INSERT INTO `wp_posts` (`ID`, `post_author`, `post_date`, `post_date_gmt`, `post_content`, `post_title`, `post_excerpt`, `post_status`, `comment_status`, `ping_status`, `post_password`, `post_name`, `to_ping`, `pinged`, `post_modified`, `post_modified_gmt`, `post_content_filtered`, `post_parent`, `guid`, `menu_order`, `post_type`, `post_mime_type`, `comment_count`) VALUES (9202,1,'2014-07-04 09:15:37','2014-07-04 09:15:37','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<br />\r\n<h1>Tangled Star</h1>\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9196\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/T-Star_Band_Photo1-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"Tangled Star\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" /></a><em>“<em>something that ripples, radiates and blossoms amid a dressage of shimmering keys and softly burnt riff cascades which had us much in mind of Hefner shimmying with the Clientele at times.</em>”</em> –<strong> Losing Today<br /> </strong></p>\r\n<p>Distilling elements of indie rock and alt country married with Craig Hallsworth’s wonderful dust and liquor coated vocals and twisting lyrics, Tangled Star weaves their own magic place. Through the musics exultant shifts and wandering detours the band manages to make once familiar territory foreign and offset.</p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>We Don\'t Look Back For Very Long (with Slow Dancing Society)</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4290771882/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=none/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/we-dont-look-back-for-very-long\">We Don\'t Look Back For Very Long by Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p><em>We Don’t Look Back For Very Long </em>sees Antonymes reworking a track from each of fellow Hidden Shoal artist Slow Dancing Society’s four albums, casting radiant new light on the stunning originals. Across almost 30 minutes, Antonymes marries SDS’s glistening atmospheres to his own trademark ambient neo-classical minimalism, creating a completely mesmerising hybrid.</p>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Lost In Waves of Light</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3184595053/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/lost-in-waves-of-light\">Lost In Waves Of Light by Antonymes</a></iframe></p>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p>Created from elements lifted off Antonyme’s critically acclaimed album <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span>, ‘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. Antonymes new album <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> 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.</p>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 550px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1679006704/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/the-licence-to-interpret-dreams\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams by Antonymes</a></iframe></p>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> is the Hidden Shoal debut release by neo-classical/minimal ambient artist Antonymes. 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. 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’. Single ‘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.[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p align=\"justify\">In the late 90s, Outstation (Craig Hallsworth, guitars and singing; Jim Butterworth, bass; Jamie Hamilton, drums), a sonic monstrosity, began playing a lot of quiet tunes, and eventually turned into Tangled Star. Lorne Clements (Hammond Organ, Piano) became involved. Then Jamie Hamilton left, and was replaced by a drum machine, and Jim became its programmer.</p><p align=\"justify\">The T-Star quietly went about its business for a few years in Jim’s back shed and in Lorne’s living room. They played only a handful of live shows, but recorded two albums with Alan Smith from Bergerk! Recordings – the self-titled debut, and It’s Now Or Later (to be released through Hidden Shoal Recordings November, 2006).</p><p><strong>Craig Hallsworth:</strong><br /> Born 1964 in Collie South-West Western Australia – land that belongs to the Noongar People. Fatally infected with AM radio that plays constantly throughout childhood, in the house and in the car. Begins playing guitar and writing songs around 8 or 9 years of age. Magazines and records. Sitting alone in a room playing and singing into a cassette recorder. String of bands. Loses virginity after a gig at the Narrogin Hotel. Moves to Perth in the mid 80s upon completion of welding apprenticeship in the coal mines. Over next 15 years or so plays in The Bamboos, The Healers, wild palms, Zuvuya, Outstation, Tangled Star, as well as many solo performances and recordings. Currently writing an experimental book-length poem and playing in The Slow Beings.</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3><p>[catlist name=tangled-star-news content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h2>Reviews</h2><p>[catlist name=tangled-star-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star-Lets_Adjourn.pdf\"><em>Let’s Adjourn To The Garden</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star-Head_in_the_Sand.pdf\">‘Head In The Sand’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star_That_Time_EP.pdf\"><em>That Time</em> EP</a></p><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star-Our_Man_in_Eden_Hill_CD_Re-Issue.pdf\"><em>Our Man In Eden Hill</em> EP</a></p><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star_Mini_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>It’s Now Or Later</em> Mini-Album Release</a></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p><p>[gallery columns=\"2\" ids=\"9201,9196\"]</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p> No videos yet, sorry!</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>Tangled Star\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Tangled Star','','inherit','open','open','','9181-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 09:15:37','2014-07-04 09:15:37','',9181,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9181-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9182,1,'2014-07-04 08:17:38','2014-07-04 08:17:38','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]\r\n<h1>Antonymes</h1>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-6978\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Antonymes\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" /></a><em>“sound sketches of enormous, if fragile, beauty”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong> The 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. <strong><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Antonymes/108567235841143?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/Antonymes\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/antonymes\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Website\" href=\"http://www.antonymes.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8767\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Website.png\" alt=\"Website\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a> </strong>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>We Don\'t Look Back For Very Long (with Slow Dancing Society)</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4290771882/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=none/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/we-dont-look-back-for-very-long\">We Don\'t Look Back For Very Long by Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<em>We Don’t Look Back For Very Long </em>sees Antonymes reworking a track from each of fellow Hidden Shoal artist Slow Dancing Society’s four albums, casting radiant new light on the stunning originals. Across almost 30 minutes, Antonymes marries SDS’s glistening atmospheres to his own trademark ambient neo-classical minimalism, creating a completely mesmerising hybrid.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Lost In Waves of Light</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3184595053/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/lost-in-waves-of-light\">Lost In Waves Of Light by Antonymes</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nCreated from elements lifted off Antonyme’s critically acclaimed album <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span>, ‘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. Antonymes new album <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> 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.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 550px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1679006704/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/the-licence-to-interpret-dreams\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams by Antonymes</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> is the Hidden Shoal debut release by neo-classical/minimal ambient artist Antonymes. 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. 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’. Single ‘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.[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\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. Debut mini-album <em>Beauty Becomes The Enemy of the Future</em> was released initially on David Newlyn’s Cathedral Transmissions label in December 2009, and as a self-published book in spring 2010. A second 2010 release, <em>31: Before The Light Fails</em>, was released as a digital download and as a special box, an edition of one, containing music and photography, representing Antonymes’ fear and suspicion of the herd mentality. The piece consisted of two tracks to be played simultaneously in separate rooms. Various pieces by Antonymes have appeared on compilations produced by labels Soundcolours, Dezordr, Cathedral Transmissions and Audio Gourmet. The album <em>The Licence To Interpet Dreams</em> was released by Hidden Shoal to widespread critical acclaim in early 2011. [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=antonymes-news content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=antonymes-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes_meets_Slow_Dancing_Society.pdf\">Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society – <em>We Don’t Look Back For Very Long</em> </a> <a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes_meets_Slow_Dancing_Society.pdf\">EP </a> <em><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes-Lost_In_Waves_Of_Light.pdf\">Lost In Waves Of Light</a></em> <a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes-Endlessly.pdf\"><em>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</em> Album</a> <a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes-Endlessly.pdf\">‘Endlessly’ Single</a> <a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes_Signing.pdf\">Antonymes Signing</a> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[gallery ids=\"8222,8221,8220,8219\"]\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe> <iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/4senhm9eiTY?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\nAntonymes music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away. [/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Tangled Star','','inherit','open','open','','9181-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 08:17:38','2014-07-04 08:17:38','',9181,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9181-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9191,1,'2014-07-04 08:38:36','2014-07-04 08:38:36','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]\r\n<h1>Apricot Rail</h1>\r\n<img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9189\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/apricot-rail-profile-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"Apricot Rail\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" /><em>“The might of, I dunno, Mogwai is still there, but the charm of Múm is also present. They paint mountains in broad strokes but afterwards they take time to put in Sherpas and goats partying on the cliff face.”</em><strong> – Love Is My Velocity</strong>\r\n\r\nMost instrumental rock suggests the apocalypse is coming. If it is, Apricot Rail are too busy crafting beautiful lilting melodies to care. This Perth sextet have the charm, humour and songwriting nous – and a killer live show – to re-ignite anyone’s belief in music’s subtle, giddy powers.\r\n\r\n<strong><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/apricotrail\" target=\"_blank\"> <img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></strong>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4>Quarrels</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 540px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=153203644/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/quarrels\">Quarrels by Apricot Rail</a></iframe>\r\nFebruary 2013\r\n<div></div>\r\nAlmost four years after the release of their acclaimed self-titled debut album, Perth-based multi-instrumental pop sextet Apricot Rail return with their sophomore album <em>Quarrels</em>, which features the singles ‘Basket Press’ and ‘Surry Hills’. A foray into more experimental territory, <em>Quarrels</em> features lusher, denser instrumentation, is rich in ideas yet toys with new levels of restraint. The band’s trademark harmonic guitar passages and syncopation sit beneath languid brass and woodwind, balanced by glitchy electronica, dramatic crescendos and opium-infused oriental explorations; slow, meandering waltzes give way to moments of ethereal lightness and beauty. This music transcends fads and trends to appeal to anyone drawn to beautiful, supple songcraft. The majority of <em>Quarrels</em> was recorded over a four-day period during January 2012 in an isolated farmhouse in Western Australia’s bleak Central Wheatbelt. Instruments were sprawled across a lounge room and picked up at will by the players and in turn by microphones placed in different corners of the room. Back in Perth the real work began, with Justin Manzano going through the recordings, making adjustments and adding the odd track to the collection. Towards the end of 2012, the album was mixed by indie producer extraordinaire Scott Solter and mastered by Simon Struthers (Umpire, Muzaizake).\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Surry Hills EP</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=40892357/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/surry-hills-bonus-ep\">Surry Hills (Bonus EP) by Apricot Rail</a></iframe>\r\nJuly 2011\r\n<div></div>\r\nFeatures exclusive bonus tracks previously only available on a limited run cd-r available at the \'Surry Hills\' launch show. ‘Surry Hills’ is a stunning new song from the much-beloved Apricot Rail that 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. After the success of their debut album, ideas for new Apricot Rail songs, including ‘Surry Hills’, were formulated during the band’s extended break late in 2009, after which the songs were road-tested live. While ‘Surry Hills’ maintains a minimalist, restrained and rustic feel typical of Apricot Rail’s debut album, the track also represents a shift in instrumental duties for the band, with new member (number 6!) Justin Manzano (Tin Man) playing guitar, Matt Saville moving from drums to glockenspiel, Daniel Burt moving from bass to percussion, and Jack Quirk moving from guitar to keyboards/electronics, along with Ambrose Nock on guitar and Mayuka Juber on flute.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Apricot Rail (Self Titled)</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=110748402/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/apricot-rail\">Apricot Rail by Apricot Rail</a></iframe>\r\nJuly 2009\r\n<div></div>\r\nApricot Rail produce some of the most discretely charming, lush instrumental pop music you’re likely to hear all year. Delicate, bell-like arpeggiated guitars weave around snaking clarinet and flute, while the beautifully held back yet sanguine rhythm section drives the whole thing into a blurred, sun-soaked horizon. Their debut album features the wonderfully received single ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window’, an anthem without ever having to be anthemic, a melancholic reverie that never resorts to the emotional ease of sadness. ‘If You Can’t Join Them, Beat Them’, which featured on the 2009 Spunk Singles Club compilation album, is another chiming standout. And gorgeous closing track ‘Halfway House’ weaves in bubbling electronics as the band lead the listener through glowing landscapes and light-drenched vistas.\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\nOne day, after his star sign promised a ‘dynamic’ afternoon, Ambrose Nock (guitar) decided it was the right time to form a band known as Apricot Rail. He was soon joined by Jack Quirk (guitar), Matthew Saville (drums) and Daniel Burt (bass). The premise of the band was simple: music based on unique guitar tunings, the use of natural harmonics, and very open ideas about other instruments, electronica and song structure. After a debut gig at the Hyde Park Hotel in March 2008 with four members and as many songs, the band soon added a fifth in Mayuka Juber (clarinet/flute), redefining the balance of guitars with the addition of beautiful woodwind melodies.\r\n\r\nThe band’s debut recording was a DIY affair, with members heading off to a rural property near Yorkrakine, 220km north-east of Perth in WA’s Central Wheatbelt. In the following months, the resulting demo got regular rotation on Perth’s RTRFM, and though unreleased, was rated by the station’s Homegrown presenter Chris Wheeldon as his second-favourite local outing of 2008. In the second half of the year, Apricot Rail chalked up some serious gig mileage, along the way supporting the likes of Holly Throsby, Charge Group and Adam Said Galore and finding refuge among Perth’s emerging post-rock/experimental scene.\r\n\r\nIn November 2008 the band headed into Kingdom studios under the guidance of Simon Struthers (Umpire, Adam Said Galore, Mukaizake) where the band recorded their soon to be released self-titled debut long player. Australian fans got a chance to taste some of the new album’s sublime wares when the Apricot Rail track ‘If You Can’t Join Them, Beat Them’ was released on the prestigious Spunk Singles Club compilation album along with the likes of Leader Cheetah, The Dead Sea and The Middle East. The band was also recently nominated for Favourite Newcomer in the 2009 Western Australian Music Industry Awards.\r\n\r\nApricot Rail are:\r\nJack Quirk – Guitar, Glock, Trumpet, Electronica, Voice\r\nDaniel Burt – Bass guitar, Saxophone\r\nMatt Saville – Drum Kit/Percussion\r\nMayuka Juber – Clarinet, Flute, Keyboard, Melodica, Voice\r\nAmbrose Nock – Guitar, Glock, Keyboard\r\nJustin Manzano – Guitar, Electronics\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=apricot-rail-news content=yes pagination=yes title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title] [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h3>Reviews</h3>\r\n[catlist name=apricot-rail-reviews content=yes pagination=yes title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title] [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail-Dore_Strauch.pdf\">‘Dore Strauch’ Single + Video Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Quarrels.pdf\"><em>Quarrels</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail-Surry_Hills_Single.pdf\">‘Surry Hills’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Tin_Man_Remix.pdf\">Apricot Rail ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window (Tin Man Spilt Milk Remix)’ Single</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Album.pdf\">Apricot Rail Self-Titled Debut Album </a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Signing.pdf\">Apricot Rail ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window’ Single </a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Signing.pdf\">Apricot Rail Sign to Hidden Shoal Recordings</a>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[gallery columns=\"4\" link=\"file\" ids=\"8576,8584,8585,8586,8587,8588,8589,8590,8591\"]\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/hBYJ6sdcvLo?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/VeTN3QNo2Ck?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/puWnzmHCPxA?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\nApricot Rail\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Apricot Rail','','inherit','open','open','','8574-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 08:38:36','2014-07-04 08:38:36','',8574,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/8574-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9184,1,'2014-07-04 08:20:23','2014-07-04 08:20:23','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Apricot Rail</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Apricot_Rail_2013_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-8576\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Apricot_Rail_2013_1.jpg\" alt=\"Apricot Rail\" width=\"336\" height=\"227\" /></a><em>“The might of, I dunno, Mogwai is still there, but the charm of Múm is also present. They paint mountains in broad strokes but afterwards they take time to put in Sherpas and goats partying on the cliff face.”</em><strong> – Love Is My Velocity</strong></p><p>Most instrumental rock suggests the apocalypse is coming. If it is, Apricot Rail are too busy crafting beautiful lilting melodies to care. This Perth sextet have the charm, humour and songwriting nous – and a killer live show – to re-ignite anyone’s belief in music’s subtle, giddy powers.