateway to a mainframe computer game, from where he can rule all communications of the universe. When Marilyn Miranda (Pam Yawbus) comes into the picture, the question of who is an enemy and who is a friend threatens to unravel the whole mission … </em>\n\nDiscover how the whole slippery can of worms unravels by <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=31&amp;products_id=161\">downloading the album</a> and checking out the <em>Buddy Cop</em> trailer on <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dosRC-Ipd0A\">YouTube</a>. The download includes a code for 50% off Rich’s other releases, including the much-praised <em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=31&amp;products_id=80\">Music for Underwater Supermarkets</a></em> and this year’s gorgeous album <em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=31&amp;products_id=147\">On Holiday</a></em> .\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/rich_bennett/buddy_cop/03_Chase_Scene.mp3\">Rich Bennett - Chase Scene</a> <em>Rich Bennett - Chase Scene</em>','Rich Bennett&#039;s &quot;Buddy Cop&quot; Out Now - Free Download!','','draft','closed','open','','rich-bennetts-buddy-cop-out-now-free-download','','','2014-08-01 01:56:38','2014-08-01 01:56:38','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3213',0,'post','',0),(3220,1,'2010-12-22 01:17:29','2010-12-22 01:17:29','Head over to the ever excellent <a href=\"http://igloomag.com\" target=\"_blank\">Igloo Magazine</a> for a wonderful Hidden Shoal Recordings feature and interview. I can only assume those with taste and love of electronic music in all its forms are already readers, but if not then explore and enjoy the great coverage and writing. Check out the feature <a href=\"http://igloomag.com/profiles/hidden-shoal-profile\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.','Hidden Shoal Feature and Interview at Igloo Magazine','','publish','closed','open','','hidden-shoal-feature-and-interview-at-igloo-magazine','','','2010-12-22 01:17:29','2010-12-22 01:17:29','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3220',0,'post','',0),(3228,1,'2011-01-17 03:01:02','2011-01-17 03:01:02','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Jumpel\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/jumpel.jpg\" alt=\"Jumpel\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" />Wow - 2011?!?! How did we get here? First post of the year so much happy 2011\'s to you all from all of us here. Now onto the music. <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/jumpel/\">Jumpel</a>\'s stunning new album <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=22&amp;products_id=159\"><em>Europa</em></a> is receiving radio love left, right and center. The album is this weeks Out To Lunch Feature Album at Perth\'s ever wonderful <a href=\"http://www.rtrfm.com.au/\" target=\"_blank\">RTRFM </a>radio station. The album will be featured through the week and Perth folks can win themselves a copy of the cd every day on the <a href=\"http://www.rtrfm.com.au/shows/otl\" target=\"_blank\">Out To Lunch</a> program. <em>Europa </em>is also currently being featured on the excellent <a href=\"http://www.echoes.org/comingup.html\" target=\"_blank\">Echoes</a> radio program (syndicated across the USA and beyond) and receiving lots of rotations there. Just to add to that the album has just charted at Brisbane\'s brilliant <a href=\"http://www.4zzzfm.org.au/nowplaying/index.cfm?action=dsp_songs&amp;top20ID=343\" target=\"_blank\">4ZZZ</a>. <a href=\"http://www.4zzzfm.org.au/nowplaying/index.cfm?action=dsp_songs&amp;top20ID=343\" target=\"_blank\"> </a>As many of you will already know Brisbane and a number of other Queensland cities and towns have been devastated by floods so not only do your thoughts go out to all those affected but we also urge you to think about <a href=\"http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/donate.html\" target=\"_blank\">donating to the flood fund</a>.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Jumpel/europa/08_Wien.mp3\">Jumpel - Wien</a> <em>Jumpel - Wien</em>','Jumpel&#039;s &quot;Europa&quot; Radio Features and Charting','','publish','closed','open','','jumpels-europa-radio-features-and-charting','','','2011-01-17 03:01:02','2011-01-17 03:01:02','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3228',0,'post','',0),(3232,1,'2011-02-02 23:43:35','2011-02-02 23:43:35','Excerpt: \"Australian lo-fi rocker Toby Richardson made a minor splash a couple years ago with his <em>Evergreen</em> full-length solo debut, and he’s back with a rock-solid new EP that features more of the psychedelia-tinged music that fans have come to expect from him. This five-song platter contains plenty of fuzzy guitars and raw blues-rock that would have been right at home in the late 1960s. Sprawling opener \'Young Sweet Lovers\' is the centerpiece of the collection, and the best song of the bunch. \'Wrong Highway Road,\' another tune that stretches out well beyond the five-minute mark, is a keeper, along with the title track ... this is an impressive set\"\n\nThe Daily News','Toby Richardson &#039;The Stones and the Rabbits&#039; - Pennsylvania Daily News','','publish','closed','open','','toby-richardson-the-stones-and-the-rabbits-pennsylvania-daily-news','','','2011-02-02 23:43:35','2011-02-02 23:43:35','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3232',0,'post','',0),(3238,1,'2011-02-02 23:49:20','2011-02-02 23:49:20','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/lava.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />We\'re thrilled to see <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/cat/reviews/markus-mehr-reviews/\" target=\"_blank\">Markus Mehr</a>\'s <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=46&amp;products_id=145\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Lava</em></a> featured on <a href=\"http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2011/01/05/headphone-commute%E2%80%99s-best-of-2010-music-for-withered-leaves-and-lonely-fishtanks/\" target=\"_blank\">Headphone Commute</a>\'s \'<a href=\"http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2011/01/05/headphone-commute%E2%80%99s-best-of-2010-music-for-withered-leaves-and-lonely-fishtanks/\" target=\"_blank\">best of 2010</a>\', and also pleasantly surprised to see <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=20\" target=\"_blank\">Wes Willenbring</a>\'s album from 2009, <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=20&amp;products_id=125\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Close, But Not Too Close</em></a>, featured on their round-up as part of  \'<a href=\"http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2010/12/31/20-overlooked-albums-of-2009/\" target=\"_blank\">2009\'s 20 Overlooked Albums</a>\' list. Great to see Wes and Markus rubbing shoulders with some really great artists and labels two years in a row! Thanks to the marvellous Headphone Commute site for the inclusions.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/markus_mehr/lava/04_Hubble.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Markus Mehr - </a><em>Hubble </em>Markus Mehr - <em>Hubble</em>','Markus Mehr and Wes Willenbring on Headphone Commute&#039;s &#039;Best of&#039; Lists','','publish','closed','open','','markus-mehr-and-wes-willenbring-on-headphone-commutes-best-of-lists','','','2016-02-03 16:01:07','2016-02-03 08:01:07','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3238',0,'post','',0),(3241,1,'2011-01-20 06:49:27','2011-01-20 06:49:27','<img src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Hotels_at_Bumbershoot_-_Jason_Tang.jpg\" alt=\"Hotels at Bumbershoot - Photo by Jason Tang\" width=\"231\" height=\"154\" align=\"left\" />Seattle-based sci-fi pop band <a href=\"http://hotelsmusic.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Hotels</a> are back with a new single. \'<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=35&amp;products_id=162\">The Bat Watusi</a>\' is a pace-quickening taster of the delights in store on Hotels’ new album, <em>On The Casino Floor</em>. The noir-punk track is Hotels at their most lithe and propulsive, with an insistent rhythm section, sci-fi synths and unashamedly rocking guitars. The song repeatedly strips itself back to a muscular yet dreamy core, only to build into a tight celestial rock frenzy.\n\n<em>On The Casino Floor</em> sees Hotels take their addictive and singular meld of post-punk, shoegaze rock and cinematic pop and launch it into outer space. The band has managed to leap headlong beyond the consummate songcraft of acclaimed sophomore album <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=35&amp;products_id=100\"><em>Where Hearts Go Broke</em></a> into the creation of a wildly inventive and immersive song-suite. The concept album’s seven masterful cuts tell the story of a secret agent, his former mentor and current arch-nemesis, and a nefarious prince’s plan to destroy Earth during the grand opening of the universe’s only outer space casino complex...\n\n<em>“Hotels fuse elements of new wave, goth, and surf so seamlessly that genre tags will be the last thing on your mind when you hear their bittersweet, atmospheric pop songs”</em> – <strong>Time Out New York</strong>\n\n<em>“With angular guitars, sober vocals, omnipresent synths, and a taste for the cinematic, Hotels come off like the ultimate ’80s soundtrack band, something akin to a cross between the dreamy haze of M83 and the angsty garage rock of The Strokes”</em> – <strong>PopMatters</strong>\n\n‘The Bat Watusi’ is available for free download from the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=35\">Hidden Shoal Store</a> until the release of <em>On The Casino Floor</em> on 23 February 2011. The spectacular album launch takes place in Seattle on 26 February 2011, with top-secret details revealed closer to the release date. Read a full press release <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Hotels-The_Bat_Watusi.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> and check out more info at <a href=\"http://hotelsmusic.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Hotels\' website</a>.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Hotels/on_the_casino_floor/04_The_Bat_Watusi.mp3\">Hotels - The Bat Watusi</a> <em>Hotels - The Bat Watusi</em>','New Hotels Single &#039;The Bat Watusi&#039; - Free Download!','','publish','closed','open','','new-hotels-single-the-bat-watusi-free-download','','','2016-02-03 15:43:36','2016-02-03 07:43:36','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3241',0,'post','',0),(3289,1,'2011-01-24 08:45:31','2011-01-24 08:45:31','<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/liam-singer\"><img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Liam Singer\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/liam-singer.jpg\" alt=\"Liam Singer\" width=\"180\" height=\"121\" />Liam Singer</a>\'s sublime album of last year, <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=48&amp;products_id=155\"><em>Dislocatia</em></a>, is currently charting at 37 on the <a href=\"http://cjsw.com\" target=\"_blank\">CJSW</a>\'s (awesome Canadian radio station to the uninitiated) Top 50! Keep tuned for more <em>Dislocatia</em> news as a new single off the album will be out soon. In the meanwhile you can stream the album in full at the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=48&amp;products_id=155\">HSR Store</a>.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Liam_Singer/Dislocatia/12_Words_Make_the_Master.mp3\">Liam Singer - Words Make The Master</a> <em> Liam Singer - Words Make The Master</em>','Liam Singer Charting at CJSW','','draft','closed','open','','liam-singer-charting-at-cjsw','','','2014-08-01 02:34:10','2014-08-01 02:34:10','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3289',0,'post','',0),(3295,1,'2011-02-02 08:08:26','2011-02-02 08:08:26','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Slow Dancing Society - Under The Sodium Lights\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/undersodium_MED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" />Slow Dancing Society\'s latest opus <em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=13&amp;products_id=153\"><em>Under The Sodium Lights</em></a></em> has come in at number 6 on the <a href=\"http://cjsw.com/music/charts/\" target=\"_blank\">CJSW Experimental Chart</a>. The stunning fourth album by the US ambient artist has been put into rotation at a number of US college stations so expect some more charting news soon!\n\nHead to the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=13&amp;products_id=153\">Hidden Shoal Store</a> to preview the album in full and find all availability info.\n\n<a href=\"../wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Slow_Dancing_Society/under_the_sodium_lights/02_under_the_sodium_lights.mp3\">Slow Dancing Society - under the sodium lights</a> <em>Slow Dancing Society - under the sodium lights</em>','Slow Dancing Society Charting at CJSW','','publish','closed','open','','slow-dancing-society-charting-at-cjsw','','','2016-02-03 16:11:55','2016-02-03 08:11:55','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3295',0,'post','',0),(3327,1,'2011-02-04 07:24:10','2011-02-04 07:24:10','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Antonymes\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/antonymes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"165\" />Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the signing of neo-classical/minimal ambient artist <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/antonymes/\">Antonymes</a> to its roster of artists. The label will release the new Antonymes album <em>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</em> on April 21st preceded by the track ‘Endlessly’ along with its stunning video accompaniment on March 10th.\n\nThe music of Antonymes emerges from the adjustments and erasures of ambient and the pace and persistence of minimalism; from the serenity and austerity of Morton Feldman and the profound prettiness of Harold Budd; from the relationship between continuity and repetition; from secrecy, quietness and pause; from thought, from emptiness; from where it is set and where it is setting off to. At the same time definite and a ghostly impression, Antonymes floats free of fixed points while anxiously staying in sight of genres, movements, scenes, connections, contexts and innovations that have piled up and broken down around it.\n\n<em>“sound sketches of enormous, if fragile, beauty”</em> – <strong>The Silent Ballet</strong>\n\nAntonymes is designer, photographer, conceptualist and musician Ian M. Hazeldine, making music from the wilds of North Wales, a very strange, fantastic, ultimately unreal place of mountains, streams, woods, villages and obscure wilderness. To quote North Welsh poet R. S. Thomas, “to live in Wales is to be conscious at dusk of the spilled blood that went into the making of the wild sky, dyeing the wild rivers in all their courses.” His music begins at the piano, where notes, space and intention combine over time, until a shape appears. This shape is taken into the computer, where it is twisted, gently, and given more detail, until it is fully formed. Composition takes form through patience, probing, occasional accidents, spontaneity and a form of focused daydreaming. Antonymes previous work has seen release on labels such as Cathedral Transmissions, Soundcolours, Dezordr, and Audio Gourmet.\n\nRead a full press release <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes_Signing.pdf\">here</a> and head to the <a href=\"http://antonymes.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">Antonymes website</a> for more info.','Antonymes Signs to Hidden Shoal','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-signs-to-hidden-shoal','','','2016-02-03 13:42:00','2016-02-03 05:42:00','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3327',0,'post','',0),(3334,1,'2011-02-04 07:03:38','2011-02-04 07:03:38','<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/jumpel/\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/galleries/Jumpel/lazy-k-thumbs/Jumpel_Headphones_Street.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" />Jumpel</a>\'s sumptious new album <em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=22&amp;products_id=159\">Europa</a> </em>continues to impress. The album has been scooping wonderful reviews, radio features and has been charting at college stations in the US as well as stations here in Australia. The latest adulation is in the form of the number 9 spot in the coveted <a href=\"http://www.echoes.org/Top25-2011-01.html\" target=\"_blank\">Echoes Chart</a> for January.\n\nIf you\'ve heard the album you\'ll understand the attention, if not then find out what all the fuss is bout <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=22&amp;products_id=159\">here</a>.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Jumpel/europa/01_Arles.mp3\">Jumpel - Arles</a> Jumpel - Arles','Jumpel&#039;s Europa In Echoes Top 10','','publish','closed','open','','jumpels-europa-in-the-echoes-top-10','','','2011-02-04 07:03:38','2011-02-04 07:03:38','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3334',0,'post','',0),(3340,1,'2011-02-04 09:07:17','2011-02-04 09:07:17','<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/On-The-Casino-Floor-Cover.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3343\" title=\"On The Casino Floor\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/On-The-Casino-Floor-Cover-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"210\" /></a>The wait for Hotels epic new album is nearly over and to help bridge the final gap the wonderful folk at <a href=\"http://n5mailorder.com/\" target=\"_blank\">n5mailorder</a> now have <em>On The Casino Floor</em> available for CD <a href=\"http://n5mailorder.com/release/1144/hotels-on-the-casino-floor-%5BPREORDER%5D\" target=\"_blank\">pre-order</a>. The beautifully designed CD package  comes with a limited edition fold out poster, lovingly illustrated by our very own internationally exhibited designer Stuart Medley (Dr Stuart Medley if we were to be formal!). As a bonus all CD orders (including pre-orders) come bundled with an immediate mp3 download of the album.\n\n<em>On The Casino Floor</em> is officially released on the 23rd of February and will be available in  all good digital stores and distributed on CD through n5Mailorder. So head to <a href=\"http://n5mailorder.com/release/1144/hotels-on-the-casino-floor-%5BPREORDER%5D\" target=\"_blank\">n5mailorder</a> now to make sure you don\'t miss out and also if you haven\'t already partaken, grab the first single off the album for free <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=35&amp;products_id=162\">here</a>.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Hotels/on_the_casino_floor/04_The_Bat_Watusi.mp3\">Hotels - The Bat Watusi</a> <em>Hotels - The Bat Watusi</em>','Hotels &quot;On The Casino Floor&quot; Available for Pre-Order','','publish','closed','open','','hotels-on-the-casino-floor-available-for-pre-order','','','2016-02-03 15:43:36','2016-02-03 07:43:36','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3340',0,'post','',0),(3345,1,'2011-02-05 00:05:29','2011-02-05 00:05:29','Check out the January picks from the awesome Irish radio show <a href=\"http://theundergroundofhappiness.blogspot.com/2011/02/jan-2011-picks.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Underground of Happiness</a> for some great mini-write ups on the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=35&amp;products_id=162\">new single</a> from Hotels and Rich Bennett\'s <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=31&amp;products_id=161\"><em>Buddy Cop</em></a>.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/rich_bennett/buddy_cop/07_Goodbye_To_Love.mp3\">Rich Bennett - Goodbye To Love</a> <em>Rich Bennett - Goodbye To Love</em>','Hotels and Rich Bennett in UGOH&#039;s Picks of Jan','','draft','closed','open','','hotels-and-rich-bennett-in-ugohs-picks-of-jan','','','2014-08-01 01:56:38','2014-08-01 01:56:38','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3345',0,'post','',0),(3350,1,'2011-02-10 02:20:15','2011-02-10 02:20:15','Excerpt: \"Hotels are exceptional... 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Then thankfully you  discovered The Cramps, The B-52’s, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show,  whose combined sense of campy macabre gave you a much appreciated hall  pass from that carefully studied affect of perpetual ennui you couldn’t  quite pull off. (Again, me.) Well, today’s angsty yet absurdist post-punk fans can find similar respite in Seattle’s sci-fi rockers Hotels. Their newest single \'The Bat Watusi\' (which, if you choose to love it based on the name alone, I will join  you) is a tightly nuanced and ominous track filled with homage to the  drive-in horror B-flicks of yesteryear. Not to mention the ghosts of  Link Wray and Dick Dale lurking in the shadows. Though cinematic in  scope, The Bat Watusi is frantic, sinister garage rock at its  ass-shaking core. Is sci-fi-surf-noir a musical genre? No? I think when  Hotels releases <em>On The Casino Floor</em> on  February 23rd 2011, a concept album about the earth exploding in tandem  with the grand opening of the first casino complex in space, perhaps it  will be.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.myoldkentuckyblog.com/?p=15250\" target=\"_blank\">MOKB</a>','Hotels &#039;On The Casino Floor&#039; - My Old Kentucky Blog','','publish','closed','open','','hotels-on-the-casino-floor-my-old-kentucky-blog','','','2011-02-07 09:46:11','2011-02-07 09:46:11','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3353',0,'post','',0),(3356,1,'2011-02-10 02:17:50','2011-02-10 02:17:50','Excerpt: \"Fantastic lead single from the Seattle band\'s new album. And the second  appearance this month of that most under-appreciated of genres, lounge  noir (albeit a pumped-up, garage-y version - I\'ve also seen sci-fi pop  offered as a label, justifiably). A stalking bassline, ray-gun synths  and glittering cascades of melody convey a wealth of intergalactic drama  over four minutes. Taken from a concept album that re-defines  ambitious, concerning as it does the \'grand opening of the universe\'s  only outer space casino complex\'. Now, more than ever, the world needs  more of this kind of thing.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.theundergroundofhappiness.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Underground of Happiness</a>','Hotels &#039;The Bat Watusi&#039; - The Underground of Happiness','','publish','closed','open','','hotels-the-bat-watusi-the-underground-of-happiness','','','2011-02-10 02:17:50','2011-02-10 02:17:50','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3356',0,'post','',0),(3358,1,'2011-02-10 02:17:06','2011-02-10 02:17:06','Excerpt: \"Not content with releasing a beautiful album of songs towards the end of last year (<em>On Holiday</em>,  also on Hidden Shoal), Mr Bennett is back with a soundtrack to a  fictional (or is it?) movie. Taking its cue from John Carpenter film  music (<em>Assault on Precinct 13 </em>in particular), Bennett weaves an  entertaining sci-fi noir atmosphere. Did I mention that it\'s free? And  comes with a 50% discount voucher for his last two albums, both highly  recommended from this direction.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.theundergroundofhappiness.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Underground of Happiness</a>','Rich Bennett &#039;Buddy Cop&#039; - The Underground of Happiness','','draft','closed','open','','rich-bennett-buddy-cop-the-underground-of-happiness','','','2014-08-01 02:22:24','2014-08-01 02:22:24','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3358',0,'post','',0),(3360,1,'2011-02-07 10:00:07','2011-02-07 10:00:07','Excerpt: \"... at once   understated and painted with many different sounds.... In  some  cases the piano carries the songs going from powerful to lilting  within  the course of a single song. The harpsichord in particular  creates a  otherworldly effect on the listener that may be more used to  an engaging  piano or guitar. This is not to say anything sounds  particularly alien  on this album, but it does go a long way to create a  very beautiful  effect on the songs. The vocals in themselves  are something of an  unexpected source of beauty. From song to song they  alternate between  Liam’s singing voice and a female choir of sorts.  The choir creates a  classical feeling that propels the songs skyward.  Giving what may  otherwise be a normal piano based song to a classically  leaning piece.  The real surprise here is Singer’s own voice. What  comes as a voice  sounding similar to Elliot Smith carries a great  calmness and melody to  each song it is used on. Each style is used in a  variety of ways to make  each song move with its own rhythm. This  is an album that  exists well beyond the sum of it’s parts. It makes  the listener feel  enveloped in the songs. Everything in the songs fits  perfectly together  never giving too much space to the piano or slight  drumbeat that may  exist. The vocals are truly the guide to each song  giving the  instrumentals further depth. This album is a great  continuation of Liam  Singer’s talents in music. You would be doing  yourself a disservice to  ignore something that is played with this much  finesse.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.scenepointblank.com/reviews/liam-singer/dislocatia\" target=\"_blank\">Scene Point Blank</a>','Liam Singer &#039;Dislocatia&#039; - Scene Point Blank','','publish','closed','open','','liam-singer-dislocatia-scene-point-blank','','','2011-02-07 10:00:07','2011-02-07 10:00:07','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3360',0,'post','',0),(3370,1,'2011-02-09 17:00:34','2011-02-09 17:00:34','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Jumpel - Europa\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/europa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />Jumpel\'s gorgeous new full length continues to chart in the US. This time <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=22&amp;products_id=159\"><em>Europa </em></a>has slid into the top 30 at the wonderful Portland radio station <a href=\"http://kboo.fm/\" target=\"_blank\">KBOO</a>.\n\nCheck out <em>Europa </em>as well as Jumpel\'s previous releases <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/jumpel/\">here</a>.','Jumpel&#039;s &quot;Europa&quot; Charting at KBOO','','publish','closed','open','','jumpels-europa-charting-at-kboo','','','2011-02-09 17:00:34','2011-02-09 17:00:34','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3370',0,'post','',0),(3384,1,'2011-02-10 10:13:45','2011-02-10 10:13:45','<img src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/briefencounter_MED.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"left\" />Hidden  Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the release of ‘The Brief  Encounter’, the second song to be lifted from critically acclaimed album  <em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=48&amp;products_id=155\">Dislocatia</a> </em>by Brooklyn-based chamber-pop experimentalist <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/liam-singer/\">Liam Singer</a>.  Swooningly beautiful and instantly memorable, ‘The Brief Encounter’  distils the magic of Liam Singer’s music into two minutes of  transportive storytelling. Featuring the angelic backing vocals of <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/boxharp/\">Boxharp</a>’s  Wendy Allen and a children’s choir, the song’s piano line canters along  while Liam’s tremulous vocals dance with an aching violin. By the time  the song’s conclusion has brought you back down to Earth, you’re ready  to take flight again.\n\n‘The Brief Encounter’ is taken from Liam Singer’s latest album <em>Dislocatia</em>, one of Textura’s top albums of 2010. Produced by Scott Solter, <em>Dislocatia </em>is  rich in wondrous, resonant details – a truly beguiling song cycle that  contains multitudes. These fantastical song-stories carry the listener  skyward like a clockwork cloud. It’s rare to find such arresting  compositional talent married not only to an innate sense of melody and  emotion, but also to a keen sense of texture and atmosphere. <em>Dislocatia </em>manages  to merge these elements together and, more importantly, blur any lines  that divide them. Liam Singer’s alchemical compositional process  transforms the songs into a whole that transcends simple descriptors. <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=48&amp;products_id=155\"><em>Dislocatia </em></a>is out now through <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=48&amp;products_id=155\">Hidden Shoal Recordings</a>.\n\n<em>“a resplendent song cycle … Dislocatia impresses as a bold and   sumptuous fusion of classical and popular musics with theatrical   flavour”</em> – <strong>Textura </strong>\n\n<em>“a uniquely experimental approach to pop music…. His music has the   stately and cerebral sides of modern composition, not to mention the   beauty and grace, but also an intimacy and directness…. This is very   emotional music that uses all of the tactics at Singer’s disposal, for   greatest impact.… Singer seems determined to find what is around us that   we don’t know about, and to make us feel like we’ve done the same,   participating in an exciting act of discovery”</em> – <strong>PopMatters </strong>\n\n<em>“If the Bedroom Communities roster are the post-romantics, like   Brahms and Rachmoninovs, of 21st century indie-acceptable classical   music, then Liam Singer is the Erik Satie of the group, playing wildly   conceptual music that never quite loses its emotional resonance.”</em> –<strong> Tome To The Weather Machine</strong>\n\n\'The Brief Encounter\' is available as a free download  from the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=48&amp;products_id=164\">Hidden Shoal Store</a>. Read a full press release <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Liam_Singer-The_Brief_Encounter.pdf\">here</a>.<em> Dislocatia</em> is available now on CD and in digital formats through Hidden Shoal Recordings, distributed via <a href=\"http://n5mailorder.com\">n5Mailorder</a>. Head to the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=48&amp;products_id=155\">Hidden Shoal Store</a> for all availability details.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Liam_Singer/Dislocatia/02_The_Brief_Encounter.mp3\">Liam Singer - The Brief Encounter</a> <em>Liam Singer - The Brief Encounter</em>','New Single from Chamber-Pop Experimentalist Liam Singer','','draft','closed','open','','new_single','','','2014-08-01 02:34:10','2014-08-01 02:34:10','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3384',0,'post','',0),(3389,1,'2011-02-11 04:36:53','2011-02-11 04:36:53','We\'ve just started playing with <a href=\"http://8tracks.com/hiddenshoal\" target=\"_blank\">8tracks</a> in the hope of getting regular mixes published for your listening pleasure. We\'ll test the platform out a little more and if it feels good then expect more of these to come. Here\'s something gentle and exploratory to start the show.\n\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://8tracks.com/mixes/235554/player_v3\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" src=\"http://8tracks.com/mixes/235554/player_v3\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\"></embed></object>','Hidden Shoal Minimalism Mix Tape','','publish','closed','open','','minimalism-mix-tape','','','2016-02-03 16:11:04','2016-02-03 08:11:04','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3389',0,'post','',0),(3398,1,'2011-02-15 11:27:28','2011-02-15 11:27:28','Excerpt: \"Boxharp is singer/songwriter Wendy Allen and producer/engineer Scott Solter.  It is also a dulcimer style harp that frequently appears in the band’s  intriguing mix of modern beats, Celtic/Appalachian folk, and antique  musical renderings. Like other artists that have married unusual musical  genres, such as Afro Celt Sound System‘s West African-Celtic melange, Boxharp deftly mixes ghostly vocals with warm, ambient tones. Wendy and Scott meander through Burl Ives, poet Vachel Lindsay, and dive back to 1733 for the Leatherwing Bat (also known as The Bird’s Courting Song). The ghost of Sandy Denny also seems to flit in and out of this antique ditty, which would slot nicely onto Fairport Convention‘s brilliant Liege and Lief (Island,  1969) album. Allen’s personal ghosts also inform some of her lyrics,  and surround music box tones with a mystical air. All these elements fit  together into a logical whole and make for an uneasy but always  engaging listen. With no less a dignitary than David Bowie lauding them, Boxharp seems poised for a bright future in the ambient,  folktronic, and experimental music space.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2011/02/10/sound-bytes-asura-boxharp-arc-of-doves-and-boy-is-fiction/\" target=\"_blank\">Headphone Commute</a>','Boxharp &#039;The Green&#039; - Headphone Commute','','publish','closed','open','','boxharp-the-green-headphone-commute','','','2011-02-15 11:27:28','2011-02-15 11:27:28','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3398',0,'post','',0),(3405,1,'2011-02-16 15:23:14','2011-02-16 15:23:14','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Hotels\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/casino_MED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" />In its first week in rotation (and a week before its official release) Hotels incredible new album <em>On The Casino Floor</em> has charted at number 16 in the <a href=\"http://www.3wk.com/chart.php\" target=\"_blank\">3WK Top 30</a>. <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=35&amp;products_id=163\">Pre-order</a> your copy of the CD now ahead of its release on the 23rd of Feb. The CD version of the album comes with a stunning fold out poster designed by ever brilliant Stuart Medley.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Hotels/on_the_casino_floor/04_The_Bat_Watusi.mp3\">Hotels - The Bat Watusi</a> <em>Hotels - The Bat Watusi</em>','Hotels Charting at 3WK','','publish','closed','open','','hotels-charting-at-3wk','','','2016-02-03 15:43:36','2016-02-03 07:43:36','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3405',0,'post','',0),(3407,1,'2011-02-23 03:08:49','2011-02-23 03:08:49','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"City of Satellites - &quot;BMX&quot;\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/bmx_MED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" />The Dael Oates directed <a href=\"http://vimeo.com/14790880\" target=\"_blank\">music video</a> masterpiece for the City of Satellites track \"<a href=\"http://music.cityofsatellites.com/album/machine-is-my-animal\">BMX</a>\" has been selected as part of the Experimental Showcase Programme at the <a href=\"http://www.bbff.com.au/preview?film_id=239&amp;session_id=36\">Byron Bay International Film Festival</a>.\r\n\r\nThe festival is held from the 4th to the 13th of March in beautiful Byron Bay in New South Wales, Australia. Check out the full programme <a href=\"http://www.bbff.com.au/programme\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> and view the video <a href=\"http://vimeo.com/14790880\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.','City of Satellites \'BMX\' Music Video at Byron Bay Film Festival','','publish','closed','open','','city-of-satellites-bmx-music-video-at-byron-bay-film-festival','','','2016-02-03 16:48:57','2016-02-03 08:48:57','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3407',0,'post','',0),(3413,1,'2011-02-23 09:17:07','2011-02-23 09:17:07','<img src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/On-The-Casino-Floor-Cover-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"226\" align=\"left\" />Seattle-based sci-fi pop band <a href=\"http://hotelsmusic.com/\">Hotels</a>,    one of KEXP’s ‘top discoveries’ of recent years, are back with their    latest opus. Hotels’ third album  sees the    much-loved band build on the strengths of their acclaimed sophomore    album <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=35&amp;products_id=100\"><em>Where Hearts Go Broke</em></a>, taking their addictive and singular meld of post-punk, shoegaze rock and cinematic pop and launching it into outer space. <em>On The Casino Floor</em> is a dizzying concept album, its seven masterful cuts telling the   story  of a secret agent, his former mentor and current arch-nemesis,   and a  nefarious prince’s plan to destroy Earth during the grand opening   of the  universe’s only outer space casino complex...\n\nThe album features the Brian-Wilson-meets-Mercury-Rev melancholy of    ‘Lonely Islands’, the majestic astral pop of the title track, the noir    surf punk of single ‘The Bat Watusi’, and the John Barry-inspired dream    rock that is finale ‘Sleep In Fame’.\n\n<em>“Hotels fuse elements of new wave, goth, and surf so seamlessly that    genre tags will be the last thing on your mind when you hear their    bittersweet, atmospheric pop songs” </em>– <strong>Time Out New York</strong>\n\n<em>“...a tightly nuanced and ominous track filled with homage to the    drive-in horror B-flicks of yesteryear. Not to mention the ghosts of    Link Wray and Dick Dale lurking in the shadows. Though cinematic in    scope, ‘The Bat Watusi’ is frantic, sinister garage rock at its    ass-shaking core.”</em> - <strong>My Old Kentucky Blog</strong>\n\n<strong> </strong><strong>Release Date and Availability</strong>\n<em>On The Casino Floor</em> is out now through Hidden Shoal Recordings and distributed via <a href=\"http://n5mailorder.com/index.php?main_page=product_music_info&amp;cPath=17&amp;products_id=1144\">n5Mailorder</a>.  The CD version of the album features stunning artwork including a fold  out poster,  all designed by the wonderful Stuart Medley. Head to the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=35&amp;products_id=163\">Hidden Shoal Store</a> for all availability info and to stream the album in full. The   spectacular album launch (burlesque dancers and ninjas!) takes place in   Seattle on 26 February 2011 at the Columbia City Theater. Check the <a href=\"http://hotelsmusic.com/\">Hotels\' website</a> for full details.\n\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"46\" height=\"23\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"data\" value=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=3741864858/size=short/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB//\" /><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" /><param name=\"allowNetworking\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" /><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" /><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"never\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=3741864858/size=short/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB//\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"46\" height=\"23\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=3741864858/size=short/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB//\" allowscriptaccess=\"never\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" wmode=\"transparent\" allownetworking=\"always\" quality=\"high\" data=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=3741864858/size=short/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB//\"></embed></object> Hotels - \'Lonely Islands\'','Hotels &quot;On The Casino Floor&quot; Out Now!','','publish','closed','open','','hotels-on-the-casino-floor-out-now','','','2016-02-03 15:43:36','2016-02-03 07:43:36','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3413',0,'post','',0),(3424,1,'2011-02-23 21:43:03','2011-02-23 21:43:03','Excerpt: \"Liam Singer has turned out another freakishly beautiful single - a lush, dreamy dance of harpsichord and violin. The classical influences and contemporary structure marry perfectly, creating a sound that is formal but warm, romantic but slightly abstract. Somewhere between Sufjan Stevens, The Magnetic Fields and The Brandenburg Orchestra.\"\n\nBeat magazine, Melbourne, 23 February 2011','Liam Singer &quot;The Brief Encounter&quot; - Beat magazine','','publish','closed','open','','liam-singer-the-brief-encounter-beat-magazine','','','2011-02-23 21:43:03','2011-02-23 21:43:03','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3424',0,'post','',0),(3426,1,'2011-02-24 15:39:18','2011-02-24 15:39:18','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Hotels\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/galleries/Hotels/lazy-k-thumbs/Hotels_at_Bumbershoot_-_Jason_Tang.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" />Hotels\' \"<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=35&amp;products_id=163\">On The Casino Floor</a>\" cd release show is fast approaching and things are hotting up! Lets hear from the band themselves why you are nowhere if you aren\'t at Columbia City Theater in Seattle on the 26th of Feb:\n\n\"Joining  the show is the velvety voice of Kim Miller (Mono in VCF), gorgeous  burlesque dancers, a special appearance by Hotels\' drummer emeritus Max  Wood, and a cameo appearance by the handsome Josh Monuteaux. Oh yes, and  deadly ninjas!! The masterful DJ Marco Collins won\'t even tell us what  he has planned for the evening. We only know he\'s been spending time in  his basement working on the dance party day and night, night and day. We  can\'t wait!!\"\n\nIf you haven\'t already purchased your tickets, you still can still do so at <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/153571\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/153571</a>, but you\'d better hurry!\n\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"46\" height=\"23\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"data\" value=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=3089283679/size=short/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB//\" /><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" /><param name=\"allowNetworking\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" /><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" /><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"never\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=3089283679/size=short/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB//\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"46\" height=\"23\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=3089283679/size=short/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB//\" allowscriptaccess=\"never\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" wmode=\"transparent\" allownetworking=\"always\" quality=\"high\" data=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=3089283679/size=short/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB//\"></embed></object> Hotels - \'The Bat Watusi\'','Hotels &quot;On The Casino Floor&quot; CD Launch 26th Feb','','publish','closed','open','','hotels-on-the-casino-floor-cd-launch-26th-feb','','','2016-02-03 15:43:35','2016-02-03 07:43:35','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3426',0,'post','',0),(3428,1,'2011-03-07 07:33:26','2011-03-07 07:33:26','Excerpt: \"Most times a band of any kind is made up of people who all basically  want to play a certain kind of music. So many genres, they normally have  similar influences and similar sounds which all form together to make a  punk band, or an electro-pop band, or even a marching band for that  matter. In the case of Hotels’ newest release, On the Casino Floor,  that age-old formula doesn’t seem to apply. Hotels founder Blake Madden  provides post-punk basslines and vocals that seem to have been  influenced by The Strokes. Add surfy and psychy guitarlines with a new  wave synth and what you’re left with is a very different kind of  listening experience. What’s even more intriguing than that? It actually  works. Pretty well, for that matter.... On the whole, the  songwriting of On the Casino Floor is clever and original. The electro influence present in On the Casino Floor is like gas is to the automobile. Alone, On the Casino Floor looks  nice and can be admired, but it’s the synth that really takes you  places. My only real gripe is how short the album was. Only seven tracks  (one of which is a minute long instrumental) left me wanting more. That  being said, Seattle-based Hotels is proof that not all roads lead to  Brooklyn.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.groovemine.com/rantsraves_review_hotels_on-the-casino-floor\" target=\"_blank\">Groovemine</a>','Hotels &#039;On the Casino Floor&#039; - Groovemine','','publish','closed','open','','hotels-on-the-casino-floor-groovemine','','','2011-03-07 07:33:26','2011-03-07 07:33:26','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3428',0,'post','',0),(3430,1,'2011-03-07 07:33:21','2011-03-07 07:33:21','Excerpt: \"Two years after their well deserved critically acclaimed sophomore album Where Hearts Go Broke the Seattle-based sci-fi pop band Hotels releases their third album; On The Casino Floor. A seven track concept album that moves their cinematic sound close to fulfillment.<em> On The Casino Floor</em> tells the story of a secret agent, his former mentor gone bad, and a devious prince\'s plan to destroy the universe\'s only space casino complex. Not surprisingly this gives a soundscape made out of spaghetti western images, and romantic Bond-like moves, added just a dash of <em>Star Trek</em>. A most charming combination. The opener, \"From the West\", is a lovely gothic-surf-tune, that bows pleasantly to Morricone, yet keeping its own distinct synth theme, that briefly returns in the short, instrumental fifth track, \"Smith Lands On The Casino Planet\". The second song, \"Lonely Island\", provides a fuzzy melancholic feel, where Blake Maddens\' baritone lingers just on the edge of ethereal goosebumps. Then there is the seven minutes majestic, delightful and dreamy title track, that tingles into the distressed, yet playful dark-lounge rock single, \"The Bat Watsubi\". \"Trouble At The Consulate\" turns even darker, with its somewhat agitating cold disco-out-of-space-beat. Before it all adds up in the closure, \"Sleep In Fame\", a shoegazed star-pop dream-piece of a song. In short, Hotels have with <em>On The Casino Floor</em> delivered an almost epic musical storyline for a space movie that were never made. But, I sure would have been first in line to see it, just based on the magnificent soundtrack.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.lunakafe.com/moon177/uswa177.php\" target=\"_blank\">Luna Kafe</a>','Hotels &#039;On the Casino Floor&#039; - Luna Kafe','','publish','closed','open','','hotels-on-the-casino-floor-luna-kafe','','','2011-03-07 07:33:21','2011-03-07 07:33:21','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3430',0,'post','',0),(3433,1,'2011-03-02 07:48:19','2011-03-02 07:48:19','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Jumpel - &quot;Europa&quot;\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/europa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />Jumpel\'s sublime 2010 album <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=22&amp;products_id=159\"><em>Europa</em></a> continues to chart at the excellent Portland radio station <a href=\"http://kboo.fm\" target=\"_blank\">KBOO</a>. The album has been making dents across a number of US college stations over the last few months - quite rightly so we say!\n\nCheck out availability details, free downloads and stream the album in full <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/jumpel/\">here</a>.\n\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"46\" height=\"23\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"data\" value=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=906781743/size=short/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB//\" /><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" /><param name=\"allowNetworking\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" /><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" /><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"never\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=906781743/size=short/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB//\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"46\" height=\"23\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=906781743/size=short/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB//\" allowscriptaccess=\"never\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" wmode=\"transparent\" allownetworking=\"always\" quality=\"high\" data=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=906781743/size=short/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB//\"></embed></object> Jumpel - \'Rom\'','Jumpel Continues to Chart at KBOO','','publish','closed','open','','jumpel-continues-to-chart-at-kboo','','','2011-03-02 07:48:19','2011-03-02 07:48:19','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3433',0,'post','',0),(3443,1,'2011-03-07 07:36:19','2011-03-07 07:36:19','Excerpt: \"... Oh what can we say about this endearing darling, short, sweet, trimmed with a glowing fuzzy felt homeliness and ends unexpectedly mid flow. Well that’s the shortened version for the latest release on the much admired and esteemed hidden shoal imprint finds ’the brief encounter’ being lifted from Brooklyn based Liam Singer’s acclaimed ’dislocatia’ full length. Accompanied by Boxharp’s Wendy Allen and lushly filtered by a disarming cortege of school choirs and celestial chorus’ ’the brief encounter’ is a magically enchanting visitation of spectral delights, sepia trimmed symphonies and unworldly whispers gleaned, glowing and graced amid the same subdued yet heart warming faraway aura as found amid the dusted pages of a classical fairytale to which takes flight upon a tempting and heavenly set piping of apparition like cantering key flurries teased and tousled by a fleeting throng of star twinkled celestial fluttering arcs to leave you bathed in the momentary radiance of something beautifully bewitching and beguiling.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://losingtoday.com/tales.php?id=354\" target=\"_blank\">Losing Today</a>','Liam Singer &#039;The Brief Encounter&#039; - Losing Today','','publish','closed','open','','liam-singer-the-brief-encounter-losing-today','','','2011-03-07 07:36:19','2011-03-07 07:36:19','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3443',0,'post','',0),(3447,1,'2011-03-07 07:53:01','2011-03-07 07:53:01','Excerpt: \"The Brief Encounter has piano, hammered dulcimer, and fiddle. I believe  there are also some electronically processed sounds, but if so, that is  done with great subtlety. The song tells the story of a man who has an  encounter with a ghost, and the song itself floats along, wrapped in  beauty. The arrangement has hardly any low end, so the sense of floating  described in the lyric is perfectly stated musically. But the ghost  wants to show the narrator something, and suddenly the music becomes  briefly dissonant. The moment is gently jarring, and the narrator floats  back to himself, somewhat shaken. It’s subtle but powerful, and that  could also describe the rest of the music on this album. Liam Singer  presents a mix of vocal and instrumental songs here. The textures vary  just enough to make the album as a whole a wonderful listen. The album  was produced by Scott Solter, and the female vocalist is Wendy Allen;  both are from the group Boxharp. It looks like I need to know more about  them as well.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://oliverdiplace.blogspot.com/2011/02/back-towards-normal.html\" target=\"_blank\">Oliver di Place</a>','Liam Singer &#039;The Brief Encounter&#039; - Oliver di Place','','publish','closed','open','','liam-singer-the-brief-encounter-oliver-di-place','','','2011-03-07 07:53:01','2011-03-07 07:53:01','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3447',0,'post','',0),(3452,1,'2011-03-07 08:00:18','2011-03-07 08:00:18','Excerpt: \"On The Casino Floor is the   newest album from the Seattle-based band Hotels, this release is a   seven-song concept album that tells the story of a secret agent and his   attempts to save the world from an evil galactic prince. Overall the   album has a more refined sound than “Where Hearts Go Broke” their   previous release, gone are the Devo tinged songs, and moody Joy Division   tunes replaced here with moody dark atmospheric textures.... “The   Bat Watusi” is a close to a dance song you’ll get here, it boasts a   great mix of screeching guitar, driving bass and dreamy synth.  This   band has no problems blending surf and astral sounds together and they   do it with ease lyrically telling the agent how to “meet contact over   blackjack, then lay low with Halo, from here on out your solo”. This is   followed up with a short instrumental “Smith Lands On The Casino  Planet”  which transitions into “Trouble At The Consulate” a song that  sounds as  though it is from a soundtrack to an imaginary Phillip K.  Dick movie as  they prepare to carry out their mission. The final cut  “Sleep In Fame”  closes the album and story line beautifully with the  two former friends,  now enemies in a face to face showdown “Hello again  my friend, it seems  the hour’s getting late here”. This record shows  that the concept album  is alive and works, the release showcases the  growth of the band in  both their sound as well as their  songwriting/storytelling abilities.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.scenepointblank.com/reviews/hotels/on-the-casino-floor\" target=\"_blank\">Scene Point Blank</a>','Hotels &#039;On the Casino Floor&#039; - Scene Point Blank','','publish','closed','open','','hotels-on-the-casino-floor-scene-point-blank','','','2011-03-07 08:00:18','2011-03-07 08:00:18','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3452',0,'post','',0),(3458,1,'2011-03-14 14:39:45','2011-03-14 14:39:45','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/casino.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />We\'ve all patiently waited to hear more from the majestic <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=35\" target=\"_blank\">Hotels</a> and our patience has been rewarded thricefold with <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=35&amp;products_id=163\" target=\"_blank\"><em>On the Casino Floor</em></a>. The epic concept album has already received rave reviews and you can be sure there are more on the way. Amongst those singing the albums praises are Perth\'s ever wonderful <a href=\"http://www.rtrfm.com.au/\" target=\"_blank\">RTRFM</a> who have selected it as this week\'s Drivetime Feature Album. The album will be featured all week on the station and Perth folks can win themselves a copy each day on the <a href=\"http://www.rtrfm.com.au/shows/drivetime\" target=\"_blank\">Drivetime</a> show.\n\n<object data=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=3080191799/size=short/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB//\" type=\"text/html\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" width=\"46\" height=\"23\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=3080191799/size=short/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB//\"><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\"><param name=\"allowNetworking\" value=\"always\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"never\"><object data=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=3080191799/size=short/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB//\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"46\" height=\"23\"></object></object>\n Hotels - \'Trouble at the Consulate\'','Hotels - RTRFM Feature Album','','publish','closed','open','','hotels-rtrfm-feature-album','','','2016-02-03 15:43:35','2016-02-03 07:43:35','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3458',0,'post','',0),(3466,1,'2011-03-07 13:56:38','2011-03-07 13:56:38','<img src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/large/wildride_LRG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" align=\"left\" /><a href=\"http://http://music.hiddenshoal.com\">Hidden Shoal Recordings</a> is proud to announce the release of ‘Wild Ride’, the second single from <em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=31&amp;products_id=147\">On Holiday</a> </em>by shadowy lounge-pop maestro Rich Bennett.  The track will be available for <a href=\"http://tinyurl.com/4lql237\">free download</a> for a limited time.\n\nAfter the deliciously breezy pop of single ‘Misty Valley, ‘Wild Ride’ is where <em>On Holiday’s</em> anxious undertones begin to creep in more forcefully. In a similar vein to Rich Bennett’s fantastic recent release <em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=31&amp;products_id=161\">Buddy Cop</a></em>,  ‘Wild Ride’ is constructed from the juiciest synth sounds, coming  across like edgy ‘80s electronica. A fat, arpeggiated bassline is  layered with aching melodies, over which Bennett’s urgent vocal line is  shadowed by Rebecca Pronsky. ‘Wild Ride’ distills Bennett’s mastery of  disparate genres into a perfectly brooding synth-pop nugget. The track  is accompanied by a wonderfully playful found-footage music video.\n\nThe music of supermarkets, elevators and doctor’s offices has been  floating around inside Brooklyn resident Rich Bennett’s head since he  was born. It’s no wonder that Bennett’s music seems to spring from those  delightfully soporific melodies he heard as a child riding in his mom’s  shopping cart. Bennett’s debut solo outing Music For Underwater  Supermarkets is the glistening fruit of a retreat back to those aisles. <em>On Holiday</em> explores these atmospheres further, creating dark and complex pop  music, featuring Bennett’s vocals for the first time. Bennett’s recent    mini-album Buddy Cop saw him create a soundtrack to an imaginary film -  a retro-futuristic love affair between Ennio Morricone and John  Carpenter.\n\n<em>“… an experiment in the emotionally-ached and the musically placid … a    sense of risky songwriting elevates On Holiday as a whole … Rich   Bennett  is trying to do something incredibly ambitious, and maybe to a   fault,  taking the essentials of lounge, something almost universally   joked  about, and recording them in a new context and for a new   audience.” </em>–  <strong>Delusions of Adequacy</strong>\n\n<em> “This is the perfect blend of cheesy lounge flavour cut with a scary    ambience that is like a deserted shopping centre in the 1970s where    someone left the music running. Underneath all of that NY’s Rich  Bennett   and co. are a pretty gifted bunch of songwriters as well.  People have   heard everything from Bacharach to Morricone in this; some  of them call   it retro-futurist pop, I call it fantastic.”</em> – <strong>4zzz</strong>\n\n<strong>Availability</strong>\n\n‘Wild Ride’ is available for <a href=\"http://tinyurl.com/4lql237\">free download from the Hidden Shoal Store</a> for a limited time and the accompanying music video can be streamed on <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCFkgXwplhY\">Youtube</a>. <em>On Holiday</em> is available on CD and mp3 format from the <a href=\"http://tinyurl.com/38vt7gs\">Hidden Shoal Store</a> and distributed via <a href=\"http://tinyurl.com/38t55ze\">n5Mailorder</a>.\n\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"400\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/vCFkgXwplhY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>','Rich Bennett &#039;Wild Ride&#039; - Single and Video','','draft','closed','open','','rich-bennett-wild-ride-single-and-video','','','2014-08-01 01:56:37','2014-08-01 01:56:37','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3466',0,'post','',0),(3469,1,'2011-03-10 07:24:22','2011-03-10 07:24:22','<img src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/antonymes.jpg\" alt=\"Antonymes\" width=\"165\" height=\"165\" align=\"left\" />Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the release of the new single ‘<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=49&amp;products_id=166\">Endlessly</a>’ by neo-classical/minimal ambient artist <a href=\"http://antonymes.co.uk/\">Antonymes</a>, along with its accompanying video, taken from the forthcoming album <em>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</em>.\n\nIn its opening moments, ‘Endlessly’ patiently weaves traces of nature  with unearthly, oscillating tones, creating a delicate, pensive  atmosphere. Its apex comes halfway through as the gentle tones give way  to a strident, emotive piano theme. The <a href=\"http://vimeo.com/20588195\">accompanying video</a> is a continuation of Antonymes’ stunning explorations into the still  and moving image. Hypnotic, minimal and expertly crafted, it is the  perfect visual echo of the music.\n\n<em>The Licence To Interpret  Dreams</em> is an album of resonant beauty,  it is as expansive as the wilds of  North Wales from which it came, yet  as delicate and intimate as a loved  one’s breath upon your skin. Each  song deploys a modest array of  instruments and textures, giving them  ample space to breathe and glow. <strong>\n</strong>\n\n<em>“sound sketches of enormous, if fragile, beauty”</em> <strong>– The Silent Ballet on <em>Beauty Becomes the Enemy of the Future</em></strong>\n\n<em>“... ‘Beauty Becomes The Enemy Of The Future’ is without doubt an   exceptional release that manages to capture everything that is so   special about experimental music, and is up there with the likes of   Skelton for the message that the music conveys through both sound and   design.” </em>-<strong> Fluid Radio </strong><strong>on <em>Beauty Becomes the Enemy of the Future</em></strong>\n\n‘Endlessly’ is available for free download from the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=49&amp;products_id=166\">HSR Store</a>, and the accompanying video can be streamed on Hidden Shoal’s channel at <a href=\"http://vimeo.com/20588195\">Vimeo</a> and <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4senhm9eiTY\">YouTube</a>. <em>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</em> is released on 21 April, distributed via <a href=\"http://n5mailorder.com/\">n5Mailorder</a>, and will be available for pre-order from 1 April.\n\n<iframe src=\"http://player.vimeo.com/video/20588195?byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=ffffff\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>','Antonymes &#039;Endlessly&#039; - Single and Video','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-endlessly-single-and-video','','','2016-02-03 13:42:00','2016-02-03 05:42:00','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3469',0,'post','',0),(3480,1,'2011-03-21 11:09:44','2011-03-21 11:09:44','Excerpt: \"In an interview with yours truly for [sic] Magazine, Hotels’ frontman  Blake Madden revealed the band’s next project would be a “a spy epic  set in a casino in outer space”.... ‘On The Casino Floor’ is a  sprawling and enigmatic work of art. No doubt about it, Hotels have come a long way since their brilliant  but rather naive debut. Madden sounds jaded as soon as he opens his  mouth for ‘From The West’ whilst  ‘Lonely Islands’ is almost overcome  with despair but its epic arrangement is rather beautiful.  Unsurprisingly, the title track is similarly troubled by misery; evoking  both spaghetti westerns and arty synth pop.... ‘On The Casino Floor’ makes one genuinely feel that you’ve  experienced the rollercoaster of emotions from a gambling environment;  where the line between success and failure is wafer thin and usually  results in the latter. Yet at least the excitement, romance and style is  there in abundance to make it all worthwhile. Overall, it’s a brave  record and one which ultimately works as a concept and as a fine album.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://leonardslair.wordpress.com/2011/03/05/review-hotels-on-the-casino-floor/\" target=\"_blank\">Leonard\'s Lair</a>','Hotels &#039;On the Casino Floor&#039; - Leonard&#039;s Lair','','publish','closed','open','','hotels-on-the-casino-floor-leonards-lair','','','2011-03-21 11:09:44','2011-03-21 11:09:44','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3480',0,'post','',0),(3486,1,'2011-03-21 13:46:20','2011-03-21 13:46:20','<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/slow-dancing-society/\"><img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Under The Sodium Lights\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/undersodium_MED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" />Slow Dancing Society\'s</a> latest opus <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=13&amp;products_id=153\"><em>Under The Sodium Lights</em></a> has weaved its spell at the always excellent <a href=\"http://kzsu.stanford.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">KZSU </a>by grabbing the number one spot on <a href=\"http://zookeeper.stanford.edu/index.php?session=&amp;action=viewChart\" target=\"_blank\">last weeks airplay charts</a>. Kudos to KZSU for its brilliant music programming - this week\'s number two spot belongs to Tim Hecker.\n\nCheck out Slow Dancing Society releases at the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/slow-dancing-society/\">Hidden Shoal Store</a> including <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> as well as free downloads and full album streams. Stay tuned for more exciting SDS news coming soon!\n\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"46\" height=\"23\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"data\" value=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=312187341/size=short/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB//\" /><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" /><param name=\"allowNetworking\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" /><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" /><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"never\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=312187341/size=short/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB//\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"46\" height=\"23\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=312187341/size=short/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB//\" allowscriptaccess=\"never\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" wmode=\"transparent\" allownetworking=\"always\" quality=\"high\" data=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=312187341/size=short/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB//\"></embed></object> Slow Dancing Society - \'Laura\'s Dream\'','Slow Dancing Society Tops the KZSU Charts!!!','','publish','closed','open','','slow-dancing-society-tops-the-kzsu-charts','','','2011-03-21 13:46:20','2011-03-21 13:46:20','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3486',0,'post','',0),(3491,1,'2011-03-24 04:12:36','2011-03-24 04:12:36','<img src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Misty-Valley-Thumb-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" align=\"left\" />Hidden Shoal are excited to present the gorgeous <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p-U7oY1B8c\">new video</a> for Rich Bennett\'s 2010 single \'Misty Valley\',    taken from his acclaimed album <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=31&amp;products_id=147\"><em>On Holiday</em></a>. Beautifully    edited using found footage from the \'60s, it\'s the perfect visual    accompaniment to the sublime, breezy pop of \'Misty Valley\'. Check out the video over at <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p-U7oY1B8c\">YouTube</a> and download the single for free <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=31&amp;products_id=143\">here</a>.\n\n<em>“This is the perfect blend of cheesy lounge flavour cut with a scary ambience that is like a deserted shopping centre in the 1970s where someone left the music running. Underneath all of that NY’s Rich Bennett   and co. are a pretty gifted bunch of songwriters as well. People have heard everything from Bacharach to Morricone in this; some of them call it retro-futurist pop, I call it fantastic.”</em> – <strong>4zzz</strong>\n\nFor fans in Europe aching to catch the magic of Rich Bennett live, the  wait is almost over - well, it is if you live in Luxembourg and Belgium.\n\n<strong>Dates as follows:</strong>\n\n14 April - AutrePart the lounge, Luxembourg\n\n15 April - Le Chab, Brussels BE\n\n16 April<strong> </strong>- White Cat, Ghent BE  with Hidden Shoal\'s dream pop maestros <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/colour-kane/\">Colour Kane</a>!\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\nThe \'Misty Valley\' music video can be streamed on <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p-U7oY1B8c\" target=\"_blank\">Youtube </a>and <a href=\"http://vimeo.com/21291311\" target=\"_blank\">Vimeo</a> and the track  is available for <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=31&amp;products_id=143\">free download from the Hidden Shoal Store</a>. <em>On Holiday</em> is available on CD and mp3 format from the <a href=\"http://tinyurl.com/38vt7gs\">Hidden Shoal Store</a> and distributed via <a href=\"http://tinyurl.com/38t55ze\">n5Mailorder</a>.\n\n\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"46\" height=\"23\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=2309993692/size=short/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB//\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"46\" height=\"23\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=2309993692/size=short/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB//\"></embed></object> Rich Bennett - \'Misty Valley\'','Rich Bennett - &#039;Misty Valley&#039; Video and Benelux Tour ','','draft','closed','open','','rich-bennett-misty-valley-video-and-benelux-tour','','','2014-08-01 01:56:37','2014-08-01 01:56:37','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3491',0,'post','',0),(3504,1,'2011-03-24 10:28:27','2011-03-24 10:28:27','Excerpt: \"Definitely one of the best new pos-rock bands, APRICOT RAIL hails from  Perth.... The  music of APRICOT RAIL is a unique mix of guitar-lead classic post-rock a  la MONO and MOGWAI, extra percussion and, surprisingly maybe, a wind  section consisting of clarinet and flute.... Delicate, melancholic singing comes to set the purpose of this  creative unit as a search for ultimate aesthetic beauty rather than  formal experiment. The musical landscapes created by all this are at  times delicate and charming, or majestic and powerful, and always highly  emotional. In conclusion, APRICOT RAIL is highly recommended to  those searching for melancholic, beautiful music and a highly refined  musical content at the same time.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=6261\" target=\"_blank\">Prog Archives</a>','Apricot Rail - Prog Archives','','publish','closed','open','','apricot-rail-prog-archives','','','2011-03-24 10:28:27','2011-03-24 10:28:27','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3504',0,'post','',0),(3509,1,'2011-03-25 05:10:46','2011-03-25 05:10:46','Excerpt: \"Sublime cut from last year\'s great <em>Dislocatia</em> album. A rushing, tacked piano opens like silent film accompaniment, then a ghost story with a spectral female backing vocal (Wendy Allen of labelmates Boxharp) carries the plot, finishing with a flourish of violins, riding above a children\'s choir coda. One of many compelling mini-symphonies on Singer\'s current, classy album.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.ucc.ie/ccr\" target=\"_blank\">The Underground of Happiness</a>','Liam Singer &#039;The Brief Encounter&#039; - The Underground of Happiness','','publish','closed','open','','liam-singer-the-brief-encounter-the-underground-of-happiness','','','2011-03-25 05:10:46','2011-03-25 05:10:46','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3509',0,'post','',0),(3513,1,'2011-03-25 05:11:37','2011-03-25 05:11:37','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/dislocatia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" /><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=48&amp;zenid=5b9cdca7ec71dfb6a47db75ff2631446\" target=\"_blank\">Liam Singer</a>, our enigmatic chamber-pop composer, is still turning heads with another great review on <a href=\"http://www.theundergroundofhappiness.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Underground of Happiness</a> last week . If you haven’t already, you can pick up a copy of his debut release <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=48&amp;products_id=155&amp;zenid=5b9cdca7ec71dfb6a47db75ff2631446\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Dislocatia</em></a> at our lovely little store <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=48&amp;products_id=155&amp;zenid=5b9cdca7ec71dfb6a47db75ff2631446\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.\n\n<em><a href=\"../cat/news/liam-singer-news/page/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Liam_Singer/Dislocatia/05_Winter_Weeds.mp3\" target=\"_self\">Liam Singer – Winter Weeds</a> </em>Liam Singer – <em>Winter Weeds </em>','Liam Singer on the Underground','','publish','closed','open','','liam-singer-on-the-underground','','','2011-03-25 05:11:37','2011-03-25 05:11:37','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3513',0,'post','',0),(3515,1,'2011-03-25 05:12:07','2011-03-25 05:12:07','Excerpt: \"For the  past two years, Antonymes has been working hard to make an impact, which  seems an odd thing to say about a man whose music is so quiet.  And  yet, as counter-intuitive as it may seem, it often takes more talent to  play fewer notes: to know when to hold back, to pry open bars of  silence.  <em>The License to Interpret Dreams </em>succeeds because it  establishes a contemplative mood through music, silence, and  (occasional) spoken word.  To say that the artist pulls it off without  really trying is to ignore the intentionality behind the ambience.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/367/ItemID/3983/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">The Silent Ballet</a>','Antonymes &#039;The License to Interprate Dreams&#039; - The Silent Ballet','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-the-license-to-interprate-dreams-the-silent-ballet','','','2011-03-25 05:12:07','2011-03-25 05:12:07','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3515',0,'post','',0),(3518,1,'2011-03-25 05:15:18','2011-03-25 05:15:18','Excerpt: \"Much like Fat Cat’s enigmatic Hauschka and found  applying a similar ear for the harnessing, manipulating and  choreographing of space and silence as additional instrumentation to  enhance both mood and texture as Jon Atwood nee Yellow6, Antonymes  dapples his aural canvas with the merest minutiae of detail, both  measured and elegiac. \'Endlessly’ is dinked with the lightest of  touches, almost ghost like in texture and effect as though a brief  passing moment clipped, frozen and suspended in time. graced all at once  with a softly euphoric text eclipsed with a saddening solitude that  teeters and trembles from the tender to the bruised, betwixt the  delicately whispered curves the opening choral lull of ice ravaged  spectral opines melt in tear traced formation to silently bow to a  moment paused introspective and briefly fleeting noir scratched key  refrain of Satie majesty.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.losingtoday.com/tales.php?id=357\" target=\"_blank\">Losing Today</a>','Antonymes &#039;Endlessly&#039; - Losing Today','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-endlessly-losing-today','','','2011-03-25 05:15:18','2011-03-25 05:15:18','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3518',0,'post','',0),(3520,1,'2011-03-25 05:16:56','2011-03-25 05:16:56','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/endlessly.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" /><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=49&amp;products_id=166\" target=\"_blank\">Antonymes</a>\' ethereal debut single \'<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=49&amp;products_id=166\" target=\"_blank\">Endlessly</a><em>\',</em> released early this month, has already been receiving some well-deserved attention from <a href=\"http://www.losingtoday.com/tales.php?id=357\" target=\"_blank\">Losing Today</a> and <a href=\"http://www.thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/367/ItemID/3983/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">The Silent Ballet</a>. Do yourself a favour and take a listen below...\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Antonymes/licence/07_Endlessly.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Antonymes - <em>Endlessly</em></a> Antonymes - <em>Endlessly</em>','Antonymes on Losing Today and The Silent Ballet','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-on-losing-today-and-the-silent-ballet','','','2016-02-03 13:42:00','2016-02-03 05:42:00','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3520',0,'post','',0),(3529,1,'2011-03-28 13:39:32','2011-03-28 13:39:32','<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hotels_at_Bumbershoot_-_Jason_Tang1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3534\" title=\"Hotels at Bumbershoot\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hotels_at_Bumbershoot_-_Jason_Tang1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>The mighty <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/hotels/\">Hotels</a> have been chosen by Billboard as one of 18 bands to contend for their 2011 Battle of the Bands. With your help we can make sure they wipe the stage clean in vegas in their inimitable style.\n\nFor the full picture we shall now hand you over to the band,\n\n<em>\"Everyone loves a good underdog story. This is your chance to be a part of one.</em>\n\n<em>For as winter at long last turns to spring here in the sleepy Northwest, Hotels finds itself as 1 of 18 bands included in Billboard.com\'s (yes, THAT Billboard.com) Battle of the Bands. Our 18 will be narrowed down to 6 finalists (each from a different region of the country) via fan vote on the Billboard.com Battle of the Bands site. The 6 finalists will road-trip down to Las Vegas- gigging and documenting their trip along the way- for a shot at the grand prize: a live performance slot during this year\'s Billboard Music Awards Show.</em>\n\n<em>Take a minute with all that if you need to. We took several.</em>\n\n<em>We need your help to be the Cinderella story to come out of our Northwest bracket. Our competition: the mighty Champagne Champagne and Grynch. Your votes over the next few weeks will determine who goes to Vegas, and who stays home doing their best Brando \'I coulda been a contenda\' in the mirror.</em>\n\n<em>We need you, travelers. Now more than ever.\"</em>\n\nVOTE NOW:\n\n<a href=\"http://www.billboard.com/features/botb-northwest-1005066102.story#/features/botb-northwest-1005066102.story\">http://www.billboard.com/features/botb-northwest-1005066102.story#/features/botb-northwest-1005066102.story</a>','Hotels Chosen by Billboard for Battle of the Bands - Vote NOW!!!','','publish','closed','open','','hotels-chosen-by-billboard-for-battle-of-the-bands-vote-now','','','2016-02-03 15:43:04','2016-02-03 07:43:04','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3529',0,'post','',0),(3531,1,'2011-04-01 04:05:48','2011-04-01 04:05:48','Excerpt: \"Hotels mainman Blake Madden is on record as describing this album              as (deep breath) \' a spy epic set in a casino in outer space\'... Ry              Cooder with a Morrissey quiff and a set of effects pedals, the echoing,              Bigsby twisted riffs that were such a notable part of previous Hotels              album \'Where Hearts Go Broke\' are placed less obviously centre stage              but are all the more effective for that. And referential 80s glam              pop styling aside, Hotels own songwriting is more than a match for              their instrumentation, even when the band choose to indulge their              Mancunian faculties with the brakes off, as Hotels do to some quite              spectacular effect on second from last track \'Trouble At The Consulate\'              - although don\'t write them off as mere rehashers of the Factory back              catalogue, these sounds are only one part of the post punk jigsaw              that Hotels present here, to their listeners, as finally complete.              And Kylie doesn\'t die at the end either; what\'s not to like?<span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">\"</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><a href=\"http://www.tastyfanzine.org.uk/albums108mar11.htm#Hotels\" target=\"_blank\">Tastyfanzine</a>\n</span>','Hotels &#039;On the Casino Floor&#039; - Tastyfanzine','','publish','closed','open','','hotels-on-the-casino-floor-tastyfanzine','','','2011-04-01 04:05:48','2011-04-01 04:05:48','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3531',0,'post','',0),(3543,1,'2011-03-31 01:20:30','2011-03-31 01:20:30','<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/hotels/\"><img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Hotels\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/galleries/Hotels/lazy-k-thumbs/Hotels.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"100\" />Hotel\'s</a> awesome single \'The Bat Watusi\' has been chosen as Radio K\'s Track of the Day! Head over to the <a href=\"http://www.radiok.org/blog/trackoftheday/\" target=\"_blank\">Radio K website</a>, read the write up and download the track.','Hotels Featured at Radio K','','publish','closed','open','','hotels-featured-at-radio-k','','','2016-02-03 15:43:04','2016-02-03 07:43:04','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3543',0,'post','',0),(3545,1,'2011-04-01 04:07:35','2011-04-01 04:07:35','Excerpt: \"Their style of music is... style. The lines of demarcation between glamour and kitsch begin to blur just as quickly as Hotels guitars sharpen. They are ‘Julee Cruise meets Kraftwerk‘, part dream pop, part surf, part electro post-punk. Even the name Hotels is perfect. After all, what is a Hotel? To some  it’s a place of excitement and glitz, to others, a banal, sterile,  faceless Hell. Hotels capture that duality in their music. Puzzled? Well  hold tight to your seat because they’ve only gone and made a concept  album... Imagine a Broadway musical, based not on the Wizard of Oz or ABBA  but rather the science fiction of the seventies and eighties – Logans  Run, Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers – anything all hair and teeth,  scantily clad in lycra – now reposition that musical in the hazy, neon  cauldron of Vegas, a city that hosts most of the worlds largest, most  ridiculous Hotels, and you begin to have an approximation of this album. On The Casino Floor is the best concept album since Lift To Experience and their wonderful The Texas Jerusalem Crossroads.... There’s a thin line between madness and genius. It’s a great place to be and Hotels are right there now, clinging on.