</p><p><strong><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/apricotrail\" target=\"_blank\"> <img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></strong></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><p> </p><h4>Quarrels</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 540px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=153203644/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/quarrels\">Quarrels by Apricot Rail</a></iframe><br />February 2013</p><div> </div><p>Almost four years after the release of their acclaimed self-titled debut album, Perth-based multi-instrumental pop sextet Apricot Rail return with their sophomore album <em>Quarrels</em>, which features the singles ‘Basket Press’ and ‘Surry Hills’. A foray into more experimental territory, <em>Quarrels</em> features lusher, denser instrumentation, is rich in ideas yet toys with new levels of restraint. The band’s trademark harmonic guitar passages and syncopation sit beneath languid brass and woodwind, balanced by glitchy electronica, dramatic crescendos and opium-infused oriental explorations; slow, meandering waltzes give way to moments of ethereal lightness and beauty. This music transcends fads and trends to appeal to anyone drawn to beautiful, supple songcraft. The majority of <em>Quarrels</em> was recorded over a four-day period during January 2012 in an isolated farmhouse in Western Australia’s bleak Central Wheatbelt. Instruments were sprawled across a lounge room and picked up at will by the players and in turn by microphones placed in different corners of the room. Back in Perth the real work began, with Justin Manzano going through the recordings, making adjustments and adding the odd track to the collection. Towards the end of 2012, the album was mixed by indie producer extraordinaire Scott Solter and mastered by Simon Struthers (Umpire, Muzaizake).</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Surry Hills EP</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=40892357/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/surry-hills-bonus-ep\">Surry Hills (Bonus EP) by Apricot Rail</a></iframe><br />July 2011</p><div> </div><p>Features exclusive bonus tracks previously only available on a limited run cd-r available at the \'Surry Hills\' launch show. ‘Surry Hills’ is a stunning new song from the much-beloved Apricot Rail that 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. After the success of their debut album, ideas for new Apricot Rail songs, including ‘Surry Hills’, were formulated during the band’s extended break late in 2009, after which the songs were road-tested live. While ‘Surry Hills’ maintains a minimalist, restrained and rustic feel typical of Apricot Rail’s debut album, the track also represents a shift in instrumental duties for the band, with new member (number 6!) Justin Manzano (Tin Man) playing guitar, Matt Saville moving from drums to glockenspiel, Daniel Burt moving from bass to percussion, and Jack Quirk moving from guitar to keyboards/electronics, along with Ambrose Nock on guitar and Mayuka Juber on flute.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Apricot Rail (Self Titled)</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=110748402/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/apricot-rail\">Apricot Rail by Apricot Rail</a></iframe><br />July 2009</p><div> </div><p>Apricot Rail produce some of the most discretely charming, lush instrumental pop music you’re likely to hear all year. Delicate, bell-like arpeggiated guitars weave around snaking clarinet and flute, while the beautifully held back yet sanguine rhythm section drives the whole thing into a blurred, sun-soaked horizon. Their debut album features the wonderfully received single ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window’, an anthem without ever having to be anthemic, a melancholic reverie that never resorts to the emotional ease of sadness. ‘If You Can’t Join Them, Beat Them’, which featured on the 2009 Spunk Singles Club compilation album, is another chiming standout. And gorgeous closing track ‘Halfway House’ weaves in bubbling electronics as the band lead the listener through glowing landscapes and light-drenched vistas.</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p>One day, after his star sign promised a ‘dynamic’ afternoon, Ambrose Nock (guitar) decided it was the right time to form a band known as Apricot Rail. He was soon joined by Jack Quirk (guitar), Matthew Saville (drums) and Daniel Burt (bass). The premise of the band was simple: music based on unique guitar tunings, the use of natural harmonics, and very open ideas about other instruments, electronica and song structure. After a debut gig at the Hyde Park Hotel in March 2008 with four members and as many songs, the band soon added a fifth in Mayuka Juber (clarinet/flute), redefining the balance of guitars with the addition of beautiful woodwind melodies.</p><p>The band’s debut recording was a DIY affair, with members heading off to a rural property near Yorkrakine, 220km north-east of Perth in WA’s Central Wheatbelt. In the following months, the resulting demo got regular rotation on Perth’s RTRFM, and though unreleased, was rated by the station’s Homegrown presenter Chris Wheeldon as his second-favourite local outing of 2008. In the second half of the year, Apricot Rail chalked up some serious gig mileage, along the way supporting the likes of Holly Throsby, Charge Group and Adam Said Galore and finding refuge among Perth’s emerging post-rock/experimental scene.</p><p>In November 2008 the band headed into Kingdom studios under the guidance of Simon Struthers (Umpire, Adam Said Galore, Mukaizake) where the band recorded their soon to be released self-titled debut long player. Australian fans got a chance to taste some of the new album’s sublime wares when the Apricot Rail track ‘If You Can’t Join Them, Beat Them’ was released on the prestigious Spunk Singles Club compilation album along with the likes of Leader Cheetah, The Dead Sea and The Middle East. The band was also recently nominated for Favourite Newcomer in the 2009 Western Australian Music Industry Awards.</p><p>Apricot Rail are:<br /> Jack Quirk – Guitar, Glock, Trumpet, Electronica, Voice<br /> Daniel Burt – Bass guitar, Saxophone<br /> Matt Saville – Drum Kit/Percussion<br /> Mayuka Juber – Clarinet, Flute, Keyboard, Melodica, Voice<br /> Ambrose Nock – Guitar, Glock, Keyboard<br /> Justin Manzano – Guitar, Electronics</p><p> </p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3>[catlist name=apricot-rail-news content=yes pagination=yes title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title] [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h3>Reviews</h3>[catlist name=apricot-rail-reviews content=yes pagination=yes title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title] [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail-Dore_Strauch.pdf\">‘Dore Strauch’ Single + Video Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Quarrels.pdf\"><em>Quarrels</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail-Surry_Hills_Single.pdf\">‘Surry Hills’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Tin_Man_Remix.pdf\">Apricot Rail ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window (Tin Man Spilt Milk Remix)’ Single</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Album.pdf\">Apricot Rail Self-Titled Debut Album </a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Signing.pdf\">Apricot Rail ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window’ Single </a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Signing.pdf\">Apricot Rail Sign to Hidden Shoal Recordings</a><br /> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p>[gallery columns=\"4\" link=\"file\" ids=\"8576,8584,8585,8586,8587,8588,8589,8590,8591\"][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/hBYJ6sdcvLo?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p><p> </p><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/VeTN3QNo2Ck?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p><p> </p><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/puWnzmHCPxA?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>Apricot Rail\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Apricot Rail','','inherit','open','open','','8574-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 08:20:23','2014-07-04 08:20:23','',8574,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/8574-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9183,1,'2014-07-04 08:19:11','2014-07-04 08:19:11','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Apricot Rail</h1><p><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-8576 size-medium\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Apricot_Rail_2013_1-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"Apricot Rail\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" /><em>“The might of, I dunno, Mogwai is still there, but the charm of Múm is also present. They paint mountains in broad strokes but afterwards they take time to put in Sherpas and goats partying on the cliff face.”</em><strong> – Love Is My Velocity</strong></p><p>Most instrumental rock suggests the apocalypse is coming. If it is, Apricot Rail are too busy crafting beautiful lilting melodies to care. This Perth sextet have the charm, humour and songwriting nous – and a killer live show – to re-ignite anyone’s belief in music’s subtle, giddy powers.</p><p><strong><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/apricotrail\" target=\"_blank\"> <img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></strong></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<h4>Quarrels</h4>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 540px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=153203644/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/quarrels\">Quarrels by Apricot Rail</a></iframe><br />February 2013</p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p>Almost four years after the release of their acclaimed self-titled debut album, Perth-based multi-instrumental pop sextet Apricot Rail return with their sophomore album <em>Quarrels</em>, which features the singles ‘Basket Press’ and ‘Surry Hills’. A foray into more experimental territory, <em>Quarrels</em> features lusher, denser instrumentation, is rich in ideas yet toys with new levels of restraint. The band’s trademark harmonic guitar passages and syncopation sit beneath languid brass and woodwind, balanced by glitchy electronica, dramatic crescendos and opium-infused oriental explorations; slow, meandering waltzes give way to moments of ethereal lightness and beauty. This music transcends fads and trends to appeal to anyone drawn to beautiful, supple songcraft. The majority of <em>Quarrels</em> was recorded over a four-day period during January 2012 in an isolated farmhouse in Western Australia’s bleak Central Wheatbelt. Instruments were sprawled across a lounge room and picked up at will by the players and in turn by microphones placed in different corners of the room. Back in Perth the real work began, with Justin Manzano going through the recordings, making adjustments and adding the odd track to the collection. Towards the end of 2012, the album was mixed by indie producer extraordinaire Scott Solter and mastered by Simon Struthers (Umpire, Muzaizake).</p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<h4>Surry Hills EP</h4>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=40892357/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/surry-hills-bonus-ep\">Surry Hills (Bonus EP) by Apricot Rail</a></iframe><br />July 2011</p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p>Features exclusive bonus tracks previously only available on a limited run cd-r available at the \'Surry Hills\' launch show. ‘Surry Hills’ is a stunning new song from the much-beloved Apricot Rail that 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. After the success of their debut album, ideas for new Apricot Rail songs, including ‘Surry Hills’, were formulated during the band’s extended break late in 2009, after which the songs were road-tested live. While ‘Surry Hills’ maintains a minimalist, restrained and rustic feel typical of Apricot Rail’s debut album, the track also represents a shift in instrumental duties for the band, with new member (number 6!) Justin Manzano (Tin Man) playing guitar, Matt Saville moving from drums to glockenspiel, Daniel Burt moving from bass to percussion, and Jack Quirk moving from guitar to keyboards/electronics, along with Ambrose Nock on guitar and Mayuka Juber on flute.</p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<h4>Apricot Rail (Self Titled)</h4>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=110748402/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/apricot-rail\">Apricot Rail by Apricot Rail</a></iframe><br />July 2009</p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p>Apricot Rail produce some of the most discretely charming, lush instrumental pop music you’re likely to hear all year. Delicate, bell-like arpeggiated guitars weave around snaking clarinet and flute, while the beautifully held back yet sanguine rhythm section drives the whole thing into a blurred, sun-soaked horizon. Their debut album features the wonderfully received single ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window’, an anthem without ever having to be anthemic, a melancholic reverie that never resorts to the emotional ease of sadness. ‘If You Can’t Join Them, Beat Them’, which featured on the 2009 Spunk Singles Club compilation album, is another chiming standout. And gorgeous closing track ‘Halfway House’ weaves in bubbling electronics as the band lead the listener through glowing landscapes and light-drenched vistas.</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\n<p>One day, after his star sign promised a ‘dynamic’ afternoon, Ambrose Nock (guitar) decided it was the right time to form a band known as Apricot Rail. He was soon joined by Jack Quirk (guitar), Matthew Saville (drums) and Daniel Burt (bass). The premise of the band was simple: music based on unique guitar tunings, the use of natural harmonics, and very open ideas about other instruments, electronica and song structure. After a debut gig at the Hyde Park Hotel in March 2008 with four members and as many songs, the band soon added a fifth in Mayuka Juber (clarinet/flute), redefining the balance of guitars with the addition of beautiful woodwind melodies.</p>\r\n<p>The band’s debut recording was a DIY affair, with members heading off to a rural property near Yorkrakine, 220km north-east of Perth in WA’s Central Wheatbelt. In the following months, the resulting demo got regular rotation on Perth’s RTRFM, and though unreleased, was rated by the station’s Homegrown presenter Chris Wheeldon as his second-favourite local outing of 2008. In the second half of the year, Apricot Rail chalked up some serious gig mileage, along the way supporting the likes of Holly Throsby, Charge Group and Adam Said Galore and finding refuge among Perth’s emerging post-rock/experimental scene.</p>\r\n<p>In November 2008 the band headed into Kingdom studios under the guidance of Simon Struthers (Umpire, Adam Said Galore, Mukaizake) where the band recorded their soon to be released self-titled debut long player. Australian fans got a chance to taste some of the new album’s sublime wares when the Apricot Rail track ‘If You Can’t Join Them, Beat Them’ was released on the prestigious Spunk Singles Club compilation album along with the likes of Leader Cheetah, The Dead Sea and The Middle East. The band was also recently nominated for Favourite Newcomer in the 2009 Western Australian Music Industry Awards.</p>\r\n<p>Apricot Rail are:<br /> Jack Quirk – Guitar, Glock, Trumpet, Electronica, Voice<br /> Daniel Burt – Bass guitar, Saxophone<br /> Matt Saville – Drum Kit/Percussion<br /> Mayuka Juber – Clarinet, Flute, Keyboard, Melodica, Voice<br /> Ambrose Nock – Guitar, Glock, Keyboard<br /> Justin Manzano – Guitar, Electronics</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<br />\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=apricot-rail-news content=yes pagination=yes title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title] [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Reviews</h3>\r\n[catlist name=apricot-rail-reviews content=yes pagination=yes title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title] [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail-Dore_Strauch.pdf\">‘Dore Strauch’ Single + Video Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Quarrels.pdf\"><em>Quarrels</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail-Surry_Hills_Single.pdf\">‘Surry Hills’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Tin_Man_Remix.pdf\">Apricot Rail ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window (Tin Man Spilt Milk Remix)’ Single</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Album.pdf\">Apricot Rail Self-Titled Debut Album </a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Signing.pdf\">Apricot Rail ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window’ Single </a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Signing.pdf\">Apricot Rail Sign to Hidden Shoal Recordings</a><br /> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[gallery columns=\"4\" link=\"file\" ids=\"8576,8584,8585,8586,8587,8588,8589,8590,8591\"][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/hBYJ6sdcvLo?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/VeTN3QNo2Ck?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/puWnzmHCPxA?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\n<p>Apricot Rail\'s music is  available for licensing (master &#038; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Apricot Rail','','inherit','open','open','','8574-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 08:19:11','2014-07-04 08:19:11','',8574,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/8574-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9185,1,'2014-07-04 08:21:16','2014-07-04 08:21:16','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Apricot Rail</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Apricot_Rail_2013_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-8576\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Apricot_Rail_2013_1.jpg\" alt=\"Apricot Rail\" width=\"336\" height=\"227\" /></a><em>“The might of, I dunno, Mogwai is still there, but the charm of Múm is also present. They paint mountains in broad strokes but afterwards they take time to put in Sherpas and goats partying on the cliff face.”</em><strong> – Love Is My Velocity</strong></p><p>Most instrumental rock suggests the apocalypse is coming. If it is, Apricot Rail are too busy crafting beautiful lilting melodies to care. This Perth sextet have the charm, humour and songwriting nous – and a killer live show – to re-ignite anyone’s belief in music’s subtle, giddy powers.</p><p><strong><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/apricotrail\" target=\"_blank\"> <img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></strong></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><p> </p><h4>Quarrels</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 540px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=153203644/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/quarrels\">Quarrels by Apricot Rail</a></iframe><br /> February 2013</p><div> </div><p>Almost four years after the release of their acclaimed self-titled debut album, Perth-based multi-instrumental pop sextet Apricot Rail return with their sophomore album <em>Quarrels</em>, which features the singles ‘Basket Press’ and ‘Surry Hills’. A foray into more experimental territory, <em>Quarrels</em> features lusher, denser instrumentation, is rich in ideas yet toys with new levels of restraint. The band’s trademark harmonic guitar passages and syncopation sit beneath languid brass and woodwind, balanced by glitchy electronica, dramatic crescendos and opium-infused oriental explorations; slow, meandering waltzes give way to moments of ethereal lightness and beauty. This music transcends fads and trends to appeal to anyone drawn to beautiful, supple songcraft. The majority of <em>Quarrels</em> was recorded over a four-day period during January 2012 in an isolated farmhouse in Western Australia’s bleak Central Wheatbelt. Instruments were sprawled across a lounge room and picked up at will by the players and in turn by microphones placed in different corners of the room. Back in Perth the real work began, with Justin Manzano going through the recordings, making adjustments and adding the odd track to the collection. Towards the end of 2012, the album was mixed by indie producer extraordinaire Scott Solter and mastered by Simon Struthers (Umpire, Muzaizake).</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Surry Hills EP</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=40892357/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/surry-hills-bonus-ep\">Surry Hills (Bonus EP) by Apricot Rail</a></iframe><br /> July 2011</p><div> </div><p>Features exclusive bonus tracks previously only available on a limited run cd-r available at the \'Surry Hills\' launch show. ‘Surry Hills’ is a stunning new song from the much-beloved Apricot Rail that 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. After the success of their debut album, ideas for new Apricot Rail songs, including ‘Surry Hills’, were formulated during the band’s extended break late in 2009, after which the songs were road-tested live. While ‘Surry Hills’ maintains a minimalist, restrained and rustic feel typical of Apricot Rail’s debut album, the track also represents a shift in instrumental duties for the band, with new member (number 6!) Justin Manzano (Tin Man) playing guitar, Matt Saville moving from drums to glockenspiel, Daniel Burt moving from bass to percussion, and Jack Quirk moving from guitar to keyboards/electronics, along with Ambrose Nock on guitar and Mayuka Juber on flute.