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.sicmagazine.net/articles/853/hotels-on-the-casino-floor\" target=\"_blank\">[sic] Magazine</a>','Hotels &#039;On The Casino Floor&#039; - [sic] Magazine','','publish','closed','open','','hotels-on-the-casino-floor-sic-magazine','','','2011-04-01 04:07:35','2011-04-01 04:07:35','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3545',0,'post','',0),(3547,1,'2011-04-01 04:09:26','2011-04-01 04:09:26','Excerpt: \"With its third album, On the Casino Floor,  Seattle’s Hotels have fashioned a concept album set in an outer space  gambling den that relates the story of a secret agent who is trying to  save the universe from an evil galactic prince. If that sounds hokey, well, it is. However, the band’s sonic  resonance is something else altogether. Imagine if the Smiths collided  with OK Computer-era Radiohead on the set of a spaghetti western, and you’ll get an idea of the cinematic scope that Hotels is shooting for. On the Casino Floor is claustrophobic and spacious at the same time, and with five of the  seven songs clocking in at above the five-minute mark, there is a  certain grandeur to the set-up that pushes these tracks into  interstellar hyper-drive. What’s more, the album captures all of the  sleaziness, depravity, glitz and glitter of a night out in Sin City....  There are some astounding moments on On the Casino Floor and they tend to come at the beginning and end of the outing.... The best that can be said about On the Casino Floor is that it  is an exactingly cohesive statement, even though the record’s James  Bond in a spacesuit idea (wasn’t that already done in Moonraker?) might be a tad bit on the silly side.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/138151-hotels-on-the-casino-floor/\" target=\"_blank\">PopMatters</a>','Hotels &#039;On The Casino Floor&#039; - PopMatters','','publish','closed','open','','hotels-on-the-casino-floor-popmatters','','','2011-04-01 04:09:26','2011-04-01 04:09:26','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3547',0,'post','',0),(3550,1,'2011-04-01 04:10:10','2011-04-01 04:10:10','Excerpt: \"If Europa  isn\'t quite a whirlwind tour  around the world in eighty days, it\'s at the very least a journey  through Europe in forty-five minutes—and very much a scenic one at that... An attempt to distill personal memories  of eleven European locations into an ambient electronica suite, the  concept driving the new release is an inspired one that affords a  marvelous opportunity for dramatic sound exploration. Each piece is like  a mini-portrait that more evokes the locale indirectly than tries to  literally represent it, and the project as a whole imprints itself  surrpetitiously on the listener\'s mind... The album\'s most memorable track is  “Edinburgh,” on account of a simple yet memorable set of piano chords  and especially a luminous vocal performance by Chloë March. The song  stands out so much, in fact, it suggests Dürbeck would be wise to  consider featuring a greater number of vocal performances on future  Jumpel recordings. Broached as a whole, Europa  plays less like  the experience of a first-time sightseer excited by the prospect of  seeing the usual tourist sights and more like a long-time visitor who  regards the journey as a time for reflection and melancholic rumination.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.textura.org/reviews/jumpel_europa.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Textura</a>','Jumpel &#039;Europa&#039; - Textura','','publish','closed','open','','jumpel-europa-textura','','','2011-04-01 04:10:10','2011-04-01 04:10:10','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3550',0,'post','',0),(3553,1,'2011-04-01 04:11:03','2011-04-01 04:11:03','Excerpt: \"a minimal  explanation of discovery, borne out of travels that extended around  Europe.  A certain inspiration that gives perspective for wider  observations from distances of every measure, but also capped with a  certain amount of isolation... It’s cool and collected, but has enough power  to draw in the lightness of a natural surrounding, gradually making it  glow; carefully planted strings adding a more sublime texture while  glittering chimes embrace.  Ever so mild, yet makes enough of a  statement with its brighter inclinations and filtered sounds. Hugely ambient, gentle and suggestive in part, with quiet aspects that lament around each city stop, Europa is a portrait of minimalistic excellence and a passion for discovery,  which flourishes with every experimental step across the continent.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://igloomag.com/reviews/jumpel-europa-hidden-shoal\" target=\"_blank\">Igloo Magazine</a>','Jumpel &#039;Europa&#039; - Igloo Magazine','','publish','closed','open','','jumpel-europa-igloo-magazine','','','2011-04-01 04:11:03','2011-04-01 04:11:03','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3553',0,'post','',0),(3556,1,'2011-04-01 04:25:39','2011-04-01 04:25:39','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Hotels\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/casino_MED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/cat/news/hotels/page/2/\" target=\"_blank\">Hotels</a>\' new concept album <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=35&amp;products_id=163\" target=\"_blank\"><em>On The Casino Floor</em></a> has been receiving tasty reviews left, right and centre, most notably from <a href=\"http://www.sicmagazine.net/articles/853/hotels-on-the-casino-floor\" target=\"_blank\">[sic] Magazine</a>, <a href=\"http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/138151-hotels-on-the-casino-floor/\" target=\"_blank\">PopMatters</a> and <a href=\"http://www.tastyfanzine.org.uk/albums108mar11.htm#Hotels\" target=\"_blank\">Tastyfanzine</a>.\n\n<a href=\"../wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Hotels/on_the_casino_floor/04_The_Bat_Watusi.mp3\">Hotels – The Bat Watusi</a> <em>Hotels – The Bat Watusi</em>','Hotels - Press from the Casino Floor','','publish','closed','open','','hotels-press-from-the-casino-floor','','','2016-02-03 15:43:04','2016-02-03 07:43:04','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3556',0,'post','',0),(3558,1,'2011-04-01 04:20:02','2011-04-01 04:20:02','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Jumpel - &quot;Europa&quot;\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/europa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />Jumpel\'s superb new album <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=22&amp;products_id=159\"><em>Europa</em></a> has gained the attention of some heavy hitters in the blogosphere this week with reviews from <a href=\"http://igloomag.com/reviews/jumpel-europa-hidden-shoal\" target=\"_blank\">Igloo Magazine</a> and <a href=\"http://www.textura.org/reviews/jumpel_europa.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Textura</a>.\n\n<a href=\"../wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Jumpel/europa/Edinburgh.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Jumpel – <em>Edinburgh</em></a><em> </em>Jumpel – <em>Edinburgh</em>','Jumpel&#039;s Europa Reviewed','','publish','closed','open','','jumpels-europa-reviewed','','','2011-04-01 04:20:02','2011-04-01 04:20:02','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3558',0,'post','',0),(3560,1,'2011-04-01 04:14:32','2011-04-01 04:14:32','<img src=\"../wp-content/uploads/Misty-Valley-Thumb-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" align=\"left\" />Rich Bennett\'s <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p-U7oY1B8c\">new video</a> for his 2010 single ‘Misty Valley’,    taken from his latest, <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=31&amp;products_id=147\"><em>On Holiday</em></a>, has been featured on the ever-excellent music blog <a href=\"http://tometotheweathermachine.com/videodrones/2011/03/videodrone-rich-bennett-%E2%80%94%C2%A0misty-valley\" target=\"_blank\">Tome to the Weather Machine.</a>\n\n<a href=\"../wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/rich_bennett/on_holiday/misty_valley.mp3\">Rich Bennett – Misty Valley</a> <em>Rich Bennett – Misty Valley</em>','Rich Bennett&#039;s &#039;Misty Valley&#039; on Tome to the Weather Machine','','draft','closed','open','','rich-bennetts-misty-valley-on-tome-to-the-weather-machine','','','2014-08-01 01:56:37','2014-08-01 01:56:37','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3560',0,'post','',0),(3563,1,'2011-04-01 04:32:56','2011-04-01 04:32:56','Excerpt: \"Antonymes  has swiftly built a strong following with emotive music which is  melancholic but never morose... At a time when mainstream music has lost much of its value with the  average consumer, a work such as The Licence To Interpret Dreams reminds  us yet again that while music created solely for commercial means may  suffer, while there are artists such as Antonymes performing and  recording, music as an art-form is alive and kicking.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.futuresequence.com/article/review-antonymes-the-licence-to-interpret-dreams/\" target=\"_blank\">Future Sequence</a>','Antonymes &#039;The License to Interpret Dreams&#039; - Future Sequence','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-the-license-to-interpret-dreams-future-sequence','','','2011-04-01 04:32:56','2011-04-01 04:32:56','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3563',0,'post','',0),(3566,1,'2011-04-01 04:57:43','2011-04-01 04:57:43','<em><img src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/large/licence_LRG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"238\" align=\"left\" /></em>The stunning new album <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=49&amp;products_id=167\"><em>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</em></a> by neo-classical/minimal ambient artist <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/antonymes\"><em>Antonymes</em></a> is now available for CD pre-order via our distributor <a href=\"http://n5mailorder.com/release/1178/antonymes-the-licence-to-interpret-dreams-%5BPREORDER%5D\">n5Mailorder</a> ahead of its official release on the 21st of April. Be sure to get your order in quick as this album is going to popular we can assure you. CD pre-orders also come with a digital download so no need to wait to until the 21st to be absorbed in this albums resonant beauty.\n\n<em>The Licence To Interpret Dreams<em> is </em></em>as expansive as the wilds of North Wales from which it came, yet as delicate and intimate as a loved one’s breath upon your skin. Each song deploys a modest array of instruments and textures, giving them ample space to breathe and glow. The album’s scope is immediately apparent on breathtaking opener ‘The Slow Beginnings of a ‘A Fragile Acceptance’, where faint piano notes are overwhelmed by an aching surge of cellos, and the timeless, lingering chord progression of ‘The Siren, Hopelessly Lost’.\n\nSingle ‘Endlessly’ weaves traces of nature with unearthly, oscillating tones before giving way to a strident piano theme. On ‘Doubt’, Jan Van Den Broek delivers the words of Paul Morley, cradled against a bed of melancholic piano, violin and cello, leaving an indelible emotional mark. ‘A Light From The Heavens’ almost feels like a natural conclusion to the album, with its sense of reflective yearning, but it is followed by the devastating metaphysical breakdown of ‘On Arrival at the Strange Museum’, a cavernous piece that calls out like some giant magnetic spirit.\n\n<em>\"At a time when mainstream music has lost much of its value with  the average consumer, a work such as The Licence To Interpret Dreams  reminds us yet again that while music created solely for commercial  means may suffer, while there are artists such as Antonymes performing  and recording, music as an art-form is alive and kicking.\" </em>- <strong>FutureSequence</strong>\n\nThe first track lifted from the album \'Endlessly\' is also available as a free download. Check it out <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=49&amp;products_id=166\">here</a> and also its accompanying video <a href=\"http://vimeo.com/20588195\">here</a>.','Antonymes &quot;The Licence To Interpret Dreams&quot; Available for Pre-Order!','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-the-licence-to-interpret-dreams-available-for-pre-order','','','2016-02-03 13:42:00','2016-02-03 05:42:00','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3566',0,'post','',0),(3581,1,'2011-04-01 08:37:59','2011-04-01 08:37:59','<a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/the-licence-to-interpret-dreams\">Antonymes</a> stunning track \'The Siren, Hopelessly Lost\' has scooped Top Track status on Perths uber radio station <a href=\"http://www.rtrfm.com.au/shows/otl\" target=\"_blank\">RTRFM</a> by the ever wonderful <a href=\"http://www.rtrfm.com.au/presenters/GemmaPike\" target=\"_blank\">Gemma Pike</a>. The track is lifted from <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=49&amp;products_id=167\"><em>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</em></a> which is now available for <a href=\"http://n5mailorder.com/release/1178/antonymes-the-licence-to-interpret-dreams-%5BPREORDER%5D\" target=\"_blank\">pre-order</a> ahead of its 21st April release.','Antonymes Top Track at RTRFM','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-top-track-at-rtrfm','','','2016-02-03 13:42:00','2016-02-03 05:42:00','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3581',0,'post','',0),(3585,1,'2011-04-12 14:03:14','2011-04-12 14:03:14','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Hotels\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/casino_MED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/cat/news/hotels/page/2/\" target=\"_blank\">Hotels</a> latest <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=35&amp;products_id=163\" target=\"_blank\"><em>On The Casino Floor</em></a> has been receiving more well deserved praise last week being reviewed by such illustrious titles as <a href=\"http://www.beat.com.au/BEATFlipbook/index.php?mag=beat\">Beat Magazine</a>, <a href=\"http://tiptopmusic.blogspot.com/2011/02/hotels-on-casino-floor-2011.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tip Top Music</a>, <a href=\"http://www.ravemagazine.com.au/content/view/26257/181/\" target=\"_blank\">Rave Magazine</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bluesbunny.com/tabid/122/xmmid/474/xmid/3102/xmview/2/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Bluesbunny</a>, and our old friends at <a href=\"http://www.theundergroundofhappiness.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Underground of Happiness</a>. How\'s that for a list? Happy reading!\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Hotels/on_the_casino_floor/04_The_Bat_Watusi.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Hotels – The Bat Watusi</a> Hotels<em>– The Bat Watusi</em>','On The Casino Floor Press','','publish','closed','open','','on-the-casino-floor-press','','','2016-02-03 15:43:04','2016-02-03 07:43:04','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3585',0,'post','',0),(3586,1,'2011-04-11 14:20:48','2011-04-11 14:20:48','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Antonymes\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/galleries/Antonymes/lazy-k-thumbs/Antonymes_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />Ian Hazeldine (aka Antonymes) has been interviewed over at the always excellent <a href=\"http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Fluid Radio</a>. Its a fantastic read as Ian talks about his  stunning new album <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=49&amp;products_id=167\"><em>The Licence To Interprest Dreams</em></a> amongst other things. Check it out <a href=\"http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2011/04/the-license-to-interpret-dreams-an-interview-with-antonymes/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.\n\n<iframe style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 46px; height: 23px\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=4256703355/size=short/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http://hiddenshoal.bandcamp.com/track/a-light-from-the-heavens\">A Light From The Heavens by Hidden Shoal Recordings</a></iframe> Antonynmes \'A Light From The Heavens\'\n','Antonymes Interview At Fluid Radio','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-interview-at-fluid-radio','','','2016-02-03 13:42:00','2016-02-03 05:42:00','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3586',0,'post','',0),(3665,1,'2011-04-14 05:27:04','2011-04-14 05:27:04','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Umpire\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/umpire.jpg\" alt=\"Umpire\" width=\"175\" height=\"141\" />Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the signing of Perth’s widescreen indie-rock craftsmen <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/umpire/\">Umpire</a> to its roster of artists. Umpire combine sprawling indie-rock sounds with reflective melancholy, expertly wielding massive sun-drenched melodies, serpentine guitar parts and soaring vocals to spectacular effect. Australian audiences will be familiar with their debut single ‘Streamers’, which achieved widespread critical acclaim, national airplay and won WAM Song of the Year in 2009.\n\nThe founding members of Umpire (Geoff Symons, Simon Struthers and Michael Lake) have a long history in the Perth music scene, playing in many seminal progressive indie-rock bands, including Adam Said Galore, O and Hidden Shoal’s very own <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/mukaizake/\">Mukaizake</a>, so it was a natural progression for the band to develop their live show by adding drummer, Josh Watkins. Performing the songs live has allowed the band to tour Australia and play with many of their musical heroes, including Stephen Malkmus, Built to Spill, Paul Dempsey, The Jezebels, Sugar Army, Jebediah, Love Of Diagrams, Dan Kelly, Bob Log III and Tame Impala.\n\nUmpire’s debut Hidden Shoal release is single ‘Green Light District’, available as a free download on 19 April and launched in Perth on 23 April at Amplifier Bar. Umpire’s debut full-length album, <em>Now We’re Active,</em> is due for its Australian release on 2 June and worldwide release on 14 July. The Australian album launch will take place in Perth at the Rosemount on the 4th of June.','Umpire Sign to Hidden Shoal, New Single Next Week!','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-sign-to-hidden-shoal-new-single-next-week','','','2016-02-03 16:41:31','2016-02-03 08:41:31','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3665',0,'post','',0),(3683,1,'2011-04-15 10:06:02','2011-04-15 10:06:02','<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG_1361.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3684\" title=\"Slow Dancing Society CDs\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG_1361-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>We are very excited to announce the upcoming CD re-issues of the first three <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/slow-dancing-society/\">Slow Dancing Society</a> albums. Since the first issues of each release sold out we have been inundated with requests to re-issue and not being ones to stand in the way of an angry mob we have submitted to their will! The stunning triumvirate of <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=13&amp;products_id=26\"><em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em></a>, <a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow-and-steady-winter\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em></a> and <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=13&amp;products_id=75\"><em>Priest Lake Circa \'88</em></a> will see their cd re-issue on the 19th of May, distributed through <a href=\"http://n5mailorder.com/\">n5mailorder</a>.\n\nYou\'ll want to get in quick when pre-orders become available on the April 29th as this limited re-issue will be sure to go quickly. And of course don\'t forget to check out the latest Slow Dancing masterpiece <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=13&amp;products_id=153\"><em>Under The Sodium Lights</em></a> available now digitally and on CD.\n\n<iframe style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 46px; height: 23px\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=3787436746/size=short/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/track/be-there\">Be There by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>  Slow Dancing Society -\'Be There\'\n','Slow Dancing Society Re-Issues','','publish','closed','open','','slow-dancing-society-re-issues','','','2016-02-03 16:12:25','2016-02-03 08:12:25','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3683',0,'post','',0),(3693,1,'2011-04-18 22:48:57','2011-04-18 22:48:57','<img src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/umpire.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"141\" align=\"left\" />Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the release of new single ‘<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=50&amp;products_id=168\">Green Light District</a>’ by Perth’s widescreen indie-rock craftsmen <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/umpire/\">Umpire</a>.   ‘Green Light District’ marries Umpire’s sprawling indie-rock sounds and reflective melancholy, providing the instant gratification of massive sun-drenched melodies and soaring vocals. The track is taken from Umpire’s forthcoming debut album <em>Now We’re Active</em>, the band’s first release to feature new drummer Josh Watkins, and produced at Umpire’s own studio by bass player Simon Struthers.\n\n\'Green Light District\' follows up the band\'s self-titled EP of 2009, which featured the standout track ‘Streamers’. ‘Streamers’ received rave reviews and achieved widespread high rotation airplay across Australian radio including national broadcaster Triple J. The track also took out the grand prize in the WAM Song of the Year in 2009.\n\n<em>“manages to completely avoid every current trend being flogged at  the moment to approach a timelessness that rewards upon repeated  listens”</em> – <strong>The Vine on Umpire’s debut EP </strong>\n\n<em>“A song I can’t get out of my head. A wonderful place to be.”</em> – <strong>Richard Kingsmill on ‘Streamers’ </strong>\n\n<em>“Record of the year thus far no doubt.”</em> – <strong>X-Press Magazine on Umpire’s debut EP</strong>\n\n‘Green Light District’ is available now for <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=50&amp;products_id=168\">free download from the Hidden Shoal Store</a>. Umpire launch their single in Perth on 23 April at Amplifier Bar. Their debut full-length <em>Now We’re Active</em> receives its Australian CD release and digital release on 2 June, and international CD release on 14 July. The Australian album launch will take place in Perth at the Rosemount on 4th of June. Umpire will be touring Australia during July and August. Check the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Umpire-Green_Light_District.pdf\">press release</a> for more details.','New Umpire Single Out Now - Free Download','','publish','closed','open','','new-umpire-single-out-now-free-download','','','2016-02-03 16:41:13','2016-02-03 08:41:13','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3693',0,'post','',0),(3707,1,'2011-04-19 04:48:29','2011-04-19 04:48:29','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Antonymes - &quot;The Licence to Interpret Dreams&quot;\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/licence_MED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" />Antonymes stunning new album <em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=49&amp;products_id=167\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</a></em> is <a href=\"http://www.rtrfm.com.au/\">RTRFM</a>\'s across station Feature album this week! Listen in to bathe in its beauty and win one of 8 copies. The album sees its official release this Thursday.','Antonymes RTRFM Feature Album','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-rtrfm-feature-album','','','2016-02-03 13:42:00','2016-02-03 05:42:00','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3707',0,'post','',0),(3709,1,'2011-04-20 00:26:59','2011-04-20 00:26:59','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Hotels - Photo by Jason Tang\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/galleries/Hotels/lazy-k-thumbs/Hotels_at_Bumbershoot_-_Jason_Tang.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" />Check out the sweet <a href=\"http://www.billboard.com/features/battle-of-the-bands-1005066082.story#/features/botb-northwest-1005066102.story\" target=\"_blank\">Q&amp;A with Hotels at Billboard</a> ahead of their performance in Las Vegas at Billboards Battle of the Bands final. After being chosen by Billboard as one of the  the most promising \"under the radar\" bands in the U.S., Hotels went on to win the northwest region of the competition by public vote.  They will compete at Billboards May 18 Battle of the Bands concert against the finalists from the other five regions. The ultimate winner will score an appearance at the Billboard Music Awards on May 22.\n\nWhy are <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=35\">Hotels</a> so awesome? Things like <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=35&amp;products_id=163\">this</a> prove it beyond doubt.\n\n<iframe style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 46px; height: 23px\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=2717882979/size=short/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http://hotels.bandcamp.com/track/on-the-casino-floor-2\">On The Casino Floor by Hotels</a></iframe>  Hotels - \'On The Casino Floor\'','Hotels Interview at Billboard','','publish','closed','open','','hotels-interview-at-billboard','','','2016-02-03 15:43:04','2016-02-03 07:43:04','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3709',0,'post','',0),(3712,1,'2011-04-20 07:27:05','2011-04-20 07:27:05','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Antonymes\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/galleries/Antonymes/lazy-k-thumbs/Antonymes_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />Ahead of the release of <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=49&amp;products_id=167\">The Licence to Interpret Dreams</a> on the 21st of April we invite you to stream the fantastic <a href=\" http://warispeace.podbean.com/2011/04/20/antonymes-interview/\">interview</a> with Antonymes on the wonderful 4ZZZ radio show <a href=\"http://www.4zzzfm.org.au/nowplaying/index.cfm?action=dsp_show&amp;showID=171&amp;day=4\" target=\"_blank\">War Is Peace</a>. Many thanks to Sky, who presents the War Is Peace show, for making the interview happen.','Antonymes Interview on 4ZZZ Radio','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-interview-on-4zzz-radio','','','2016-02-03 13:42:00','2016-02-03 05:42:00','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3712',0,'post','',0),(3717,1,'2011-04-20 09:14:47','2011-04-20 09:14:47','The always awesome <a href=\"http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/\">Headphone Commute</a> blog (one of our favourite reads for new music) has written up a <a href=\"http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2011/04/16/sound-bytes-hidden-shoal-special/\">Hidden Shoal extravaganza</a> today with 4 reviews of recent Hidden Shoal releases including <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=46\">Markus Mehr</a>, <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=13\">Slow Dancing Society</a>, <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=22\">Jumpel</a> and <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=49\">Antonymes</a>. If that wasn\'t enough the latest site update also includes a fantastic <a href=\"http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2011/04/19/two-and-a-half-questions-with-markus-mehr/\">interview</a> with Markus Mehr. Keep your eyes peeled for more Hidden Shoal loveliness at Headphone Commute soon.\n\n<iframe style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 46px; height: 23px\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=1703410134/size=short/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http://markusmehr.bandcamp.com/track/hubble-2\">Hubble by Markus Mehr</a></iframe>  Markus Mehr - \'Hubble\'','Hidden Shoal Feature at Headphone Commute','','publish','closed','open','','hidden-shoal-feature-at-headphone-commute','','','2016-02-03 16:11:03','2016-02-03 08:11:03','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3717',0,'post','',0),(3719,1,'2011-04-20 22:46:32','2011-04-20 22:46:32','<em><img src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/large/licence_LRG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"238\" align=\"left\" /></em>Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the official release of <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=49&amp;products_id=167\"><em>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</em></a> by neo-classical/minimal ambient  artist <a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/the-licence-to-interpret-dreams\">Antonymes</a>. <em>The Licence To Interpret Dreams, </em>Antonymes debut for Hidden Shoal<em>, </em> is an album of resonant beauty, as expansive as the  wilds of North  Wales from which it came, yet as delicate and intimate  as a loved one’s  breath upon your skin. Each song deploys a modest array  of instruments  and textures, giving them ample space to breathe and  glow. The album’s  scope is immediately apparent on breathtaking opener  ‘The Slow  Beginnings of a ‘A Fragile Acceptance’, where faint piano  notes are  overwhelmed by an aching surge of cellos, and the timeless,  lingering  chord progression of ‘The Siren, Hopelessly Lost’.\n\nSingle ‘Endlessly’ weaves traces of nature with unearthly, oscillating   tones before giving way to a strident piano theme. On ‘Doubt’, Jan Van   Den Broek delivers the words of Paul Morley, cradled against a bed of   melancholic piano, violin and cello, leaving an indelible emotional   mark. ‘A Light From The Heavens’ almost feels like a natural conclusion   to the album, with its sense of reflective yearning, but it is followed   by the devastating metaphysical breakdown of ‘On Arrival at the  Strange  Museum’, a cavernous piece that calls out like some giant  magnetic  spirit.\n\n<em>“This album is probably the most heartbreaking set of songs I’ve   heard since Bon Iver’s For Emma Forever Ago, or I Am A Bird Now by   Antony And The Johnsons. It’s Brian Eno meets a dagger to the heart....a   record that deserves album of the year, even four months into 2011.”<strong> </strong></em><strong>– Delusions of Adequacy</strong><em><strong> </strong></em>\n\n<em><strong> </strong></em>\n\n<em><strong></strong>“There is so much to experience and so much the music will conjure   for the listener. The music on The License to Interpret Dreams can   influence how one views the world, their inherent sensibilities, of   knowing, and, finally, of returning.”</em><em><strong> </strong></em><strong>– </strong><strong> Fluid Radio</strong><strong>\n</strong>\n<em>The Licence To Interpret  Dreams</em> is available now physically and digitally through <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=49&amp;products_id=167\">Hidden Shoal Recordings</a>,   distributed via <a href=\"http://n5mailorder.com/release/1178/antonymes-the-licence-to-interpret-dreams-%5BPREORDER%5D\">n5Mailorder</a>. Read a full press release <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes-The_Licence_To_Interpret_Dreams.pdf\">here</a>.\n\n<iframe style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 46px; height: 23px\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=1024083464/size=short/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http://hiddenshoal.bandcamp.com/track/the-siren-hopelessly-lost\">The Siren, Hopelessly Lost by Hidden Shoal Recordings</a></iframe> Antonymes -  \'The Siren, Hopelessly Lost\'\n','Antonymes  &quot;The Licence To Interpret Dreams&quot; Out Now','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-the-licence-to-interpret-dreams-out-now','','','2016-02-03 13:40:53','2016-02-03 05:40:53','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3719',0,'post','',0),(3723,1,'2011-04-26 09:59:23','2011-04-26 09:59:23','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Antonymes\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/antonymes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"165\" />The wonderful <a href=\"http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Headphone Commute</a> have once again laid on the Hidden Shoal loving.  This time the spotlight is firmly on Ian Hazeldine (aka Antonymes) with a lovely mini interview as well as an exclusive Sound Postcard created specifically for Headphone Commute.\n\nThis follows on from last week\'s Hidden Shoal special at Headphone Commute which featured a number of glowing reviews including a very special write up of Antonymes <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=49&amp;products_id=167\"><em>The Licence to Interpret Dreams</em></a>. Check it all out <a href=\"http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> and check out the album <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=49&amp;products_id=167\">here</a>.','Antonymes Interview and Sound Postcard at Headphone Commute','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-interview-and-sound-postcard-at-headphone-commute','','','2016-02-03 13:40:53','2016-02-03 05:40:53','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3723',0,'post','',0),(3728,1,'2011-04-26 11:51:33','2011-04-26 11:51:33','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Hotels\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/galleries/Hotels/lazy-k-thumbs/Hotels_at_Bumbershoot_-_Jason_Tang.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" /><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=35\">Hotels</a> is readying to thank everyone who voted for Hotels to make them  1 of 6 finalists in <a href=\"http://www.billboard.com/features/battle-of-the-bands-1005066082.story#/features/botb-northwest-1005066102.story\" target=\"_blank\">Billboard.com\'s Battle of the Bands</a>. Thanks to all you beautiful people the band  and will be  heading down to Las Vegas for the final showdown on May 18th.\n\nAs  special thanks, Hotels is throwing a party this Friday at 8pm at the  Sunset Tavern in Seattle. They\'ve specially arranged for happy hour prices on micros  and wells, Hotels will provide tasty pizza and we\'ll be giving away  swag!! The night will feature Yuni  in Taxco, Blue Skies for Black Hearts and of course the mighty Hotels.\n\nFor more info visit the <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=201729849845660\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook event page</a>. <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=201729849845660\" target=\"_blank\"> </a>\n\n<iframe style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 46px; height: 23px\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=3080191799/size=short/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http://hotels.bandcamp.com/track/trouble-at-the-consulate\">Trouble At The Consulate by Hotels</a></iframe>  Hotels - \'Trouble At The Consulate\'\n','Hotels Voter Thank You Party','','publish','closed','open','','hotels-voter-thank-you-party','','','2016-02-03 15:43:04','2016-02-03 07:43:04','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3728',0,'post','',0),(3733,1,'2011-04-26 14:34:42','2011-04-26 14:34:42','<a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/the-licence-to-interpret-dreams\"><img class=\"alignright\" title=\"Antonymes\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/galleries/Antonymes/lazy-k-thumbs/Antonymes_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />Antonymes</a> continues <a href=\"http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">Fluid Radio</a>\'s wonderful <a href=\"http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2011/04/lost-in-waves-of-light-a-photographic-response/\">UnderExposed</a> series with a remixed track accompanied by a stunning photographic sequence. The remix entitled \'Lost in Waves of Light\' was created from the reworking of four separate tracks from <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=49&amp;products_id=167\"><em>The Licence to Interpret Dreams</em></a>. The resulting piece has an intimate familiarity for fans of the album and for those who have not yet tasted, it provides a wonderful introduction.\n\nCheck it all out <a href=\"http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2011/04/lost-in-waves-of-light-a-photographic-response/\">here</a> and be sure to check back with us in May as we will be releasing the \'Lost in Waves of Light\' remix for free download.','Antonymes UnderExposed Feature at Fluid Radio','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-underexposed-feature-at-fluid-radio','','','2016-02-03 13:40:53','2016-02-03 05:40:53','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3733',0,'post','',0),(3740,1,'2011-04-27 13:51:33','2011-04-27 13:51:33','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Hotels\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/galleries/Hotels/lazy-k-thumbs/Hotels_at_Bumbershoot_-_Jason_Tang.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" />Check out the excellent interview with Blake Madden of <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=35\">Hotels</a> on the fabulous Irish radio show Underground of Happiness with Conor O\'Toole. You can stream the whole thing over at the <a href=\"http://theundergroundofhappiness.blogspot.com/2011/04/hotels-interview.html\" target=\"_blank\">Underground of Happiness blog</a>.','Hotels Interview on The Underground of Happiness','','publish','closed','open','','hotels-inteview-on-the-underground-of-happiness','','','2016-02-03 15:43:04','2016-02-03 07:43:04','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3740',0,'post','',0),(3743,1,'2011-04-27 14:14:17','2011-04-27 14:14:17','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Rich Bennett\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/galleries/Rich_Bennett/lazy-k-thumbs/Rich_Bennett_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"133\" height=\"100\" />Check out this lovely little write up on Rich Bennett\'s \'Misty Valley\' track and video over at the super lovely <a href=\"http://www.myoldkentuckyblog.com/?p=17701\" target=\"_blank\">My Old Kentucky Blog</a>. And don\'t forget to check out Rich\'s latest slice of joy <em>On Holiday</em> as well as his other releases and free downloads at the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=31\">Hidden Shoal Store</a>.','Rich Bennett at My Old Kentucky Blog','','draft','closed','open','','rich-bennett-at-my-old-kentucky-blog','','','2014-08-01 01:56:37','2014-08-01 01:56:37','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3743',0,'post','',0),(3745,1,'2011-04-28 08:12:13','2011-04-28 08:12:13','<a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/the-licence-to-interpret-dreams\"><img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Antonymes - \'Endlessly\'\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/endlessly.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />Antonymes</a> stunning track \'Endlessly\' has been featured on the 1 year anniversary episode of the very excellent <a href=\"http://www.beaucoupla.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Record.Pause.Play</a> podcast. To listen, head to the Record.Pause.Play <a href=\"http://www.beaucoupla.com/\" target=\"_blank\">website </a>or subscribe via <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/record-pause-play/id362439512\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes</a> and soak in episode 12 before working your way backwards through their fabulous set of shows.\n\nAnd don\'t forget to check out the rest of Antonymes acclaimed new album <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=49&amp;products_id=167\"><em>The Licence to Interpret Dreams</em></a>. You can stream the whole album at the H<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=49&amp;products_id=167\">idden Shoal Store</a> or via <a href=\"http://hiddenshoal.bandcamp.com/album/the-licence-to-interpret-dreams\">Bandcamp</a>.','Antonymes Featured in Record.Pause.Play Podcast','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-featured-in-record-pause-play-podcast','','','2016-02-03 13:40:53','2016-02-03 05:40:53','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3745',0,'post','',0),(3747,1,'2011-04-28 14:33:31','2011-04-28 14:33:31','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Antonymes - &quot;The Licence to Interpret Dreams&quot;\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/licence_MED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"124\" height=\"124\" />The glowing reviews for Antonymes <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=49&amp;products_id=167\"><em>The Licence to Interpret Dreams</em></a> just keep coming in and why wouldn\'t they considering its sheer beauty. Check out what reviewers had to say at <a href=\"http://www.cyclicdefrost.com/blog/2011/04/26/antonymes-the-license-to-interpret-dreams-hidden-shoal-records/\" target=\"_blank\">Cyclic Defrost</a>, <a href=\"http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-review-antonymes-the-license-to/\" target=\"_blank\">BlogCrtics</a>, <a href=\"http://www.adequacy.net/2011/04/antonymes-the-licence-to-interpret-dreams/\" target=\"_blank\">DOA</a>, <a href=\"http://blog.normanrecords.com/2011/04/28/5-the-license-to-interpret-dreams-by-antonymes/\" target=\"_blank\">Normans Records</a>, <a href=\"http://www.4zzzfm.org.au/nowplaying/index.cfm?action=dsp_playlist&amp;showID=263&amp;day=5&amp;playlistID=11731\" target=\"_blank\">4zzz</a>, <a href=\"http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2011/04/antonymes-the-licence-to-interpret-dreams/\" target=\"_blank\">Fluid Radio</a>, <a href=\"http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2011/04/16/sound-bytes-hidden-shoal-special/\" target=\"_blank\">Headphone Commute</a>, <a href=\"http://www.vancooten.com/blog/?e=364\">AmbientBlog</a> and <a href=\"http://www.futuresequence.com/article/review-antonymes-the-licence-to-interpret-dreams/\" target=\"_blank\">Future Sequence</a>... and that\'s just for starters.\n\nMore to come!\n\n<iframe style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 46px; height: 23px\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=1480856821/size=short/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http://hiddenshoal.bandcamp.com/track/on-approaching-the-strange-museum\">On Approaching The Strange Museum by Hidden Shoal Recordings</a></iframe>  Antonymes - \'On Approaching The Strange Museum\'\n','Antonymes Reviews','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-reviews','','','2016-02-03 13:40:53','2016-02-03 05:40:53','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3747',0,'post','',0),(3750,1,'2011-04-28 14:50:06','2011-04-28 14:50:06','Check out this lovely <a href=\"http://www.ondarock.it/recensioni/2011_hotels.htm\" target=\"_blank\">mini-review</a> of Hotels sumptuous epic <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=35&amp;products_id=163\"><em>On The Casino Floor</em></a> in Italy\'s  pivotal music mag <a href=\"http://www.ondarock.it/recensioni/2011_hotels.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Ondarock</a>. Check <a href=\"http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&amp;prev=_t&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;layout=2&amp;eotf=1&amp;sl=da&amp;tl=en&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ondarock.it%2Frecensioni%2F2011_hotels.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> for an English translation.','Hotels Review in Italy&#039;s Ondarock','','publish','closed','open','','hotels-review-in-italys-ondarock','','','2016-02-03 15:43:04','2016-02-03 07:43:04','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3750',0,'post','',0),(3754,1,'2011-04-29 00:19:29','2011-04-29 00:19:29','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Umpire\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/umpire.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"138\" height=\"112\" />Fabulous review by the wonderful Brad Tilbe of the new <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/umpire/\">Umpire</a> single, \'Green Light District\',  over at Delusions of Adequacy. Check it out <a href=\"http://www.adequacy.net/2011/04/umpire-green-light-district/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> and grab the single for free <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=50&amp;products_id=168\">here</a>!','Umpire Single Review at DOA','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-single-review-at-doa','','','2016-02-03 16:41:31','2016-02-03 08:41:31','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3754',0,'post','',0),(3757,1,'2011-04-29 07:14:58','2011-04-29 07:14:58','<img src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/File/slowdance/perfectslitudesm.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"left\" />Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce that <a href=\"http://n5mailorder.com/index.php?main_page=index&amp;typefilter=music_genre&amp;music_genre_id=349\">pre-orders</a> are now available for the CD re-issues of <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/slow-dancing-society/\">Slow Dancing Society’s</a> first three albums ahead of their official release on 19th May, 2011.\n\nDrew Sullivan’s first three releases as Slow Dancing Society comprise a peerless ambient trilogy. Debut album <em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is a sumptuous unfolding ride towards a fading horizon. As with Brian  Eno’s finest moments and David Sylvian’s ambient explorations, the album  manages to dissolve its temporal markers and speak about moments  removed from time. It talks to the delicious flaws of memory and  feeling, never sullying itself with literality or simple documentation.\n\nFrom the outset, sophomore album <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> sets  itself up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour, the album paints  its majestic landscapes with both measure and purpose, moving from  immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock. A gorgeously  choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter, the album serves as a  wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous work both in  sound and mood.\n\nFollowing on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, third album <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> exudes restraint and repose, yet is richly melodic and full. Tracks  such as the single ‘A Warm Glow’ typify the album and find Sullivan  issuing forth waves of radiant synth drones and glistening guitars that  ripple effortlessly across the sonic vista. Priest Lake Circa ’88 speaks  of both departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its broadest  sense the notion of “home”. Above all, this is music to bathe in: warm,  steamy and all-encompassing.\n\n<em>“Music is all about moments like this. Moments when you are,    unexpectedly, knocked over and stunned into submission by an album that    has, quite literally, came from nowhere... deeply affecting,    consistently excellent… demands repeated listening” </em>– <strong>Boring Machines  Disturb Sleep on <em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em></strong>\n\n<strong>Availability</strong>\n\nAll three reissues are now available for pre-order via <a href=\"http://n5mailorder.com/index.php?main_page=index&amp;typefilter=music_genre&amp;music_genre_id=349\">n5mailorder</a> before their official release on the 19th of May. The three releases are also available as specially priced bundle. The albums are also <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/slow-dancing-society/\">available now</a> digitally in compressed and lossless formats.\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>','Slow Dancing Society Reissues - Pre-order Available Now!','','publish','closed','open','','slow-dancing-society-reissues-pre-order-available-now','','','2016-02-03 16:12:25','2016-02-03 08:12:25','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3757',0,'post','',0),(3777,1,'2011-05-02 13:46:00','2011-05-02 13:46:00','Excerpt: \"Markus Mehr is one of the new artists that captured our ears and hearts. With its thick layers of frequency-heavy guitars and synth pads, Lava floats into our studios, first swallowing the floors, then suffocating the lungs. Rising fumes of sonic vapors come up to the neck, then the ears, restricting the flow of air pressure beyond its delicious onslaught. Using his guitars, synths and a computer, Augsburg-based (south Germany) Mehr twists, processes, and distorts the sound, until it moves like a solid wall, like a heavy tank, like  molten lava. Inspired by the masters of experimental ambient and textured drones, such as David Sylvian, Tim Hecker andChristian Fennesz, Mehr finds his own voice, among the drowned out theme, noise generating household appliances, an intricate attention to acoustic detail. And beneath the smudge of sound that vibrates every crevice of my dwelling (and disturbs the sediment at the bottom of my favorite bottle of port), individual notes of melody peak through, like the single rays of sunlight on a hot and thunderous late summer dusk. Recommended for fans of meditative ambiance and stone cold drone alike.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2011/04/16/sound-bytes-hidden-shoal-special/\" target=\"_blank\">Headphone Commute</a>','Markus Mehr &#039;Lava&#039; - Headphone Commute','','publish','closed','open','','markus-mehr-lava-headphone-commute','','','2011-05-02 13:46:00','2011-05-02 13:46:00','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3777',0,'post','',0),(3779,1,'2011-05-02 13:44:35','2011-05-02 13:44:35','Excerpt: \"Ambient is term which can be thrown about a little too readily these days. But how do you define it? Simple song structures? Sparse instrumental arrangement? Pace? Or a combination of these things? One’s thing’s for sure: if you were to add beauty to that list, then <em>The License to Interpret Dreams</em> is Ambient 101. Antonymes, aka Ian M. Hazeldine, gently emerges from the wilds of his home in North Wales to deliver this beautiful edition of classical ambient delight on Perth’s Hidden Shoal Records. Fusing gentle piano thoughts, aching string lines, and fleeting field recordings, Antonymes paints a sonic tapestry of majestically minimal excursions into daydream-esque escapes. Beginning in quiet contemplation with ‘A Fragile Acceptance’, each note hangs by a shear delicate thread, almost hesitant to continue. The sheer space that each note is given to breathe reflects a deft hand in minimalism. Each piece displays the same exquisite tenderness, in some parts seemingly unsure on whether it wants to continue or not, such is it’s restriction. On ‘Womb of the Great Mother’, enormous rolling synth pads are underscored by the sound of birdsong, before giving way to a singular piano quietly exploring it’s own isolation. ‘Landscape Beyond an Open Window’ sounds just as it is titled, perhaps if you were looking through a rainy kitchen windowpane across a rolling fog covered valley. As ‘The Gospel Pass’ continues the same motif, we’re pulled into what could be a castle in years gone by, courtesy of organs and harpsichords. With ‘Endlessly’, Antonymes allows a simple melodic idea to speak for itself, sitting alone in complete isolation, breathing and moving as if alive.... ‘Perhaps the most important ingredient of ambient music is Patience. This is something Antonymes seems supremely capable of. Each instrument, each melody is very carefully considered, and held just until the right time, before gently being allowed to proceed. As the title suggests, this music really does have the license to interpret dreams, and presents everything that is right about ambient experimental music.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.cyclicdefrost.com/blog/2011/04/26/antonymes-the-license-to-interpret-dreams-hidden-shoal-records/\" target=\"_blank\">Cyclic Defrost</a>','Antonymes &#039;The Licence to Interpret Dreams&#039; - Cyclic Defrost','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-the-licence-to-interpret-dreams-cyclic-defrost','','','2011-05-02 13:44:35','2011-05-02 13:44:35','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3779',0,'post','',0),(3781,1,'2011-05-02 13:41:10','2011-05-02 13:41:10','Antonymes and Hotels latest respective masterpieces are both receiving love in the US college charts. This week sees Antonymes <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=49&amp;products_id=167\"><em>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</em></a> sitting at number 8 on the <a href=\"http://zookeeper.stanford.edu/index.php?session=&amp;action=viewChart\" target=\"_blank\">KZSU charts</a> and Hotels <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=35&amp;products_id=163\"><em>On The Casino Floor</em></a> holding number 25 at <a href=\"http://wrsu.rutgers.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">WRSU</a>!','Antonymes and Hotels in US Charts','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-and-hotels-in-us-charts','','','2016-02-03 15:43:04','2016-02-03 07:43:04','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3781',0,'post','',0),(3174,1,'2011-05-02 14:12:20','2011-05-02 14:12:20','Excerpt: \"Perth-based act Toby Richardson has given us a rootsy, upbeat and  light song intended to get you dancing. It is definitely a good effort  with reliable funk rhythms, but a little cluttered and the literal  intentions give it a cheesy, overbearing quality. The second bridge solos are forced and under played by the continuing  rhythm sucking away the tepid cohesion of the song thus far. What’s  more, the guitar is not impressive enough to stand up like it does.  Ultimately, ’<em>King of all the Moves</em>’ is a childishly simple and  repetitive song which does not truthfully go anywhere, but it will  likely make you move a little bit, whether or not you want to, is the  question.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.thedwarf.com.au/nd/albumreviews/king_of_all_the_moves_toby_richardson\" target=\"_blank\">The Dwarf</a>','Toby Richardson &#039;King of all the Moves&#039; - The Dwarf','','publish','closed','open','','toby-richardson-king-of-all-the-moves-the-dwarf','','','2011-05-02 14:12:20','2011-05-02 14:12:20','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3174',0,'post','',0),(3234,1,'2011-05-02 14:14:11','2011-05-02 14:14:11','Excerpt: \"We featured Rich Bennett back in August 2010  on the strength of his superb album \'On Holiday\'. So the following from  Hidden Shoal a week a go was a nice surprise. Today, Hidden Shoal Recordings found an old VHS cassette stuffed down  the back of a sofa in their label office. Delighted to discover a  playable copy of the movie Buddy Cop, the label is now proud to share  its soundtrack, for free, with the world. The back of the tape reads: Dan Lyman (Rich Bennett, star of Badge of Fury and Miami Lockdown) is a  classy, refined cop from uptown. When the Deckard Crime Syndicate steals  a mysterious mineral, Lyman teams up with streetwise colleague Timothy  Sanna (Rich Bennett). Together, travel to the Andromeda Galaxy before  syndicate boss Xavier Graffin (Greg Hoy) can turn the minerals into a  gateway to a mainframe computer game, from where he can rule all  communications of the universe. When Marilyn Miranda (Pam Yawbus) comes  into the picture, the question of who is an enemy and who is a friend  threatens to unravel the whole mission … Discover how the whole slippery can of worms unravels by downloading the  album and checking out the Buddy Cop trailer on YouTube. The download  includes a code for 50% off Rich’s other releases, including the  much-praised Music for Underwater Supermarkets and this year’s gorgeous  album On Holiday.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.beehivecandy.com/2010/12/2010fm-december-edition-three.html\" target=\"_blank\">Beehive Candy</a>','Rich Bennett - Beehive Candy','','draft','closed','open','','rich-bennett-beehive-candy','','','2014-08-01 02:22:24','2014-08-01 02:22:24','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3234',0,'post','',0),(3594,1,'2011-05-02 14:08:24','2011-05-02 14:08:24','Excerpt: \"We begin with some sparse piano notes and the cover artwork a faded Victorian photograph of the Lake District. It\'s a good start. As you can imagine the album has avery pastoral feel, converging beauty and serenity. It also manages to convey a few surprises. Sometimes the synths almost recall Vangelis\' work on Blade Runner, the strings occasionally hint towards side 1 of \'Zeit\' and the treatment of the spoken word veers towards the Productions of Richard Dorfmeister. These are but subtle hints, however, and the album remains a deep meditative work - rich in complexity and gracefully gentle. \"\n\n<a href=\"Antonymes \'License to Interpret Dreams\' -\" target=\"_blank\">Was ist Dast?</a>','Antonymes &#039;License to Interpret Dreams&#039; - Was Ist Das','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-license-to-interpret-dreams-was-ist-das','','','2011-05-02 14:08:24','2011-05-02 14:08:24','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3594',0,'post','',0),(3596,1,'2011-05-02 14:08:24','2011-05-02 14:08:24','Excerpt: \"This album is probably the most heartbreaking set of songs I’ve heard since Bon Iver’s For Emma Forever Ago, or I Am A Bird Now by Antony And The Johnsons. It’s Brian Eno meets a dagger to the heart. Antonymes is Ian M. Hazeldine who currently resides in Wales. The Licence To Interpret Dreams is his first full length on Hidden Shoal Records, a label that continues to put out some of the most important records by today’s up and coming, relevant artists. Like Maps did back in 2007 with We Can Create, Hazeldine is a one man band who has made a record that deserves album of the year, even four months into 2011.\n\nFrom the first tap on the piano key 35 seconds into “A Fragile Acceptance”, Hazeldine’s melodies slowly drip from his fingers. The track elevates almost halfway through with a barrage of cello and your mind instantly shoots through every catastrophe and tragedy your brain can conceive. The track goes behind any surface level ambience and delves deeper to touch on the inner darkness of the soul.\n\nThis holds true for the remainder of the album. What Hazeldine has tapped into on The License To Interpret Dreams supersedes normal human comprehension.... Seasons are captured, along with childhood memories, loved ones, and death. This is Eno’s Apollo: Atmospheres And Soundtracks but with heart. I dare you to listen to The License To Interpret Dreams in one sitting. I still find it difficult even after a week. This is an album that requires a slow progression, like reading Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche. You have to put it down after a paragraph to fully comprehend what you’ve just read, or in this case, what you’ve just listened to. Hidden Shoal and Antonymes have come together to bring us an album so moving that I myself am at a loss for words. The License To Interpret Dreams has a way of transcending beyond words and categorisation. It’s best to leave it open for your own interpretation\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.adequacy.net/2011/04/antonymes-the-licence-to-interpret-dreams/\" target=\"_blank\">Delusions of Adequacy</a>','Antonymes &#039;License to Interpret Dreams&#039; - Delusions of Adequacy ','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-license-to-interpret-dreams-delusions-of-adequacy','','','2011-05-02 14:08:24','2011-05-02 14:08:24','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3596',0,'post','',0),(3601,1,'2011-05-02 14:08:24','2011-05-02 14:08:24','Excerpt: \".... \"The Licence to Interpret Dreams\"  fits in perfectly with the best of the recent \'post-classical\' releases and will have immediate appeal to listeners that also enjoy releases by artists like Johann Johannsson, Max Richter, Peter Broderick and Dustin O\'Halloran. But to leave it at that description would not do justice to the versatility of this album. It is not \"just\" a collection beautifully constructed post-classical chamber music. From the beginning to the end, this album has a carefully constructed balance.  Starting with sparse piano chords in \"A Fragile Acceptance\", it guides us along some amazing stylistical surprises, that also feature fragmented poetry, satie-esque piano music, church organ/harpsichord arrangements, dreamlike ambient sound, and a choir arrangement that could\'ve easily been written for a Disney animation movie soundtrack... Like North Wales itself, the music on \"The Licence to Interpret Dreams\" is a mixture of reality and dreamlike mysteries at the same time.  \"It begins at the piano, where notes, space and intention, and something of the soul and the mind catching itself combine over time, until a shape appears, which suggests other shapes..\"... \"The Licence to Interpret Dreams\" stands out from many other albums in this blooming genre of post-modern impressionism.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.vancooten.com/blog/?e=364\" target=\"_blank\">AmbientBlog.net</a>','Antonymes &#039;License to Interpret Dreams&#039; - Ambient Blog','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-license-to-interpret-dreams-ambient-blog','','','2011-05-02 14:08:24','2011-05-02 14:08:24','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3601',0,'post','',0),(3604,1,'2011-05-02 14:08:24','2011-05-02 14:08:24','Excerpt: \"What the world need now is a band that spins round and round so fast that it can create sonic whirlwinds of such size that your ears cannot ignore them and should you need evidence that such bands exist then you should tune your ears to the sound of Seattle based band Hotels. Much as Morrissey could make something out of insignificance, Hotels make what could have been eighties synth rock revisited into something full of drama and just a bit different. In fact they have gone and done a concept album about a secret agent and his nemesis. Only “On The Casino Floor” isn’t an excuse for self indulgence for, whilst reverential to its influences from the days of drum machines and padded shoulders, this is an album with a sense of direction. The songs throw in the kind of noises that suggest an Atari video game was a source of inspiration but there is no doubt that the necessary support is there to hold up the substantial ennui in Blake Madden’s laconic vocals (never better illustrated than in the unrestrained disappointment of betrayal to be found in the words of “Sleep In Fame”). True, the songs do merge into one but that, surely, is the point. You don’t just pull a song out of an album like this and expect it to make sense and, yes, retro is indeed the new, smartly dressed, secret agent dressed in black. Groovy, baby!\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.bluesbunny.com/tabid/122/xmmid/474/xmid/3102/xmview/2/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Bluesbunny</a>','Hotels &#039;On The Casino Floor&#039; - Bluesbunny','','publish','closed','open','','hotels-on-the-casino-floor-bluesbunny','','','2011-05-02 14:08:24','2011-05-02 14:08:24','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3604',0,'post','',0),(3606,1,'2011-05-02 14:06:50','2011-05-02 14:06:50','Excerpt: \"With their third release Seattle quintet Hotels are once again casting trembling post-rock and surf guitar lines across a synth-driven new wave backdrop. It’ an effective fusion, in which sombre riffs cut through tinkling keys and synthesiser or, in the case of The Bat Watusi, work together in an entirely spooky union. Lead singer Blake Madden adds another dimension to the sci-fi-meets-new-wave air, conjuring the occasional Ian Curtis comparison – especially during his more sedate moments in openers From The West and Lonely Islands. The record’ most interesting juxtaposition comes with Trouble At The Consulate, which sees a borderline Bond Theme guitar line running through an upbeat, spacey re-imagining of Love Will Tear Us Apart. The ’80s influences are strong, but the retro-futuristic edge makes this less a rehash and more the soundtrack to an outer space surf documentary.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.ravemagazine.com.au/content/view/26257/181/\" target=\"_blank\">Rave Magazine</a>','Hotels &#039;On The Casino Floor&#039; - Rave Magazine','','publish','closed','open','','hotels-on-the-casino-floor-rave-magazine','','','2011-05-02 14:06:50','2011-05-02 14:06:50','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3606',0,'post','',0),(3608,1,'2011-05-02 14:05:45','2011-05-02 14:05:45','Excerpt: \"A concept album of sorts from the Seattle band with a madly ambitious premise, too good not to quote from the press blurb. The plot concerns a \"secret agent, his former mentor and current arch-nemesis, and a nefarious prince\'s plan to destroy Earth during the grand opening of the universe\'s only outer space casino complex\" (!). This would be good enough in itself but happily the musical chops match the scale of the ambition, with elements of surf-rock and post-punk, a dollop of film soundtracks, as well as a hint of decadent and very welcome lounge. You may already have had the great pleasure of hearing first single The bat watusi, a wonderful Dick Dale-style bassline strapped onto a louche vocal with ray-gun synths in pursuit. A shimmering suite of tunes overall, which eschew standard verse-chorus structures but still retain a firm grasp of pop dynamics (for example, the delirious crescendo of From the west, the glorious wall of sound of the title track, the John Barry-like uplift of Sleep in fame). And at the centre, Blake Madden\'s sonorous croon. Highly recommended.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.theundergroundofhappiness.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Underground of Happiness</a>','Hotels &#039;On The Casino Floor&#039; - Underground of Happiness','','publish','closed','open','','hotels-on-the-casino-floor-underground-of-happiness','','','2011-05-02 14:05:45','2011-05-02 14:05:45','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3608',0,'post','',0),(3610,1,'2011-05-02 14:05:00','2011-05-02 14:05:00','Excerpt: \"Two years after their well deserved critically acclaimed sophomore album Where Hearts Go Broke the Seattle-based sci-fi pop band Hotels releases their third album; On The Casino Floor. A seven track concept album that moves their cinematic sound close to fulfillment.\nOn The Casino Floor tells the story of a secret agent, his former mentor gone bad, and a devious prince\'s plan to destroy the universe\'s only space casino complex. Not surprisingly this gives a soundscape made out of spaghetti western images, and romantic Bond-like moves, added just a dash of Star Trek. A most charming combination.... Hotels have with On The Casino Floor delivered an almost epic musical storyline for a space movie that were never made. But, I sure would have been first in line to see it, just based on the magnificent soundtrack.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://tiptopmusic.blogspot.com/2011/02/hotels-on-casino-floor-2011.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tip Top Music</a>','Hotels &#039;On The Casino Floor&#039; - Tip Top Music','','publish','closed','open','','hotels-on-the-casino-floor-tip-top-music','','','2011-05-02 14:05:00','2011-05-02 14:05:00','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3610',0,'post','',0),(3760,1,'2011-05-02 14:01:00','2011-05-02 14:01:00','Excerpt: \"Sodium gas lights cause less light pollution but cast an orange pall over the urban spaces they most commonly illuminate. They began to be installed, particulary along highways, in the 1970s. Ultimately, this is album is one great big love letter, as almost each track title bears out. ”The Song in Your Eyes” begins as dreamily as expected, pulsing gently before turning downright seductive with a purred female ”everything is alright, we´re together now”. ”Laura´s Dream” conjures a visual rendition of the album´s title – I see a highway interchange, freshly-paved and cross-hatched with overpasses, and I see two dancers taking possession of it long past midnight, staring into each other´s eyes, wrapped in that eerie amber haze, their shadowplay conveyed by Drew Sullivan´s guitar. This guitar is indeed the centrepiece of Under the Sodium Lights, and the Spokane native handles each note distinctly and confidently, saying only as much as need be said, but saying it with authority, creating depth, closeness and distance. It contrasts starkly and perfectly with the ambient fog in which he wraps it. My only gripe is with the crackling which mars the otherwise sweet and sad closer, ”Love is On the Way”. You´ve got to love the humility of the man, who thanks his fans for ”justifying” a fourth album. And the fourth certainly justifies a fifth.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://sonomu.net/text/~slow-dancing-soc/\" target=\"_blank\">Sonomu</a>','Slow Dancing Society &#039;Under the Sodium Lights&#039; - Sonomu','','publish','closed','open','','slow-dancing-society-under-the-sodium-lights-sonomu','','','2011-05-02 14:01:00','2011-05-02 14:01:00','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3760',0,'post','',0),(3762,1,'2011-05-02 13:59:44','2011-05-02 13:59:44','Excerpt: \"Ian Hazeldine, who records under the alias Antonymes, is as fascinating and unconventional as you can find. Start with the recent Fluid Radio interview: Hazeldine is a graphic designer, photographer and filmmaker, responsible for the ravishing images accompanying Field Rotation’s universally acclaimed Acoustic Tales. Regarding film... he claims to “post process each frame individually,” which is a testament to his creative method, to say nothing of sheer, enviable patience. He hopes to sell physical prints from a photography site to be created later in the year, as “digital photography doesn’t age.” To hear Hazeldine tell it, his poor memory borders on the caricature: he discovered the title to his forthcoming album written on an unexplained note in his own handwriting, chalking it up to “most likely from something on BBC Radio 4.” Listening to his finished work, there is no question whether or not Hazeldine is a remarkable talent, a composer with natural instincts. But he is strikingly modest about it, stating, “I don’t play particularly well, and I tend not to like re-recording parts.” He deflects the notion of appearing in concert almost out-of-hand, “I’m really not a performer.” He says, “I really have no desire to perform live. I did a couple of things with Paul Morley last year, The Big Chill in the summer and at the Southbank Centre just before Christmas. I just brought my parts on CD and sat in the audience.”... Recorded over the span of an entire decade (that’s some 5.7 minutes of recorded material per year, for those of you keeping score), Licence reflects the agonizing increments and surefooted method that instructed Hazeldine’s previous works. Those familiar with Beauty Becomes The Enemy Of The Future can expect the same view, although here it is more realized, perhaps more fragile. His description of the writing process is proven in nearly every piece: slow and spartan piano work, some virtuoso string play, and expert texturing. For a part-time, DIY musician who began composing at an older age than is usual, Hazeldine has terrific instincts, deftly communicating nostalgia, tragedy, drama, sadness, in addition to mere beauty.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://themuseinmusic.com/2011/04/18/mim-reviews-the-licence-to-interpret-dreams-by-antonymes/\" target=\"_blank\">The Muse in Music</a>','Antonymes &#039;The Licence to Interpret Dreams&#039; - MiM','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-the-licence-to-interpret-dreams-mim','','','2011-05-02 13:59:44','2011-05-02 13:59:44','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3762',0,'post','',0),(3764,1,'2011-05-02 13:59:06','2011-05-02 13:59:06','Excerpt: \"Antonymes is Ian M. Hazeldine - designer, photographer, conceptualist and musician. He\'s \"making music from the wilds of North Wales, a very strange, fantastic, ultimately unreal place of mountains, streams, woods, villages and obscure wilderness\", to quote Hidden Shoal. <em>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</em> is ambient, grandiose minimalism, built around Hazeldine\'s fragile piano magic.... Now, here\'s <em>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</em> (great title, btw), a full album presenting 12 compositions - 12 songs floating and hovering. At the same time they sound like being astronautic, or cosmic, as well as sounding submerged, being performed underwater. Like it\'s the music guiding a slow-motion, unearthly ballet. These are meditative compositions - minimal and stripped, yet sentimental, naked and quiet, yet massive. The piano-beauty is computer-distilled, while a sparse layer of sound and some (spoken) vocal/voice sequences appearing like minor scenographic parts. <em>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</em> is like an exotic travel, lasting months and months, years and years, while the album clocks in at a bit under an hour. <em>The Licence...</em> is slow, sandy windstorms through endless deserts. It\'s like paragliding over foggy landscapes, where you barely get to see some glimpses of what lies below. Or, as mentioned earlier, taking place in the aquatic element. Like scenes of scuba diving, swimming through slow-waving seaweed. The label\'s got fitting description of Antonymes\' music: \"...Composition takes form through patience, probing, occasional accidents, spontaneity and a form of focused daydreaming.\" One might also add unfocused, random night dreaming.... Antonymes really is an interpreter of dreams, or a translator of dreamlike sound-escapades. <em>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</em> for sure is translations of dreams. It\'s almost like being field recordings of dreams. From inside someone\'s head. A massive masterpiece.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.lunakafe.com/moon179/wa179.php\" target=\"_blank\">Luna Kafe</a>','Antonymes &#039;Licence to Interpret Dreams&#039; - Luna Kafe','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-licence-to-interpret-dreams-luna-kafe','','','2011-05-02 13:59:06','2011-05-02 13:59:06','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3764',0,'post','',0),(3766,1,'2011-05-02 13:57:58','2011-05-02 13:57:58','<p>Excerpt: \"There is no maelstrom, no swell of overwhelming sound. Antonyme’s first full-length work, The License to Interpret Dreams, is defiant in its fragility; in fact, the work is so over-wrought that it teeters on the point of collapse. It seems its purpose is to carry on a prolonged moment of respite despite the fact that it shudders under its weight and poignancy. Each piece is a wonder, much like encountering different facets of the same being, finding something new to love about someone: an unintended twitch, a new wrinkle, freckle. To think you know something or someone so deeply and be surprised by what is still to be discovered. A guarded laugh may at times burst out into a full-fledged explosion. An undefined glance. I can also imagine knowing someone so deeply but encountering them in a store or street, without accompanying them, and seeing them exist outside of your life together, as if you’ve never met or known one another. Who is a person you care deeply about when they’re not with you? On this work, I began to look at people I’ve known and places I’ve visited in a new light, questioning everything I’ve ever known, and whether what I’ve known was conjured and an extension of myself. I listen to “Doubt” and I hear scattered words and experience an assortment of images, and I wonder whether what I see is me, or, as I understand myself to be. A finite layer of gossamer shrouds the album from the start, as “A Fragile Acceptance” gradually seeps out of the speakers. A serene hush floats in and, intermittently, notes pick up out of the silence. A wave of strings emerges from the silence and shares a kinship with the sensation of an epiphany, of knowing everything all at once before it completely escapes you. I felt lonely in its absence, when it subsides, but became used to the emptiness so effortlessly filled in with the right note or the right shift, at the right time.... There is so much to experience and so much the music will conjure for the listener. The music on “The License to Interpret Dreams” can influence how one views the world, their inherent sensibilities, of knowing, and, finally, of returning.\"</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2011/04/antonymes-the-licence-to-interpret-dreams/\" target=\"_blank\">Fluid Radio</a></p>\n','Antonymes &#039;The Licence to Interpret Dreams&#039; - Fluid Radio','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-the-licence-to-interpret-dreams-fluid-radio','','','2011-05-02 13:57:58','2011-05-02 13:57:58','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3766',0,'post','',0),(3768,1,'2011-05-02 13:56:27','2011-05-02 13:56:27','Excerpt: \"This album is not typical of ambient music I have reviewed in the past. If your first impression is to skip over this article because ambient is not to your liking, I would invite you to reconsider and welcome you to be pleasantly surprised.... \"The Licence to Interpret Dreams\" incorporates neoclassical elements to an ambient framework. Piano, violin, and cello instrumentation is combined with sound samples and electronic tones. The press release I received notes influence of minimalism on the composition of the music, but I would note traces of Impressionism (e.g., like unto Claude Debussy) as well as other modern and post-modern styles. In short, I can confidently say this is a work of serious and perhaps even scholarly consideration. I give my usual recommendations in that I suggest active listening with headphones. You may be tempted to turn the volume down to the threshold of audibility, so that it is merely background noise in the distance, but I would say this is music to savor, to meditate upon, and even daydream to, as I would say the title suggests.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://weheartmusic.typepad.com/blog/2011/04/antonymes-the-licence-to-interpret-dreams-1.html\" target=\"_blank\">We Heart Music</a>','Antonymes &#039;The Licence to Interpret Dreams&#039; - We Heart Music','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-the-licence-to-interpret-dreams-we-heart-music','','','2011-05-02 13:56:27','2011-05-02 13:56:27','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3768',0,'post','',0),(3770,1,'2011-05-02 13:55:12','2011-05-02 13:55:12','Excerpt: \"From the very first drops of sonic mist surrounding the mysterious arrangement of this cinematic journey, I already know, that this album will remain on my rotation for the years to come. The Licence To Interpret Dreams is a sophomore release by Ian M Hazeldine (although the first for Hidden Shoal), hailing from North Wales. I enter the world of Antonymes in complete darkness, with the lights shut and my lids closed. This way I can truly listen. Listen with my full attention focused on each sound and breath. As the string dynamics in the first dream rise, I am swept into a whirlpool of emotions drawn from memories and future past. Music like this is simply haunting… It embodies a soundtrack to our busy lives, to neurotic thoughts, and to the lonely naked trees moving fast beyond the vision. Melancholic piano chords come and go, as the ambient synth pads stretch their fingers through the white noise of the crashing waves in the distance. Words become speechless; sights turn blurry, then blind; mind tries to make sense of it all, in a sensory overload of the world… dreams set in… and Antonymes hands you the license… And when the music finally subsides, all that’s left is the sound of the whistling wind, inexplicably and undeniably cold. Highly recommended!!! I’ll be sure to grab Antonymes‘ 2009 debut, Beauty Becomes The Enemy Of The Future,released on Cathedral Transmissions.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2011/04/16/sound-bytes-hidden-shoal-special/\" target=\"_blank\">Headphone Commute</a>','Antonymes &#039;The Licence to Interpret Dreams&#039; - Headphone Commute','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-the-licence-to-interpret-dreams-headphone-commute','','','2011-05-02 13:55:12','2011-05-02 13:55:12','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3770',0,'post','',0),(3772,1,'2011-05-02 13:53:19','2011-05-02 13:53:19','Excerpt: \"On his third full length album for Hidden Shoal, Jumpel curates gentle whispers, lonely glances and tired sighs, in his carefully produced environmental snapshots of the world. Europa is Jo Dürbeck’s continuation of sound exploration as Jumpel, inspired by his travels around the continent, transforming his memories into eleven tracks titled after the visited cities. From Stockholm to Madrid to Vienna and Lisbon, Dürbeck’s album is more than an audio travelogue, it is an “abstracted sonic diary, painting the intangibility and romanticism of memory and travel using sparse yet resonant sound.” There’s no trickery here to ploy the listener and bend his ear, instead the familiar fragments of harmony and effected progression shine through with their exquisite moments, and comfortably settle on their best. Although at times such a description may sound undesirable, I assure you that in this context it is meant as a compliment. Indeed, these tracks are perfect for my morning, rainy and drowsy commute, each telling a story of another city, ticking away with the clink-clank of the train. Perhaps somebody out there, perhaps Dürbeck, perhaps even you, is listening to the story of my city, on their own morning, rainy, and drowsy commute.