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Apricot Rail (Self Titled)</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=110748402/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/apricot-rail\">Apricot Rail by Apricot Rail</a></iframe><br /> July 2009</p><div> </div><p>Apricot Rail produce some of the most discretely charming, lush instrumental pop music you’re likely to hear all year. Delicate, bell-like arpeggiated guitars weave around snaking clarinet and flute, while the beautifully held back yet sanguine rhythm section drives the whole thing into a blurred, sun-soaked horizon. Their debut album features the wonderfully received single ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window’, an anthem without ever having to be anthemic, a melancholic reverie that never resorts to the emotional ease of sadness. ‘If You Can’t Join Them, Beat Them’, which featured on the 2009 Spunk Singles Club compilation album, is another chiming standout. And gorgeous closing track ‘Halfway House’ weaves in bubbling electronics as the band lead the listener through glowing landscapes and light-drenched vistas.</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p>One day, after his star sign promised a ‘dynamic’ afternoon, Ambrose Nock (guitar) decided it was the right time to form a band known as Apricot Rail. He was soon joined by Jack Quirk (guitar), Matthew Saville (drums) and Daniel Burt (bass). The premise of the band was simple: music based on unique guitar tunings, the use of natural harmonics, and very open ideas about other instruments, electronica and song structure. After a debut gig at the Hyde Park Hotel in March 2008 with four members and as many songs, the band soon added a fifth in Mayuka Juber (clarinet/flute), redefining the balance of guitars with the addition of beautiful woodwind melodies.</p><p>The band’s debut recording was a DIY affair, with members heading off to a rural property near Yorkrakine, 220km north-east of Perth in WA’s Central Wheatbelt. In the following months, the resulting demo got regular rotation on Perth’s RTRFM, and though unreleased, was rated by the station’s Homegrown presenter Chris Wheeldon as his second-favourite local outing of 2008. In the second half of the year, Apricot Rail chalked up some serious gig mileage, along the way supporting the likes of Holly Throsby, Charge Group and Adam Said Galore and finding refuge among Perth’s emerging post-rock/experimental scene.</p><p>In November 2008 the band headed into Kingdom studios under the guidance of Simon Struthers (Umpire, Adam Said Galore, Mukaizake) where the band recorded their soon to be released self-titled debut long player. Australian fans got a chance to taste some of the new album’s sublime wares when the Apricot Rail track ‘If You Can’t Join Them, Beat Them’ was released on the prestigious Spunk Singles Club compilation album along with the likes of Leader Cheetah, The Dead Sea and The Middle East. The band was also recently nominated for Favourite Newcomer in the 2009 Western Australian Music Industry Awards.</p><p>Apricot Rail are:<br /> Jack Quirk – Guitar, Glock, Trumpet, Electronica, Voice<br /> Daniel Burt – Bass guitar, Saxophone<br /> Matt Saville – Drum Kit/Percussion<br /> Mayuka Juber – Clarinet, Flute, Keyboard, Melodica, Voice<br /> Ambrose Nock – Guitar, Glock, Keyboard<br /> Justin Manzano – Guitar, Electronics</p><p> </p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3>[catlist name=apricot-rail-news content=yes pagination=yes title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title] [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h3>Reviews</h3>[catlist name=apricot-rail-reviews content=yes pagination=yes title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title] [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail-Dore_Strauch.pdf\">‘Dore Strauch’ Single + Video Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Quarrels.pdf\"><em>Quarrels</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail-Surry_Hills_Single.pdf\">‘Surry Hills’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Tin_Man_Remix.pdf\">Apricot Rail ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window (Tin Man Spilt Milk Remix)’ Single</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Album.pdf\">Apricot Rail Self-Titled Debut Album </a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Signing.pdf\">Apricot Rail ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window’ Single </a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Signing.pdf\">Apricot Rail Sign to Hidden Shoal Recordings</a><br /> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p>[gallery columns=\"4\" link=\"file\" ids=\"8576,8584,8585,8586,8587,8588,8589,8590,8591\"][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/hBYJ6sdcvLo?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p><p> </p><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/VeTN3QNo2Ck?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p><p> </p><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/puWnzmHCPxA?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>Apricot Rail\'s music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Apricot Rail','','inherit','open','open','','8574-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 08:21:16','2014-07-04 08:21:16','',8574,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/8574-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9188,1,'2014-07-04 08:25:44','2014-07-04 08:25:44','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Apricot Rail</h1><p><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-9187 size-medium\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/apricot-rail-profile-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"Apricot Rail\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" /><em>“The might of, I dunno, Mogwai is still there, but the charm of Múm is also present. They paint mountains in broad strokes but afterwards they take time to put in Sherpas and goats partying on the cliff face.”</em><strong> – Love Is My Velocity</strong></p><p>Most instrumental rock suggests the apocalypse is coming. If it is, Apricot Rail are too busy crafting beautiful lilting melodies to care. This Perth sextet have the charm, humour and songwriting nous – and a killer live show – to re-ignite anyone’s belief in music’s subtle, giddy powers.</p><p><strong><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/apricotrail\" target=\"_blank\"> <img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></strong></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><p> </p><h4>Quarrels</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 540px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=153203644/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/quarrels\">Quarrels by Apricot Rail</a></iframe><br /> February 2013</p><div> </div><p>Almost four years after the release of their acclaimed self-titled debut album, Perth-based multi-instrumental pop sextet Apricot Rail return with their sophomore album <em>Quarrels</em>, which features the singles ‘Basket Press’ and ‘Surry Hills’. A foray into more experimental territory, <em>Quarrels</em> features lusher, denser instrumentation, is rich in ideas yet toys with new levels of restraint. The band’s trademark harmonic guitar passages and syncopation sit beneath languid brass and woodwind, balanced by glitchy electronica, dramatic crescendos and opium-infused oriental explorations; slow, meandering waltzes give way to moments of ethereal lightness and beauty. This music transcends fads and trends to appeal to anyone drawn to beautiful, supple songcraft. The majority of <em>Quarrels</em> was recorded over a four-day period during January 2012 in an isolated farmhouse in Western Australia’s bleak Central Wheatbelt. Instruments were sprawled across a lounge room and picked up at will by the players and in turn by microphones placed in different corners of the room. Back in Perth the real work began, with Justin Manzano going through the recordings, making adjustments and adding the odd track to the collection. Towards the end of 2012, the album was mixed by indie producer extraordinaire Scott Solter and mastered by Simon Struthers (Umpire, Muzaizake).</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Surry Hills EP</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=40892357/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/surry-hills-bonus-ep\">Surry Hills (Bonus EP) by Apricot Rail</a></iframe><br /> July 2011</p><div> </div><p>Features exclusive bonus tracks previously only available on a limited run cd-r available at the \'Surry Hills\' launch show. ‘Surry Hills’ is a stunning new song from the much-beloved Apricot Rail that 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. After the success of their debut album, ideas for new Apricot Rail songs, including ‘Surry Hills’, were formulated during the band’s extended break late in 2009, after which the songs were road-tested live. While ‘Surry Hills’ maintains a minimalist, restrained and rustic feel typical of Apricot Rail’s debut album, the track also represents a shift in instrumental duties for the band, with new member (number 6!) Justin Manzano (Tin Man) playing guitar, Matt Saville moving from drums to glockenspiel, Daniel Burt moving from bass to percussion, and Jack Quirk moving from guitar to keyboards/electronics, along with Ambrose Nock on guitar and Mayuka Juber on flute.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Apricot Rail (Self Titled)</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=110748402/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/apricot-rail\">Apricot Rail by Apricot Rail</a></iframe><br /> July 2009</p><div> </div><p>Apricot Rail produce some of the most discretely charming, lush instrumental pop music you’re likely to hear all year. Delicate, bell-like arpeggiated guitars weave around snaking clarinet and flute, while the beautifully held back yet sanguine rhythm section drives the whole thing into a blurred, sun-soaked horizon. Their debut album features the wonderfully received single ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window’, an anthem without ever having to be anthemic, a melancholic reverie that never resorts to the emotional ease of sadness. ‘If You Can’t Join Them, Beat Them’, which featured on the 2009 Spunk Singles Club compilation album, is another chiming standout. And gorgeous closing track ‘Halfway House’ weaves in bubbling electronics as the band lead the listener through glowing landscapes and light-drenched vistas.</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p>One day, after his star sign promised a ‘dynamic’ afternoon, Ambrose Nock (guitar) decided it was the right time to form a band known as Apricot Rail. He was soon joined by Jack Quirk (guitar), Matthew Saville (drums) and Daniel Burt (bass). The premise of the band was simple: music based on unique guitar tunings, the use of natural harmonics, and very open ideas about other instruments, electronica and song structure. After a debut gig at the Hyde Park Hotel in March 2008 with four members and as many songs, the band soon added a fifth in Mayuka Juber (clarinet/flute), redefining the balance of guitars with the addition of beautiful woodwind melodies.</p><p>The band’s debut recording was a DIY affair, with members heading off to a rural property near Yorkrakine, 220km north-east of Perth in WA’s Central Wheatbelt. In the following months, the resulting demo got regular rotation on Perth’s RTRFM, and though unreleased, was rated by the station’s Homegrown presenter Chris Wheeldon as his second-favourite local outing of 2008. In the second half of the year, Apricot Rail chalked up some serious gig mileage, along the way supporting the likes of Holly Throsby, Charge Group and Adam Said Galore and finding refuge among Perth’s emerging post-rock/experimental scene.</p><p>In November 2008 the band headed into Kingdom studios under the guidance of Simon Struthers (Umpire, Adam Said Galore, Mukaizake) where the band recorded their soon to be released self-titled debut long player. Australian fans got a chance to taste some of the new album’s sublime wares when the Apricot Rail track ‘If You Can’t Join Them, Beat Them’ was released on the prestigious Spunk Singles Club compilation album along with the likes of Leader Cheetah, The Dead Sea and The Middle East. The band was also recently nominated for Favourite Newcomer in the 2009 Western Australian Music Industry Awards.</p><p>Apricot Rail are:<br /> Jack Quirk – Guitar, Glock, Trumpet, Electronica, Voice<br /> Daniel Burt – Bass guitar, Saxophone<br /> Matt Saville – Drum Kit/Percussion<br /> Mayuka Juber – Clarinet, Flute, Keyboard, Melodica, Voice<br /> Ambrose Nock – Guitar, Glock, Keyboard<br /> Justin Manzano – Guitar, Electronics</p><p> </p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3>[catlist name=apricot-rail-news content=yes pagination=yes title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title] [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h3>Reviews</h3>[catlist name=apricot-rail-reviews content=yes pagination=yes title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title] [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail-Dore_Strauch.pdf\">‘Dore Strauch’ Single + Video Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Quarrels.pdf\"><em>Quarrels</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail-Surry_Hills_Single.pdf\">‘Surry Hills’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Tin_Man_Remix.pdf\">Apricot Rail ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window (Tin Man Spilt Milk Remix)’ Single</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Album.pdf\">Apricot Rail Self-Titled Debut Album </a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Signing.pdf\">Apricot Rail ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window’ Single </a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Signing.pdf\">Apricot Rail Sign to Hidden Shoal Recordings</a><br /> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p>[gallery columns=\"4\" link=\"file\" ids=\"8576,8584,8585,8586,8587,8588,8589,8590,8591\"][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/hBYJ6sdcvLo?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p><p> </p><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/VeTN3QNo2Ck?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p><p> </p><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/puWnzmHCPxA?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>Apricot Rail\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Apricot Rail','','inherit','open','open','','8574-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 08:25:44','2014-07-04 08:25:44','',8574,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/8574-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9186,1,'2014-07-04 08:21:58','2014-07-04 08:21:58','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Apricot Rail</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Apricot_Rail_2013_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-8576\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Apricot_Rail_2013_1.jpg\" alt=\"Apricot Rail\" width=\"298\" height=\"201\" /></a><em>“The might of, I dunno, Mogwai is still there, but the charm of Múm is also present. They paint mountains in broad strokes but afterwards they take time to put in Sherpas and goats partying on the cliff face.”</em><strong> – Love Is My Velocity</strong></p><p>Most instrumental rock suggests the apocalypse is coming. If it is, Apricot Rail are too busy crafting beautiful lilting melodies to care. This Perth sextet have the charm, humour and songwriting nous – and a killer live show – to re-ignite anyone’s belief in music’s subtle, giddy powers.</p><p><strong><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/apricotrail\" target=\"_blank\"> <img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></strong></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<h4>Quarrels</h4>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 540px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=153203644/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/quarrels\">Quarrels by Apricot Rail</a></iframe><br /> February 2013</p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p>Almost four years after the release of their acclaimed self-titled debut album, Perth-based multi-instrumental pop sextet Apricot Rail return with their sophomore album <em>Quarrels</em>, which features the singles ‘Basket Press’ and ‘Surry Hills’. A foray into more experimental territory, <em>Quarrels</em> features lusher, denser instrumentation, is rich in ideas yet toys with new levels of restraint. The band’s trademark harmonic guitar passages and syncopation sit beneath languid brass and woodwind, balanced by glitchy electronica, dramatic crescendos and opium-infused oriental explorations; slow, meandering waltzes give way to moments of ethereal lightness and beauty. This music transcends fads and trends to appeal to anyone drawn to beautiful, supple songcraft. The majority of <em>Quarrels</em> was recorded over a four-day period during January 2012 in an isolated farmhouse in Western Australia’s bleak Central Wheatbelt. Instruments were sprawled across a lounge room and picked up at will by the players and in turn by microphones placed in different corners of the room. Back in Perth the real work began, with Justin Manzano going through the recordings, making adjustments and adding the odd track to the collection. Towards the end of 2012, the album was mixed by indie producer extraordinaire Scott Solter and mastered by Simon Struthers (Umpire, Muzaizake).</p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<h4>Surry Hills EP</h4>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=40892357/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/surry-hills-bonus-ep\">Surry Hills (Bonus EP) by Apricot Rail</a></iframe><br /> July 2011</p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p>Features exclusive bonus tracks previously only available on a limited run cd-r available at the \'Surry Hills\' launch show. ‘Surry Hills’ is a stunning new song from the much-beloved Apricot Rail that 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. After the success of their debut album, ideas for new Apricot Rail songs, including ‘Surry Hills’, were formulated during the band’s extended break late in 2009, after which the songs were road-tested live. While ‘Surry Hills’ maintains a minimalist, restrained and rustic feel typical of Apricot Rail’s debut album, the track also represents a shift in instrumental duties for the band, with new member (number 6!) Justin Manzano (Tin Man) playing guitar, Matt Saville moving from drums to glockenspiel, Daniel Burt moving from bass to percussion, and Jack Quirk moving from guitar to keyboards/electronics, along with Ambrose Nock on guitar and Mayuka Juber on flute.</p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<h4>Apricot Rail (Self Titled)</h4>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=110748402/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/apricot-rail\">Apricot Rail by Apricot Rail</a></iframe><br /> July 2009</p>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<p>Apricot Rail produce some of the most discretely charming, lush instrumental pop music you’re likely to hear all year. Delicate, bell-like arpeggiated guitars weave around snaking clarinet and flute, while the beautifully held back yet sanguine rhythm section drives the whole thing into a blurred, sun-soaked horizon. Their debut album features the wonderfully received single ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window’, an anthem without ever having to be anthemic, a melancholic reverie that never resorts to the emotional ease of sadness. ‘If You Can’t Join Them, Beat Them’, which featured on the 2009 Spunk Singles Club compilation album, is another chiming standout. And gorgeous closing track ‘Halfway House’ weaves in bubbling electronics as the band lead the listener through glowing landscapes and light-drenched vistas.</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\n<p>One day, after his star sign promised a ‘dynamic’ afternoon, Ambrose Nock (guitar) decided it was the right time to form a band known as Apricot Rail. He was soon joined by Jack Quirk (guitar), Matthew Saville (drums) and Daniel Burt (bass). The premise of the band was simple: music based on unique guitar tunings, the use of natural harmonics, and very open ideas about other instruments, electronica and song structure. After a debut gig at the Hyde Park Hotel in March 2008 with four members and as many songs, the band soon added a fifth in Mayuka Juber (clarinet/flute), redefining the balance of guitars with the addition of beautiful woodwind melodies.</p>\r\n<p>The band’s debut recording was a DIY affair, with members heading off to a rural property near Yorkrakine, 220km north-east of Perth in WA’s Central Wheatbelt. In the following months, the resulting demo got regular rotation on Perth’s RTRFM, and though unreleased, was rated by the station’s Homegrown presenter Chris Wheeldon as his second-favourite local outing of 2008. In the second half of the year, Apricot Rail chalked up some serious gig mileage, along the way supporting the likes of Holly Throsby, Charge Group and Adam Said Galore and finding refuge among Perth’s emerging post-rock/experimental scene.</p>\r\n<p>In November 2008 the band headed into Kingdom studios under the guidance of Simon Struthers (Umpire, Adam Said Galore, Mukaizake) where the band recorded their soon to be released self-titled debut long player. Australian fans got a chance to taste some of the new album’s sublime wares when the Apricot Rail track ‘If You Can’t Join Them, Beat Them’ was released on the prestigious Spunk Singles Club compilation album along with the likes of Leader Cheetah, The Dead Sea and The Middle East. The band was also recently nominated for Favourite Newcomer in the 2009 Western Australian Music Industry Awards.</p>\r\n<p>Apricot Rail are:<br /> Jack Quirk – Guitar, Glock, Trumpet, Electronica, Voice<br /> Daniel Burt – Bass guitar, Saxophone<br /> Matt Saville – Drum Kit/Percussion<br /> Mayuka Juber – Clarinet, Flute, Keyboard, Melodica, Voice<br /> Ambrose Nock – Guitar, Glock, Keyboard<br /> Justin Manzano – Guitar, Electronics</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<br />\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=apricot-rail-news content=yes pagination=yes title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title] [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Reviews</h3>\r\n[catlist name=apricot-rail-reviews content=yes pagination=yes title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title] [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail-Dore_Strauch.pdf\">‘Dore Strauch’ Single + Video Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Quarrels.pdf\"><em>Quarrels</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail-Surry_Hills_Single.pdf\">‘Surry Hills’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Tin_Man_Remix.pdf\">Apricot Rail ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window (Tin Man Spilt Milk Remix)’ Single</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Album.pdf\">Apricot Rail Self-Titled Debut Album </a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Signing.pdf\">Apricot Rail ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window’ Single </a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Signing.pdf\">Apricot Rail Sign to Hidden Shoal Recordings</a><br /> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[gallery columns=\"4\" link=\"file\" ids=\"8576,8584,8585,8586,8587,8588,8589,8590,8591\"][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/hBYJ6sdcvLo?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/VeTN3QNo2Ck?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/puWnzmHCPxA?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\n<p>Apricot Rail\'s music is  available for licensing (master &#038; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Apricot Rail','','inherit','open','open','','8574-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 08:21:58','2014-07-04 08:21:58','',8574,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/8574-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9194,1,'2014-07-04 08:43:23','2014-07-04 08:43:23','','Apricot Rail','','inherit','open','open','','apricot-rail-profile','','','2014-07-04 08:43:23','2014-07-04 08:43:23','',8574,'http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/apricot-rail-profile.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9190,1,'2014-07-04 08:27:18','2014-07-04 08:27:18','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Apricot Rail</h1><p><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9189\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/apricot-rail-profile-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"Apricot Rail\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" /><em>“The might of, I dunno, Mogwai is still there, but the charm of Múm is also present. They paint mountains in broad strokes but afterwards they take time to put in Sherpas and goats partying on the cliff face.”</em><strong> – Love Is My Velocity</strong></p><p>Most instrumental rock suggests the apocalypse is coming. If it is, Apricot Rail are too busy crafting beautiful lilting melodies to care. This Perth sextet have the charm, humour and songwriting nous – and a killer live show – to re-ignite anyone’s belief in music’s subtle, giddy powers.</p><p><strong><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/apricotrail\" target=\"_blank\"> <img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></strong></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><p> </p><h4>Quarrels</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 540px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=153203644/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/quarrels\">Quarrels by Apricot Rail</a></iframe><br /> February 2013</p><div> </div><p>Almost four years after the release of their acclaimed self-titled debut album, Perth-based multi-instrumental pop sextet Apricot Rail return with their sophomore album <em>Quarrels</em>, which features the singles ‘Basket Press’ and ‘Surry Hills’. A foray into more experimental territory, <em>Quarrels</em> features lusher, denser instrumentation, is rich in ideas yet toys with new levels of restraint. The band’s trademark harmonic guitar passages and syncopation sit beneath languid brass and woodwind, balanced by glitchy electronica, dramatic crescendos and opium-infused oriental explorations; slow, meandering waltzes give way to moments of ethereal lightness and beauty. This music transcends fads and trends to appeal to anyone drawn to beautiful, supple songcraft. The majority of <em>Quarrels</em> was recorded over a four-day period during January 2012 in an isolated farmhouse in Western Australia’s bleak Central Wheatbelt. Instruments were sprawled across a lounge room and picked up at will by the players and in turn by microphones placed in different corners of the room. Back in Perth the real work began, with Justin Manzano going through the recordings, making adjustments and adding the odd track to the collection. Towards the end of 2012, the album was mixed by indie producer extraordinaire Scott Solter and mastered by Simon Struthers (Umpire, Muzaizake).</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Surry Hills EP</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=40892357/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/surry-hills-bonus-ep\">Surry Hills (Bonus EP) by Apricot Rail</a></iframe><br /> July 2011</p><div> </div><p>Features exclusive bonus tracks previously only available on a limited run cd-r available at the \'Surry Hills\' launch show. ‘Surry Hills’ is a stunning new song from the much-beloved Apricot Rail that 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. After the success of their debut album, ideas for new Apricot Rail songs, including ‘Surry Hills’, were formulated during the band’s extended break late in 2009, after which the songs were road-tested live. While ‘Surry Hills’ maintains a minimalist, restrained and rustic feel typical of Apricot Rail’s debut album, the track also represents a shift in instrumental duties for the band, with new member (number 6!) Justin Manzano (Tin Man) playing guitar, Matt Saville moving from drums to glockenspiel, Daniel Burt moving from bass to percussion, and Jack Quirk moving from guitar to keyboards/electronics, along with Ambrose Nock on guitar and Mayuka Juber on flute.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Apricot Rail (Self Titled)</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=110748402/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/apricot-rail\">Apricot Rail by Apricot Rail</a></iframe><br /> July 2009</p><div> </div><p>Apricot Rail produce some of the most discretely charming, lush instrumental pop music you’re likely to hear all year. Delicate, bell-like arpeggiated guitars weave around snaking clarinet and flute, while the beautifully held back yet sanguine rhythm section drives the whole thing into a blurred, sun-soaked horizon. Their debut album features the wonderfully received single ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window’, an anthem without ever having to be anthemic, a melancholic reverie that never resorts to the emotional ease of sadness. ‘If You Can’t Join Them, Beat Them’, which featured on the 2009 Spunk Singles Club compilation album, is another chiming standout. And gorgeous closing track ‘Halfway House’ weaves in bubbling electronics as the band lead the listener through glowing landscapes and light-drenched vistas.</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p>One day, after his star sign promised a ‘dynamic’ afternoon, Ambrose Nock (guitar) decided it was the right time to form a band known as Apricot Rail. He was soon joined by Jack Quirk (guitar), Matthew Saville (drums) and Daniel Burt (bass). The premise of the band was simple: music based on unique guitar tunings, the use of natural harmonics, and very open ideas about other instruments, electronica and song structure. After a debut gig at the Hyde Park Hotel in March 2008 with four members and as many songs, the band soon added a fifth in Mayuka Juber (clarinet/flute), redefining the balance of guitars with the addition of beautiful woodwind melodies.</p><p>The band’s debut recording was a DIY affair, with members heading off to a rural property near Yorkrakine, 220km north-east of Perth in WA’s Central Wheatbelt. In the following months, the resulting demo got regular rotation on Perth’s RTRFM, and though unreleased, was rated by the station’s Homegrown presenter Chris Wheeldon as his second-favourite local outing of 2008. In the second half of the year, Apricot Rail chalked up some serious gig mileage, along the way supporting the likes of Holly Throsby, Charge Group and Adam Said Galore and finding refuge among Perth’s emerging post-rock/experimental scene.</p><p>In November 2008 the band headed into Kingdom studios under the guidance of Simon Struthers (Umpire, Adam Said Galore, Mukaizake) where the band recorded their soon to be released self-titled debut long player. Australian fans got a chance to taste some of the new album’s sublime wares when the Apricot Rail track ‘If You Can’t Join Them, Beat Them’ was released on the prestigious Spunk Singles Club compilation album along with the likes of Leader Cheetah, The Dead Sea and The Middle East. The band was also recently nominated for Favourite Newcomer in the 2009 Western Australian Music Industry Awards.</p><p>Apricot Rail are:<br /> Jack Quirk – Guitar, Glock, Trumpet, Electronica, Voice<br /> Daniel Burt – Bass guitar, Saxophone<br /> Matt Saville – Drum Kit/Percussion<br /> Mayuka Juber – Clarinet, Flute, Keyboard, Melodica, Voice<br /> Ambrose Nock – Guitar, Glock, Keyboard<br /> Justin Manzano – Guitar, Electronics</p><p> </p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3>[catlist name=apricot-rail-news content=yes pagination=yes title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title] [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h3>Reviews</h3>[catlist name=apricot-rail-reviews content=yes pagination=yes title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title] [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail-Dore_Strauch.pdf\">‘Dore Strauch’ Single + Video Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Quarrels.pdf\"><em>Quarrels</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail-Surry_Hills_Single.pdf\">‘Surry Hills’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Tin_Man_Remix.pdf\">Apricot Rail ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window (Tin Man Spilt Milk Remix)’ Single</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Album.pdf\">Apricot Rail Self-Titled Debut Album </a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Signing.pdf\">Apricot Rail ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window’ Single </a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Signing.pdf\">Apricot Rail Sign to Hidden Shoal Recordings</a><br /> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p>[gallery columns=\"4\" link=\"file\" ids=\"8576,8584,8585,8586,8587,8588,8589,8590,8591\"][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/hBYJ6sdcvLo?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p><p> </p><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/VeTN3QNo2Ck?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p><p> </p><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/puWnzmHCPxA?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>Apricot Rail\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Apricot Rail','','inherit','open','open','','8574-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 08:27:18','2014-07-04 08:27:18','',8574,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/8574-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9767,1,'2014-07-18 09:02:44','2014-07-18 09:02:44','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]\r\n<h1>Apricot Rail</h1>\r\n<img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9194\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/apricot-rail-profile.jpg\" alt=\"Apricot Rail\" width=\"340\" height=\"266\" /><em>“The might of, I dunno, Mogwai is still there, but the charm of Múm is also present. They paint mountains in broad strokes but afterwards they take time to put in Sherpas and goats partying on the cliff face.”</em><strong> – Love Is My Velocity</strong>\r\n\r\nMost instrumental rock suggests the apocalypse is coming. If it is, Apricot Rail are too busy crafting beautiful lilting melodies to care. This Perth sextet have the charm, humour and songwriting nous – and a killer live show – to re-ignite anyone’s belief in music’s subtle, giddy powers.\r\n\r\n<strong><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/apricotrail\" target=\"_blank\"> <img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></strong>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4>Quarrels</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 540px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=153203644/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/quarrels\">Quarrels by Apricot Rail</a></iframe>\r\nFebruary 2013\r\n<div></div>\r\nAlmost four years after the release of their acclaimed self-titled debut album, Perth-based multi-instrumental pop sextet Apricot Rail return with their sophomore album <em>Quarrels</em>, which features the singles ‘Basket Press’ and ‘Surry Hills’. A foray into more experimental territory, <em>Quarrels</em> features lusher, denser instrumentation, is rich in ideas yet toys with new levels of restraint. The band’s trademark harmonic guitar passages and syncopation sit beneath languid brass and woodwind, balanced by glitchy electronica, dramatic crescendos and opium-infused oriental explorations; slow, meandering waltzes give way to moments of ethereal lightness and beauty. This music transcends fads and trends to appeal to anyone drawn to beautiful, supple songcraft. The majority of <em>Quarrels</em> was recorded over a four-day period during January 2012 in an isolated farmhouse in Western Australia’s bleak Central Wheatbelt. Instruments were sprawled across a lounge room and picked up at will by the players and in turn by microphones placed in different corners of the room. Back in Perth the real work began, with Justin Manzano going through the recordings, making adjustments and adding the odd track to the collection. Towards the end of 2012, the album was mixed by indie producer extraordinaire Scott Solter and mastered by Simon Struthers (Umpire, Muzaizake).\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Surry Hills EP</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=40892357/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/surry-hills-bonus-ep\">Surry Hills (Bonus EP) by Apricot Rail</a></iframe>\r\nJuly 2011\r\n<div></div>\r\nFeatures exclusive bonus tracks previously only available on a limited run cd-r available at the \'Surry Hills\' launch show. ‘Surry Hills’ is a stunning new song from the much-beloved Apricot Rail that 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. After the success of their debut album, ideas for new Apricot Rail songs, including ‘Surry Hills’, were formulated during the band’s extended break late in 2009, after which the songs were road-tested live. While ‘Surry Hills’ maintains a minimalist, restrained and rustic feel typical of Apricot Rail’s debut album, the track also represents a shift in instrumental duties for the band, with new member (number 6!) Justin Manzano (Tin Man) playing guitar, Matt Saville moving from drums to glockenspiel, Daniel Burt moving from bass to percussion, and Jack Quirk moving from guitar to keyboards/electronics, along with Ambrose Nock on guitar and Mayuka Juber on flute.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Apricot Rail (Self Titled)</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=110748402/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/apricot-rail\">Apricot Rail by Apricot Rail</a></iframe>\r\nJuly 2009\r\n<div></div>\r\nApricot Rail produce some of the most discretely charming, lush instrumental pop music you’re likely to hear all year. Delicate, bell-like arpeggiated guitars weave around snaking clarinet and flute, while the beautifully held back yet sanguine rhythm section drives the whole thing into a blurred, sun-soaked horizon. Their debut album features the wonderfully received single ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window’, an anthem without ever having to be anthemic, a melancholic reverie that never resorts to the emotional ease of sadness. ‘If You Can’t Join Them, Beat Them’, which featured on the 2009 Spunk Singles Club compilation album, is another chiming standout. And gorgeous closing track ‘Halfway House’ weaves in bubbling electronics as the band lead the listener through glowing landscapes and light-drenched vistas.\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\nOne day, after his star sign promised a ‘dynamic’ afternoon, Ambrose Nock (guitar) decided it was the right time to form a band known as Apricot Rail. He was soon joined by Jack Quirk (guitar), Matthew Saville (drums) and Daniel Burt (bass). The premise of the band was simple: music based on unique guitar tunings, the use of natural harmonics, and very open ideas about other instruments, electronica and song structure. After a debut gig at the Hyde Park Hotel in March 2008 with four members and as many songs, the band soon added a fifth in Mayuka Juber (clarinet/flute), redefining the balance of guitars with the addition of beautiful woodwind melodies.\r\n\r\nThe band’s debut recording was a DIY affair, with members heading off to a rural property near Yorkrakine, 220km north-east of Perth in WA’s Central Wheatbelt. In the following months, the resulting demo got regular rotation on Perth’s RTRFM, and though unreleased, was rated by the station’s Homegrown presenter Chris Wheeldon as his second-favourite local outing of 2008. In the second half of the year, Apricot Rail chalked up some serious gig mileage, along the way supporting the likes of Holly Throsby, Charge Group and Adam Said Galore and finding refuge among Perth’s emerging post-rock/experimental scene.\r\n\r\nIn November 2008 the band headed into Kingdom studios under the guidance of Simon Struthers (Umpire, Adam Said Galore, Mukaizake) where the band recorded their soon to be released self-titled debut long player. Australian fans got a chance to taste some of the new album’s sublime wares when the Apricot Rail track ‘If You Can’t Join Them, Beat Them’ was released on the prestigious Spunk Singles Club compilation album along with the likes of Leader Cheetah, The Dead Sea and The Middle East. The band was also recently nominated for Favourite Newcomer in the 2009 Western Australian Music Industry Awards.\r\n\r\nApricot Rail are:\r\nJack Quirk – Guitar, Glock, Trumpet, Electronica, Voice\r\nDaniel Burt – Bass guitar, Saxophone\r\nMatt Saville – Drum Kit/Percussion\r\nMayuka Juber – Clarinet, Flute, Keyboard, Melodica, Voice\r\nAmbrose Nock – Guitar, Glock, Keyboard\r\nJustin Manzano – Guitar, Electronics\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=apricot-rail-news content=yes pagination=yes title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title] [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h3>Reviews</h3>\r\n[catlist name=apricot-rail-reviews content=yes pagination=yes title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title] [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail-Dore_Strauch.pdf\">‘Dore Strauch’ Single + Video Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Quarrels.pdf\"><em>Quarrels</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail-Surry_Hills_Single.pdf\">‘Surry Hills’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Tin_Man_Remix.pdf\">Apricot Rail ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window (Tin Man Spilt Milk Remix)’ Single</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Album.pdf\">Apricot Rail Self-Titled Debut Album </a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Signing.pdf\">Apricot Rail ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window’ Single </a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Signing.pdf\">Apricot Rail Sign to Hidden Shoal Recordings</a>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[gallery columns=\"4\" link=\"file\" ids=\"8576,8584,8585,8586,8587,8588,8589,8590,8591\"]\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/hBYJ6sdcvLo?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/VeTN3QNo2Ck?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/puWnzmHCPxA?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\nApricot Rail\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"light\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Apricot Rail','','inherit','closed','open','','8574-revision-v1','','','2014-07-18 09:02:44','2014-07-18 09:02:44','',8574,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/8574-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9192,1,'2014-07-04 08:39:35','2014-07-04 08:39:35','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Apricot Rail</h1><p><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9189\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/apricot-rail-profile.jpg\" alt=\"Apricot Rail\" width=\"327\" height=\"236\" /><em>“The might of, I dunno, Mogwai is still there, but the charm of Múm is also present. They paint mountains in broad strokes but afterwards they take time to put in Sherpas and goats partying on the cliff face.”</em><strong> – Love Is My Velocity</strong></p><p>Most instrumental rock suggests the apocalypse is coming. If it is, Apricot Rail are too busy crafting beautiful lilting melodies to care. This Perth sextet have the charm, humour and songwriting nous – and a killer live show – to re-ignite anyone’s belief in music’s subtle, giddy powers.