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2011/04/16/sound-bytes-hidden-shoal-special/\" target=\"_blank\">Headphone Commute</a>','Jumpel &#039;Europa&#039; - Headphone Commute','','publish','closed','open','','jumpel-europa-headphone-commute','','','2011-05-02 13:53:19','2011-05-02 13:53:19','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3772',0,'post','',0),(3774,1,'2011-05-02 13:47:08','2011-05-02 13:47:08','Excerpt: \"Slow Dancing Society is a solo project of Washington based producer and musician, Drew Sullivan. His contemplative, ambient explorations fling you into the heavens, where you remain suspended by his cerebral skein of shimmering notes. Under The Sodium Lights is Sullivan’s fourth full length album for Hidden Shoal, and is a perfect follow up for his 2008 release, Priest Lake Circa ’88 (see Headphone Commute Review andInterview with Drew Sullivan). As I listen, snow falls gently and surrounds me with its quiet aspect as SDS works its way into my cranium, soothing my frayed nerves and restoring the balance. A long silence demarcates the transition between tracks, and just when you long for the musical dream to continue, it floats back. “The delicate interplay between focused melodic details and blurred washes of sound draws the listener into a hypnotised state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance.” This slightly somber but always lovely set of compositions continues to sustain me on these cold, wintry days, and I recommend it to anyone who enjoys the peace of quiet and ambient music.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2011/04/16/sound-bytes-hidden-shoal-special/\" target=\"_blank\">Headphone Commute</a>','Slow Dancing Society &#039;Under the Sodium Lights&#039; - Headphone Commute','','publish','closed','open','','slow-dancing-society-under-the-sodium-lights-headphone-commute','','','2011-05-02 13:47:08','2011-05-02 13:47:08','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3774',0,'post','',0),(3814,1,'2011-05-05 05:45:47','2011-05-05 05:45:47','<img src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/large/lost_LRG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"196\" align=\"left\" />Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the release of the new track ‘<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=49&amp;products_id=170\">Lost In Waves Of Light</a>’ by neo-classical/minimal ambient artist Antonymes, accompanied by a stunning 12 page photographic pdf booklet.\n\nCreated from elements lifted off Antonyme’s critically acclaimed album <em>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</em>,  ‘Lost In Waves Of Light’ is a deftly crafted sonic and melodic  patchwork. The track sits as a wonderful companion piece to the album,  as recognised melodies unfurl, cloaked in new guises. As a work unto  itself it once again places Antonymes at the height of his game,  producing some of the most emotionally and sonically engaging work being  released today.\n\nAntonymes new album <em>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</em> has been met  with universal acclaim since its release in April. It is an album of  resonant beauty, as expansive as the wilds of North Wales from which it  came, yet as delicate and intimate as a loved one’s breath upon your  skin. Each song deploys a modest array of instruments and textures,  giving them ample space to breathe and glow.\n\n<em>“This album is probably the most heartbreaking set of songs I’ve   heard since Bon Iver’s For Emma Forever Ago, or I Am A Bird Now by   Antony And The Johnsons. It’s Brian Eno meets a dagger to the heart....a   record that deserves album of the year, even four months into 2011.”<strong> </strong></em><strong>– Delusions of Adequacy</strong><em> </em><em><strong> </strong></em>\n\n<em><strong> </strong></em>\n\n<em><strong> </strong>“There is so much to experience and so much the music will conjure   for the listener. The music on The License to Interpret Dreams can   influence how one views the world, their inherent sensibilities, of   knowing, and, finally, of returning.”</em><em><strong> </strong></em><strong>– </strong><strong> Fluid Radio</strong><strong>\n</strong>\n‘Lost In Waves Of Light’ is now available for <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=49&amp;products_id=170\">free download</a> from the Hidden Shoal Store. You can also read a full press release <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes-Lost_In_Waves_Of_Light.pdf\">here</a>. The album <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=49&amp;products_id=167\"><em>The Licence To Interpret  Dreams</em></a> is available now physically and digitally through Hidden Shoal Recordings,   distributed via <a href=\"http://n5mailorder.com/release/1178/antonymes-the-licence-to-interpret-dreams-%5BPREORDER%5D\">n5Mailorder</a>.\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>','Antonymes  &#039;Lost In Waves Of Light&#039; - Free Download','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-lost-in-waves-of-light-free-download','','','2016-02-03 13:40:53','2016-02-03 05:40:53','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3814',0,'post','',0),(3818,1,'2011-05-06 12:42:49','2011-05-06 12:42:49','<img src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/HSR_Logo_only_colour1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"91\" align=\"left\" />Throughout the month of May 2011, <a href=\"http://music.hiddenshoal.com\">Hidden Shoal Recordings</a> is celebrating its fifth birthday. The celebrations kick off on Friday 6 May with the release of its latest free sampler album, <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=12&amp;products_id=169\"><em>Hydrozoa</em></a>, which compiles 18 singles released over the last 18 months. Other delicious surprises will be revealed in the coming weeks, so stay tuned for more info.\n\nSince starting up in Perth, Western Australia in 2006, Hidden Shoal has developed an enviable roster of genre-defying global and local recording artists. With 40+ acts from 10+ different countries  ranging from the gorgeous neo-classical/minimal ambient of Antonymes through to the genius space-pop of Hotels and beyond the visionary team at Hidden Shoal continues to play an integral role in promoting exciting new   independent music.','Hidden Shoal Turns 5!','','draft','closed','open','','hidden-shoal-turns-5','','','2016-02-03 16:42:16','2016-02-03 08:42:16','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3818',0,'post','',0),(3826,1,'2011-05-06 12:47:25','2011-05-06 12:47:25','<img src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/large/hydrozoa_LRG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\" align=\"left\" />To  coincide with the label\'s 5th birthday celebrations, Hidden Shoal is  proud to announce the release of the latest installment in its free  downloadable sampler album series. <em>Hydrozoa </em>compiles 18 singles  released over the last 18 months and lovingly sequences them into an  epic journey. The album is divided into two sides, each a distinct  listening experience in its own right - or, if you choose to digest the  album in its entirety, it\'s a graduated ride from the ambient and  minimal all the way through to the widescreen and guitar-fuelled.  Whichever way you slice it, <em>Hydrozoa </em>is a compelling creature.\n\nFeaturing Antonymes, Boxharp, City of Satellites, Elisa Luu, Hotels,  Iretsu, Jumpel, Liam Singer, Markus Mehr, Mukaizake, My Majestic Star,  Rich Bennett, Salli Lunn, Slow Dancing Society, Stray Ghost, Toby  Richardson, Umpire and Wes Willenbring, <em>Hydrozoa </em>touches all the bases  that make the Hidden Shoal roster unique, and massages them into a  broad-ranging and utterly engaging whole. The release accompanied by a  pdf booklet containing stunning artwork by Hidden Shoal\'s Stuart Medley.\n\n<strong>Download the sampler <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=12&amp;products_id=169\">here</a>.</strong>','New Hidden Shoal Compilation Album Available for Free Download! ','','publish','closed','open','','new-hidden-shoal-compilation-album-available-for-free-download','','','2016-02-03 16:41:12','2016-02-03 08:41:12','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3826',0,'post','',0),(3830,1,'2011-05-09 14:41:44','2011-05-09 14:41:44','Head over to the wonderful Perth based blog <a href=\"http://twicerememberedtwiceremoved.blogspot.com/2011/05/hidden-shoal-recordings-interview-with.html\" target=\"_blank\">Twicreremoved</a> and check out the recent interview with Hidden Shoal\'s Cam Merton.','Hidden Shoal Interview with Cam Merton at Twiceremoved','','publish','closed','open','','hidden-shoal-interview-with-cam-merton-at-twiceremoved','','','2011-05-09 14:41:44','2011-05-09 14:41:44','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3830',0,'post','',0),(3834,1,'2011-05-11 08:49:55','2011-05-11 08:49:55','As we approach the Australian release date of <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=50\">Umpire\'s</a> debut full length album<em> Now We\'re Active</em> the first single lifted from it continues to get love. Brisbane\'s Rave Magazine has just published a glowing review of the track and given it a single of the week badge. Read the review over at <a href=\"http://www.ravemagazine.com.au/content/blogcategory/42/182/\" target=\"_blank\">Rave</a>, download the track for free at the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=50&amp;products_id=168\">HSR Store</a>, love it and then be prepared to get blown away by the album.','Umpire&#039;s &#039;Green Light District&#039; is Rave Magazine&#039;s Single of the Week!','','publish','closed','open','','umpires-green-light-district-is-rave-magazines-single-of-the-week','','','2016-02-03 16:41:31','2016-02-03 08:41:31','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3834',0,'post','',0),(3837,1,'2011-05-12 14:22:59','2011-05-12 14:22:59','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Wayne Harriss - &quot;Aerospace&quot;\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/aerospace_MED.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" />As part of our <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/archive/hidden-shoal-turns-5/\">5th birthday celebrations</a>, over the coming weeks we’ll be looking back at the history of Hidden Shoal, year by year, casting some light on artists and releases that may have been overlooked. For one week, all releases from the year covered will be available from the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/\">Hidden Shoal Store</a> with a 50% discount. Flavoursome!\n\nHidden Shoal Recordings began in Perth, Western Australia in May 2006. The motivation behind starting the label was to release music by Hidden Shoal’s very own Cam Merton (Glassacre), Stu Medley (Motor Eye) and Mal Riddoch (Enargeia). Friends Wayne Harriss, Chris Mason, Toby Richardson and Craig Hallsworth (Tangled Star) soon came on board, with the first swathe of Hidden Shoal releases dominated by Perth-based talent.\n\nThe first year of operation also saw the signing of our first international artists, Slow Dancing Society – who has since gone on to release four critically acclaimed albums– and Italian math-rockers Dilatazione.\n\nHSR001: 	Wayne Harriss	<em> <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=9&amp;products_id=15\">Aerospace</a></em>\nHSR002: 	My Majestic Star		<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=6&amp;products_id=14\"><em>Ideas Are The Answer</em></a>\nHSR003: 	Motor Eye			<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=5&amp;products_id=6\"><em>Motor Eye</em></a>\nHSR004: 	Chris Mason			<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=7&amp;products_id=20\"><em>Up Down Up</em></a>\nHSR005: 	Glassacre			<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=10&amp;products_id=21\"><em>Slow Attack</em></a> EP\nHSR006: 	Enargeia			<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=4&amp;products_id=22\"><em>UFO: Stryker Force</em></a>\nHSR007: 	Toby Richardson		<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=8&amp;products_id=24\"><em>Golden Days</em></a> EP\nHSR008: 	Various artists	<em> <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=12&amp;products_id=23\">The Least Vestige of Land</a></em>\nHSR009: 	Enargeia			<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=4&amp;products_id=25\"><em>Gulag! 25.9.98</em></a>\nHSR010: 	Slow Dancing Society	<em> <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=13&amp;products_id=26\">The Sound Of Lights When Dim</a></em>\nHSR011: 	Dilatazione			<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=14&amp;products_id=27\"><em>Too Emotional For Maths</em></a>\nHSR012: 	Tangled Star			<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=15&amp;products_id=29\"><em>It’s Now or Later</em></a> EP\n\nTwelve releases in the first eight months? We started as we meant to continue!','2006: HSR is Born!','','publish','closed','open','','2006-hsr-is-born','','','2016-02-03 16:42:14','2016-02-03 08:42:14','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3837',0,'post','',0),(3848,1,'2011-05-16 05:15:18','2011-05-16 05:15:18','Excerpt: \"Antonymes and Hidden Shoal have followed up the serious contender for album of the year (\"The Licence to Interpret Dreams\") with this second helping \"Lost in Waves of Light\" which has been constructed from elements of said album. \"Lost In Waves Of Light’ is a deftly crafted sonic and melodic patchwork. The track sits as a wonderful companion piece to the album, as recognised melodies unfurl, cloaked in new guises. As a work unto itself it once again places Antonymes at the height of his game, producing some of the most emotionally and sonically engaging work being released today\".\n\n<a href=\"http://twicerememberedtwiceremoved.blogspot.com/2011/05/antonymes-lost-in-waves-of-light.html\" target=\"_blank\">Twice Remembered Twice Removed</a>','Antonymes &#039;The Licence to Interpret Dreams&#039; - Twice Remembered','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-the-licence-to-interpret-dreams-twice-remembered','','','2011-05-16 05:15:18','2011-05-16 05:15:18','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3848',0,'post','',0),(3851,1,'2011-05-16 05:27:09','2011-05-16 05:27:09','Excerpt: \"The latest opus from North Wales-based Ian Hazeldine under the Antonymes moniker, <em>The Licence To Interpret Dreams </em>is a beautiful collection regardless of whether one classifies it as electronic chamber music or ambient neo-classical. A marvel of conception and form, the album\'s twelve pieces are numbered on the back cover as dreams (“Dream I,” “Dream II,” etc.), which proves to be a fitting strategy for an album that unfurls like a graceful plume of smoke captured in slow-motion. It\'s music that never feels as if it\'s groaning under the weight of a too-cluttered arrangement; instead, Hazeldine opts for restraint and elegance in the selection and distribution of the sounds making up the pieces.... <em>The Licence To Interpret Dreams </em>is an album that features one stirring moment after another, with seemingly every piece distinguished by an ear-catching moment or two.... Antonymes\' album is one that would have natural appeal to listeners whose recent playlists have included work by Field Rotation, Harold Budd, Nils Frahm, and Dustin O\'Halloran, to name a few who could be seen as kindred spirits to Hazeldine.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.textura.org/reviews/antonymes_licenceinterpretdreams.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Textura</a>','Antonymes &#039;The Licence to Interpret Dreams&#039; - Textura','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-the-licence-to-interpret-dreams-textura','','','2011-05-16 05:27:09','2011-05-16 05:27:09','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3851',0,'post','',0),(3855,1,'2011-05-16 05:29:46','2011-05-16 05:29:46','Excerpt: \"I don’t remember hearing this chap before. That doesn’t mean to say I’ve not heard him before. My memory has been reduced to a pile of rubble in recent years and I often can’t remember anything unless it’s happened in the last 5 minutes and that’s pushing it. I blame the internet. Anyhoo Mr Antonymes is from North Wales and here’s made a neo-classical droney opus which is delicately layered in micro electronics. It’s really quite lovely indeed. Piano and drones with tinkles, crackles, fizzes and possibly a whoop here and there with the occasional vocal explosion from Jan Van Der Broek (Ren…). It’s delightfully moving, thoroughly spacious and rather epic sounding when listened to in its entirety. A very accomplished piece of work!\"\n\n<a href=\"http://blog.normanrecords.com/2011/04/28/5-the-license-to-interpret-dreams-by-antonymes/\" target=\"_blank\">Norman Records</a>','Antonymes &#039;Licence to Interpret Dreams&#039; - Norman Records','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-licence-to-interpret-dreams-norman-records','','','2011-05-16 05:29:46','2011-05-16 05:29:46','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3855',0,'post','',0),(3857,1,'2011-05-16 05:34:27','2011-05-16 05:34:27','Excerpt: \"Once again we’re blessed with another amazing band brought to us by Hidden Shoal Recordings. Umpire is their newest signing and they make a fine addition to the labels already amazing, and eclectic roster. Hailing from Perth, Umpire bring their bouncy, Smiths like charm into 2011. Although their first full length, Now We’re Active isn’t set to be released until June 2 (July 14 in the States), “Green Light District” is available now as a free download. The single is upbeat and poppy with a chorus that wails, featuring a guitar line mid-way through the song that would make Sonic Youth bow their heads. If this track is in any way a sign of things to come, then rest assured that when the album hits, it’ll leave fans mesmerized.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.adequacy.net/2011/04/umpire-green-light-district/\">Adequacy</a>','Umpire &#039;Green Light District&#039; - Adequacy.net','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-green-light-district-adequacy-net','','','2011-05-16 05:34:27','2011-05-16 05:34:27','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3857',0,'post','',0),(3860,1,'2011-05-16 05:44:17','2011-05-16 05:44:17','Excerpt: \"... Neo-lounge composer Rich Bennett is sure to find favor with the modern yacht rock crowd, but truth be told, his stylistic lineage traces back through folks like Esquivel, Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman. His 2010 release,On Holiday, found plenty of favor with both critics and the martini set, and coming at this point in time, his new video for the gauzy Misty Valley almost feels like a lackadaisical afterthought. Not that I’m complaining. It’s all a passing sad daydream, with found footage casting a soft focus on the breezy buttermilk sky pop. Highly recommended with cocktails and nostalgia.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.myoldkentuckyblog.com/?p=17701\" target=\"_blank\">My Old Kentucky Blog</a>','Rich Bennett &#039;Misty Valley&#039; - MOKB','','draft','closed','open','','rich-bennett-misty-valley-mokb','','','2014-08-01 02:22:23','2014-08-01 02:22:23','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3860',0,'post','',0),(3862,1,'2011-05-16 06:22:13','2011-05-16 06:22:13','Excerpt: \"A deceptively simple set of neo-classical instrumentals (there is spoken word on one track), featuring piano, atmospherics and heart-swelling orchestral arrangements, from north Wales\' Ian Hazeldine. There\'s a stillness and glacial beauty about these tunes which inevitably bring existential matters to mind. The maritime pull of The siren, hopelessly lost, for example. Or The Gospel Pass, with a religious bearing brought on by a solemn church organ. The single Endlessly somehow draws a rumbling chord from a series of ineffable tones. An unexpected muted trumpet fanfare opens The door towards the dream, followed by a female soprano signalling the stars. The Reichian piano structure of A light from the heavens is gradually submerged under yearning cellos. Honestly, the fact that one man/the world can produce an album this gorgeous gives hope for the future of the human race.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://theundergroundofhappiness.blogspot.com/2011/05/antonymes-licence-to-interpret-dreams.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Underground of Happiness</a>','Antonymes &#039;The Licence to Interpret Dreams&#039; - The Underground of Happiness','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-the-licence-to-interpret-dreams-the-underground-of-happiness','','','2011-05-16 06:22:13','2011-05-16 06:22:13','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3862',0,'post','',0),(3865,1,'2011-05-16 06:29:54','2011-05-16 06:29:54','Excerpt: \"Hidden amongst the major label shallowness this week, Green Light District is the one single that keeps drawing me back. The one thing that’s hardest to put a finger on is the length; it’s damn well the shortest four-minute song I’ve ever heard. Umpire’s breezy wide-panned progressive rock – smothered in buttery, reverberating humbucker tone – puts you in a daze, and before you know it, the song is over. There’s something very satisfying about the way the Perth outfit goes about their business here; laying about a generally relaxed vibe is a really vague wistfulness – or ‘arthouse happiness’ if you prefer the darker side of life. Ordinarily you’d write this off as a fluke, but the Umpire EP featured a similar – if slightly less developed – approach, so the full-length is one I’ll be sticking on as soon as it drops.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.ravemagazine.com.au/content/view/26830/182/\" target=\"_blank\">Rave Magazine</a>','Umpire &#039;Green Light District&#039; - Rave Magazine','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-the-green-light-district-rave-magazine','','','2011-05-16 06:29:54','2011-05-16 06:29:54','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3865',0,'post','',0),(3877,1,'2011-05-19 03:02:39','2011-05-19 03:02:39','<img src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/File/slowdance/perfectslitudesm.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"left\" />Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the release of the CD re-issues of <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/slow-dancing-society/\">Slow Dancing Society’s</a> first three albums.\n\nDrew Sullivan’s first three releases as Slow Dancing Society comprise a peerless ambient trilogy. Debut album <em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is a sumptuous unfolding ride towards a fading horizon. As with Brian   Eno’s finest moments and David Sylvian’s ambient explorations, the  album  manages to dissolve its temporal markers and speak about moments   removed from time. It talks to the delicious flaws of memory and   feeling, never sullying itself with literality or simple documentation.\n\nFrom the outset, sophomore album <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> sets   itself up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour, the album paints   its majestic landscapes with both measure and purpose, moving from   immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock. A gorgeously   choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter, the album serves as a   wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous work both in   sound and mood.\n\nFollowing on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, third album <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> exudes restraint and repose, yet is richly melodic and full. Tracks   such as the single ‘A Warm Glow’ typify the album and find Sullivan   issuing forth waves of radiant synth drones and glistening guitars that   ripple effortlessly across the sonic vista. Priest Lake Circa ’88  speaks  of both departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its  broadest  sense the notion of “home”. Above all, this is music to bathe  in: warm,  steamy and all-encompassing.\n\n<em>“Music is all about moments like this. Moments when you are,     unexpectedly, knocked over and stunned into submission by an album that     has, quite literally, came from nowhere... deeply affecting,     consistently excellent… demands repeated listening” </em>– <strong>Boring Machines  Disturb Sleep on <em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em></strong>\n\nAll three reissues are now available on CD via <a href=\"http://n5mailorder.com/index.php?main_page=index&amp;typefilter=music_genre&amp;music_genre_id=349\">n5mailorder</a> singly or as a specially priced bundle. The albums are also <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/slow-dancing-society/\">available</a> digitally in compressed and lossless formats via Hidden Shoal Recordings.\n\n<iframe width=\"46\" height=\"23\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 46px; height: 23px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=1904224780/size=short/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/track/the-red-summer-sun\">The Red Summer Sun by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>  Slow Dancing Society - \'The Red Summer Sun\'\n','Slow Dancing Society Reissues - Out Now!','','publish','closed','open','','slow-dancing-society-reissues-out-now','','','2016-02-03 16:12:25','2016-02-03 08:12:25','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3877',0,'post','',0),(3883,1,'2011-05-19 13:46:17','2011-05-19 13:46:17','<img class=\"alignright\" title=\"Drew Sullivan\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/galleries/Slow%20Dancing%20Society/lazy-k-thumbs/Drew_Sullivan_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" />Coinciding with the reissue of the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/slow-dancing-society/\">first three Slow Dancing Society albums</a> we invite you to stream a wonderful <a href=\"http://warispeace.podbean.com/2011/05/18/slow-dancing-society/\">interview</a> with Drew Sullivan (aka Slow Dancing Society) on the awesome 4ZZZ radio show <a href=\"http://www.4zzzfm.org.au/nowplaying/index.cfm?action=dsp_show&amp;showID=171&amp;day=4\" target=\"_blank\">War Is Peace</a>. Many thanks to Sky, who presents the War Is Peace show, for making the interview happen.','Slow Dancing Society Interview on 4ZZZ Radio - Stream','','publish','closed','open','','slow-dancing-society-interview-on-4zzz-radio-stream','','','2016-02-03 16:12:24','2016-02-03 08:12:24','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3883',0,'post','',0),(3890,1,'2011-05-20 08:32:27','2011-05-20 08:32:27','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/large/forking_LRG.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"206\" />As part of our <a href=\"../archive/hidden-shoal-turns-5/\">5th birthday celebrations</a>, during the month of May we’ll be looking back at the history of Hidden Shoal, year by year, casting some light on artists and releases that may have been overlooked. For one week, all releases covered below will be available from the Hidden Shoal Store with a 40% discount. Flavoursome!\r\n\r\nIn 2007, Hidden Shoal pushed onward with a ridiculously full release schedule and tons of new signings. The label continued its expansion internationally with 2007 seeing releases from a diverse and beautiful spectrum of artists based in Germany (Sankt Otten and Jumpel), France (Beautiful Lunar Landscape), the US (Slow Dancing Society, The Hero Cycle, Iretsu, Wes Willenbring, Monocle), Belgium (Colour Kane) and Japan (Cheekbone, The Retail Sectors).\r\n\r\nLocally, 2007 saw releases from ambient duo Moongoat, a new album from Chris Mason and an EP under his My Majestic Star moniker, plus an EP from Melbourne instrumental quartet Bury The Sound (with HSR’s Tim Clarke on guitar).\r\n\r\nIn May 2007 we were proud to celebrate our first birthday with the release of the second volume in our free download compilation series, The Garden of Forking Paths. And if that wasn’t enough, we saw out the end of the year with the release of a third compilation, Limit of Maps, rounding up tracks from the second half of 2007 and also featuring a sneak preview of a few 2008 releases, too.\r\n\r\nHowever, perhaps the crowning achievement of a busy year was being named one of <a href=\"http://www.textura.org/archives/articles/tenfavouritelabels2007.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Textura’s 10 favourite labels of 2007</a>. The feeling’s mutual – Textura is easily one of our favourite music sites. To be just one year in and be acknowledged like that felt like quite an honour.\r\n\r\nHSR013:   Moongoat <em>Moongoat</em> EP\r\nHSR014:   My Majestic Star <em>Fining </em>EP\r\nHSR015:   Sankt Otten <em>Wir Koennen Ja Freunde Bleiben</em>\r\nHSR016:   The Hero Cycle <em>Lakes and Ponds</em> EP\r\nHSR017:   Colour Kane <em>A Taste Of</em>\r\nHSR018:   Wes Willenbring <em>Somewhere Someone Else</em>\r\nHSR019:   Various artists <em>The Garden of Forking Paths</em>\r\nHSR020:   Bury The Sound <em>Autumn Magnets</em> EP\r\nHSR021:   Chris Mason <em>Restless</em>\r\nHSR022:   Jumpel <em>Samuel Jason Lies on the Beach</em>\r\nHSR023:   Cheekbone <em>Yesterday </em>EP\r\nHSR024:   Beautiful Lunar Landscape <em>Alone in this Dark Romantic Night</em> EP\r\nHSR025:   Iretsu <em>The Moon and Stars Remain in the Morning Sky</em>\r\nHSR026:   Slow Dancing Society <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>\r\nHSR027:   Monocle <em>Outer Sunset</em>\r\nHSR028:   The Retail Sectors <em>Foregone Conclusion</em>\r\nHSR029:   Sankt Otten <em>Wunder Gibt Es Immer Wieder</em>\r\nHSR030:   Various artists <em>Limit of Maps</em>','2007: Onward, Upward, Outward','','publish','closed','open','','2007-onward-upward-outward','','','2016-02-03 16:17:59','2016-02-03 08:17:59','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3890',0,'post','',0),(3909,1,'2011-05-23 04:46:43','2011-05-23 04:46:43','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Antonymes\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/antonymes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"165\" />Check out this fanastic <a href=\"http://www.adequacy.net/2011/05/interview-with-ian-hazeldine-of-antonymes/\">interview</a> with Ian Hazeldine (aka Antonymes) at <a href=\"http://www.adequacy.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Adequacy.net</a>. Ian talks about his latest masterpiece, <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=49&amp;products_id=167\"><em>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</em></a>, as well as his musical past, life in Wales, and graphic design. It\'s a great insight into the man and his music. Thanks to the lovely Brad Tilbe for putting it together.','Antonymes Interview at DOA','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-interview-at-doa','','','2016-02-03 13:40:52','2016-02-03 05:40:52','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3909',0,'post','',0),(3912,1,'2011-05-23 04:56:57','2011-05-23 04:56:57','<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/now_were_active_preview.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3913\" title=\"Umpire - &quot;Now We\'re Active&quot;\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/now_were_active_preview-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>Starting today we\'re going to post a streaming track a day from the forthcoming Umpire album, <em>Now We\'re Active</em>, right up until the release on the 2nd of June. Keep your eyes and ears out here on the label site and also on the <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/UMPIRE/33345133221\">Umpire</a> and <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/#!/hiddenshoal\">Hidden Shoal</a> facebook pages and be prepared to work your way up to a sonic frenzy by release time!\n\nToday we\'re easing you in to Umpire\'s 10 track empire of sonic and melodic awesomeness. Track 1 of <em>Now We\'re Active</em> is indeed the stunning single \'<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=50&amp;products_id=168\">Green Light District</a>\' which you can download for free <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=50&amp;products_id=168\">here</a>. You can follow the link below to grab the track and embed it on your Facebook page, website, wherever. Tune in here tomorrow for track 2!\n\n<iframe width=\"400\" height=\"100\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=1126971284/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http://umpire.bandcamp.com/track/green-light-district-2\">Green Light District by Umpire</a></iframe>\n','Umpire &quot;Now We&#039;re Active&quot; - Track 1','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-now-were-active-track-1','','','2016-02-03 16:41:13','2016-02-03 08:41:13','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3912',0,'post','',0),(3916,1,'2011-05-23 09:47:37','2011-05-23 09:47:37','<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/HSR-Another-Place-To-Be-Cover.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3918 alignleft\" title=\"HSR Another Place To Be Cover\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/HSR-Another-Place-To-Be-Cover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>Head over to the wonderful <a href=\"http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2011/05/22/mix-hidden-shoal-recordings-another-place-to-be/\" target=\"_blank\">Headphone Commute</a> and check out this exclusive Hidden Shoal mix. The mix features 16 tracks lovingly curated and sequenced from the Hidden Shoal catalogue by the label\'s manager Cam Merton. <a href=\"http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2011/05/22/mix-hidden-shoal-recordings-another-place-to-be/\" target=\"_blank\">Stream, download, enjoy</a>!','Exclusive Hidden Shoal Mix at Headphone Commute','','publish','closed','open','','exclusive-hidden-shoal-mix-at-headphone-commute','','','2016-02-03 16:42:15','2016-02-03 08:42:15','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3916',0,'post','',0),(3920,1,'2011-05-23 23:39:41','2011-05-23 23:39:41','<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/now_were_active_preview.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3913\" title=\"Umpire - &quot;Now We\'re Active&quot;\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/now_were_active_preview-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>Its that time of day (well in this timezone anyway - apologies to our International fans!). Today we present track 2 of <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/umpire/\">Umpire</a>\'s forthcoming glorybox of sublimity (I looked it up, its a word ok?). Track 2 of <em>Now We\'re Active</em> is the exultant and purely addictive  \'Supply Chins\'. Perth folks had a sneak peak at this song over the last year via an earlier version of the track sent in to RTRFM. You can follow the link below to grab the track and embed it on your Facebook page, website, wherever. Tune in here tomorrow for track 3!\n\n<iframe width=\"400\" height=\"100\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=1388009854/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http://umpire.bandcamp.com/track/supply-chins\">Supply Chins by Umpire</a></iframe>\n','Umpire &quot;Now We&#039;re Active&quot; - Track 2','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-now-were-active-track-2','','','2016-02-03 16:41:13','2016-02-03 08:41:13','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3920',0,'post','',0),(3926,1,'2011-05-24 05:59:04','2011-05-24 05:59:04','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/city-of-satellites.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"102\" height=\"153\" />If you happened to be watching popular comedy-drama <em>Offspring</em> on Channel Ten last night, you may have noticed that there was some particularly awesome music at the 1:13 mark. Well, that was Hidden Shoal\'s very own City of Satellites with the track \'Control\', taken from their stunning debut album <a title=\"City of Satellites\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/city-of-satellites/\"><em>Machine Is My Animal</em></a>. More Offspring placements coming soon!','City of Satellites on Channel Ten\'s Offspring!','','publish','closed','open','','city-of-satellites-on-channel-tens-offspring','','','2016-02-03 16:48:56','2016-02-03 08:48:56','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3926',0,'post','',0),(10242,1,'2014-08-08 04:41:15','2014-08-08 04:41:15','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/city-of-satellites.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"102\" height=\"153\" />If you happened to be watching popular comedy-drama <em>Offspring</em> on Channel Ten last night, you may have noticed that there was some particularly awesome music at the 1:13 mark. Well, that was Hidden Shoal\'s very own City of Satellites with the track \'Control\', taken from their stunning debut album <a title=\"City of Satellites\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/city-of-satellites/\"><em>Machine Is My Animal</em></a>. More Offspring placements coming soon!','City of Satellites on Channel Ten\'s Offspring!','','inherit','closed','closed','','3926-revision-v1','','','2014-08-08 04:41:15','2014-08-08 04:41:15','',3926,'http://www.hiddenshoal.com/3926-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3928,1,'2011-05-24 23:57:24','2011-05-24 23:57:24','<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/now_were_active_preview.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3913\" title=\"Umpire - &quot;Now We\'re Active&quot;\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/now_were_active_preview-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>Happy Wednesday as we unfurl track 3 of <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/umpire/\">Umpire</a>\'s forthcoming full length melody bomb <em>Now We\'re Active</em> for your streaming pleasure. \'Corner An Owl In An Alcove\' is yet another example of Umpire\'s innate ability to marry a pop sensibility with epic rockness!  The track moves from upbeat to loaded with gravitas in a matter of bars. Just as we like it.\n\nYou can follow the link below to grab the track and embed it on your Facebook page, website, wherever. Tune in here tomorrow for track 4!\n\n<iframe width=\"400\" height=\"100\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=3040248499/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http://umpire.bandcamp.com/track/corner-an-owl-in-an-alcove\">Corner An Owl In An Alcove by Umpire</a></iframe>\n','Umpire &quot;Now We&#039;re Active&quot; - Track 3!','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-now-were-active-track-3','','','2016-02-03 16:41:13','2016-02-03 08:41:13','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3928',0,'post','',0),(3807,1,'2011-05-27 06:12:38','2011-05-27 06:12:38','Excerpt: \"Ambient is term which can be thrown about a little too readily these days. But how do you define it? Simple song structures? Sparse instrumental arrangement? Pace? Or a combination of these things? One’s thing’s for sure: if you were to add beauty to that list, then <em>The License to Interpret Dreams</em> is Ambient 101... Fusing gentle piano thoughts, aching string lines, and fleeting field recordings, Antonymes paints a sonic tapestry of majestically minimal excursions into daydream-esque escapes.... In all it’s ghostly choirs and reverbed thumps, it feels like an enormous lumbering spirit, perhaps that of the land itself, steadily traversing the terrain in sheer majestic wonderment, before slowly making it’s way off into the night, before the memory of him emerges from the darkness a full minute later, almost pleading for you not to forget the beauty you’ve just witnessed. Perhaps the most important ingredient of ambient music is Patience. This is something Antonymes seems supremely capable of. Each instrument, each melody is very carefully considered, and held just until the right time, before gently being allowed to proceed. As the title suggests, this music really does have the license to interpret dreams, and presents everything that is right about ambient experimental music. A beautiful edition. Go find it.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.cyclicdefrost.com/blog/2011/04/26/antonymes-the-license-to-interpret-dreams-hidden-shoal-records/\" target=\"_blank\">Cyclic Defrost</a>','Antonymes &#039;The Licence to Interpret Dreams&#039; - Cyclic Defrost','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-the-licence-to-interpret-dreams-cyclic-defrost-2','','','2011-05-27 06:12:38','2011-05-27 06:12:38','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3807',0,'post','',0),(3931,1,'2011-05-25 23:41:41','2011-05-25 23:41:41','<img class=\"alignright\" title=\"Slow Dancing Society - &quot;The Sounds Of Lights When Dim&quot;\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/sds_lights_MED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" />Antonymes <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=49&amp;products_id=167\"><em>The Licence to Interpret Dreams</em></a> and the reissue of Slow Dancing Society\'s <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=13&amp;products_id=26\"><em>The Sound Of Lights When Dim</em></a> are both charting at the awesome <a href=\"http://zookeeper.stanford.edu/index.php?session=&amp;action=viewChart\" target=\"_blank\">KZSU</a>. Antonymes is is making his presence felt in the CMJ top 30 at KZSU and is holding down number 3 in the Experimental/Classical chart and Slow Dancing Society is keeping it in check at number 7 in the same chart. Go Hidden Shoal!','Antonymes and Slow Dancing Society Charting','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-and-slow-dancing-society-charting','','','2016-02-03 16:10:47','2016-02-03 08:10:47','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3931',0,'post','',0),(3934,1,'2011-05-26 00:02:14','2011-05-26 00:02:14','<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/now_were_active_preview.