</p><p><strong><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/apricotrail\" target=\"_blank\"> <img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></strong></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h4>Quarrels</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 540px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=153203644/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/quarrels\">Quarrels by Apricot Rail</a></iframe><br />\r\nFebruary 2013</p>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p>Almost four years after the release of their acclaimed self-titled debut album, Perth-based multi-instrumental pop sextet Apricot Rail return with their sophomore album <em>Quarrels</em>, which features the singles ‘Basket Press’ and ‘Surry Hills’. A foray into more experimental territory, <em>Quarrels</em> features lusher, denser instrumentation, is rich in ideas yet toys with new levels of restraint. The band’s trademark harmonic guitar passages and syncopation sit beneath languid brass and woodwind, balanced by glitchy electronica, dramatic crescendos and opium-infused oriental explorations; slow, meandering waltzes give way to moments of ethereal lightness and beauty. This music transcends fads and trends to appeal to anyone drawn to beautiful, supple songcraft. The majority of <em>Quarrels</em> was recorded over a four-day period during January 2012 in an isolated farmhouse in Western Australia’s bleak Central Wheatbelt. Instruments were sprawled across a lounge room and picked up at will by the players and in turn by microphones placed in different corners of the room. Back in Perth the real work began, with Justin Manzano going through the recordings, making adjustments and adding the odd track to the collection. Towards the end of 2012, the album was mixed by indie producer extraordinaire Scott Solter and mastered by Simon Struthers (Umpire, Muzaizake).</p>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Surry Hills EP</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=40892357/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/surry-hills-bonus-ep\">Surry Hills (Bonus EP) by Apricot Rail</a></iframe><br />\r\nJuly 2011</p>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p>Features exclusive bonus tracks previously only available on a limited run cd-r available at the \'Surry Hills\' launch show. ‘Surry Hills’ is a stunning new song from the much-beloved Apricot Rail that 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. After the success of their debut album, ideas for new Apricot Rail songs, including ‘Surry Hills’, were formulated during the band’s extended break late in 2009, after which the songs were road-tested live. While ‘Surry Hills’ maintains a minimalist, restrained and rustic feel typical of Apricot Rail’s debut album, the track also represents a shift in instrumental duties for the band, with new member (number 6!) Justin Manzano (Tin Man) playing guitar, Matt Saville moving from drums to glockenspiel, Daniel Burt moving from bass to percussion, and Jack Quirk moving from guitar to keyboards/electronics, along with Ambrose Nock on guitar and Mayuka Juber on flute.</p>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Apricot Rail (Self Titled)</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=110748402/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/apricot-rail\">Apricot Rail by Apricot Rail</a></iframe><br />\r\nJuly 2009</p>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p>Apricot Rail produce some of the most discretely charming, lush instrumental pop music you’re likely to hear all year. Delicate, bell-like arpeggiated guitars weave around snaking clarinet and flute, while the beautifully held back yet sanguine rhythm section drives the whole thing into a blurred, sun-soaked horizon. Their debut album features the wonderfully received single ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window’, an anthem without ever having to be anthemic, a melancholic reverie that never resorts to the emotional ease of sadness. ‘If You Can’t Join Them, Beat Them’, which featured on the 2009 Spunk Singles Club compilation album, is another chiming standout. And gorgeous closing track ‘Halfway House’ weaves in bubbling electronics as the band lead the listener through glowing landscapes and light-drenched vistas.</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\n<p>One day, after his star sign promised a ‘dynamic’ afternoon, Ambrose Nock (guitar) decided it was the right time to form a band known as Apricot Rail. He was soon joined by Jack Quirk (guitar), Matthew Saville (drums) and Daniel Burt (bass). The premise of the band was simple: music based on unique guitar tunings, the use of natural harmonics, and very open ideas about other instruments, electronica and song structure. After a debut gig at the Hyde Park Hotel in March 2008 with four members and as many songs, the band soon added a fifth in Mayuka Juber (clarinet/flute), redefining the balance of guitars with the addition of beautiful woodwind melodies.</p>\r\n<p>The band’s debut recording was a DIY affair, with members heading off to a rural property near Yorkrakine, 220km north-east of Perth in WA’s Central Wheatbelt. In the following months, the resulting demo got regular rotation on Perth’s RTRFM, and though unreleased, was rated by the station’s Homegrown presenter Chris Wheeldon as his second-favourite local outing of 2008. In the second half of the year, Apricot Rail chalked up some serious gig mileage, along the way supporting the likes of Holly Throsby, Charge Group and Adam Said Galore and finding refuge among Perth’s emerging post-rock/experimental scene.</p>\r\n<p>In November 2008 the band headed into Kingdom studios under the guidance of Simon Struthers (Umpire, Adam Said Galore, Mukaizake) where the band recorded their soon to be released self-titled debut long player. Australian fans got a chance to taste some of the new album’s sublime wares when the Apricot Rail track ‘If You Can’t Join Them, Beat Them’ was released on the prestigious Spunk Singles Club compilation album along with the likes of Leader Cheetah, The Dead Sea and The Middle East. The band was also recently nominated for Favourite Newcomer in the 2009 Western Australian Music Industry Awards.</p>\r\n<p>Apricot Rail are:<br />\r\nJack Quirk – Guitar, Glock, Trumpet, Electronica, Voice<br />\r\nDaniel Burt – Bass guitar, Saxophone<br />\r\nMatt Saville – Drum Kit/Percussion<br />\r\nMayuka Juber – Clarinet, Flute, Keyboard, Melodica, Voice<br />\r\nAmbrose Nock – Guitar, Glock, Keyboard<br />\r\nJustin Manzano – Guitar, Electronics</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=apricot-rail-news content=yes pagination=yes title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title] [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h3>Reviews</h3>\r\n[catlist name=apricot-rail-reviews content=yes pagination=yes title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title] [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail-Dore_Strauch.pdf\">‘Dore Strauch’ Single + Video Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Quarrels.pdf\"><em>Quarrels</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail-Surry_Hills_Single.pdf\">‘Surry Hills’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Tin_Man_Remix.pdf\">Apricot Rail ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window (Tin Man Spilt Milk Remix)’ Single</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Album.pdf\">Apricot Rail Self-Titled Debut Album </a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Signing.pdf\">Apricot Rail ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window’ Single </a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Signing.pdf\">Apricot Rail Sign to Hidden Shoal Recordings</a><br />\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n[gallery columns=\"4\" link=\"file\" ids=\"8576,8584,8585,8586,8587,8588,8589,8590,8591\"]\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/hBYJ6sdcvLo?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/VeTN3QNo2Ck?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/puWnzmHCPxA?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\n<p>Apricot Rail\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Apricot Rail','','inherit','open','open','','8574-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 08:39:35','2014-07-04 08:39:35','',8574,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/8574-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9195,1,'2014-07-04 08:43:42','2014-07-04 08:43:42','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Apricot Rail</h1><p><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9194\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/apricot-rail-profile.jpg\" alt=\"Apricot Rail\" width=\"340\" height=\"266\" /><em>“The might of, I dunno, Mogwai is still there, but the charm of Múm is also present. They paint mountains in broad strokes but afterwards they take time to put in Sherpas and goats partying on the cliff face.”</em><strong> – Love Is My Velocity</strong></p><p>Most instrumental rock suggests the apocalypse is coming. If it is, Apricot Rail are too busy crafting beautiful lilting melodies to care. This Perth sextet have the charm, humour and songwriting nous – and a killer live show – to re-ignite anyone’s belief in music’s subtle, giddy powers.</p><p><strong><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/apricotrail\" target=\"_blank\"> <img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></strong></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><p> </p><h4>Quarrels</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 540px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=153203644/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/quarrels\">Quarrels by Apricot Rail</a></iframe><br /> February 2013</p><div> </div><p>Almost four years after the release of their acclaimed self-titled debut album, Perth-based multi-instrumental pop sextet Apricot Rail return with their sophomore album <em>Quarrels</em>, which features the singles ‘Basket Press’ and ‘Surry Hills’. A foray into more experimental territory, <em>Quarrels</em> features lusher, denser instrumentation, is rich in ideas yet toys with new levels of restraint. The band’s trademark harmonic guitar passages and syncopation sit beneath languid brass and woodwind, balanced by glitchy electronica, dramatic crescendos and opium-infused oriental explorations; slow, meandering waltzes give way to moments of ethereal lightness and beauty. This music transcends fads and trends to appeal to anyone drawn to beautiful, supple songcraft. The majority of <em>Quarrels</em> was recorded over a four-day period during January 2012 in an isolated farmhouse in Western Australia’s bleak Central Wheatbelt. Instruments were sprawled across a lounge room and picked up at will by the players and in turn by microphones placed in different corners of the room. Back in Perth the real work began, with Justin Manzano going through the recordings, making adjustments and adding the odd track to the collection. Towards the end of 2012, the album was mixed by indie producer extraordinaire Scott Solter and mastered by Simon Struthers (Umpire, Muzaizake).</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Surry Hills EP</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=40892357/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/surry-hills-bonus-ep\">Surry Hills (Bonus EP) by Apricot Rail</a></iframe><br /> July 2011</p><div> </div><p>Features exclusive bonus tracks previously only available on a limited run cd-r available at the \'Surry Hills\' launch show. ‘Surry Hills’ is a stunning new song from the much-beloved Apricot Rail that 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. After the success of their debut album, ideas for new Apricot Rail songs, including ‘Surry Hills’, were formulated during the band’s extended break late in 2009, after which the songs were road-tested live. While ‘Surry Hills’ maintains a minimalist, restrained and rustic feel typical of Apricot Rail’s debut album, the track also represents a shift in instrumental duties for the band, with new member (number 6!) Justin Manzano (Tin Man) playing guitar, Matt Saville moving from drums to glockenspiel, Daniel Burt moving from bass to percussion, and Jack Quirk moving from guitar to keyboards/electronics, along with Ambrose Nock on guitar and Mayuka Juber on flute.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Apricot Rail (Self Titled)</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=110748402/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/apricot-rail\">Apricot Rail by Apricot Rail</a></iframe><br /> July 2009</p><div> </div><p>Apricot Rail produce some of the most discretely charming, lush instrumental pop music you’re likely to hear all year. Delicate, bell-like arpeggiated guitars weave around snaking clarinet and flute, while the beautifully held back yet sanguine rhythm section drives the whole thing into a blurred, sun-soaked horizon. Their debut album features the wonderfully received single ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window’, an anthem without ever having to be anthemic, a melancholic reverie that never resorts to the emotional ease of sadness. ‘If You Can’t Join Them, Beat Them’, which featured on the 2009 Spunk Singles Club compilation album, is another chiming standout. And gorgeous closing track ‘Halfway House’ weaves in bubbling electronics as the band lead the listener through glowing landscapes and light-drenched vistas.</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p>One day, after his star sign promised a ‘dynamic’ afternoon, Ambrose Nock (guitar) decided it was the right time to form a band known as Apricot Rail. He was soon joined by Jack Quirk (guitar), Matthew Saville (drums) and Daniel Burt (bass). The premise of the band was simple: music based on unique guitar tunings, the use of natural harmonics, and very open ideas about other instruments, electronica and song structure. After a debut gig at the Hyde Park Hotel in March 2008 with four members and as many songs, the band soon added a fifth in Mayuka Juber (clarinet/flute), redefining the balance of guitars with the addition of beautiful woodwind melodies.</p><p>The band’s debut recording was a DIY affair, with members heading off to a rural property near Yorkrakine, 220km north-east of Perth in WA’s Central Wheatbelt. In the following months, the resulting demo got regular rotation on Perth’s RTRFM, and though unreleased, was rated by the station’s Homegrown presenter Chris Wheeldon as his second-favourite local outing of 2008. In the second half of the year, Apricot Rail chalked up some serious gig mileage, along the way supporting the likes of Holly Throsby, Charge Group and Adam Said Galore and finding refuge among Perth’s emerging post-rock/experimental scene.</p><p>In November 2008 the band headed into Kingdom studios under the guidance of Simon Struthers (Umpire, Adam Said Galore, Mukaizake) where the band recorded their soon to be released self-titled debut long player. Australian fans got a chance to taste some of the new album’s sublime wares when the Apricot Rail track ‘If You Can’t Join Them, Beat Them’ was released on the prestigious Spunk Singles Club compilation album along with the likes of Leader Cheetah, The Dead Sea and The Middle East. The band was also recently nominated for Favourite Newcomer in the 2009 Western Australian Music Industry Awards.</p><p>Apricot Rail are:<br /> Jack Quirk – Guitar, Glock, Trumpet, Electronica, Voice<br /> Daniel Burt – Bass guitar, Saxophone<br /> Matt Saville – Drum Kit/Percussion<br /> Mayuka Juber – Clarinet, Flute, Keyboard, Melodica, Voice<br /> Ambrose Nock – Guitar, Glock, Keyboard<br /> Justin Manzano – Guitar, Electronics</p><p> </p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3>[catlist name=apricot-rail-news content=yes pagination=yes title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title] [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h3>Reviews</h3>[catlist name=apricot-rail-reviews content=yes pagination=yes title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title] [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail-Dore_Strauch.pdf\">‘Dore Strauch’ Single + Video Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Quarrels.pdf\"><em>Quarrels</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail-Surry_Hills_Single.pdf\">‘Surry Hills’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Tin_Man_Remix.pdf\">Apricot Rail ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window (Tin Man Spilt Milk Remix)’ Single</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Album.pdf\">Apricot Rail Self-Titled Debut Album </a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Signing.pdf\">Apricot Rail ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window’ Single </a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Signing.pdf\">Apricot Rail Sign to Hidden Shoal Recordings</a><br /> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p>[gallery columns=\"4\" link=\"file\" ids=\"8576,8584,8585,8586,8587,8588,8589,8590,8591\"]<p><br /> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/hBYJ6sdcvLo?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p><p> </p><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/VeTN3QNo2Ck?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p><p> </p><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/puWnzmHCPxA?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>Apricot Rail\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Apricot Rail','','inherit','open','open','','8574-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 08:43:42','2014-07-04 08:43:42','',8574,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/8574-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9193,1,'2014-07-04 08:42:00','2014-07-04 08:42:00','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Apricot Rail</h1><p><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9189\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/apricot-rail-profile.jpg\" alt=\"Apricot Rail\" width=\"309\" height=\"223\" /><em>“The might of, I dunno, Mogwai is still there, but the charm of Múm is also present. They paint mountains in broad strokes but afterwards they take time to put in Sherpas and goats partying on the cliff face.”</em><strong> – Love Is My Velocity</strong></p><p>Most instrumental rock suggests the apocalypse is coming. If it is, Apricot Rail are too busy crafting beautiful lilting melodies to care. This Perth sextet have the charm, humour and songwriting nous – and a killer live show – to re-ignite anyone’s belief in music’s subtle, giddy powers.</p><p><strong><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/apricotrail\" target=\"_blank\"> <img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></strong></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h4>Quarrels</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 540px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=153203644/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/quarrels\">Quarrels by Apricot Rail</a></iframe><br />\r\nFebruary 2013</p>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p>Almost four years after the release of their acclaimed self-titled debut album, Perth-based multi-instrumental pop sextet Apricot Rail return with their sophomore album <em>Quarrels</em>, which features the singles ‘Basket Press’ and ‘Surry Hills’. A foray into more experimental territory, <em>Quarrels</em> features lusher, denser instrumentation, is rich in ideas yet toys with new levels of restraint. The band’s trademark harmonic guitar passages and syncopation sit beneath languid brass and woodwind, balanced by glitchy electronica, dramatic crescendos and opium-infused oriental explorations; slow, meandering waltzes give way to moments of ethereal lightness and beauty. This music transcends fads and trends to appeal to anyone drawn to beautiful, supple songcraft. The majority of <em>Quarrels</em> was recorded over a four-day period during January 2012 in an isolated farmhouse in Western Australia’s bleak Central Wheatbelt. Instruments were sprawled across a lounge room and picked up at will by the players and in turn by microphones placed in different corners of the room. Back in Perth the real work began, with Justin Manzano going through the recordings, making adjustments and adding the odd track to the collection. Towards the end of 2012, the album was mixed by indie producer extraordinaire Scott Solter and mastered by Simon Struthers (Umpire, Muzaizake).</p>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Surry Hills EP</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=40892357/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/surry-hills-bonus-ep\">Surry Hills (Bonus EP) by Apricot Rail</a></iframe><br />\r\nJuly 2011</p>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p>Features exclusive bonus tracks previously only available on a limited run cd-r available at the \'Surry Hills\' launch show. ‘Surry Hills’ is a stunning new song from the much-beloved Apricot Rail that 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. After the success of their debut album, ideas for new Apricot Rail songs, including ‘Surry Hills’, were formulated during the band’s extended break late in 2009, after which the songs were road-tested live. While ‘Surry Hills’ maintains a minimalist, restrained and rustic feel typical of Apricot Rail’s debut album, the track also represents a shift in instrumental duties for the band, with new member (number 6!) Justin Manzano (Tin Man) playing guitar, Matt Saville moving from drums to glockenspiel, Daniel Burt moving from bass to percussion, and Jack Quirk moving from guitar to keyboards/electronics, along with Ambrose Nock on guitar and Mayuka Juber on flute.</p>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Apricot Rail (Self Titled)</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=110748402/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/apricot-rail\">Apricot Rail by Apricot Rail</a></iframe><br />\r\nJuly 2009</p>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p>Apricot Rail produce some of the most discretely charming, lush instrumental pop music you’re likely to hear all year. Delicate, bell-like arpeggiated guitars weave around snaking clarinet and flute, while the beautifully held back yet sanguine rhythm section drives the whole thing into a blurred, sun-soaked horizon. Their debut album features the wonderfully received single ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window’, an anthem without ever having to be anthemic, a melancholic reverie that never resorts to the emotional ease of sadness. ‘If You Can’t Join Them, Beat Them’, which featured on the 2009 Spunk Singles Club compilation album, is another chiming standout. And gorgeous closing track ‘Halfway House’ weaves in bubbling electronics as the band lead the listener through glowing landscapes and light-drenched vistas.