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3913\" title=\"Umpire - &quot;Now We\'re Active&quot;\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/now_were_active_preview-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>Thursday turns golden as we present track 4 of <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/umpire/\">Umpire</a>\'s forthcoming full length <em>Now We\'re Active</em>. \'The Canyon\' is a chiming, surging epic that grabs you by the grabbables and slingshots you towards the horizon! The track had its first public airing on RTRFM this week and has already scooped a track of the day on <a href=\"http://www.rtrfm.com.au/shows/drivetime\" target=\"_blank\">Tuesdays Drivetime</a> (thanks Sarah Delfante!).\n\nYou can follow the link below to grab the track and embed it on your Facebook page, website, wherever. Tune in here tomorrow for track 5!\n\n<iframe width=\"400\" height=\"100\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=3747787981/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http://umpire.bandcamp.com/track/the-canyon\">The Canyon by Umpire</a></iframe>\n','Umpire &quot;Now We&#039;re Active&quot; - Track 4!','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-now-were-active-track-4','','','2016-02-03 16:41:13','2016-02-03 08:41:13','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3934',0,'post','',0),(3938,1,'2011-05-26 12:39:11','2011-05-26 12:39:11','<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Cam-is-ghost.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3939\" title=\"Cam is ghost\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Cam-is-ghost.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"104\" height=\"117\" /></a>Now that Hidden Shoal is a bouncy five years old, music mag Drum Media Perth recently caught up with Hidden Shoal\'s very own Cam Merton to discuss the label\'s inception, ethos, and the way in which we\'ve blossomed into a label of delectable repute. Perth folk can grab a good ol\' paper copy, while everyone else will have to get their cyber hands dirty by going <a href=\"http://streetpress.com.au/online_mags/DP/DP_239/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> and flicking forward to page 12 via the Interweb interface-o-tron.\n\nAnd remember, as part of our celebrations you can grab our latest compilation album <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=12&amp;products_id=169\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Hydrozoa</em></a> for free. On it you\'ll find 18 tracks from Hidden Shoal releases spanning the last 18 months. Yum!','Interview with Hidden Shoal&#039;s Cam Merton in Drum Media Perth','','publish','closed','open','','interview-with-hidden-shoals-cam-merton-in-drum-media-perth','','','2011-05-26 12:39:11','2011-05-26 12:39:11','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3938',0,'post','',0),(3940,1,'2011-05-27 06:11:19','2011-05-27 06:11:19','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"East-West Section\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/eastwest_MED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" />As part of our 5th birthday celebrations, during the month of May we’ll be looking back at the history of Hidden Shoal, year by year, casting some light on artists and releases that may have been overlooked. For one week, all releases covered below will be available from the Hidden Shoal Store with a 35% discount. Flavoursome!\n\n2008 saw the release of a fresh new raft of superb albums and EPs, including those by new signings The Slow Beings, Fall Electric and City Of Satellites from Australia, Ghost In The Water and Rich Bennett from the USA, and RL/VL from Ireland. HSR stalwarts Tangled Star, Toby Richardson, My Majestic Star, Iretsu, Slow Dancing Society and Sankt Otten all followed up with some of their most critically acclaimed work. And at the end of the year we released compilation album <em>East–West Section</em>, volume four in our <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=12\">free download series</a>.\n\nAs acclaim for our artists spread internationally, we were delighted to hear that prominent New York radio host DJ Mojo dubbed the label “this generation’s 4AD”. As huge fans of the classic label, this was a massive and humbling compliment.\n\nHSR031:   Tangled Star <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=15&amp;products_id=62\"><em>Our Man In Eden Hill</em></a> EP\nHSR032:   Toby Richardson <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=8&amp;products_id=66\"><em>Evergreen</em></a>\nHSR033:   Ghost In The Water <em>Tooth</em>\nHSR034:   The Slow Beings <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=30&amp;products_id=70\"><em>We Know Why The Earth Moves</em></a>\nHSR035:   Iretsu <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=25&amp;products_id=74\"><em>Name Our Numbers, Numbers</em></a> EP\nHSR036:   Slow Dancing Society <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=13&amp;products_id=75\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em></a>\nHSR037:   My Majestic Star <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=6&amp;products_id=79\"><em>Too Late, The Day</em></a>\nHSR038:   Rich Bennett <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=31&amp;products_id=80\"><em>Music For Underwater Supermarkets</em></a>\nHSR039:   Sankt Otten <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=17&amp;products_id=81\"><em>Eine Kleine Traurigkeit</em></a>\nHSR040:   RL/VL <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=32&amp;products_id=85\"><em>Chagrin</em></a>\nHSR041:   Fall Electric <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=33&amp;products_id=86\"><em>Measure And Step</em></a>\nHSR042:   City Of Satellites <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=34&amp;products_id=87\"><em>The Spook</em></a> EP\nHSR043:   Sankt Otten <em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=17&amp;products_id=89\">Tiefgang</a> </em>EP\nHSR044:   Ghost In The Water <em>Cardinal Red</em> EP\nHSR045:   Various artists <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=12&amp;products_id=95\"><em>East–West Section</em></a>','2008: This Generation’s 4AD','','publish','closed','open','','2008-this-generations-4ad','','','2016-02-03 16:38:17','2016-02-03 08:38:17','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3940',0,'post','',0),(3947,1,'2011-05-27 01:27:34','2011-05-27 01:27:34','<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/now_were_active_preview.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3913\" title=\"Umpire - &quot;Now We\'re Active&quot;\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/now_were_active_preview-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>Finally we make TGIF meaningful as we present track 5 of <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/umpire/\">Umpire</a>\'s forthcoming full length <em>Now We\'re Active</em>. \'Jewellery Can Be Disturbing\' was described to us by the band as their \"big dumb rock song\" but in actuality its their \"big smart rock song\"! Like The Posies playing an ode to Polvo, the track\'s huge rockery is smothered in layers of melodic charm. You\'ll be humming this sucker all through the weekend, trust us.\n\nYou can follow the link below to grab the track and embed it on your Facebook page, website, wherever. Tune in here tomorrow for track 6!\n\n<iframe width=\"400\" height=\"100\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=3848745890/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http://umpire.bandcamp.com/track/jewellery-can-be-disturbing\">Jewellery Can Be Disturbing by Umpire</a></iframe>\n','Umpire &quot;Now We&#039;re Active&quot; - Track 5!','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-now-were-active-track-5','','','2016-02-03 16:41:13','2016-02-03 08:41:13','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3947',0,'post','',0),(3955,1,'2011-05-27 06:56:44','2011-05-27 06:56:44','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Umpire\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/umpire.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"141\" />Thanks to the wonderfully talented Perth based director Robert Livings we\'re excited to present the official music video for <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/umpire/\">Umpire\'s</a> latest single \'<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=50&amp;products_id=168\">Green Light District</a>\'. For the uninitiated, the track marries Umpire’s sprawling indie-rock sounds  and reflective melancholy, providing the instant gratification of  massive sun-drenched melodies and soaring vocals. \'Green Light District\' is lifted from Umpire’s forthcoming debut album <em>Now We’re Active</em> out in Australia June 2nd and everywhere else July 14th.\n\n<em>“Umpire’s breezy wide-panned progressive rock – smothered in buttery, reverberating humbucker tone – puts you in a daze ... the full-length is one Ill be sticking on as soon as it drops”</em> – <strong>Rave Magazine on ‘Green Light District’, their Single of the Week</strong>\n\n<em>“Once again we’re blessed with another amazing band brought to us by Hidden Shoal Recordings... the single is upbeat and poppy with a chorus that wails, featuring a guitar line mid-way through the song that would make Sonic Youth bow their heads. If this track is in any way a sign of things to come, then rest assured that when the album hits, it’ll leave fans mesmerized.”</em> – <strong>DOA on ‘Green Light District’</strong>\n\nThe video is available in glorious HD at both <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Ii0yu1UjU\" target=\"_blank\">Youtube</a> and <a href=\"http://vimeo.com/24267111\">Vimeo</a> and you can download the track for free <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=50&amp;products_id=168\">here</a>. A full press release for the single is also available <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Umpire-Green_Light_District.pdf\">here</a>.\n\n<strong><code>[kml_flashembed movie=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/w8Ii0yu1UjU\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" fvars=\"fs=1\" /]</code>\n</strong>','Umpire &#039;Green Light District&#039; Official Music Video','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-green-light-district-official-music-video','','','2016-02-03 16:41:13','2016-02-03 08:41:13','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3955',0,'post','',0),(3968,1,'2011-05-28 00:47:09','2011-05-28 00:47:09','<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/now_were_active_preview.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3913\" title=\"Umpire - &quot;Now We\'re Active&quot;\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/now_were_active_preview-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>What better way to introduce your weekend than with a brand new Umpire track. Sit back and open your ears as we present track 6 of <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/umpire/\">Umpire</a>\'s forthcoming full length <em>Now We\'re Active</em>. \'On The Fringes\'\' is the stunning centerpiece  of the album with its lulling verse that leads you like a drugged candle in the intense slow burn chorus. Devastatingly beautiful!\n\nYou can follow the link below to grab the track and embed it on your Facebook page, website, wherever. Tune in here tomorrow for track 7 and get ready for the Australian and digital release on the 2nd of June (everywhere else on the 14th of July).\n\n<iframe width=\"400\" height=\"100\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=1956031450/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http://umpire.bandcamp.com/track/on-the-fringes\">On The Fringes by Umpire</a></iframe>\n','Umpire &quot;Now We&#039;re Active&quot; - Track 6!','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-now-were-active-track-6','','','2016-02-03 16:41:13','2016-02-03 08:41:13','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3968',0,'post','',0),(3970,1,'2011-05-29 01:54:20','2011-05-29 01:54:20','<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/now_were_active_preview.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3913\" title=\"Umpire - &quot;Now We\'re Active&quot;\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/now_were_active_preview-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>Sunday, Happy Sunday! Australian fans will know track 7 of <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/umpire/\">Umpire</a>\'s forthcoming full length <em>Now We\'re Active</em> well. The original version of \'Streamers\'\' featured on the band\'s gorgeous debut EP (Australian release only) and also won WAM Song of the Year in 2009. Here we have a touched up and remastered version of the track ready to spring upon international audiences and new Australian ears. If you are not humming the lead melody of this song all week after listening, you are not human.\n\nYou can follow the link below to grab the track and embed it on your Facebook page, website, wherever. Tune in here tomorrow for track 8.  Only 4 more sleeps until the Australian and digital release on the 2nd of June (everywhere else on the 14th of July).\n\n<iframe width=\"400\" height=\"100\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=954016481/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http://umpire.bandcamp.com/track/streamers\">Streamers by Umpire</a></iframe>','Umpire &quot;Now We&#039;re Active&quot; - Track 7!','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-now-were-active-track-7','','','2016-02-03 16:41:13','2016-02-03 08:41:13','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3970',0,'post','',0),(3976,1,'2011-05-30 00:05:07','2011-05-30 00:05:07','<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/now_were_active_preview.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3913\" title=\"Umpire - &quot;Now We\'re Active&quot;\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/now_were_active_preview-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>The first day of the new working week not only brings a new Umpire track to preview but also sees their new album featured all week on <a href=\"http://www.rtrfm.com.au/shows/breakfast\" target=\"_blank\">RTRFM\'s breakfast show</a> and beyond! RTR subscribers can win a copy of the album to boot. And now for track 8 from <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/umpire/\">Umpire</a>\'s forthcoming full length <em>Now We\'re Active, </em>\'Milking A Thistle\'. One the surface a little rock nugget but wait for that unbridled chorus and you\'ll realise you\'ve been played by the best. This track literally sticks a finger out of the speaker and presses the repeat button for you.\n\nYou can follow the link below to grab the track and embed it on your Facebook page, website, wherever. Tune in here tomorrow for track 9.  Only 3 more sleeps until the Australian and digital release on the 2nd of June (everywhere else on the 14th of July).\n\n<iframe width=\"400\" height=\"100\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=922135093/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http://umpire.bandcamp.com/track/milking-a-thistle\">Milking a Thistle by Umpire</a></iframe>\n','Umpire &quot;Now We&#039;re Active&quot; - Track 8 and RTRFM Feature Album!','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-now-were-active-track-8-and-rtrfm-feature-album','','','2016-02-03 16:41:13','2016-02-03 08:41:13','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3976',0,'post','',0),(3979,1,'2011-05-30 02:11:19','2011-05-30 02:11:19','Excerpt: \"I’ve only recently discovered the music of Welsh musician Ian M. Hazeldine, who records under the Antonymes moniker. His most recent album, <cite>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</cite> (Hidden Shoal Recordings), is a lovely collection of ambient and “modern classical” songs in the vein of Max Richter and Jóhann Jóhannsson. “Lost In Waves Of Light” was created from fragments of that album, and I daresay that it’s one of the loveliest pieces of music I\'ve heard to date. A swirling, shimmering latticework of gilded electronics, melancholy strings and drones, and sparse piano melodies, “Lost In Waves Of Light” is a song that sounds like it could go on for hours without ever becoming the slightest bit tiring or boring. The song clocks in at over eight minutes as it stands, but it feels like it ends much too soon, the lovely drones and weeping strings coming to too abrupt an end.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://opus.fm/view/lost-in-waves-of-light-by-antonymes/\" target=\"_blank\">Opus</a>','Antonymes &#039;Lost In Waves Of Light&#039; - Opus ','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-lost-in-waves-of-light-opus','','','2011-05-30 02:11:19','2011-05-30 02:11:19','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3979',0,'post','',0),(3984,1,'2011-05-30 03:12:47','2011-05-30 03:12:47','Excerpt: \"I am perhaps a bit late to the party – given that Portland Oregon quartet Iretsu launched their album, Fang, late last year. However, with their second single, ‘Sexy, No?’ a recent release, I think it best to look at the track in the context of the album that it was recorded as part of. Provocative, in both title and bassline, Sexy, No? slouches and swaggers in a fashion that – despite the group’s avant-pop reputation is a little reminiscent of Franz Ferdinand’s Ulysses. That’s not to call it derivative, there’s too much nuance here for it to ever be a balls-to-the-wall pop song. However, the insistent bass riff and accompanying electric guitar hooks certainly leave this tune standing as one of the punchiest and most accessible of the 14 on the album.... Iretsu acquit themselves across a range of styles; the dreamy waltz of Sleep, sparsely arranged with whistles, tambourine and deep semi-spoken vocals is a gentle folk lullaby. Meanwhile, Ha Ra is reminiscent of a slightly-reserved Of Montreal; confident vocals, simple rhythm section and a smirking air that feels like it conceals an inside joke.... If you want Iretsu the indie pop band, the singles are the best place to start; however, if you’re after a more varied tapestry, Fang covers quite a lot of ground. The avant-everything label should probably be taken with a grain of salt, but even so, there is an abundance of genre-bending talent within the group and lovers of the eclectic will probably find plenty here to sink their teeth into.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://reviewedmusic.com/2011/album-review-iretsu-fang/\" target=\"_blank\">Reviewed Music</a>','Iretsu &#039;Fang&#039; - Reviewed Music','','publish','closed','open','','iretsu-fang-reviewed-music','','','2011-05-30 03:12:47','2011-05-30 03:12:47','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3984',0,'post','',0),(3991,1,'2011-05-30 03:22:36','2011-05-30 03:22:36','Excerpt: \"There is something untypically delicate about Lost In Waves Of Light, Antonymes’s new composition. Ian M. Hazeldine, creative mind hidden behind this contrasting pseudonym, has just released his most audacious and creative piece on The Licence To Interpret Dreams but what is even more striking is this particular composition which connects various elements from above mentioned album. In comparison to his recent mildly dreamy, more ambient piano-oriented work, Lost In Waves Of Light sounds bit bolder and more resolute. That’s mostly caused by Antonymes’s beautiful arrangements for violin played by Christoph Berg, better known as Field Rotation. Actually, what makes them so pleasing and captivating is the concreteness and motional decisiveness that are both on higher levels than in Antonymes’s more ambient works. On the top of it, putting four different fragments guarantees slight changes in moods and evolution of altered motives. Therefore, the feeling of epic and some surreal kind of story are preserved. Close your eyes and get lost in waves of diminishing lights.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://tomasslaninka.tumblr.com/post/5808972199/lost-in-waves\" target=\"_blank\">Music Addicted</a>','Antonymes &#039;Lost In Waves Of Light&#039; - Music Addicted','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-lost-in-waves-of-light-music-addicted','','','2011-05-30 03:22:36','2011-05-30 03:22:36','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3991',0,'post','',0),(3995,1,'2011-05-30 06:52:14','2011-05-30 06:52:14','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https://fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/211082_134343189973454_864462_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"140\" />Fresh from their awesome performance in the Billboard Battle of the Bands final in Las Vegas, Hotels are prepping to play with Glasvegas at Neumos in Seattle this Saturday night, 4 June. If you\'re in Seattle you have no excuse to not catch these guys do their thing, playing tracks from their Hidden Shoal releases <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=35&amp;products_id=163\" target=\"_blank\"><em>On The Casino Floor</em></a> and <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=35&amp;products_id=100\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Where Hearts Go Broke</em></a>. Advance tickets are now available from <a href=\"https://www.etix.com/ticket/online/performanceSearch.jsp?performance_id=1470527&amp;cobrand=neumos\" target=\"_blank\">etix.com</a>.','Hotels Supporting Glasvegas This Saturday Night','','publish','closed','open','','hotels-supporting-glasvegas-this-saturday-night','','','2016-02-03 15:43:04','2016-02-03 07:43:04','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=3995',0,'post','',0),(4003,1,'2011-05-31 00:19:48','2011-05-31 00:19:48','<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/now_were_active_preview.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3913\" title=\"Umpire - &quot;Now We\'re Active&quot;\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/now_were_active_preview-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>Time to reveal the second last track from <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/umpire/\">Umpire</a>\'s imminent full length <em>Now We\'re Active</em>. \'Spotlights\' sees Umpire stripped back and introspective with just guitar, voice and atmospherics. Geoff Symons takes the lead here and if you listen closely you can actually hear the rest of the band banging on the locked studio door. This is stunning minimal, guitar based melancholia.\n\nYou can follow the link below to grab the track and embed it on your Facebook page, website, wherever. Tune in here tomorrow for the final track!\n\n<iframe width=\"400\" height=\"100\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=1890563026/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http://umpire.bandcamp.com/track/spotlights\">Spotlights by Umpire</a></iframe>\n','Umpire &quot;Now We&#039;re Active&quot; - Track 9','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-now-were-active-track-9','','','2016-02-03 16:41:14','2016-02-03 08:41:14','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4003',0,'post','',0),(4006,1,'2011-05-31 08:44:54','2011-05-31 08:44:54','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Slow Dancing Society - The Sound Of Lights When Dim\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/sds_lights_MED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" />The mighty <a href=\"http://kzsu.stanford.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">KZSU </a>continues its Hidden Shoal love fest. And how could it not with releases from Slow Dancing Society and Antonymes sparkling like diamonds in their music library? Our reissue of Slow Dancing Society\'s <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=13&amp;products_id=26\"><em>The Sound Of Lights When Dim</em></a> is Number 9 on the main airplay chart and number 1 on the Classical/Experimental chart while Antonymes <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=49&amp;products_id=167\"><em>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</em></a> is sitting at number 9 on the Classical/Experimental chart.  Check out the charts <a href=\"http://zookeeper.stanford.edu/index.php?session=&amp;action=viewChart\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.\n\nJust wait until we unleash the upcoming Slow Dancing Society remixes by Antonymes! More details on that soon.','Slow Dancing Society and Antonymes Charting at KZSU','','publish','closed','open','','slow-dancing-society-and-antonymes-charting-at-kzsu','','','2016-02-03 16:11:55','2016-02-03 08:11:55','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4006',0,'post','',0),(4011,1,'2011-05-31 12:34:27','2011-05-31 12:34:27','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Antonymes - &quot;The Licence To Interpret Dreams&quot;\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/licence_MED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" />Hot on the heels of the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/archive/slow-dancing-society-and-antonymes-charting-at-kzsu/\">KZSU chart news</a>, we now find Antonymes and Slow Dancing Society charting very strongly over at the wonderful <a href=\"http://wnyu.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WNYU</a>. Antonymes <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=49&amp;products_id=167\"><em>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</em></a> is sitting pretty at number 12 on the <a href=\"http://wnyu.org/playlists/nas_current.html\" target=\"_blank\">top 30 chart</a> and the reissue of Slow Dancing Society\'s <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=13&amp;products_id=26\"><em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em></a> is holding down the number 17 spot on the same chart!','Antonymes and Slow Dancing Society Charting at WNYU!','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-and-slow-dancing-society-charting-at-wnyu','','','2016-02-03 16:10:47','2016-02-03 08:10:47','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4011',0,'post','',0),(4014,1,'2011-05-31 14:41:50','2011-05-31 14:41:50','Another awesome write up at the superfine German blog <a href=\"http://derdigitaleflaneur.blogspot.com/2011/05/umpire-green-light-district-neues-video_29.html?spref=fb\" target=\"_blank\">Der Digitale Flaneur</a>. This time for Umpire\'s \'<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=50&amp;products_id=168\">Green Light District</a>\' single. You\'ll have to do some Google translating if you\'re not a German speaker but trust us, its worth it!','Umpire Featured at Der Digitale Flaneur','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-featured-at-der-digitale-flaneur','','','2016-02-03 16:41:31','2016-02-03 08:41:31','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4014',0,'post','',0),(4018,1,'2011-06-01 01:12:13','2011-06-01 01:12:13','<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/now_were_active_preview.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3913\" title=\"Umpire - &quot;Now We\'re Active&quot;\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/now_were_active_preview-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>Day 10 and finally we arrive at the end of  <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/umpire/\">Umpire</a>\'s brilliant and imminent full length <em>Now We\'re Active</em>. I could squander words describing track 10 but it\'s title sums it up better than I ever could. Without further ado we introduce to you the absolutely stunning album closer, \'Cyclones Into Sunshowers\'.\n\nYou can follow the link below to grab the track and embed it on your Facebook page, website, wherever. Even better the album is out tomorrow (June 2) on CD in Australia and digitally everywhere!\n\n<iframe width=\"400\" height=\"100\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=2202390553/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http://umpire.bandcamp.com/track/cyclones-into-sunshowers\">Cyclones Into Sunshowers by Umpire</a></iframe>','Umpire &quot;Now We&#039;re Active&quot; - Final Track!','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-now-were-active-final-track','','','2016-02-03 16:41:13','2016-02-03 08:41:13','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4018',0,'post','',0),(4021,1,'2011-06-01 08:36:12','2011-06-01 08:36:12','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https://fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/203491_107946755957817_5786428_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"170\" />For anyone lucky enough to be in Perth this Saturday night, head on down to the Rosemount Hotel in North Perth for the launch of Umpire\'s stupendous debut album <em>Now We\'re Active</em>, which is now streaming in its entirety on <a href=\"http://umpire.bandcamp.com/album/now-were-active\" target=\"_blank\">Bandcamp</a>. Tomorrow sees the Australian CD release and international digital release, with the international CD release to follow on 14 July. Visit the <a href=\"http://agora.hiddenshoal.com\" target=\"_blank\">HSR Store</a> to snap up some of the action.\n\nIn further Umpire news, <em>Now We\'re Active</em> is feature album all this week on the <a href=\"http://rtrfm.com.au/shows/breakfast\" target=\"_blank\">Breakfast with Barr</a> show on RTRfm. Tune in all this week to hear songs from the album, plus on Friday the band will be in the studio for a chat.\n\nAnd finally, Umpire\'s <a href=\"http://www.umpiremusic.com/\" target=\"_blank\">official website</a> is now up and running, so pop along there to immerse yourself in all things Umpire. It\'s a beautiful thing.','Umpire Album Launch This Saturday Night!','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-album-launch-this-saturday-night','','','2011-06-01 08:36:12','2011-06-01 08:36:12','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4021',0,'post','',0),(4027,1,'2011-06-01 23:04:45','2011-06-01 23:04:45','<img src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/large/active_LRG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\" align=\"left\" /><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/\">Hidden Shoal Recordings</a> is proud to announce the Australian release of debut album <em>Now We’re Active</em> by Perth’s widescreen indie-rock craftsmen <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/umpire/\">Umpire</a> ahead of its international release on July 14th.\n\nOn <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=50&amp;products_id=172\"><em>Now We’re Active</em></a>, Umpire combine sprawling indie-rock sounds with reflective melancholy, expertly wielding massive sun-drenched melodies, serpentine guitar parts and soaring vocals to spectacular effect. From lead single ‘Green Light District’ through the chiming guitar surge of ‘The Canyon’ to gorgeous finale ‘Cyclones Into Sunshowers’, <em>Now We’re Active</em> is a stunning release, as expansive as it is propulsive, as heartbreaking as it is life-affirming.\n\nImmaculately produced by bassist Simon Struthers at Forensic Audio, the album’s ten tracks bring progressive rock influences, indie-pop sensibilities and shades of math-rock into explosive collision, then shape them into songs that are at once epic and intimate. After the last song fades you’re left with a lump in your throat and admiration of how Umpire’s songcraft and sonics are so consistently elegant, melodic and widescreen. <em>Now We’re Active</em> is much more than a collection of tracks – it’s an album that blossoms beautifully on repeat plays.\n\n<em>“Once again we’re blessed with another amazing band brought to us by   Hidden Shoal Recordings... the single is upbeat and poppy with a chorus   that wails, featuring a guitar line mid-way through the song that  would  make Sonic Youth bow their heads. If this track is in any way a  sign of  things to come, then rest assured that when the album hits,  it’ll leave  fans mesmerized.” – </em><strong>DOA on ‘Green Light District’</strong>\n\n<strong>Availability</strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=50&amp;products_id=172\"><em>Now We’re Active</em></a> is available now on CD in Australia and digitally everywhere. The album sees its international CD release on 14 July. Head to the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=50&amp;products_id=172\">Hidden Shoal Store</a> for all availability details. The Australian album launch will take place in Perth at the Rosemount on 4 June. Umpire will be touring Australia during July and August.<strong> </strong> Read a full press release <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Umpire-Now_Were_Active.pdf\">here</a> and be sure to check out the <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/my_videos?feature=mhee\" target=\"_blank\">fantastic music video</a> for single \'Green Light District\'.','Umpire&#039;s &quot;Now We&#039;re Active&quot; Australian Release','','publish','closed','open','','umpires-now-were-active-australian-release','','','2016-02-03 16:41:32','2016-02-03 08:41:32','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4027',0,'post','',0),(4040,1,'2011-06-02 13:26:41','2011-06-02 13:26:41','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"A Million Square Miles\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/Million-Square-Miles_MED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" />As part of our <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/cat/news/page/archive/hidden-shoal-turns-5/\">5th birthday</a> celebrations, we’ll be looking back at the history of Hidden Shoal, year by year, casting some light on artists and releases that may have been overlooked. For one week, all releases covered below will be available from the <a href=\"http://agora.hiddenshoal.com\">Hidden Shoal Store</a> with a 30% discount. Flavoursome!\n\nIn 2009, Hidden Shoal continued to release stunning music from around the world, including debut Hidden Shoal albums from Hotels, HC-B, Tarcutta, Sleeping Me, City Of Satellites and Elisa Luu, sophomore albums from Jumpel and Wes Willenbring, a third album from Sankt Otten, and EPs from Stray Ghost and Down Review (a new collaboration between Arc Lab’s Medard Fischer and Near The Parenthesis’ Tim Arndt).\n\n2009 was also notable for the release of our compilation album <em>A Million Square Miles</em>, a project endeavouring to showcase Western Australian talent to the US (the titular million square miles). After more than three years of sharing independent music far and wide, A Million Square Miles represented a key facet of the Hidden Shoal Recordings story. The album brings together a pair of tracks from each of the then eight WA-based artists on the Hidden Shoal roster: Mukaizake, Apricot Rail, Fall Electric, Glassacre, Toby Richardson, My Majestic Star, The Slow Beings and Tangled Star.\n\n2009 also saw Hidden Shoal join forces with The Caribbean and Scott Solter in a single EP. This not only began a special relationship with the wonderful The Caribbean and created an ongoing avenue for them to release some of their more experimental offerings, but it also began the label’s relationship with Scott Solter, which eventually led us to Boxharp (Scott Solter and Wendy Allen).\n\nHSR046:   Jumpel <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=22&amp;products_id=98\"><em>Deuxieme Bureau</em></a>\nHSR047:   Hotels <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=35&amp;products_id=100\"><em>Where Hearts Go Broke</em></a>\nHSR048:   HC-B <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=36&amp;products_id=102\"><em>Soundcheck For A Missing Movie</em></a>\nHSR049:   The Caribbean <em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=37&amp;products_id=103\">Scott Solter Re-Populates The Caribbean</a> EP</em>\nHSR050:   Sleeping Me <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=38&amp;products_id=107\"><em>Cradlesongs</em></a>\nHSR051:   Tarcutta <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=39&amp;products_id=110\"><em>Tarcutta</em></a>\nHSR052:   Tangled Star <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=15&amp;products_id=109\"><em>That Time</em></a> EP\nHSR053:   Apricot Rail <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=40&amp;products_id=111\"><em>Apricot Rail</em></a>\nHSR054:   Down Review <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=41&amp;products_id=115\"><em>From Here, For Anyone</em></a> EP\nHSR055:   Sankt Otten <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=17&amp;products_id=116\"><em>Morgen Wieder Lustig</em></a>\nHSR056:   Elisa Luu <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=42&amp;products_id=117\"><em>Chromatic Sigh</em></a>\nHSR057:   Various artists <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>\nHSR058:   Wes Willenbring <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=20&amp;products_id=125\"><em>Close, But Not Too Close</em></a>\nHSR059:   Stray Ghost <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=44&amp;products_id=128\"><em>Each Paradise Is A Lost Paradise</em></a> EP\nHSR060:   Mukaizake <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=43&amp;products_id=130\"><em>Unknown Knowns</em></a>\nHSR061:   City Of Satellites <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=34&amp;products_id=129\"><em>Machine Is My Animal</em></a>','2009: A Million Square Miles','','publish','closed','open','','2009-a-million-square-miles','','','2016-02-03 16:38:17','2016-02-03 08:38:17','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4040',0,'post','',0),(4054,1,'2011-06-05 22:56:33','2011-06-05 22:56:33','Excerpt: \"Iretsu are a band that sound like no other, with a theatrical bent that underpins their clever math-pop + anything goes style. They’re a band with boundless energy, to the point where you don’t quite know what to expect.  It seems there’s always something new on the horizon when this Portland, Oregon quartet is around.  It’s as if they have tapped into a 4th dimension of pop, one which us mere mortals cannot see. ‘Sexy, No?’ is their new (free download) single, lifted from last year’s excellent ‘Fang’ LP and released by the consistently great Australian imprint Hidden Shoal (more on them soon).  It’s a funky number anchored by a throbbing, forthright bass line and bongo-infused percussion, which leaves the guitar free to create some interesting, exuberant sounds amidst the layered vocals.  It’s another feather in the cap for the peerless Iretsu, a band that continually proves to be as eclectic as they come.  Such eclecticism doesn’t detract from the overall quality of the song either, there’s no needless noodling, Iretsu don’t need to flex their instrumental prowess.  Instead, ‘Sexy, No?’ is delivered in a succinct, infectious and delightful fashion.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://phantomchannel.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/download-iretsu-sexy-no/\" target=\"_blank\">Phantom Channel</a>','Iretsu &#039;Sexy, No?&#039; - Phantom Channel','','publish','closed','open','','iretsu-sexy-no-phantom-channel','','','2011-06-05 22:56:33','2011-06-05 22:56:33','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4054',0,'post','',0),(4059,1,'2011-06-05 23:40:04','2011-06-05 23:40:04','<p>Excerpt: \"It’s the <em>lingering</em> of sounds that interests Ian M. Hazeldine. Each note is a point of noise that decays over time, sharp at first, then aging, dissolving and becoming inaudible. These musical representatives of physical piano keys die humbly like waves on a beach, though the keys themselves—located somewhere in North Wales, snug under the lid of his instrument—remain rectangular and solid. Here we have cello and violin, a church-organ keyboard in “The Gospel Pass”, a few intrusive vocal samples and ongoing electronic manipulation. Winds hiss. Strings are made to reverberate and surge. He isn’t the first musician to have tried an ambient sound like this, but he has a terrific instinct for timing and spaciousness and a taste for the kind of chamber music tone that creates a sense of gravity.