</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\n<p>One day, after his star sign promised a ‘dynamic’ afternoon, Ambrose Nock (guitar) decided it was the right time to form a band known as Apricot Rail. He was soon joined by Jack Quirk (guitar), Matthew Saville (drums) and Daniel Burt (bass). The premise of the band was simple: music based on unique guitar tunings, the use of natural harmonics, and very open ideas about other instruments, electronica and song structure. After a debut gig at the Hyde Park Hotel in March 2008 with four members and as many songs, the band soon added a fifth in Mayuka Juber (clarinet/flute), redefining the balance of guitars with the addition of beautiful woodwind melodies.</p>\r\n<p>The band’s debut recording was a DIY affair, with members heading off to a rural property near Yorkrakine, 220km north-east of Perth in WA’s Central Wheatbelt. In the following months, the resulting demo got regular rotation on Perth’s RTRFM, and though unreleased, was rated by the station’s Homegrown presenter Chris Wheeldon as his second-favourite local outing of 2008. In the second half of the year, Apricot Rail chalked up some serious gig mileage, along the way supporting the likes of Holly Throsby, Charge Group and Adam Said Galore and finding refuge among Perth’s emerging post-rock/experimental scene.</p>\r\n<p>In November 2008 the band headed into Kingdom studios under the guidance of Simon Struthers (Umpire, Adam Said Galore, Mukaizake) where the band recorded their soon to be released self-titled debut long player. Australian fans got a chance to taste some of the new album’s sublime wares when the Apricot Rail track ‘If You Can’t Join Them, Beat Them’ was released on the prestigious Spunk Singles Club compilation album along with the likes of Leader Cheetah, The Dead Sea and The Middle East. The band was also recently nominated for Favourite Newcomer in the 2009 Western Australian Music Industry Awards.</p>\r\n<p>Apricot Rail are:<br />\r\nJack Quirk – Guitar, Glock, Trumpet, Electronica, Voice<br />\r\nDaniel Burt – Bass guitar, Saxophone<br />\r\nMatt Saville – Drum Kit/Percussion<br />\r\nMayuka Juber – Clarinet, Flute, Keyboard, Melodica, Voice<br />\r\nAmbrose Nock – Guitar, Glock, Keyboard<br />\r\nJustin Manzano – Guitar, Electronics</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=apricot-rail-news content=yes pagination=yes title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title] [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h3>Reviews</h3>\r\n[catlist name=apricot-rail-reviews content=yes pagination=yes title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title] [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail-Dore_Strauch.pdf\">‘Dore Strauch’ Single + Video Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Quarrels.pdf\"><em>Quarrels</em> Album Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail-Surry_Hills_Single.pdf\">‘Surry Hills’ Single Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Tin_Man_Remix.pdf\">Apricot Rail ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window (Tin Man Spilt Milk Remix)’ Single</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Album.pdf\">Apricot Rail Self-Titled Debut Album </a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Signing.pdf\">Apricot Rail ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window’ Single </a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Apricot_Rail_Signing.pdf\">Apricot Rail Sign to Hidden Shoal Recordings</a><br />\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n[gallery columns=\"4\" link=\"file\" ids=\"8576,8584,8585,8586,8587,8588,8589,8590,8591\"]<br />\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/hBYJ6sdcvLo?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/VeTN3QNo2Ck?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/puWnzmHCPxA?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\n<p>Apricot Rail\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Apricot Rail','','inherit','open','open','','8574-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 08:42:00','2014-07-04 08:42:00','',8574,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/8574-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9196,1,'2014-07-04 08:45:06','2014-07-04 08:45:06','','Tangled Star','','inherit','open','open','','t-star_band_photo1','','','2014-07-04 08:45:06','2014-07-04 08:45:06','',9181,'http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/T-Star_Band_Photo1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9198,1,'2014-07-04 09:09:17','2014-07-04 09:09:17','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Tangled Star</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9196\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/T-Star_Band_Photo1-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"Tangled Star\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" /></a><em>“<em>something that ripples, radiates and blossoms amid a dressage of shimmering keys and softly burnt riff cascades which had us much in mind of Hefner shimmying with the Clientele at times.</em>”</em> –<strong> Losing Today<br /> </strong></p><p>Distilling elements of indie rock and alt country married with Craig Hallsworth’s wonderful dust and liquor coated vocals and twisting lyrics, Tangled Star weaves their own magic place. Through the musics exultant shifts and wandering detours the band manages to make once familiar territory foreign and offset.</p><p><strong> </strong></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>We Don\'t Look Back For Very Long (with Slow Dancing Society)</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4290771882/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=none/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/we-dont-look-back-for-very-long\">We Don\'t Look Back For Very Long by Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p><em>We Don’t Look Back For Very Long </em>sees Antonymes reworking a track from each of fellow Hidden Shoal artist Slow Dancing Society’s four albums, casting radiant new light on the stunning originals. Across almost 30 minutes, Antonymes marries SDS’s glistening atmospheres to his own trademark ambient neo-classical minimalism, creating a completely mesmerising hybrid.</p>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Lost In Waves of Light</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3184595053/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/lost-in-waves-of-light\">Lost In Waves Of Light by Antonymes</a></iframe></p>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p>Created from elements lifted off Antonyme’s critically acclaimed album <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span>, ‘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. Antonymes new album <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> 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.</p>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 550px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1679006704/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/the-licence-to-interpret-dreams\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams by Antonymes</a></iframe></p>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> is the Hidden Shoal debut release by neo-classical/minimal ambient artist Antonymes. 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. 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’. Single ‘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.[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\n<p>Antonymes 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. Debut mini-album <em>Beauty Becomes The Enemy of the Future</em> was released initially on David Newlyn’s Cathedral Transmissions label in December 2009, and as a self-published book in spring 2010. A second 2010 release, <em>31: Before The Light Fails</em>, was released as a digital download and as a special box, an edition of one, containing music and photography, representing Antonymes’ fear and suspicion of the herd mentality. The piece consisted of two tracks to be played simultaneously in separate rooms. Various pieces by Antonymes have appeared on compilations produced by labels Soundcolours, Dezordr, Cathedral Transmissions and Audio Gourmet. The album <em>The Licence To Interpet Dreams</em> was released by Hidden Shoal to widespread critical acclaim in early 2011. [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=antonymes-news content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=antonymes-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes_meets_Slow_Dancing_Society.pdf\">Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society – <em>We Don’t Look Back For Very Long</em> </a> <a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes_meets_Slow_Dancing_Society.pdf\">EP </a> <em><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes-Lost_In_Waves_Of_Light.pdf\">Lost In Waves Of Light</a></em> <a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes-Endlessly.pdf\"><em>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</em> Album</a> <a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes-Endlessly.pdf\">‘Endlessly’ Single</a> <a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes_Signing.pdf\">Antonymes Signing</a> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n[gallery ids=\"8222,8221,8220,8219\"]<br />\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe> <iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/4senhm9eiTY?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\n<p>Antonymes music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away. [/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Tangled Star','','inherit','open','open','','9181-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 09:09:17','2014-07-04 09:09:17','',9181,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9181-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9197,1,'2014-07-04 08:48:45','2014-07-04 08:48:45','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Tangled Star</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9196\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/T-Star_Band_Photo1-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"Tangled Star\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" /></a><em>“<em>something that ripples, radiates and blossoms amid a dressage of shimmering keys and softly burnt riff cascades which had us much in mind of Hefner shimmying with the Clientele at times.</em>”</em> –<strong> Losing Today<br /></strong></p><p>Distilling elements of indie rock and alt country married with Craig Hallsworth’s wonderful dust and liquor coated vocals and twisting lyrics, Tangled Star weaves their own magic place. Through the musics exultant shifts and wandering detours the band manages to make once familiar territory foreign and offset. The title of their debut mini album “It’s Now or Later” talks to the wonderful paradox infused within their music both musically and lyrically. This is the apathetic’s guide to caring too much.</p><p><strong><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Antonymes/108567235841143?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/Antonymes\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/antonymes\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Website\" href=\"http://www.antonymes.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8767\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Website.png\" alt=\"Website\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a> </strong></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>We Don\'t Look Back For Very Long (with Slow Dancing Society)</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4290771882/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=none/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/we-dont-look-back-for-very-long\">We Don\'t Look Back For Very Long by Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p><em>We Don’t Look Back For Very Long </em>sees Antonymes reworking a track from each of fellow Hidden Shoal artist Slow Dancing Society’s four albums, casting radiant new light on the stunning originals. Across almost 30 minutes, Antonymes marries SDS’s glistening atmospheres to his own trademark ambient neo-classical minimalism, creating a completely mesmerising hybrid.</p>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Lost In Waves of Light</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3184595053/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/lost-in-waves-of-light\">Lost In Waves Of Light by Antonymes</a></iframe></p>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p>Created from elements lifted off Antonyme’s critically acclaimed album <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span>, ‘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. Antonymes new album <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> 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.</p>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 550px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1679006704/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/the-licence-to-interpret-dreams\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams by Antonymes</a></iframe></p>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> is the Hidden Shoal debut release by neo-classical/minimal ambient artist Antonymes. 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. 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’. Single ‘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.[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\n<p>Antonymes 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. Debut mini-album <em>Beauty Becomes The Enemy of the Future</em> was released initially on David Newlyn’s Cathedral Transmissions label in December 2009, and as a self-published book in spring 2010. A second 2010 release, <em>31: Before The Light Fails</em>, was released as a digital download and as a special box, an edition of one, containing music and photography, representing Antonymes’ fear and suspicion of the herd mentality. The piece consisted of two tracks to be played simultaneously in separate rooms. Various pieces by Antonymes have appeared on compilations produced by labels Soundcolours, Dezordr, Cathedral Transmissions and Audio Gourmet. The album <em>The Licence To Interpet Dreams</em> was released by Hidden Shoal to widespread critical acclaim in early 2011. [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=antonymes-news content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=antonymes-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes_meets_Slow_Dancing_Society.pdf\">Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society – <em>We Don’t Look Back For Very Long</em> </a> <a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes_meets_Slow_Dancing_Society.pdf\">EP </a> <em><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes-Lost_In_Waves_Of_Light.pdf\">Lost In Waves Of Light</a></em> <a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes-Endlessly.pdf\"><em>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</em> Album</a> <a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes-Endlessly.pdf\">‘Endlessly’ Single</a> <a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes_Signing.pdf\">Antonymes Signing</a> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n[gallery ids=\"8222,8221,8220,8219\"]\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe> <iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/4senhm9eiTY?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\n<p>Antonymes music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away. [/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Tangled Star','','inherit','open','open','','9181-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 08:48:45','2014-07-04 08:48:45','',9181,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9181-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9199,1,'2016-09-29 17:31:28','2016-09-29 09:31:28','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]\n<h1>Tangled Star</h1>\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9196\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/T-Star_Band_Photo1-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"Tangled Star\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" /></a><em>“<em>something that ripples, radiates and blossoms amid a dressage of shimmering keys and softly burnt riff cascades which had us much in mind of Hefner shimmying with the Clientele at times.</em>”</em> –<strong> Losing Today </strong>\n\nDistilling elements of indie rock and alt country married with Craig Hallsworth’s wonderful dust and liquor coated vocals and twisting lyrics, Tangled Star weaves their own magic place. Through the musics exultant shifts and wandering detours the band manages to make once familiar territory foreign and offset.\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\n<h3>Discography</h3>\n&nbsp;\n<h4>Let\'s Adjourn To The Garden</h4>\n<div></div>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 439px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2116748307/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://tangled-star.bandcamp.com/album/lets-adjourn-to-the-garden\">Let\'s Adjourn to the Garden by Tangled Star</a></iframe>\nJune 2013\n<div></div>\n<em>Let’s Adjourn To The Garden</em> sees Craig Hallsworth’s Tangled Star project shift gears while continuing to distill the inimitable songcraft Hallsworth is so well known for. <em>Let’s Adjourn To The Garden</em> is, in typically contrarian fashion, their least bucolic offering yet, blending more driving power-pop flavours into their distinctive soup of song. Hallsworth’s wonderful dust-and-liquor-coated vocals and twisting lyrics combine with exultant shifts and melodic detours allowing the music to make once familiar territory somehow foreign and offset.\n\nTracks such as ‘Head In The Sand’ and ‘Hasn’t Made For Freedom’ streamline Tangled Star’s brilliant hooks and melodic turns into immediately addictive and electric slices of slow burn power-pop. ‘Attic Space Conversion #1’ exemplifies the band\'s compositional and stylistic shifts even more, stitching rousing ramshackle rock with almost Doors’esque cosmic guitar pop. And there amidst the fuzz and driving drums lay some quiet gems in the beautifully stripped back, drumless guitar pop of ‘99% Ok’ and ‘Someone’s Walking’. Just when you think you have the album pegged, the final track ‘Theme’ takes a left turn employing sweeping synths and electronic percussion in some sort of beatific yet melancholic final postcard to the world.\n<div></div>\n<div></div>\n<h4>That Time</h4>\n<div></div>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3107117187/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://tangled-star.bandcamp.com/album/that-time\">That Time by Tangled Star</a></iframe>\nJune 2009\n<div></div>\n<em>That Time</em> sees Tangled Star at their most immediately accessible and deliciously hooky. Like a trapdoor spider hidden by a welcome doormat, the band lay an easy invitation to the unsuspecting listener, only to unleash a series of inimitable pop hooks and subtle detours. The EP typifies Tangled Star’s ability to craft songs that reveal fresh dimensions with each listen.\n\n<em>That Time</em> features the stunning single ‘seabirdtown’. The track opens with the expansive open-air sound of Pink Floyd-style organs and spatial guitars before falling into an earthbound shuffle and a taste of a lush, full-band sound for Tangled Star. The song’s gradual build to a towering edifice of glowing overdriven guitar, droning organ and harmony vocals is topped off by an echoed guitar line that sketches glistening arcs in the stratosphere. The single is indicative of <em>That Time</em>’s strengths as a louder, more flowing version of the melodic, evocative spaces of Tangled Star’s twilight pop songs.\n<div></div>\n<div></div>\n<h4>Our Man From Eden Hill</h4>\n<div></div>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 307px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2416987741/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://tangled-star.bandcamp.com/album/our-man-in-eden-hill\">Our Man in Eden Hill by Tangled Star</a></iframe>\nFebruary 2008\n<div></div>\n<em>Our Man in Eden Hil</em>l sees Tangled Star building on their wonderfully received debut outing through Hidden Shoal, <em>It’s Now or Later</em>. Musically the EP toys with the frayed edges of country, pop and indie, while in part infusing a sense of space and possibility familiar to fans of the classic <em>Dark Side of the Moon</em>. As with their debut EP, <em>Our Man in Eden Hill</em>’s surface often belies its musical and emotional interior. Through its gentle shifts and directed detours, the EP manages to make once familiar territory foreign and offset. As chief songwriter and lyricist Craig Hallsworth explains,\n\n“If these songs are simple, they are only apparently so. To me, they are only beginning to really work when they are able to express a space of becoming... There are strange warnings and advice, mysterious imperatives and entreaties... I see the lyrics as working for and against themselves, as well as for and against the music, generating a plane of momentary, shifting affective states. There is comic desperation folded into offhand profundity. There is something depressing and defeating suddenly transformed into a rare kind of pleasure and privilege. There are secrets with nothing to hide. There is one last chance after another…” - Craig Hallsworth\n<div></div>\n<div></div>\n<h4>It\'s Now Or Later</h4>\n<div></div>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 340px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1686875670/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://tangled-star.bandcamp.com/album/its-now-or-later\">It\'s Now or Later by Tangled Star</a></iframe>\nFebruary 2007\n<div></div>\n<em>It’s Now or Later</em> charts a journey across once familiar land yet through its exultant shifts and wandering detours manages to make everything feel new again. The album’s title talks to the wonderful paradox that is infused within each song both musically and lyrically. This is the apathetic’s guide to caring too much.\n\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\n<h3>Biography</h3>\n<p align=\"justify\">In the late 90s, Outstation (Craig Hallsworth, guitars and singing; Jim Butterworth, bass; Jamie Hamilton, drums), a sonic monstrosity, began playing a lot of quiet tunes, and eventually turned into Tangled Star. Lorne Clements (Hammond Organ, Piano) became involved. Then Jamie Hamilton left, and was replaced by a drum machine, and Jim became its programmer.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The T-Star quietly went about its business for a few years in Jim’s back shed and in Lorne’s living room. They played only a handful of live shows, but recorded two albums with Alan Smith from Bergerk! Recordings – the self-titled debut, and It’s Now Or Later (to be released through Hidden Shoal Recordings November, 2006).</p>\n<strong>Craig Hallsworth:</strong>\nBorn 1964 in Collie South-West Western Australia – land that belongs to the Noongar People. Fatally infected with AM radio that plays constantly throughout childhood, in the house and in the car. Begins playing guitar and writing songs around 8 or 9 years of age. Magazines and records. Sitting alone in a room playing and singing into a cassette recorder. String of bands. Loses virginity after a gig at the Narrogin Hotel. Moves to Perth in the mid 80s upon completion of welding apprenticeship in the coal mines. Over next 15 years or so plays in The Bamboos, The Healers, wild palms, Zuvuya, Outstation, Tangled Star, as well as many solo performances and recordings. Currently writing an experimental book-length poem and playing in The Slow Beings.\n\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\n<h3>News</h3>\n[catlist name=tangled-star-news content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\n[catlist name=tangled-star-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Lyrics\"]\n<h3>Lyrics</h3>\n&nbsp;\n<h4>Let\'s Adjourn To The Garden</h4>\n<h5>Lyrics by Craig Hallsworth</h5>\n&nbsp;\n<h5>Crazy Bit O’ Truth</h5>\nso don’t build a stage so high\nway up to the sky\nand expect me to climb up there and play\nlike a dream it’s crashing down\nway down to the ground\nin the middle of the night I heard you leave\nyou can’t see where you’re going\nwho’s tugging at your sleeve\na sorcerer of death’s construction\nbaby you’re the last to know\nhard won insights turn into throwaway lines\nwell dressed gentlemen sidestep a dying world\nthen a cold calculating slob\nmeets a bitch with no illusions\natrocious pessimism\nwell I’ve never heard it called that before\nmaybe I’m the last to know\nit’s not so wonderful anymore\nso sorry children\nlife’s not beautiful anymore\nyour inheritance is grief\nyou might want to borrow a handkerchief\noh\nso they say they’re searching for the one\nwhose signs are in disarray and fading now\nso they say there are ten bottles of champagne\nin the car but we can’t remember where\nwe parked it now\nso they say they’re searching for the one\nwhose signs are in disarray and fading now\nso I say I’m cool with it\nI’m not trying to make the pieces fit\nI got a crazy bit o’ truth in my eye ...\n\n<hr />\n\n&nbsp;\n<h5>In Bed With The Averys</h5>\ndo you want to know what’s stronger than death\nwhat always wakes up with wonderful breath\nand do you want to know what’s stranger than fiction\nand the facts of life put together?\nout of focus autumn branches\nrubbing against the sky\nshe’s at home in the kitchen with a stranger\nhe’s out catching a lady’s eye\nthe fricassee is burning\nand you’re in bed with the Averys\nooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh\nin bed with the Averys\nthey’ll introduce you to Figaro\nhis friends call him Mike\nthen you’ll meet Susan and Lydia\nwhat’s not to like?\nthere’s nothing they can’t study your face\nand not hint at\nnothing they won’t exactly deny\nuntil your mind is reeling\ncoz something in this world wants to kill you\nyou have no defence\nit gets in your head like the man said\nit makes perfect sense\nit’s black and white\nit’s as clear as it can be\nthen somehow it’s incomprehensible\nand you’re in bed with the Averys\n\n<hr />\n\n&nbsp;\n<h5>Someone’s Walking</h5>\nsomeone’s free and someone’s got it together\nsomeone’s lost in someone’s head forever\nsomeone’s dead and someone’s dialling a number\nsomeone’s dreaming someone’s coming\nsomeone’s passing someone’s staring\nsomeone’s waiting someone’s walking home\nsomeone’s turning away\nsomeone’s just walking home\nsomeone’s famous someone’s youth is stolen\nsomeone’s cool and someone’s feet are aching\nsomeone’s bad and someone must be joking\nsomeone’s crying someone’s changing\nsomeone’s begging someone’s smoking\nsomeone’s searching someone’s walking home\nsomeone’s running way\nsomeone’s just walking home\n\n<hr />\n\n&nbsp;\n<h5>Hasn\'t Made For Freedom</h5>\nit’s been all right for a change\nbut it hasn’t made for freedom\nthey’re hitting the bottle about it at least\nyou and I were restless dreamers\nin another life\nto tell the truth I’m falling asleep on a bus\nand it feels like someone else’s life\nand it’s all about capitalism\nit’s been all right for a change\nbut it hasn’t made for freedom\nas far as impulsive gestures go\ntaking your hand as we ride\ngazing out the window\nis right up there\nwith jumping off at a random stop\nas if I’m being followed\nand it’s all about patriotism\njust another eerie dawn\nI know what you mean\nbut how’re you gonna mean it all day?\noh yeah I know what you mean\nbut how’re you gonna make it pay?\njust another spooky coffee break\ntakes a plant to understand your longing\nand your pain\noh well I know what you mean\nthat doesn’t mean I’m not politely insane\nit was all right for a change\nbut it didn’t make for freedom\nit was the sun now it’s about to fall\nit was just an optical illusion\nand it wasn’t really there at all\ndon’t feel bad\nand don’t get crushed in the rush\nfor the experimental poem\nmy guess is it’s about capitalism\n\n<hr />\n\n&nbsp;\n<h5>Painted Days</h5>\npainted days have found us\nin some seaside town\nwith the blinds pulled down\nlying low\nsupposing we mustn’t have died\nat 27\nwe must have lived\noh we must have lived after all\npainted doors have opened and closed\nand packages have arrived\nthere’s something mysterious about it\nbut ours is not to reason why\nours is but to squeeze the stuff\nout of a tube\nuntil it’s all used up\npainted whores have loved us\nand worried about our health\nwhen we didn’t deserve them at all\nthey never pushed us away\nand the things we would say\nwere just the things we would say\n\n<hr />\n\n&nbsp;\n<h5>Attic Space Conversion # 1</h5>\nsend a beam of light into the world\nand pour the tea\nall your heroes were so lost\nwithout your penury\nand you were just this skinny little girl\nwho dug the sound\naudacity not veracity makes it all go ‘round\nnot everything with rings can be called hoop-la\nand the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty\nto Anastasia\nare they with us or against us?\nsend a ray of hope into the night\nand scrub the pan\nkeep a summer breeze inside a rusty old tin can\nbut to be more beautiful you have to concentrate\non the mystery\nlike a revolutionary becoming escaping\nall the failed revolutions of history\nhundreds of smiling people\nrode the silver tinselled escalators\none was a soft metal killer\nI remember I wasn’t feeling well\nI want to lose you in the morning\nin the deserted city\nI want to lie down any place\nand slowly forget your face\nI want to explain all of this\nbut not if it takes all night\nthis darkness is not endless\nonly everyone you know\nfilling their pockets full\nthis darkness is not endless\nonly anyone who knows you\nflying out for ...\n\n<hr />\n\n&nbsp;\n<h5>99% OK</h5>\nit was 99% OK so I plucked it out of the air\n99% OK sounded better than only fair\nbut what about the darkness that spreads her wings\nand what about the darkness that makes her sing\nso what about the darkness that sips her wine\nso what about the darkness that makes her shine\nin a galaxy of faces\nin love and out of line\nthe vandal and the valentine\nforget that you and I were one\nforget what’s wrong with having fun\nhere’s to the tears that burn\nwe’re never to return\ndon’t break a heart and drop a hat\nthey’ve got servants here for that\nand though the names may change\na thief will call\njust to bring back the crystal ball\ndon’t you feel like a weathervane\nthat’s never known the wind and rain\nbut even psychics make mistakes my dear\nand bones point the way out of here\nforget that you and I were one\nforget the places in the sun\nhere’s to the tears that burn\nwe’re never to return\nforget when you and I were one\nthose days were like shots from a gun\nhere’s to the tears that burn\nwe’re never to return\ngo find someone to park your car\nand tell these dead men who you are\n\n<hr />\n\n&nbsp;\n<h5>Head In The Sand</h5>\nso dry your thighs and don’t worry anymore\nlisten to all my outlandish proposals\nsmile when you slip through the cracks\ntake an abyss for a walk and never look back\nyou’ve got an hour to kill in the heat of the day\nhow many mornings are fresh and new\nand here you are wondering what to do\nshall I go against all my principles for you\nshall I draw a diagram or something?\nhow many nights do you feel like praying\nbut you never learned how to pray\nhow many nights do you feel like praying\nbut you wouldn’t know how to pray\nlike a rich man washing his hands\nyou had an hour to kill in the heat of the day\nan hour to kill in the heat of the day\nlike a daughter of this holy land\nbut don’t sleep with the messenger you understand\nthe carotid artery is severed as planned\nI can say I’m not burying my head in the sand\nI can say I’m not burying my head in the sand\n\n<hr />\n\n&nbsp;\n<h5>Theme</h5>\nnow the wind picks up\nthe door creaks I think my cup\nis overflowing\na triumph of the human spirit\nto wake at 7\nand lie in bed until 11\nbring me your altered states\nand what exalts\nand bring to me your heaven\ndon’t wait for the ironic undercut\nnobody wants to wait for that today\nfor all anyone knows you really are\npassionate and driven\nyou’d go all the way to the mountain\nif only you could leave the room\nnow everything’s changing\nit’s like gazing through a splotch\non the window\nis anything behind everything\nis it wrong to wonder\nis it just to keep from going under?\nembrace the worthless life\nif it falls into your arms\nlet it reveal its charms\nso slowly\nyou’ll lose your taste for clever subtle things\nand I’ll go hungry analysing things\nI might decide to take up the guitar\nand there you are\nlet’s adjourn to the garden\n\n<hr />\n\n<h4>Our Man In Eden Hill</h4>\n<h5>Lyrics by Craig Hallsworth</h5>\n&nbsp;\n<h5>tosleepingpeople</h5>\nDon’t say goodnight to sleeping people\nTell your secret to sleeping people\nNever wave from the platform to sleeping people\nFor all this may convey\n\nDon’t hang on the sighs of sleeping people\nTry to open the eyes of sleeping people\nFor that train is bound for sleeping people\nMany miles away\n\nThere’s a naked stranger stranded in the light\nOf the refrigerator in the dead of night\nToo strung out for an epiphany\nAnd a far-off whistle blowing\n\nSo don’t measure your dreams against sleeping people\nSing this song to sleeping people\nNever paint the faces of sleeping people\nBy the light of the moon\n\nOnce I met a punk rock girl with psychic powers\nShe told me that I had a lot of work to do\nThat this would eventually provide me\nWith a wealth of some description\nBut she didn’t say\nI’d give it all away\nTo sleeping people\nTo sleeping people\nTo sleeping people\nTo sleeping people\n\n<hr />\n\n&nbsp;\n<h5>The Skaters</h5>\nAnd it’s oh so pure I know\nA chapeau of snow\nSo we melt away the hours\nCome to in a pool on the floor\n\nI no longer recall the song\nBut I can’t forget that introduction\nThere’s a name going around tonight\nTaking women and men\nDon’t you wonder how?\nAs if they want the same things\n\nLovers caught in a shower\nStepped out of a life\nThey no longer recall\nWhat they expected to find here\nWhat they dreamed of\nWhat they hung on the wall\nWhat they sang about\nWhat they sang about\nWhat they sang about\n\n<hr />\n\n&nbsp;\n<h5>Sunny Day Losers #12 &amp; 35</h5>\nCourageous Cat lay around watching television\nEverything was all about how he just didn’t scare and\nBrother Ray and Miss Torso went out and got hammered in some dive\nSee them slumped on barstools\nTheir cowboy boots and long hair\nStanley and Oliver got divorced on a night in June\nBeulah peeled a grape and shut up shop for the afternoon\nGilles Deleuze was flying over an unheard-of Paree\nHe never lost any sleep over the likes of you and me\nThin Lizzy laughed and turned her face away\nOnce upon a time in the underground\nYou knew more people than I’ll ever forget\nWe passed it back and forth\nPerched upon that gentle mound\nOh we were feeling bad\nAbout a sunny day\nBecause the land needs rain …\n\n<hr />\n\n&nbsp;\n<h5>Turn Me</h5>\nNo one to lock the door\nIf it wasn’t for these tattoos\nWouldn’t get anything about me\n\nRiding around’s the harder part\nAnd the sweeping views\nSomeone has no sense of mystery\n\nHow could I always be on this side?\nAs if there’s everywhere to hide\n\nFrom a glance before it’s lights out\nUp ahead before it’s lights out\nShow me again before it’s lights out\n\nTell me why\nThe blind eyes couldn’t turn me\nTell me why\nThe blind eyes couldn’t turn me\n\nHow could I always be on this side?\nAs if there’s nowhere left to hide\n\nIn this dream before it’s lights out\nSteal you one before it’s lights out\nBefore it’s lights out\nBefore it’s lights out\nBefore it’s lights out\nBefore it’s lights out\n\n<hr />\n\n<h5>The Waiter Is Deceased</h5>\nKids will play with a ball by the busy road\nWho’s that shadow boxing under the streetlight?\nMy cousins Desley and Altina are coming to stay for awhile\nThanks for last night\nIf anything it wasn’t dark enough\nIt wasn’t dark enough\n\nA conversation between the unheard and the unseen\nWhen a world butts in\n\nAudrey Hepburn was the last to sing Happy Birthday to JFK\nNot Marilyn Monroe\n\nJanet Leigh was the last to sing Chariot Choogle in the shower\nBut baby you know who you are\n\nAll the barnyard academics that never waste an emotion\nNever waste an emotion\nNever waste an emotion\nNever waste an emotion\n\nAs the mist leaves no tip on the bright pink hill\nSo my body irons a shirt\n\nOh where is the city we loved that made us pay\nSo dearly for one small mistake\n\nSo we live and learn that there is always more to earn\nThat there is more in a foreign bank account\n\nCan I pinch another beer oh lugubrious beauty?\nCan no one else show me?\nCan no one else show me?\nCan no one else show me?\n\nWhat is this thing called paparazzi?\nWhat’s its shame? What’s its claim to fame?\n\nShall we leave you in the parking lot pushing coins into a slot?\nIt’s no crime take your time\n\nBut the news travels fast that the secret of a man is nothing\nIn truth nothing at all\n\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n[gallery columns=\"2\" ids=\"9201,9196\"]\n\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\nNo videos yet, sorry!\n\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\nTangled Star\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.\n\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"light\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Tangled Star','','inherit','open','open','','9181-autosave-v1','','','2016-09-29 17:31:28','2016-09-29 09:31:28','',9181,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9181-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9201,1,'2014-07-04 09:14:27','2014-07-04 09:14:27','','Tangled Star','','inherit','open','open','','t-star_band_photo2','','','2014-07-04 09:14:27','2014-07-04 09:14:27','',9181,'http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/T-Star_Band_Photo2.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9203,1,'2014-07-04 09:29:36','2014-07-04 09:29:36','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Tangled Star</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9196\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/T-Star_Band_Photo1-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"Tangled Star\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" /></a><em>“<em>something that ripples, radiates and blossoms amid a dressage of shimmering keys and softly burnt riff cascades which had us much in mind of Hefner shimmying with the Clientele at times.</em>”</em> –<strong> Losing Today<br /> </strong></p><p>Distilling elements of indie rock and alt country married with Craig Hallsworth’s wonderful dust and liquor coated vocals and twisting lyrics, Tangled Star weaves their own magic place. Through the musics exultant shifts and wandering detours the band manages to make once familiar territory foreign and offset.</p><p><strong> </strong></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Let\'s Adjourn To The Garden</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 439px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4269735860/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://hiddenshoal.bandcamp.com/album/lets-adjourn-to-the-garden\">Let&#39;s Adjourn To The Garden by Tangled Star</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>Let’s Adjourn To The Garden</em> sees Craig Hallsworth’s Tangled Star project shift gears while continuing to distill the inimitable songcraft Hallsworth is so well known for. <em>Let’s Adjourn To The Garden</em> is, in typically contrarian fashion, their least bucolic offering yet, blending more driving power-pop flavours into their distinctive soup of song. Hallsworth’s wonderful dust-and-liquor-coated vocals and twisting lyrics combine with exultant shifts and melodic detours allowing the music to make once familiar territory somehow foreign and offset.</p><p>Tracks such as ‘Head In The Sand’ and ‘Hasn’t Made For Freedom’ streamline Tangled Star’s brilliant hooks and melodic turns into immediately addictive and electric slices of slow burn power-pop. ‘Attic Space Conversion #1’ exemplifies the band\'s compositional and stylistic shifts even more, stitching rousing ramshackle rock with almost Doors’esque cosmic guitar pop. And there amidst the fuzz and driving drums lay some quiet gems in the beautifully stripped back, drumless guitar pop of ‘99% Ok’ and ‘Someone’s Walking’. Just when you think you have the album pegged, the final track ‘Theme’ takes a left turn employing sweeping synths and electronic percussion in some sort of beatific yet melancholic final postcard to the world.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>That Time</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1037527548/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://hiddenshoal.bandcamp.com/album/that-time\">That Time by Tangled Star</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>That Time</em> sees Tangled Star at their most immediately accessible and deliciously hooky. Like a trapdoor spider hidden by a welcome doormat, the band lay an easy invitation to the unsuspecting listener, only to unleash a series of inimitable pop hooks and subtle detours. The EP typifies Tangled Star’s ability to craft songs that reveal fresh dimensions with each listen.</p><p><em>That Time</em> features the stunning single ‘seabirdtown’. The track opens with the expansive open-air sound of Pink Floyd-style organs and spatial guitars before falling into an earthbound shuffle and a taste of a lush, full-band sound for Tangled Star. The song’s gradual build to a towering edifice of glowing overdriven guitar, droning organ and harmony vocals is topped off by an echoed guitar line that sketches glistening arcs in the stratosphere. The single is indicative of <em>That Time</em>’s strengths as a louder, more flowing version of the melodic, evocative spaces of Tangled Star’s twilight pop songs.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Our Man From Eden Hill</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 550px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1679006704/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/the-licence-to-interpret-dreams\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams by Antonymes</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> is the Hidden Shoal debut release by neo-classical/minimal ambient artist Antonymes. 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. 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’. Single ‘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.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>It\'s Now Or Later</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 340px;\" src=\"https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1236131791/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://hiddenshoal.bandcamp.com/album/its-now-or-later\">It&#39;s Now or Later by Tangled Star</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>It’s Now or Later</em> charts a journey across once familiar land yet through its exultant shifts and wandering detours manages to make everything feel new again. The album’s title talks to the wonderful paradox that is infused within each song both musically and lyrically. This is the apathetic’s guide to caring too much.</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p align=\"justify\">In the late 90s, Outstation (Craig Hallsworth, guitars and singing; Jim Butterworth, bass; Jamie Hamilton, drums), a sonic monstrosity, began playing a lot of quiet tunes, and eventually turned into Tangled Star. Lorne Clements (Hammond Organ, Piano) became involved. Then Jamie Hamilton left, and was replaced by a drum machine, and Jim became its programmer.