\"</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/140740-antonymes-the-licence-to-interpret-dreams/\" target=\"_blank\">PopMatters</a></p>\n','Antonymes &#039;The Licence To Interpret Dreams&#039; - PopMatters','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-the-licence-to-interpret-dreams-popmatters','','','2011-06-05 23:40:04','2011-06-05 23:40:04','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4059',0,'post','',0),(4061,1,'2011-06-11 07:35:12','2011-06-11 07:35:12','Excerpt [translated]: \"<span><span>Noises, voices and fragments of sound collected in remote and abandoned areas are Hazeldine\'s substrate around which he built his first album... </span></span><span><span>As already revealed by its evocative title, <em>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</em> is more than an album; it is a dream narrative based on the themes of nostalgia, divided into twelve episodes...</span></span> in spite of references to dreams, the atmosphere of the album is anything but languid and dreamy, but rather marked by very deep alienation, in which sinuous environmental recordings coexist with sparse piano notes and a mournful string section, which adds a sense of distant romance, often shifting into miniature symphonies of loss and regret... T<span><span>he ultimate essence of <em>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</em> remains that of a cerebral journey into the recesses of memory, photography, and, ultimately, emotion, carried out without too many conceptual superstructures, and full of nuances that reveal themselves every time you listen... this </span></span><span><span>is not only music for dreams, but rather a complex mosaic by a romantic minimalist, praised over the years and now able, with great precision, to capture snapshots of light and darkness.</span></span>\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.ondarock.it/recensioni/2011_antonymes.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Ondarock</a>','Antonymes &#039;The Licence To Interpret Dreams&#039; - Ondarock','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-the-licence-to-interpret-dreams','','','2011-06-11 07:35:12','2011-06-11 07:35:12','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4061',0,'post','',0),(4064,1,'2011-06-13 22:31:01','2011-06-13 22:31:01','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/hydrozoa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />As part of our 5th birthday celebrations, we’ve been looking back at the history of Hidden Shoal, casting some light on artists and releases that may have been overlooked. This week is the final post, bringing us bang up to date. For one week, a selection of releases covered below will be available from the <a href=\"http://agora.hiddenshoal.com\">Hidden Shoal Store</a> with a 20% discount. Flavoursome!\n\nBack at the start of 2010 we released volume 5 in our free download compilation album series, <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=12&amp;products_id=127\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Crushed and Reminded</em></a>, rounding up a selection of tracks from HSR releases in 2009. Over the course of 2010 and the first half of 2011, new releases by My Majestic Star, Stray Ghost, Iretsu, Rich Bennett, Slow Dancing Society, Jumpel, Hotels and Toby Richardson were joined by Hidden Shoal newcomers Boxharp (Scott Solter and Wendy Allen), Markus Mehr, Salli Lunn, Liam Singer, Antonymes and Umpire. And in May 2011, Hotels got through the final of the Billboard Battle of the Bands!\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=12&amp;products_id=169\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Hydrozoa</em></a>, volume 6 in our free download series, has recently been released to celebrate our 5th birthday. And we\'re only halfway through 2011 - the second half of the year promises new albums from Wes Willenbring, a Salli Lunn remix album, a City of Satellites remix album plus some exciting new signings. Stay tuned!\n\nHSR062: Various artists <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=12&amp;products_id=127\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Crushed and Reminded</em></a>\nHSR063: My Majestic Star <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=6&amp;products_id=131\" target=\"_blank\"><em>I Haven’t Got It In Me</em></a>\nHSR064: Boxharp <em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=45&amp;products_id=135\" target=\"_blank\">Loam Arcane</a> </em>EP\nHSR065: Stray Ghost <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=44&amp;products_id=136\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Nothing, But Death</em></a>\nHSR067: Boxharp <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=45&amp;products_id=142\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Green</em></a>\nHSR068: Iretsu <em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=25&amp;products_id=144\">Fang</a></em>\nHSR069: Markus Mehr <em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=46&amp;products_id=145\">Lava</a></em>\nHSR070: Salli Lunn <em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=47&amp;products_id=148\">Heresy and Rite</a></em>\nHSR071: Rich Bennett <em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=31&amp;products_id=147\">On Holiday</a></em>\nHSR072: Slow Dancing Society <em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=13&amp;products_id=153\">Under The Sodium Lights</a></em>\nHSR073: Liam Singer <em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=48&amp;products_id=155\">Dislocatia</a></em>\nHSR074: Jumpel <em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=22&amp;products_id=159\">Europa</a></em>\nHSR075: Toby Richardson <em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=8&amp;products_id=160\">The Stones and the Rabbits</a> </em>EP\nHSR077: Hotels <em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=35&amp;products_id=163\">On The Casino Floor</a></em>\nHSR079: Various artists <em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=12&amp;products_id=169\">Hydrozoa</a></em>\nHSR080: Antonymes <em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=49&amp;products_id=167\">The Licence to Interpret Dreams</a></em>\nHSR081: Umpire <em><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=50&amp;products_id=172\">Now We’re Active</a></em>','2010, 2011 and Beyond','','publish','closed','open','','2010-2011-and-beyond','','','2011-06-13 22:31:01','2011-06-13 22:31:01','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4064',0,'post','',0),(4069,1,'2011-06-11 23:52:17','2011-06-11 23:52:17','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Tbofq5Uq2Xg/TTBwjvAieJI/AAAAAAAAACc/9oEkZ5Sk26U/S760/DSCF0518.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" />Ever-wonderful blog <a href=\"http://theundergroundofhappiness.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Underground of Happiness</a>, home to the musings of Conor, the presenter of the Cork radio show of the same name, has recently featured <a href=\"http://theundergroundofhappiness.blogspot.com/2011/06/hidden-shoal-records-5th-birthday.html\" target=\"_blank\">an article about our 5th birthday celebrations</a>. Conor chats about some of his favourite HSR releases, provides links to recent interviews with Antonymes and Hotels from his show, and generally says nice things about us. Thanks Conor! We love you too!','The Underground of Happiness Helps Celebrate Our 5th Birthday!','','publish','closed','open','','the-underground-of-happiness-helps-celebrate-our-5th-birthday','','','2016-02-03 15:43:04','2016-02-03 07:43:04','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4069',0,'post','',0),(4074,1,'2011-06-12 00:02:50','2011-06-12 00:02:50','Excerpt: \"<em>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</em> is a captivating yet lethargic album, slowly layering simple parts as a  means of carrying the listener along, creating a hazy and ambiguous  sense of place, dreamlike in its contours...  Rich with imagery from the song titles and the striking album art,  Antonymes’ work still manages to convey a sense of vagueness and  ambiguity, making the references to dreams carry more weight. A  dreamlike logic, or better, perhaps, a counterlogic, guides the  trajectory of the album... Hazeldine is  certainly a thoughtful craftsman, and he seems to realize that his work  is best received when it is given room to breathe, when its elements are  not closed to interpretation.. With an emphasis on piano and strings, along with swirling textures  providing a backdrop (and at times even steering), Antonymes is at his  most beautiful and coherent yet... <em>The Licence to Interpret Dreams</em> is a majestic testament to a talent that is fully realized... Hazeldine’s work is distinct, yet the parts remain hazy in one\'s  memory, dreamlike... the packaging of this releases demonstrates a  careful eye for detail and an appreciation for extramusical symbolism,  and the music itself often demonstrates the restraint and contrasts of  the artwork, the textures combining in ways that could be called \'painterly\' without too much of a stretch... The  compositions seem designed to engulf the listener, to transport them to  another place, or at least, to carry them along on the journey. This  requires an abandonment that ambient music doesn’t necessarily require.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/4220/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">The Silent Ballet</a>','Antonymes &#039;The Licence to Interpret Dreams&#039; - The Silent Ballet','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-the-licence-to-interpret-dreams-the-silent-ballet','','','2011-06-12 00:02:50','2011-06-12 00:02:50','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4074',0,'post','',0),(4076,1,'2011-06-12 00:10:48','2011-06-12 00:10:48','<em><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/licence.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" /><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=49&amp;products_id=167\" target=\"_blank\">The Licence to Interpret Dreams</a></em> by Antonymes has just received wonderful reviews at instrumental music site <a href=\"http://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/4220/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">The Silent Ballet</a> and music blog <a href=\"http://phantomchannel.wordpress.com/2011/06/07/review-antonymes-the-licence-to-interpret-dreams-hidden-shoal/\" target=\"_blank\">Phantom Channel</a>. Visit the sites to read the reviews in full, or visit <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/cat/reviews/antonymes-reviews/\" target=\"_blank\">Antonymes\' reviews archive</a> for lovingly edited excerpts from these and other reviews. <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=49&amp;products_id=167\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Licence to Interpret Dreams</em></a> is available from the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/\" target=\"_blank\">HSR Store</a>.','Antonymes Reviewed on The Silent Ballet and Phantom Channel','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-reviewed-on-the-silent-ballet-and-phantom-channel','','','2016-02-03 13:40:52','2016-02-03 05:40:52','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4076',0,'post','',0),(4078,1,'2011-06-12 00:15:27','2011-06-12 00:15:27','Excerpt: \"<em>The Licence To  Interpret Dreams</em> is an inspiring album centred in and around the  cinematic ambient and modern classical fields that will surely appeal to  fans of Max Richter, Johann Johannsson or Rudi Arapahoe’s brilliant <em>Echoes From One To Another</em>.  Piano plays the lead part with  Hazeldine employing an array of string and brass instruments alongside  it, with the likes of harpsichord, organ, cello and glockenspiel all  making a distinctive mark occasionally with angelic choir singing, field  recordings and narcotic spoken word segments added in tandem to great  effect. From the first, tentative piano note which is struck 9 seconds into  opener ‘A Fragile Acceptance’ there’s an air that something special is  afoot in this Antonymes release.   Which proves to be the case during this LP’s 50 minute+ duration. It’s  an album that needs to be digested as a whole, not for the iPod shuffle  generation.  It needs time to work its mesmeric charms over you,  creating varying, shifting moods across the 12 tracks, with Hazeldine  inviting us to interpret these dreamscapes... I recently read that Hazeldine would like to get into composing film  scores, from this evidence <em>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</em> is a  soundtrack for a film yet to be made.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://phantomchannel.wordpress.com/2011/06/07/review-antonymes-the-licence-to-interpret-dreams-hidden-shoal/\" target=\"_blank\">Phantom Channel</a>','Antonymes &#039;The Licence to Interpret Dreams&#039; - Phantom Channel','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-the-licence-to-interpret-dreams-phantom-channel','','','2011-06-12 00:15:27','2011-06-12 00:15:27','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4078',0,'post','',0),(4081,1,'2011-06-12 00:32:10','2011-06-12 00:32:10','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/active.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />Umpire\'s superb debut album <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=50&amp;products_id=172\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Now We\'re Active</em></a> has just received an excellent review on music site <a href=\"http://www.adequacy.net/2011/06/umpire-now-were-active/\" target=\"_blank\">DOA</a>. Visit DOA to read the review in full, or visit <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/cat/reviews/umpire-reviews/\" target=\"_blank\">Umpire\'s reviews archive</a> to read an excerpt. Plus, five (count \'em) tracks from the album received airplay on <a href=\"http://www.breakthruradio.com/#/programdetail/?blog=11&amp;post=1002\" target=\"_blank\">BreakThru Radio</a> this weekend. Visit <a href=\"http://www.breakthruradio.com/#/programdetail/?blog=11&amp;post=1002\" target=\"_blank\">BreakThru Radio</a> to restream the show, which also features Australian artists Gotye, PVT and Midnight Juggernauts.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=50&amp;products_id=172\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Now We\'re Active</em></a> was launched in Perth last weekend and is currently available on CD in Australia, and digitally around the world. The album receives its international CD release on 14 July.','Umpire on DOA and Breakthru Radio ','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-on-doa-and-breakthru-radio','','','2016-02-03 16:41:31','2016-02-03 08:41:31','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4081',0,'post','',0),(4083,1,'2011-06-12 00:35:56','2011-06-12 00:35:56','Excerpt: \"<em>Now We’re Active</em> is both a testament to the band\'s faith in their own work and a smartly  crafted collection of guitar songs which, while it won’t win any awards  for groundbreaking artistic imagination or surreally inspired  experimentalism, is probably exactly what you might want to listen to  when driving from the band\'s Australian hometown of Perth to anywhere  else on the map... Umpire reveal themselves as a  band whose imaginations are very far from limited by their mastery of  the soft rock format they introduce themselves with... <em>Now We’re Active</em> is an album which reveals a band whose  imaginations are now finally within their own grasp as musicians.  Alternately full on, grandiose and brilliantly inventive, Umpire have  very nearly made a prog rock masterpiece, and I say nearly only because  their more ambitious ideas are continuing to develop. That journey from  Perth to Melbourne won’t seem quite so long with this on the car stereo.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.adequacy.net/2011/06/umpire-now-were-active/\" target=\"_blank\">DOA</a>','Umpire &#039;Now We&#039;re Active&#039; - DOA','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-now-were-active-doa','','','2011-06-12 00:35:56','2011-06-12 00:35:56','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4083',0,'post','',0),(4094,1,'2011-06-14 09:21:57','2011-06-14 09:21:57','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/active.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />Umpire\'s fantastic debut album <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=50&amp;products_id=172\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Now We\'re Active</em></a> is now, er, \'active\' at three of Melbourne\'s finest independent records stores: <a href=\"http://www.polyesterrecords.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Polyester Records</a> in Fitzroy, <a href=\"http://www.missinglink.net.au/\" target=\"_blank\">Missing Link</a> in the City, and Greville Records in Prahran. So, if you like your music to come with a jewel case, a super cover to look at, plus a booklet with liner notes and full lyrics, you know where to go. Head on down, grab a copy, have a chat with the smashing staff, and support your local independent record store!\n\n(If you like your music without a jewel case and downloadable, just head to the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/\" target=\"_blank\">HSR Store</a>.)','Umpire&#039;s &#039;Now We&#039;re Active&#039; at Melbourne&#039;s Indie Record Stores','','publish','closed','open','','umpires-now-were-active-at-melbournes-indie-record-stores','','','2016-02-03 16:41:31','2016-02-03 08:41:31','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4094',0,'post','',0),(4096,1,'2011-06-18 08:14:26','2011-06-18 08:14:26','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://opositivefestival.org/book/comp-cd/elements/cd-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"119\" height=\"120\" />Last October, <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/liam-singer/\" target=\"_blank\">Liam Singer</a> performed at the first <a href=\"http://www.opositivefestival.org/\" target=\"_blank\">O+ Festival</a>, a health and arts festival held in Kingston, New York, wherein  artists barter their contributions directly for medical, dental, and  other wellness services from art-loving health care providers. <a href=\"http://opositivefestival.org/book/comp-cd/\" target=\"_blank\">A book and compilation album</a> has just been released, which features Liam\'s glorious single \'The Brief Encounter\', track 2 on his latest opus <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=48&amp;products_id=155\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Dislocatia</em></a>. Visit the <a href=\"http://opositivefestival.org/book/comp-cd/\" target=\"_blank\">O+ Book and Compilation site</a> to stream the compilation and purchase a copy. And, of course, if you don\'t own it already, visit the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/\" target=\"_blank\">HSR Store</a> to stream and download <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=48&amp;products_id=155\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Dislocatia</em></a>. The second annual O+ will take place this 7, 8 and 9 October 2011 (Columbus Day Weekend).','Liam Singer on O+ Compilation','','draft','closed','open','','liam-singer-on-o-compilation','','','2014-08-01 02:34:09','2014-08-01 02:34:09','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4096',0,'post','',0),(4099,1,'2011-06-18 08:33:31','2011-06-18 08:33:31','Excerpt: \"\'Green Light District\' is the new single by Perth band Umpire,  according to their label Hidden Shoal they\'re \'widescreen indie-rock  craftsmen\'. True words. Craftsmen  with a big heart... \'Green Light  District\' is very catchy and  contagious, holding a good grip onto melancholia. It\'s a gracious song,  sort of a perfect spring (well, early summer, Norwegian style) song.  This is bliss-pop like from  the days of the Chills and the Bats, Flying Nun early 1990s. Neat stuff!\"\n\n<a href=\"http://lunakafe.com/moon181/au181.php\" target=\"_blank\">Luna Kafe</a>','Umpire &quot;Green Light District&quot; - Luna Kafe','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-green-light-district-luna-kafe','','','2011-06-18 08:33:31','2011-06-18 08:33:31','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4099',0,'post','',0),(4107,1,'2011-06-23 05:50:51','2011-06-23 05:50:51','<img src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/wordsmake_MED.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"left\" />Hidden Shoal Recordings is excited to announce the release of the new <a href=\"http://bit.ly/wordsmakethemaster \">freely downloadable single</a> ‘Words Make the Master’ by Brooklyn-based chamber-pop experimentalist Liam Singer.\n\n‘Words   Make the Master’ contains all the ingredients that make <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/liam-singer\">Liam Singer’s</a> music so utterly beautiful and unique. Singer’s melancholic piano and   vocal interweave with the heavenly backing vocals of <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/boxharp/\">Boxharp’s</a> Wendy   Allen. The gently interlocking parts create a deliciously lulling   atmosphere for the first half, before the song heightens in intensity   and canters towards a rousing conclusion. This is pop music of a refined   and intensely emotive stripe.\n\n‘Words Make the Master’ is the third track to be taken from Liam Singer’s latest album <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Dislocatia</span>, one of Textura’s top albums of 2010. Produced by Scott Solter, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Dislocatia </span>is   rich in wondrous, resonant details – a truly beguiling song cycle that   contains multitudes. These fantastical song-stories carry the listener   skyward like a clockwork cloud. It’s rare to find such arresting   compositional talent married not only to an innate sense of melody and   emotion, but also to a keen sense of texture and atmosphere. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Dislocatia </span>manages   to merge these elements together and, more importantly, blur any lines   that divide them. Liam Singer’s alchemical compositional process   transforms the songs into a whole that transcends simple descriptors. <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=48&amp;products_id=155\"><em>Dislocatia</em></a> is out now through Hidden Shoal Recordings.\n\n<em>“a uniquely experimental approach to pop music…. His music has the     stately and cerebral sides of modern composition, not to mention the     beauty and grace, but also an intimacy and directness…. This is very     emotional music that uses all of the tactics at Singer’s disposal,  for    greatest impact.… Singer seems determined to find what is around  us  that   we don’t know about, and to make us feel like we’ve done the   same,   participating in an exciting act of discovery”</em> – <strong>PopMatters </strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<em>“If the Bedroom Communities roster are the  post-romantics, like    Brahms and Rachmoninovs, of 21st century  indie-acceptable classical    music, then Liam Singer is the Erik Satie  of the group, playing wildly    conceptual music that never quite loses  its emotional resonance.”</em> –<strong> Tome To The Weather Machine</strong>\n\nTo co-incide with the single release Hidden Shoal are also excited to announce the wonderful new <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD1rI8cGM8w\">music video</a> by Portland multimedia artist Jay Leary for another cut from <em>Dislocatia</em>,   \'Mold Me Torn Fan\'. As is evidenced here in this wonderfully playful and surreal video, Leary\'s work often features   psychedelic themes and anthropomorphized animals. His most recent   project, the \"Talking Kitty Cat Box Cleanup\" app, is available <a href=\"http://www.talkingcatapp.com/\">here</a>.<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>Grab the single <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=48&amp;products_id=173\">here</a>, watch the video <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD1rI8cGM8w\">here </a>and read a full press release <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Liam_Singer-Words_Make_the_Master.pdf\">here</a>.\n\n<strong> </strong>\n<strong> </strong>','New Liam Singer Single and Music Video ','','draft','closed','open','','new-liam-singer-single-and-music-video','','','2014-08-01 02:34:09','2014-08-01 02:34:09','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4107',0,'post','',0),(4112,1,'2011-06-24 07:47:09','2011-06-24 07:47:09','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Umpire - &quot;Now We\'re Active&quot;\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/active_MED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" />Umpire\'s epic debut album <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=50&amp;products_id=172\"><em>Now We\'re Active</em></a> has quite appropriately been garnering some wonderful reviews and press since its Australian release a few weeks back. Check out what folks had to say at these fine blogs and zines - <a href=\"http://www.adequacy.net/2011/06/umpire-now-were-active/\" target=\"_blank\">Delusions of Adequacy</a>, <a href=\"http://twicerememberedtwiceremoved.blogspot.com/2011/06/umpire-now-were-active.html\" target=\"_blank\">Twiceremoved</a>, <a href=\"http://reviewedmusic.com/2011/album-review-umpire-now-were-active/\" target=\"_blank\">ReviewedMusic</a>, <a href=\"http://theundergroundofhappiness.blogspot.com/2011/05/random-friday-reviews.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Underground of Happiness</a>, <a href=\"http://www.thevine.com.au/music/single-reviews/new-oz-music-_-umpire,-mildlife,-jonti,-raed,-sietta20110621.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">The Vine</a>, <a href=\"http://www.ravemagazine.com.au/content/view/26830/182/\" target=\"_blank\">Rave Magazine</a>, <a href=\"http://derdigitaleflaneur.blogspot.com/2011/05/umpire-green-light-district-neues-video_29.html\" target=\"_blank\">Der Digital Flaneur</a> and theres plenty more on the way. Not to mention the Australian radio love the album has been getting across community stations and JJJ.\n\nThe album will see its international release in just a few short weeks as July 14th approaches. Eager internationals can pre-order the CD via our US distributor <a href=\"http://n5mailorder.com/release/1228/umpire-now-we%27re-active\" target=\"_blank\">n5mailorder</a> now which includes a free mp3 download of the album. Australian fans can hit up their favourite record store for the CD or the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=50&amp;products_id=172\">Hidden Shoal Store</a> for CD and digital  love.','Umpire &quot;Now We&#039;re Active&quot; Review Roundup','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-now-were-active-review-roundup','','','2016-02-03 16:41:14','2016-02-03 08:41:14','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4112',0,'post','',0),(4121,1,'2011-06-26 06:28:09','2011-06-26 06:28:09','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/bio/sds_store.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"116\" height=\"155\" />The recent <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/slow-dancing-society/\">Slow Dancing Society re-issues</a> are continuing to chart in the US with both <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=13&amp;products_id=26\"><em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em></a> and <em><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow-and-steady-winter\" target=\"_self\">The Slow and Steady Winter</a></em> in this week\'s <a href=\"http://zookeeper.stanford.edu/index.php?session=&amp;action=viewChart\" target=\"_blank\">top 30 at KZSU</a> as well as holding the number 2 and 4 spot respectively in the Classical/Experimental top 10. Then over at New York\'s <a href=\"http://wnyu.org/playlists/nas_current.html\" target=\"_blank\">WNYU</a> <em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is sitting at 22 in the top 30 chart.\n\nAnd we will be announcing the release date of the upcoming Slow Dancing Society remix EP very soon. The release features a track from each of the 4 Slow Dancing Society albums remixed by the wonderful <a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/the-licence-to-interpret-dreams\">Antonymes</a>.','Slow Dancing Society - More Radio Charting!','','publish','closed','open','','slow-dancing-society-more-radio-charting','','','2016-02-03 16:11:37','2016-02-03 08:11:37','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4121',0,'post','',0),(4126,1,'2011-06-29 04:01:35','2011-06-29 04:01:35','<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/licence.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />More lovely US charting action for Hidden Shoal artists. This time <a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/the-licence-to-interpret-dreams\">Antonymes</a> stunning new release <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=49&amp;products_id=167\"><em>The Licence to Interpret Dreams</em></a> is holding down number 25 on Portlands <a href=\"http://kboo.fm/\" target=\"_blank\">KBOO</a> CMJ Top 30 airplay chart. If you haven\'t witnessed the sheer immersion of this album you can remedy all that right <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=49&amp;products_id=167\">here</a>.','Antonymes Charting','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-charting','','','2016-02-03 13:40:52','2016-02-03 05:40:52','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4126',0,'post','',0),(4135,1,'2011-07-07 01:10:04','2011-07-07 01:10:04','Excerpt: \"Since formation as a studio-based trio back in 2006, Perth’s Umpire have honed their sound over a couple of EPs, added a drummer and released their debut album Now We’re Active. They make self-described ‘wide-screen indie rock’ and both their sound and choice of titles perpetuates this sense of vast open spaces. The Canyon typifies this sound; gently building guitar and drum lines unfurl around Geoff Symon’s vocals, which in turn conjures thick, bass-driven riffs. While full of crescendos and sudden drop-offs, the band inhabit, rather than dominate the soundscapes they create. Restrained production and performance give the record’s quieter moments clarity and definition, and when the sound does expand to fill the space they’ve created, the marked contrast is satisfying both texturally and sonically. Opening single Green Light District sees this approach close to perfected as sparse drum-powered verses emerge into choruses overflowing with vocal harmonies and rippling guitar lines....  Indeed, more than anything, it hints at what the Umpire live performance may sound like and – importantly – should spark a desire in the listener to go and find out.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://reviewedmusic.com/2011/album-review-umpire-now-were-active/\" target=\"_blank\">Reviewed Music</a>','Umpire &#039;Now We&#039;re Active&#039; - Reviewed Music','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-now-were-active-reviewed-music','','','2011-07-07 01:10:04','2011-07-07 01:10:04','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4135',0,'post','',0),(4139,1,'2011-07-07 01:29:32','2011-07-07 01:29:32','Excerpt: \"Perth has had a strong history of Pop bands.... The latest in the pop lineage is Umpire whose members have history in bands such as Adam said Galore, O, Mukaizake and they\'ve just released their debut album \"Now We\'re Active\" on Hidden Shoal. The album contains all the trademarks of a good pop release with a major factor in it\'s sound is the crystal clear production of bassist Simon Struthers work at Forensic Audio. Strong melodies, darting in guitars, strong hooks and enough grit to provide an enjoyable listen.... The label press release that comes with the promo I received mentions that the band \"formed in 2006 as a studio songwriting and recording project where ... opportunity to utilise the studio as an instrument, developing their songs without the pressures of playing as a live band\". Normally you see such references of the studio as an instrument in electronic/experimental music, but it suits Umpire as you can see they have put a lot of thought into the music and how it sounds. The highlight track for me (pretty much liking it the first time I heard it on RTR) is \"The Canyon\". It\'s opening line could be the mantra of this blog especially when it comes to me reviewing: \"I can\'t articulate all these thoughts zigzagging through my head, there\'s no exit\" covers all the ground I mentioned above and is a mini epic clocking in at 5:19 and being the longest track on the album.... \"Green Light District\", the lead out single which can be picked up for free here has a very summery and fresh sound reminding me of The Go-betweens, not musically but in that care free feel that they had on songs like \"Spring Rain\".\n<a href=\"http://twicerememberedtwiceremoved.blogspot.com/2011/06/umpire-now-were-active.html\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://twicerememberedtwiceremoved.blogspot.com/2011/06/umpire-now-were-active.html\" target=\"_blank\">TwiceRemoved </a>','Umpire &#039;Now We&#039;re Active&#039; - TwiceRemoved','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-now-were-active-twiceremoved','','','2011-07-07 01:29:32','2011-07-07 01:29:32','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4139',0,'post','',0),(4149,1,'2011-07-11 03:34:56','2011-07-11 03:34:56','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Liam Singer - \'Words Make The Master\'\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/wordsmake.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />Check out another glowing <a href=\"http://www.beat.com.au/music/liam-singer-words-make-master\">review</a> for<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=48\"> Liam Singer</a> in Mebourne\'s Beat Magazine. His latest single, \'Words Make The Master\' was reviewed in <a href=\"http://www.beat.com.au/music/liam-singer-words-make-master\">last week\'s edition</a> and followed loving reviews of his previous two singles. The track is available now for free download from the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=48&amp;products_id=173\">Hidden Shoal store</a>.','Liam Singer in Beat Magazine','','draft','closed','open','','liam-singer-in-beat-magazine','','','2014-08-01 02:34:08','2014-08-01 02:34:08','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4149',0,'post','',0),(4151,1,'2011-07-11 03:47:37','2011-07-11 03:47:37','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Liam Singer\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/liam-singer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"121\" />Here\'s another glowing review for <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=48\">Liam Singer</a>\'s new single \'Words Make The Master\' . The ever wonderful Nils Hay has written the track up over at his great blog <a href=\"http://reviewedmusic.com/2011/single-review-liam-singer-words-make-the-master/\" target=\"_blank\">ReviewedMusic</a>. Check it out <a href=\"http://reviewedmusic.com/2011/single-review-liam-singer-words-make-the-master/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> and download the track <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=48&amp;products_id=173\">here</a>.','Liam Singer at ReviewedMusic','','draft','closed','open','','liam-singer-at-reviewedmusic','','','2014-08-01 02:34:08','2014-08-01 02:34:08','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4151',0,'post','',0),(4154,1,'2011-07-11 05:01:15','2011-07-11 05:01:15','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Umpire\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/active.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />Umpire\'s amazing debut full length <em>Now We\'re Active</em> has started to hit US radio ahead of this week\'s US/international release. The album is one of<a href=\"http://wlurradio.blogspot.com/2011/07/best-new-music-july-5.html\"> WLUR\'s \"Best of the Week\"</a> rotation adds!\n\nStream the album in full and download the first single \'Green Light District\' for free <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=50\">here</a>. US and international folk can grab the cd from <a href=\"http://n5mailorder.com/release/1228/umpire-now-we%27re-active\" target=\"_blank\">n5mailorder</a>.','Umpire Love at WLUR','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-love-at-wlur','','','2016-02-03 16:41:31','2016-02-03 08:41:31','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4154',0,'post','',0),(4157,1,'2011-07-14 04:24:17','2011-07-14 04:24:17','<img src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/large/active_LRG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\" align=\"left\" /><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/\">Hidden Shoal Recordings</a> is proud to announce the US/International release of debut album <em>Now We’re Active</em> by Perth’s widescreen indie-rock craftsmen <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/umpire/\">Umpire</a> following on from the album\'s Australian release last month.\n\nOn <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=50&amp;products_id=172\"><em>Now We’re Active</em></a>, Umpire combine sprawling indie-rock sounds with reflective melancholy, expertly wielding massive sun-drenched melodies, serpentine guitar parts and soaring vocals to spectacular effect. From lead single ‘Green Light District’ through the chiming guitar surge of ‘The Canyon’ to gorgeous finale ‘Cyclones Into Sunshowers’, <em>Now We’re Active</em> is a stunning release, as expansive as it is propulsive, as heartbreaking as it is life-affirming.\n\nImmaculately produced by bassist Simon Struthers at Forensic Audio, the album’s ten tracks bring progressive rock influences, indie-pop sensibilities and shades of math-rock into explosive collision, then shape them into songs that are at once epic and intimate. After the last song fades you’re left with a lump in your throat and admiration of how Umpire’s songcraft and sonics are so consistently elegant, melodic and widescreen. <em>Now We’re Active</em> is much more than a collection of tracks – it’s an album that blossoms beautifully on repeat plays.\n\n<em>“Now We’re Active is an album which reveals a band whose imaginations are now finally within their own grasp as musicians. Alternately full on, grandiose and brilliantly inventive, Umpire have very nearly made a prog rock masterpiece, and I say nearly only because their more ambitious ideas are continuing to develop.”</em> <strong>– DOA</strong>\n\n<em>\"Beautiful, chiming guitar pop with layered, soaring vocals from the Perth band\'s upcoming new album. Comes on like The Shins with more gumption. \"Widescreen\" (always a description that gets my attention), it says here, and I concur.\" </em><strong>– </strong><strong>The Underground of Happiness on \'Supply Chins</strong><em>\'\n</em>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=50&amp;products_id=172\"><em>Now We’re Active</em></a> is available now on CD and digitally worldwide, distributed through <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/\">Hidden Shoal</a> in Australia and <a href=\"http://n5mailorder.com/index.php?main_page=product_music_info&amp;cPath=3&amp;products_id=1228\">n5mailorder</a> in the US and internationally. Head to the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=50&amp;products_id=172\">Hidden Shoal Store</a> for all availability details.<strong> </strong> Read a full press release <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Umpire-Now_Were_Active_US.pdf\">here</a> and be sure to check out the <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/my_videos?feature=mhee\" target=\"_blank\">fantastic music video</a> for single \'<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=50&products_id=168\">Green Light District</a>\'.\n\n<iframe width=\"46\" height=\"23\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 46px; height: 23px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=1388009854/size=short/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http://umpire.bandcamp.com/track/supply-chins\">\'Supply Chins\' by Umpire</a></iframe><strong>\'Supply Chins\' by Umpire</strong>\n','Umpire &quot;Now We&#039;re Active&quot; US Release','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-now-were-active-us-release','','','2016-02-03 16:41:31','2016-02-03 08:41:31','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4157',0,'post','',0),(4184,1,'2011-07-20 23:33:37','2011-07-20 23:33:37','<img src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/surryhills_MED.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"left\" />Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the release of the new freely downloadable single ‘<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=40&amp;products_id=174\">Surry Hills</a>’ by Perth-based multi-instrumental pop sextet <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/apricot-rail/\">Apricot Rail</a>. The single follows on from their highly praised <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=40&amp;products_id=111\">self-titled debut album</a> of 2009.\n\n<em>\"Imagine the ethereal pop of early Múm, the whimsy of Sigur Rós’ more  optimistic moments, and (occasionally) the emotional edge of The  Twilight Sad. This is consummate indie post-rock laced with Australiana,  and well worth checking out.<strong>\"</strong></em><strong> - Rave Magazine</strong>\n\n‘Surry Hills\' gradually blooms from a shimmering haze of harmonics and ride cymbal into a delicious interweave of resonant guitars and woodwind melodies. The song’s restraint becomes its strength as the hairs on the back of your neck slowly rise. Inhabiting a similar sonic space to Sweden’s marvellous trio Tape, ‘Surry Hills’ is destined to garner a fresh new raft of fans for Apricot Rail’s addictive brand of melodic instrumental pop.\n\n<em>\"...what genre-defining bands like Explosions in the Sky take eight  or nine minutes to do Apricot Rail are capable of in three and a half.  This impeccable sense for the immediacy of great pop structures is  arguably one of their biggest assets, and is displayed masterfully on  their debut album.\"</em><strong> - Drum Media CD of the Week</strong>\n\nFormed in 2008, Apricot Rail is Ambrose Nock (guitar), Jack Quirk (guitar), Matthew Saville (drums), Daniel Burt (bass), Mayuka Juber (clarinet/flute) and Justin Manzano (guitar/electronics). In November 2008, the then-quintet headed into Kingdom studios under the guidance of Simon Struthers (Umpire, Adam Said Galore, Mukaizake) to record their self-titled debut album, released on Hidden Shoal in 2009. Since its release, the album has been wowing fans and critics alike, with feature album status galore across Australian radio, charting in US college radio (including a number 1!), and receiving glowing reviews left, right and centre.\n\n\'Surry Hills\' is available now as a <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=40&amp;products_id=174\">free download</a> from the Hidden Shoal Store, along with Apricot Rail\'s self-titled debut album. The single is launched on 6th August at The Bakery in Perth - check out the <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=217430584961258\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook event page</a> for more info. Their forthcoming sophomore album will be released in 2012. In the second half of 2011 the band are proud to announce prestigious support slots with the likes of Marnie Stern and Akron/Family. Stay tuned for more details.\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>','New Apricot Rail Single, Free Download!','','publish','closed','open','','new-apricot-rail-single-free-download','','','2016-02-03 13:43:08','2016-02-03 05:43:08','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4184',0,'post','',0),(4192,1,'2011-07-28 02:05:57','2011-07-28 02:05:57','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Mirror Girl (Scott Solter Remix)\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/mirrorgirl_MED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" />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=175\">‘Mirror Girl (Scott Solter Remix)’</a>, taken from the forthcoming album <em>A Frame of Reference</em> by Danish spectral noise-rock quartet Salli Lunn. In-demand producer, musician and remixer extraordinaire Scott Solter,   well known for working with bands as diverse as Superchunk, St Vincent,   Neon Indian, Pattern is Movement and<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/boxharp/\"> Boxharp</a>, has worked his magic with   Salli Lunn\'s \'Mirror Girl\'. Solter’s remix pares back the original’s   spidery postpunk guitars to bring a lurching industrial rhythm section   to the fore. The interplay between the clattering drums, throbbing   filtered bass and Lasse Skjold Bertelsen’s vocal creates a sweaty,   nocturnal atmosphere that proves alluring and addictive. The track is  accompanied by a superb video by Cam Merton, Hidden Shoal label manager  and experimental film-maker, which renders the dark majesty of the track  as a kaleidoscopic cascade of image fragments, like some sort of  psychedelic tv nightmare.\n\n‘Mirror Girl (Scott Solter Remix)’ is taken from the forthcoming album <em>A   Frame of Reference</em>, which includes remixes 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> tracks  by  artists such as <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/markus-mehr/\">Markus Mehr</a>, <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/city-of-satellites/\">City Of Satellites</a> and Manual, plus all   new, previously unreleased material recorded with Jonas Munk (Manual)   during the <em>Heresy and Rite</em> sessions.\n\n‘Mirror Girl (Scott Solter Remix)’  is available for <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=47&amp;products_id=175\">download</a> now from  the Hidden Shoal Store and its  accompanying video is available for  streaming on <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox2hgE0mN8U\" target=\"_blank\">Youtube</a> and <a href=\"http://vimeo.com/26950773\" target=\"_blank\">Vimeo</a>. <em>A  Frame of Reference</em> is released on 8  September 2011. Album<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. Read a full press release <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Salli_Lunn_Mirror_Girl_Remix.pdf\">here</a>.\n\n<iframe src=\"http://player.vimeo.com/video/26950773?byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=ffffff\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>','Scott Solter Remixes Salli Lunn - New Track and Video','','publish','closed','open','','scott-solter-remixes-salli-lunn-new-track-and-video','','','2011-07-28 02:05:57','2011-07-28 02:05:57','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4192',0,'post','',0),(4205,1,'2011-08-04 06:12:00','2011-08-04 06:12:00','<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/umpire/\">Umpire\'s</a> outrageously great <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=50&amp;products_id=172\">debut album</a> is getting lots of deserved love including some excellent charting in its early days at radio in the US and also a bunch of glowing reviews (more on the latter soon). The album has been nestled in the official CMJ Top 30 charts at KMNR, KRNU, KWVA, WHFR, WMCX, WRBC, WSHC, KRUA and KTSW. This is still early days and these are just the ones we\'ve got reporting on so far. More I say!\n\n<iframe width=\"300\" height=\"100\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 300px; height: 100px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=2202390553/size=grande/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http://umpire.bandcamp.com/track/cyclones-into-sunshowers\">Cyclones Into Sunshowers by Umpire</a></iframe>\n','Umpire &quot;Now We&#039;re Active&quot; US Radio Charting Madness!','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-now-were-active-us-radio-charting-madness','','','2016-02-03 16:41:31','2016-02-03 08:41:31','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4205',0,'post','',0),(4210,1,'2011-08-04 06:29:01','2011-08-04 06:29:01','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Apricot Rail - \'Surry Hills\'\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/surryhills_MED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" />Apricot Rail\'s spellbinding new single \'<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=40&amp;products_id=174\">Surry Hills</a>\' see\'s its official live launch this Saturday night at The Bakery in Perth. Superb support comes from newly formed supergroup The Long Lost Brothers, obscure pop wonderlanders the Andrew Sinclair and The Ritual  Band and exciting newcomers Runner. Check out all the details on the the <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=217430584961258\">Facebook event page</a> and miss it at your peril!\n\nAlso be sure to tune in to <a href=\"http://www.rtrfm.com.au/shows/breakfast\" target=\"_blank\">RTRFM</a> Friday morning (Perth time) where the band (well two of them) will be interviewed by the lovely Peter Barr ahead fo the gig. Oh and check out the sweet little review of the single in this week\'s <a href=\"http://www.beat.com.au/music/apricot-rail-surry-hills\" target=\"_blank\">Beat magazine</a> (Melbourne). And if you\'ve not yet nabbed your free download of the single then.......come do I need to finish that. GO <a href=\"&quot;http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;amp;cPath=40&amp;amp;products_id=174\">HERE</a> NOW!','Apricot Rail Single Launch and RTR Interview','','publish','closed','open','','apricot-rail-single-launch-and-rtr-interview','','','2016-02-03 13:43:08','2016-02-03 05:43:08','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4210',0,'post','',0),(4220,1,'2011-08-08 02:06:19','2011-08-08 02:06:19','Excerpt: \"... Jo Dürbeck aka Jumpel, found inspiration from time travelling around Europe which has materialised into a very special album, where each track represents a different city, feeling and stage of the journey. “Like many journeys, Europa begins with speculation and tentative steps. In ‘Arles’ and ‘Bern’, the delicate pattering of subtle rhythms is counterbalanced with delicate melodic figures, like light reflecting off water. ” Taking different approaches throughout, ‘Europa’ transcends into a multitude of feelings and ultimately a true sense of change and progression is apparent, until a beautiful vocal hits in ‘Edinburgh’, lighting up an already sublime album. I have it on good word from Pete Srdic (asip’s ears on the ground!) that Jo’s other albums are just as special and varied in their approach, so time to get digging. You can get ‘Europa’ on Jumpel’s Bandcamp and believe it or not, the best track on the album ‘Edinburgh’ is available as a free download (video below). For links to the rest of his releases, see the Hidden Shoal label site or the Jumpel website.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://astrangelyisolatedplace.com/2011/05/31/jumpel-europa/\" target=\"_blank\">A Strangely Isolated Place</a>','Jumpel &#039;Europa&#039; - A Strangely Isolated Place','','publish','closed','open','','jumpel-europa-a-strangely-isolated-place','','','2011-08-08 02:06:19','2011-08-08 02:06:19','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4220',0,'post','',0),(4222,1,'2011-08-08 02:16:31','2011-08-08 02:16:31','Ecerpt: \"After being introduced to Jumpel and his brilliant album ‘Europa‘ my invasion of the Hidden Shoal back catalogue has stepped up a gear. Turns out Hidden Shoal are one of those record labels that has the ability to fill an entire weekend with blissful headphone listening, and Slow Dancing Society is just one of the many artists that make-up a superb roster of ambient musicians. Washington based artist Drew Sullivan creates a multitude of different approaches to ambient music. You’ll find post-rock inspired pieces awash with layered and reverberant guitars, light and melody, similar to Robin Guthrie and Winterlight and some deep and immersive ambient pieces stretching over 13 minutes, with every track perfecting the art of emotion, be it blissful and euphoric or slightly melancholic.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://astrangelyisolatedplace.com/2011/06/04/slow-dancing-society/\" target=\"_blank\">A Strange and Isolated Place</a>','Slow Dancing Society &#039;Under the Sodium Lights&#039; - A Strange and Isolated Place','','publish','closed','open','','slow-dancing-society-under-the-sodium-lights-a-strange-and-isolated-place','','','2011-08-08 02:16:31','2011-08-08 02:16:31','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4222',0,'post','',0),(4402,1,'2011-07-24 04:01:59','2011-07-24 04:01:59','Excerpt: “If you can imagine the pure abstraction of middle C, without the intermediation of breath or fingers touching strings or any effort at all, that’s essentially the sound of One River.”\n\n<strong>Dusted</strong>','Scott Solter &quot;One River&quot; - Dusted','','draft','closed','open','','scott-solter-one-river-dusted','','','2014-08-01 02:19:25','2014-08-01 02:19:25','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4402',0,'post','',0),(4404,1,'2011-07-24 04:14:48','2011-07-24 04:14:48','<strong>Excerpt:</strong> \"...a mixture of heavily processed guitars, field recordings, and manipulated voices (provided by Wendy Allen) comparable to Brian Eno. Seven songs run seamlessly together, each inhaling and exhaling tone after tone... landscape imagery comes to mind in every song, making listening to this record not so like hearing a story as taking a journey.”\n\n<strong>Pitchfork</strong>','Scott Solter &quot;One River&quot; - Pitchfork','','draft','closed','open','','scott-solter-one-river-pitchfork','','','2014-08-01 02:19:25','2014-08-01 02:19:25','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4404',0,'post','',0),(4853,1,'2011-07-11 15:00:20','2011-07-11 15:00:20','Excerpt: \"These songs are both cerebral and sentimental, swerving through tricky structures and wordplay even as singer-guitarist Geoff Symons waxes romantic... Like Transatlanticism-era Death Cab for Cutie, Umpire uses the dramatic tides and crashes of post-rock and math-rock to heighten the emotion of what’s essentially muscular guitar-pop. On tracks like ‘The Canyon’, there’s a clean-cut lilt to Symons’ voice that can’t help but recall Ben Gibbard’s. That said, these songs also have the stop-start volatility of cult ’90s guitar heroes like Polvo and Chavez. Produced with absolute crispness by bassist Simon Struther, the instruments move like an intricate conversation between old friends. Which makes sense, given the long history of these players... This is a very specific kind of indie rock: inventive and self-aware but grounded in ringing melodies and lived-in emotions. Now We’re Active is weird, guitar-addled fun.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.thevine.com.au/music/album-reviews/umpire-%27now-we%27re-active%2720110716.aspx\">The Vine</a>','Umpire &quot;Now We&#039;re Active&quot; - The Vine','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-now-were-active-the-vine','','','2011-07-11 15:00:20','2011-07-11 15:00:20','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4853',0,'post','',0),(4860,1,'2011-07-11 15:15:50','2011-07-11 15:15:50','\"Umpire are an indie-rock band out of Perth that neatly balance their anthemic qualities with a bit of artistic depth. Their vocalist who I think is Simon Struthers recalls The Shins\' James Mercer with his clear and ringing high notes while the seamless intertwining of indie-rock, pop and prog sensibilities produces a sound that is both highly listenable and far from boring. I find I\'m enjoying this quite a lot.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://www.4zzzfm.org.au/reviews/albums/umpire-now-were-active\">4ZZZ</a>','Umpire &quot;Now We&#039;re Active&quot; - 4ZZZ','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-now-were-active-4zzz','','','2011-07-11 15:15:50','2011-07-11 15:15:50','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4860',0,'post','',0),(4208,1,'2011-08-11 09:03:37','2011-08-11 09:03:37','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Umpire - Now We\'re Active\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/active_MED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" />Love for Umpire  continues to grow as more sets of ears manage to wrap themselves around the band\'s glorious debut album <em>Now We\'re Active. </em>Along with their recent chart sucess in the US the band have also been scooping a bunch of glowing new reviews.<em> </em>Check out the latest batch in <a href=\"http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/145289-umpire-now-were-active/\" target=\"_blank\">PopMatters</a>, <a href=\"http://stereosubversion.com/reviews/umpire-now-we%E2%80%99re-active\" target=\"_blank\">Stereo Subversion</a>, <a href=\"http://musosguide.com/umpire-now-were-active/17223\" target=\"_blank\">Muso\'s Guide</a> and <a href=\"http://leonardslair.wordpress.com/2011/07/29/review-umpire-now-were-active/\" target=\"_blank\">Leonard\'s Lair</a>.\n\nAlso lovely to hear \'Milking a Thistle\' beaming out of the breakfast show on Triple J the other day. Nice one Tom Ballard!\n\n<iframe width=\"400\" height=\"100\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=922135093/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http://umpire.bandcamp.com/track/milking-a-thistle\">Milking a Thistle by Umpire</a></iframe>\n','Umpire Reviews','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-reviews','','','2016-02-03 16:41:31','2016-02-03 08:41:31','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4208',0,'post','',0),(4224,1,'2011-08-08 02:27:07','2011-08-08 02:27:07','Excerpt: \"The guys of Umpire are obviously working with a motif: the lyrics, musicality, even the album cover — featuring a wide blue sky and open field — of Now We’re Active all are driven by a sense of expansiveness. The group uses echoistic qualities, minimal but well-placed drums and pointed song titles (“The Canyon” is a literal example) to convey a sense of the natural, the wide and serene. Each track sounds polished and extremely well crafted yet incredibly sincere, primarily due to the soaring, evocative quality of the vocals. Now We’re Active has an astounding sense of progression. Somewhat repetitively employing the use of loud-soft-loud dynamics (think Death Cab for Cutie), the musical and songwriting talents of these guys produces some real standout tracks.... Were every track on Now We’re Active to be as perfectly balanced as “On The Fringes,” the album would be much more of a standout. As it is, the LP is still an extremely strong debut but sometimes struggles with a lack of variety in its song structures. Within the expansive feel of Umpire’s music, that just means they have room to grow.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://stereosubversion.com/reviews/umpire-now-we%E2%80%99re-active\" target=\"_blank\">Stereo Subversion</a>','Umpire &#039;Now We&#039;re Active&#039; - Stereo Subversion','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-now-were-active-stereo-subversion','','','2011-08-08 02:27:07','2011-08-08 02:27:07','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4224',0,'post','',0),(4226,1,'2011-08-08 02:35:47','2011-08-08 02:35:47','Excerpt: \"... Although <em>Now We’re Active</em> is the band’s debut album, the general brain usage and song writing behind the project initially began in 2006. Umpire’s album has essentially been five years in the making, with a taster given via the 2009 released self titled EP, but news of a ten track record was naturally going to be intriguing. <em>Now We’re Active</em> defines Umpire’s style brilliantly in their ability on one album to present fast, complex guitar rhythms, typical of the math rock genre combined with slower, pleasing, melancholic sounds. These polarities can be seen from the tingling fade out of ‘Spotlights’ to the powerful guitar and drums in the first 10 seconds or so of ‘Jewellery Can Be Disturbing’, personally a highlight on the album.... Umpire have quoted one of their influences as ’90s alternative band Pavement, and this can definitely be heard throughout Now We’re Active, perhaps in the cool, slightly indifferent vocal style Symons and Pavement’s lead singer Stephen Malkmus both use. The abundance of the start and stop technique is seen often throughout the album – I read a review that believed this technique was over used by the band and this perhaps can be seen on ‘Corner An Owl In An Alcove’ although this is actually one of my favourite songs on the album.... I am going to ambush the opportunity to roll out the much used phrases ‘lump in the throat’ and ‘hairs on the back of the neck standing up’ – they can be accurate but just kinda suck, so I am going to nimbly skirt the edges of the cliché minefield as best I can. All I can say is the fading end seconds of ‘Cyclones Into Sunshowers’ definitely leave you with a bit of a tingly feeling.\'\"\n\n<a href=\"http://musosguide.com/umpire-now-were-active/17223\" target=\"_blank\">Muso\'s Guide</a>','Umpire &#039;Now We&#039;re Active&#039; - Muso&#039;s Guide','','publish','closed','open','','umpire-now-were-active-musos-guide','','','2011-08-08 02:35:47','2011-08-08 02:35:47','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4226',0,'post','',0),(4228,1,'2011-08-08 02:39:40','2011-08-08 02:39:40','Excerpt: \"Welsh composer Ian M. Hazeldine, billed as Antonymes, pulled off a balletic balancing act between delicate and distinct, movement and rest with his short debut album ”Beauty Becomes the Enemy of the Future”, released 2009 on Cathedral Transmissions. With his third effort, he maintains that equilibrium admirably, with one huge slip-up. Inspired by Morton Feldman´s idiosyncratic description of music as a surface, Antonymes opens with ”A Fragile Acceptance”, nearly non-existent piano becoming engulfed in whispy clouds of strings which soon mass into a brace of rather muscular and insistent violins. As the album progresses, a genuinely exquisite dream state is maintained, sculpting with air or sitting and thinking aloud at the piano, all rendered with great eloquence. An odd but not oddly out of place piece entitled ”Doubt” appears midway through, in which one Jan Van Den Broeke recites a poem by one Paul Morley. I don´t know who either of these chaps are, but its weirdly halting, Dutch-robotic inflected cadence is somehow mesmerizing. Unfortunately, Hazeldine stumbles into overblown Emerson Lake and Palmer territory with ”The Door Towards the Dream”, which doesn´t get any better when a Rick Wakemanesque choir and keyboards section takes over. Pompous and sticky. This in striking contrast to the dignified, restrained chorale ”On Approaching the Strange Museum” with which the record ends.\"\n\n<a href=\"http://sonomu.net/text/~antonymes-the-li/\" target=\"_blank\">Sonomu</a>','Antonymes &#039;The Licence to Interpret Dreams&#039; - Sonomu','','publish','closed','open','','antonymes-the-licence-to-interpret-dreams-sonomu','','','2011-08-08 02:39:40','2011-08-08 02:39:40','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4228',0,'post','',0),(4320,1,'2011-08-12 07:28:31','2011-08-12 07:28:31','<img class=\"alignright\" title=\"Kramies\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/kramies1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"165\" /><img class=\"alignright\" title=\"[The] Caseworker\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/thecaseworker.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"107\" height=\"165\" />Hidden Shoal is proud to announce the signing of garage-dreampop trio <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/the-caseworker/\">[The] Caseworker</a> and Dutch-American singer-songwriter <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/kramies/\">Kramies</a> to its roster of artists.\n\nWith each successive release, garage-dreampop trio [The] Caseworker deliver their own timeless sonic magic. Their upcoming 2011 album <em>Letters From The Coast</em> has the feel of a shoegazing Velvet Underground reared by the Flying Nun label – the perfect balance of drone and chime. The band creates an enigmatic intimacy and atmosphere, which they wrap around immaculately crafted pop songs like smoke. Perfectly intoxicating.\n\nDutch-American  singer-songwriter Kramies has been honing his inimitable craft  for many years, bewitching all who have heard his music along the way.  Fusing masterful songwriting with electronics and atmospherics, stepping  into a Kramies song means being swept up into an emotionally resonant  vortex of swooning pop that simply demands repeat listens.\n\n[The] Caseworker\'s new single \'National Runner\' is released on 18 August, with their new album <em>Letters From The Coast</em> released on 22 September. Kramies new EP <em>The European</em> is released on 22 November with a single preceding the release in October.','New Hidden Shoal Signings - [The] Caseworker and Kramies','','publish','closed','open','','new-hidden-shoal-signings-the-caseworker-and-kramies','','','2016-02-03 16:16:24','2016-02-03 08:16:24','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4320',0,'post','',0),(4334,1,'2011-08-16 13:47:16','2011-08-16 13:47:16','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Priest Lake Circa \'88\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/priest_MED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" />The re-issue of Slow Dancing Society\'s stunning <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=13&amp;products_id=75\"><em>Priest Lake Circa \'88</em></a> has staked its place on the <a href=\"http://zookeeper.stanford.edu/index.php?session&amp;action=viewChart\">KZSU Top 30</a>, sitting at the number 4 spot on the chart. All <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/slow-dancing-society/\">three Slow Dancing Society re-issues</a> have charted heavily at KZSU, so much so that Slow Dancing Society has had a presence in the charts nearly every week over the last few months or so.\n\nThis comes as we prepare for the release of the upcoming EP <em>We Don\'t Look Back For Very Long</em> which sees <a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/the-licence-to-interpret-dreams\">Antonymes</a> remix and re-construct one track from each of the four  Slow Dancing Society albums. The release will be available as a gorgeous hand made limited edition package as well a digitally. More on this very soon!\n\n<iframe width=\"400\" height=\"100\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=1904224780/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/track/the-red-summer-sun\">The Red Summer Sun by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\n','Slow Dancing Society at Number 4 on the KZSU Top30','','publish','closed','open','','slow-dancing-society-at-number-4-on-the-kzsu-top30','','','2016-02-03 16:11:55','2016-02-03 08:11:55','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4334',0,'post','',0),(4339,1,'2011-08-18 06:16:59','2011-08-18 06:16:59','<img src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/thecaseworker.jpg\" alt=\"[The] Caseworker\" width=\"155\" height=\"230\" align=\"left\" />Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the release of the new single ‘National Runner’ by garage-dreampop trio <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/the-caseworker/\">The Caseworker</a>.\n\nWith ‘National Runner’, The Caseworker have an instant pop classic on their hands. The song’s consummate balance of drone and chime features a heady mix of hypnotic guitars and driving rhythm section, all perfectly offset by Conor Devlin’s starry-eyed vocal. Learning that the track is an ode to famed Ethiopian Olympic long-distance runner Miruts Yifter makes all the more sense after being doused in its heady atmosphere.\n\n<em>“The Caseworker extract darkness from inside whispery, ambient pop… completely enraptured and awesomely dazed” </em>– <strong>Rolling Stone</strong>\n\n‘National Runner’ opens the band’s forthcoming third album<em> Letters From The Coast</em>, which sees The Caseworker continue to deliver their own unique sonic magic. The album has the feel of a shoegazing Velvet Underground reared by the Flying Nun label, creating an enigmatic intimacy and atmosphere, which the band wrap around immaculately crafted pop songs like smoke. Perfectly intoxicating. <em>Letters From The Coast</em> (Hidden Shoal, 2011) was recorded by Monte  Vallier (also of the band Swell) at San Francisco’s Ruminator Audio  Studios (Young Prisms, Weekend, Tommy Guerrero).\n\n\'National Runner\' is available now as a <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=52&amp;products_id=176\">free download</a>. Read a full press release <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-The_Caseworker-National_Runner.pdf\">here</a>. <em>Letters From The Coast </em>is out 22 Sept, 2011.\n\n\n<object height=\"81\" width=\"100%\"> <param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F21347966&amp;show_comments=false&amp;auto_play=false&amp;color=e6a100\"></param> <param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess=\"always\" height=\"81\" src=\"http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F21347966&amp;show_comments=false&amp;auto_play=false&amp;color=e6a100\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"100%\"></embed> </object>   <span><a href=\"http://soundcloud.com/hidden_shoal/the-caseworker-national-runner\">[The] Caseworker - \'National Runner\'</a> by <a href=\"http://soundcloud.com/hidden_shoal\">Hidden Shoal</a></span>','[The] Caseworker &#039;National Runner&#039; - Free Download!','','publish','closed','open','','the-caseworker-national-runner-free-download','','','2016-02-03 16:16:24','2016-02-03 08:16:24','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4339',0,'post','',0),(4416,1,'2011-08-25 04:46:28','2011-08-25 04:46:28','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Scott Solter\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Scott_Solter_profile.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"106\" height=\"165\" />‘<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=53&amp;products_id=177\">The Great Cold</a>’, by US producer<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/scott-solter/\"> Scott Solter</a>, is taken from the re-release of his glacial ambient masterpiece <em>One River</em>. Chilly, gaseous tones swell and recede, all the while shadowed by a ghostly high note. Solter creates an unforgettable atmosphere, which becomes all the more moving when experienced as part of the complete album. The track is accompanied by Mark Solter and Laura Solter’s immersive, impressionistic video, in which burnished forms simultaneously suggest the vast expanses of space and the intricate textures of cellular surfaces.\n\n<em>\"a mixture of heavily processed guitars, field recordings, and  manipulated voices (provided by Wendy Allen) comparable to Brian Eno.  Seven songs run seamlessly together, each inhaling and exhaling tone  after tone... landscape imagery comes to mind in every song, making  listening to this record not so like hearing a story as taking a  journey.\"</em> –<strong> Pitchfork  on Scott Solter\'s <em>One River</em></strong>\n\nAs a producer, recordist and mixer, Solter has worked with numerous indie artists, including Erik Friedlander, Spoon, The Mountain Goats, John Vanderslice, Lazarus, The Forms, Pattern is Movement, Superchunk, Okkervil River, <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=48\">Liam Singer</a>, and St Vincent. He has also executed a number of remixes, including <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=37&amp;products_id=103\"><em>Scott Solter Re-Populates The Caribbean</em></a> (Hidden Shoal, 2009), as well as remixes for Division Day, Voices Voices, and Neon Indian, plus Hidden Shoal band Salli Lunn’s track ‘<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=47&amp;products_id=175\">Mirror Girl</a>’. He is a member of The Balustrade Ensemble, producing 2007’s <em>Capsules</em> for Dynamophone Records, and Hidden Shoal’s very own <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=45\">Boxharp</a> with Wendy Allen.\n\n‘The Great Cold’ is available for<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=53&amp;products_id=177\"> free download</a> from the Hidden Shoal Store. <em>One River</em> is released on 29 September (CD + Digital) and will be available for CD pre-orders from 15 September from <a href=\"http://n5mailorder.com/release/1528/scott-solter-one-river\" target=\"_blank\">n5Mailorder</a>. View the stunning video accompaniment on <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MHvkuWRr2Y\" target=\"_blank\">Youtube</a> or <a href=\"http://vimeo.com/27767802\" target=\"_blank\">Vimeo</a>.\n\n[soundcloud params=\"auto_play=false&amp;show_comments=false\"]http://soundcloud.com/hidden_shoal/scott-solter-the-great-cold[/soundcloud]','Scott Solter &#039;The Great Cold&#039; - Free Download!','','publish','closed','open','','scott-solter-the-great-cold-free-download','','','2011-08-25 04:46:28','2011-08-25 04:46:28','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4416',0,'post','',0),(4438,1,'2011-08-31 05:15:05','2011-08-31 05:15:05','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Hotels - On The Casino Floor\" src=\"https://agora.hiddenshoal.com/images/casino.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />Head over to the excellent <a href=\"http://www.scenepointblank.com\" target=\"_blank\">Scene Point Blank</a> for a chance to win a bunch of very cool prizes including a signed copy of <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=35\">Hotel\'s</a> sublime <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=35&amp;products_id=163\"><em>On The Casino Floor</em></a>. The competition will be drawn on the 1st of November and co-incides with a wonderful upcoming interview with Hotel\'s Blake Madden. Check out all the info <a href=\"http://www.scenepointblank.com/news/site-news/competition-win-free-copies-of-cds-from-hotels-and-hidden-shoal-recordings\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.\n\n\n[soundcloud params=\"auto_play=false&amp;show_comments=false\"]http://soundcloud.com/hidden_shoal/hotels-sleep-in-fame[/soundcloud]','Hotels and HSR Competition at Scene Point Blank - Win!','','publish','closed','open','','hotels-and-hsr-competition-at-scene-point-blank-win','','','2016-02-03 15:43:03','2016-02-03 07:43:03','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4438',0,'post','',0),(4442,1,'2011-08-31 07:33:08','2011-08-31 07:33:08','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"National Runner\" src=\"https://agora.hiddenshoal.com/images/nationalrunner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />Hot on the heels of the release of their awesome new single \'<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=52&amp;products_id=176\">National Runner</a>\', <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/the-caseworker/\">The Caseworker</a> now have a wonderful music video to accompany the track thanks to film maker Joe Macken. True to the theme of the track, the video features footage of the amazing Ethiopian long distance runner Miruts Yifter doing his magic. And if you think long distance running is a yawn fest then you have not seen Yifter\'s final lap turbo blast - it gives me goosebumps, it honestly does! Check out the video below or in <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1RZ3ixuVLw\" target=\"_blank\">HD at Youtube</a> and be sure to <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=52&amp;products_id=176\">download the single</a> for free from the Hidden Shoal Store.\n\n<code>[kml_flashembed movie=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/y1RZ3ixuVLw\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" fvars=\"fs=1\" /]</code>','[The] Caseworker &#039;National Runner&#039; - Music Video','','publish','closed','open','','the-caseworker-national-runner-music-video','','','2016-02-03 16:16:24','2016-02-03 08:16:24','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4442',0,'post','',0),(4449,1,'2011-09-08 02:26:55','2011-09-08 02:26:55','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Salli Lunn - &quot;A Frame Of Reference&quot;\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/frame_MED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" />Hidden Shoal Recordings is excited to anounce the release of album <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=47&amp;products_id=178\"><em>A Frame of Reference</em></a> by Danish spectral noise-rock quartet Salli Lunn, which comprises remixes of songs from their stunning debut album <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>, plus all-new songs. The album kicks off in fine style with Scott Solter’s remix of ‘Mirror Girl’, on which the in-demand producer, musician and remixer pares back the original’s spidery postpunk guitars to bring a lurching industrial rhythm section to the fore. Markus Mehr’s dizzying take on single ‘Parachutes Forever’ brings sizzling amp hum into juxtaposition against a double-speed guitar loop, snatches of the main groove, and Lasse Skjold Bertelsen’s vocal, while City Of Satellites transform ‘Fast Cars, Clean Bodies’ into a dreamy electro-rock night cruise.\n\n<em>Heresy and Rite</em> producer Jonas Munk (Manual) takes on ‘The Invention of Steel’, rendering the song a brilliant, cascading and hypnotic krautrock jam. Previously unreleased track ‘50 Kisses’ is reworked by TV Baby as a driving, lo-fi chase scene, while ‘White Sight’, also previously unreleased, rounds out the album in fine style, with its main riff simultaneously drunken and laser-guided in intensity.\n\n<em>“... Salli Lunn persistently avoid any repetition or similar themes - and take every opportunity to push their music into new territories and expand on their own musicianship... on Heresy &amp; Rite, this act of innovation and unpredictability delivers with extreme accuracy.”</em> – <strong>No Ripcord</strong>\n\n<em>A Frame of Reference</em> is available as an exclusive digital release through the <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=47&amp;products_id=178\">Hidden Shoal Store</a> and all good third party online stores. Album <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 also available worldwide in <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=47&amp;products_id=148\">CD and digital formats</a> and for the first time is now available through Hidden Shoal on <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=47&amp;products_id=179\">vinyl</a>. Be sure to check out the awesome <a href=\"http://youtu.be/ox2hgE0mN8U\" target=\"_blank\">music video</a> for Scott Solter\'s remix of \'Mirror Girl\'.\n\n[soundcloud params=\"auto_play=false&amp;show_comments=false\"]http://soundcloud.com/hidden_shoal/salli-lunn-the-invention-of-1[/soundcloud]\n\nSalli Lunn - \'The Invention of Steel (Manual Remix)\'','Salli Lunn &quot;A Frame Of Reference&quot; Remix Album Out Now!','','publish','closed','open','','salli-lunn-a-frame-of-reference-remix-album-out-now','','','2016-02-03 16:00:46','2016-02-03 08:00:46','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4449',0,'post','',0),(4462,1,'2011-09-09 06:24:01','2011-09-09 06:24:01','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Hotels - Photo by Jason Tang\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/galleries/Hotels/lazy-k-thumbs/Hotels_at_Bumbershoot_-_Jason_Tang.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" />Apologies as this is slightly old news but good news nonetheless! <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=35\">Hotel\'s</a> awesome track \'Hydra\', taken off 2009\'s <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=35&amp;products_id=100\"><em>Where Hearts Go Broke</em></a>, recently featured in the MTV Network comedy <a href=\"http://www.mtv.com/shows/awkward/series.jhtml\" target=\"_blank\">Awkward</a>. The track aired on Episode 2 to be exact which can be viewed in full <a href=\"http://www.mtv.com/shows/awkward/video.jhtml?filter=fulleps\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> by US residents. The track is also a featured stream and download at MTV so if don\'t already own this slice of pop genius then <a href=\"http://www.mtv.com/shows/awkward/episode_music.jhtml?episodeID=182128\" target=\"_blank\">head there to grab it</a>.','Hotels on MTV\'s Awkward','','publish','closed','open','','hotels-on-mtvs-awkward','','','2016-02-03 16:48:56','2016-02-03 08:48:56','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4462',0,'post','',0),(4464,1,'2011-09-09 06:54:59','2011-09-09 06:54:59','<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Apricot Rail - \'Surry Hills\'\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/surryhills.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />Apricot Rail\'s stunning new single \'Surry Hills\'  has just scooped a glowing review over at <a href=\"http://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/657/ItemID/4395/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">The Silent Ballet</a>. Check out the review <a href=\"http://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/657/ItemID/4395/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> and download the track for free <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=40&amp;products_id=174\">here</a>.','Apricot Rail &#039;Surry Hills&#039; Review at The Silent Ballet','','publish','closed','open','','apricot-rail-single-review-at-the-silent-ballet','','','2016-02-03 13:43:08','2016-02-03 05:43:08','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4464',0,'post','',0),(4469,1,'2011-09-09 07:24:48','2011-09-09 07:24:48','\"In sorting through the glut of instrumental music releases we receive at The Silent Ballet, it\'s rare to come across a single song all by its lonesome and be excited. \"Surry Hills\" is the first work released by the Perth, Australia-based Apricot Rail since their eponymous debut back in 2009. While previously having erred on the the shimmery and sunny side of post rock, the band shows a new level of maturity in balancing chimes, woodwinds, guitars and other spritely sounds. With flute and clarinet leading the sun to a fog-less morning, all manner of life delicately rises from the soil. The progression within the song is entirely natural in feeling, the ride cymbal joined by a subtle, synthetic rhythm and a hopeful guitar melody tying everything together with a satin bow. This track is a sign of a new direction and pallette that Apricot Rail are destined to explore further on their sophomore album, due next year. 4/5\"\n\n<a href=\"http://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/657/ItemID/4395/Default.aspx\">The Silent Ballet</a>','Apricot Rail &#039;Surry Hills&#039; - The Silent Ballet','','publish','closed','open','','apricot-rail-surry-hills-the-silent-ballet','','','2011-09-09 07:24:48','2011-09-09 07:24:48','',0,'http://music.hiddenshoal.com/?p=4469',0,'post','',0);