</p><p align=\"justify\">The T-Star quietly went about its business for a few years in Jim’s back shed and in Lorne’s living room. They played only a handful of live shows, but recorded two albums with Alan Smith from Bergerk! Recordings – the self-titled debut, and It’s Now Or Later (to be released through Hidden Shoal Recordings November, 2006).</p><p><strong>Craig Hallsworth:</strong><br /> Born 1964 in Collie South-West Western Australia – land that belongs to the Noongar People. Fatally infected with AM radio that plays constantly throughout childhood, in the house and in the car. Begins playing guitar and writing songs around 8 or 9 years of age. Magazines and records. Sitting alone in a room playing and singing into a cassette recorder. String of bands. Loses virginity after a gig at the Narrogin Hotel. Moves to Perth in the mid 80s upon completion of welding apprenticeship in the coal mines. Over next 15 years or so plays in The Bamboos, The Healers, wild palms, Zuvuya, Outstation, Tangled Star, as well as many solo performances and recordings. Currently writing an experimental book-length poem and playing in The Slow Beings.</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3>[catlist name=tangled-star-news content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h2>Reviews</h2>[catlist name=tangled-star-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star-Lets_Adjourn.pdf\"><em>Let’s Adjourn To The Garden</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star-Head_in_the_Sand.pdf\">‘Head In The Sand’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star_That_Time_EP.pdf\"><em>That Time</em> EP</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star-Our_Man_in_Eden_Hill_CD_Re-Issue.pdf\"><em>Our Man In Eden Hill</em> EP</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star_Mini_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>It’s Now Or Later</em> Mini-Album Release</a>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p>[gallery columns=\"2\" ids=\"9201,9196\"][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p> No videos yet, sorry!</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>Tangled Star\'s music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Tangled Star','','inherit','open','open','','9181-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 09:29:36','2014-07-04 09:29:36','',9181,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9181-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9205,1,'2014-07-05 00:20:35','2014-07-05 00:20:35','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Tangled Star</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9196\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/T-Star_Band_Photo1-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"Tangled Star\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" /></a><em>“<em>something that ripples, radiates and blossoms amid a dressage of shimmering keys and softly burnt riff cascades which had us much in mind of Hefner shimmying with the Clientele at times.</em>”</em> –<strong> Losing Today<br /> </strong></p><p>Distilling elements of indie rock and alt country married with Craig Hallsworth’s wonderful dust and liquor coated vocals and twisting lyrics, Tangled Star weaves their own magic place. Through the musics exultant shifts and wandering detours the band manages to make once familiar territory foreign and offset.</p><p><strong> </strong></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Let\'s Adjourn To The Garden</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 439px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4269735860/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://hiddenshoal.bandcamp.com/album/lets-adjourn-to-the-garden\">Let\'s Adjourn To The Garden by Tangled Star</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>Let’s Adjourn To The Garden</em> sees Craig Hallsworth’s Tangled Star project shift gears while continuing to distill the inimitable songcraft Hallsworth is so well known for. <em>Let’s Adjourn To The Garden</em> is, in typically contrarian fashion, their least bucolic offering yet, blending more driving power-pop flavours into their distinctive soup of song. Hallsworth’s wonderful dust-and-liquor-coated vocals and twisting lyrics combine with exultant shifts and melodic detours allowing the music to make once familiar territory somehow foreign and offset.</p><p>Tracks such as ‘Head In The Sand’ and ‘Hasn’t Made For Freedom’ streamline Tangled Star’s brilliant hooks and melodic turns into immediately addictive and electric slices of slow burn power-pop. ‘Attic Space Conversion #1’ exemplifies the band\'s compositional and stylistic shifts even more, stitching rousing ramshackle rock with almost Doors’esque cosmic guitar pop. And there amidst the fuzz and driving drums lay some quiet gems in the beautifully stripped back, drumless guitar pop of ‘99% Ok’ and ‘Someone’s Walking’. Just when you think you have the album pegged, the final track ‘Theme’ takes a left turn employing sweeping synths and electronic percussion in some sort of beatific yet melancholic final postcard to the world.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>That Time</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1037527548/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://hiddenshoal.bandcamp.com/album/that-time\">That Time by Tangled Star</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>That Time</em> sees Tangled Star at their most immediately accessible and deliciously hooky. Like a trapdoor spider hidden by a welcome doormat, the band lay an easy invitation to the unsuspecting listener, only to unleash a series of inimitable pop hooks and subtle detours. The EP typifies Tangled Star’s ability to craft songs that reveal fresh dimensions with each listen.</p><p><em>That Time</em> features the stunning single ‘seabirdtown’. The track opens with the expansive open-air sound of Pink Floyd-style organs and spatial guitars before falling into an earthbound shuffle and a taste of a lush, full-band sound for Tangled Star. The song’s gradual build to a towering edifice of glowing overdriven guitar, droning organ and harmony vocals is topped off by an echoed guitar line that sketches glistening arcs in the stratosphere. The single is indicative of <em>That Time</em>’s strengths as a louder, more flowing version of the melodic, evocative spaces of Tangled Star’s twilight pop songs.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Our Man From Eden Hill</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 400px; height: 307px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2416987741/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://tangled-star.bandcamp.com/album/our-man-in-eden-hill\">Our Man in Eden Hill by Tangled Star</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> is the Hidden Shoal debut release by neo-classical/minimal ambient artist Antonymes. 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. 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’. Single ‘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.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>It\'s Now Or Later</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 340px;\" src=\"https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1236131791/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://hiddenshoal.bandcamp.com/album/its-now-or-later\">It\'s Now or Later by Tangled Star</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>It’s Now or Later</em> charts a journey across once familiar land yet through its exultant shifts and wandering detours manages to make everything feel new again. The album’s title talks to the wonderful paradox that is infused within each song both musically and lyrically. This is the apathetic’s guide to caring too much.</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p align=\"justify\">In the late 90s, Outstation (Craig Hallsworth, guitars and singing; Jim Butterworth, bass; Jamie Hamilton, drums), a sonic monstrosity, began playing a lot of quiet tunes, and eventually turned into Tangled Star. Lorne Clements (Hammond Organ, Piano) became involved. Then Jamie Hamilton left, and was replaced by a drum machine, and Jim became its programmer.</p><p align=\"justify\">The T-Star quietly went about its business for a few years in Jim’s back shed and in Lorne’s living room. They played only a handful of live shows, but recorded two albums with Alan Smith from Bergerk! Recordings – the self-titled debut, and It’s Now Or Later (to be released through Hidden Shoal Recordings November, 2006).</p><p><strong>Craig Hallsworth:</strong><br /> Born 1964 in Collie South-West Western Australia – land that belongs to the Noongar People. Fatally infected with AM radio that plays constantly throughout childhood, in the house and in the car. Begins playing guitar and writing songs around 8 or 9 years of age. Magazines and records. Sitting alone in a room playing and singing into a cassette recorder. String of bands. Loses virginity after a gig at the Narrogin Hotel. Moves to Perth in the mid 80s upon completion of welding apprenticeship in the coal mines. Over next 15 years or so plays in The Bamboos, The Healers, wild palms, Zuvuya, Outstation, Tangled Star, as well as many solo performances and recordings. Currently writing an experimental book-length poem and playing in The Slow Beings.</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3>[catlist name=tangled-star-news content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h2>Reviews</h2>[catlist name=tangled-star-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star-Lets_Adjourn.pdf\"><em>Let’s Adjourn To The Garden</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star-Head_in_the_Sand.pdf\">‘Head In The Sand’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star_That_Time_EP.pdf\"><em>That Time</em> EP</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star-Our_Man_in_Eden_Hill_CD_Re-Issue.pdf\"><em>Our Man In Eden Hill</em> EP</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star_Mini_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>It’s Now Or Later</em> Mini-Album Release</a>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p>[gallery columns=\"2\" ids=\"9201,9196\"][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p> No videos yet, sorry!</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>Tangled Star\'s music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Tangled Star','','inherit','open','open','','9181-revision-v1','','','2014-07-05 00:20:35','2014-07-05 00:20:35','',9181,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9181-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9204,1,'2014-07-04 09:31:10','2014-07-04 09:31:10','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Tangled Star</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9196\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/T-Star_Band_Photo1-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"Tangled Star\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" /></a><em>“<em>something that ripples, radiates and blossoms amid a dressage of shimmering keys and softly burnt riff cascades which had us much in mind of Hefner shimmying with the Clientele at times.</em>”</em> –<strong> Losing Today<br /> </strong></p><p>Distilling elements of indie rock and alt country married with Craig Hallsworth’s wonderful dust and liquor coated vocals and twisting lyrics, Tangled Star weaves their own magic place. Through the musics exultant shifts and wandering detours the band manages to make once familiar territory foreign and offset.</p><p><strong> </strong></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Let\'s Adjourn To The Garden</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 439px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4269735860/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://hiddenshoal.bandcamp.com/album/lets-adjourn-to-the-garden\">Let\'s Adjourn To The Garden by Tangled Star</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>Let’s Adjourn To The Garden</em> sees Craig Hallsworth’s Tangled Star project shift gears while continuing to distill the inimitable songcraft Hallsworth is so well known for. <em>Let’s Adjourn To The Garden</em> is, in typically contrarian fashion, their least bucolic offering yet, blending more driving power-pop flavours into their distinctive soup of song. Hallsworth’s wonderful dust-and-liquor-coated vocals and twisting lyrics combine with exultant shifts and melodic detours allowing the music to make once familiar territory somehow foreign and offset.</p><p>Tracks such as ‘Head In The Sand’ and ‘Hasn’t Made For Freedom’ streamline Tangled Star’s brilliant hooks and melodic turns into immediately addictive and electric slices of slow burn power-pop. ‘Attic Space Conversion #1’ exemplifies the band\'s compositional and stylistic shifts even more, stitching rousing ramshackle rock with almost Doors’esque cosmic guitar pop. And there amidst the fuzz and driving drums lay some quiet gems in the beautifully stripped back, drumless guitar pop of ‘99% Ok’ and ‘Someone’s Walking’. Just when you think you have the album pegged, the final track ‘Theme’ takes a left turn employing sweeping synths and electronic percussion in some sort of beatific yet melancholic final postcard to the world.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>That Time</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1037527548/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://hiddenshoal.bandcamp.com/album/that-time\">That Time by Tangled Star</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>That Time</em> sees Tangled Star at their most immediately accessible and deliciously hooky. Like a trapdoor spider hidden by a welcome doormat, the band lay an easy invitation to the unsuspecting listener, only to unleash a series of inimitable pop hooks and subtle detours. The EP typifies Tangled Star’s ability to craft songs that reveal fresh dimensions with each listen.</p><p><em>That Time</em> features the stunning single ‘seabirdtown’. The track opens with the expansive open-air sound of Pink Floyd-style organs and spatial guitars before falling into an earthbound shuffle and a taste of a lush, full-band sound for Tangled Star. The song’s gradual build to a towering edifice of glowing overdriven guitar, droning organ and harmony vocals is topped off by an echoed guitar line that sketches glistening arcs in the stratosphere. The single is indicative of <em>That Time</em>’s strengths as a louder, more flowing version of the melodic, evocative spaces of Tangled Star’s twilight pop songs.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Our Man From Eden Hill</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 550px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1679006704/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/the-licence-to-interpret-dreams\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams by Antonymes</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> is the Hidden Shoal debut release by neo-classical/minimal ambient artist Antonymes. 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. 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’. Single ‘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.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>It\'s Now Or Later</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 340px;\" src=\"https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1236131791/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://hiddenshoal.bandcamp.com/album/its-now-or-later\">It\'s Now or Later by Tangled Star</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>It’s Now or Later</em> charts a journey across once familiar land yet through its exultant shifts and wandering detours manages to make everything feel new again. The album’s title talks to the wonderful paradox that is infused within each song both musically and lyrically. This is the apathetic’s guide to caring too much.</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p align=\"justify\">In the late 90s, Outstation (Craig Hallsworth, guitars and singing; Jim Butterworth, bass; Jamie Hamilton, drums), a sonic monstrosity, began playing a lot of quiet tunes, and eventually turned into Tangled Star. Lorne Clements (Hammond Organ, Piano) became involved. Then Jamie Hamilton left, and was replaced by a drum machine, and Jim became its programmer.</p><p align=\"justify\">The T-Star quietly went about its business for a few years in Jim’s back shed and in Lorne’s living room. They played only a handful of live shows, but recorded two albums with Alan Smith from Bergerk! Recordings – the self-titled debut, and It’s Now Or Later (to be released through Hidden Shoal Recordings November, 2006).</p><p><strong>Craig Hallsworth:</strong><br /> Born 1964 in Collie South-West Western Australia – land that belongs to the Noongar People. Fatally infected with AM radio that plays constantly throughout childhood, in the house and in the car. Begins playing guitar and writing songs around 8 or 9 years of age. Magazines and records. Sitting alone in a room playing and singing into a cassette recorder. String of bands. Loses virginity after a gig at the Narrogin Hotel. Moves to Perth in the mid 80s upon completion of welding apprenticeship in the coal mines. Over next 15 years or so plays in The Bamboos, The Healers, wild palms, Zuvuya, Outstation, Tangled Star, as well as many solo performances and recordings. Currently writing an experimental book-length poem and playing in The Slow Beings.</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3>[catlist name=tangled-star-news content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h2>Reviews</h2>[catlist name=tangled-star-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star-Lets_Adjourn.pdf\"><em>Let’s Adjourn To The Garden</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star-Head_in_the_Sand.pdf\">‘Head In The Sand’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star_That_Time_EP.pdf\"><em>That Time</em> EP</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star-Our_Man_in_Eden_Hill_CD_Re-Issue.pdf\"><em>Our Man In Eden Hill</em> EP</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star_Mini_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>It’s Now Or Later</em> Mini-Album Release</a>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p>[gallery columns=\"2\" ids=\"9201,9196\"][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p> No videos yet, sorry!</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>Tangled Star\'s music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Tangled Star','','inherit','open','open','','9181-revision-v1','','','2014-07-04 09:31:10','2014-07-04 09:31:10','',9181,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9181-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9206,1,'2014-07-05 00:21:15','2014-07-05 00:21:15','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]\r\n<h1>Tangled Star</h1>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9196\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/T-Star_Band_Photo1-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"Tangled Star\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" /></a><em>“<em>something that ripples, radiates and blossoms amid a dressage of shimmering keys and softly burnt riff cascades which had us much in mind of Hefner shimmying with the Clientele at times.</em>”</em> –<strong> Losing Today\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nDistilling elements of indie rock and alt country married with Craig Hallsworth’s wonderful dust and liquor coated vocals and twisting lyrics, Tangled Star weaves their own magic place. Through the musics exultant shifts and wandering detours the band manages to make once familiar territory foreign and offset.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Let\'s Adjourn To The Garden</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 439px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4269735860/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://hiddenshoal.bandcamp.com/album/lets-adjourn-to-the-garden\">Let\'s Adjourn To The Garden by Tangled Star</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<em>Let’s Adjourn To The Garden</em> sees Craig Hallsworth’s Tangled Star project shift gears while continuing to distill the inimitable songcraft Hallsworth is so well known for. <em>Let’s Adjourn To The Garden</em> is, in typically contrarian fashion, their least bucolic offering yet, blending more driving power-pop flavours into their distinctive soup of song. Hallsworth’s wonderful dust-and-liquor-coated vocals and twisting lyrics combine with exultant shifts and melodic detours allowing the music to make once familiar territory somehow foreign and offset.\r\n\r\nTracks such as ‘Head In The Sand’ and ‘Hasn’t Made For Freedom’ streamline Tangled Star’s brilliant hooks and melodic turns into immediately addictive and electric slices of slow burn power-pop. ‘Attic Space Conversion #1’ exemplifies the band\'s compositional and stylistic shifts even more, stitching rousing ramshackle rock with almost Doors’esque cosmic guitar pop. And there amidst the fuzz and driving drums lay some quiet gems in the beautifully stripped back, drumless guitar pop of ‘99% Ok’ and ‘Someone’s Walking’. Just when you think you have the album pegged, the final track ‘Theme’ takes a left turn employing sweeping synths and electronic percussion in some sort of beatific yet melancholic final postcard to the world.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>That Time</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1037527548/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://hiddenshoal.bandcamp.com/album/that-time\">That Time by Tangled Star</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<em>That Time</em> sees Tangled Star at their most immediately accessible and deliciously hooky. Like a trapdoor spider hidden by a welcome doormat, the band lay an easy invitation to the unsuspecting listener, only to unleash a series of inimitable pop hooks and subtle detours. The EP typifies Tangled Star’s ability to craft songs that reveal fresh dimensions with each listen.\r\n\r\n<em>That Time</em> features the stunning single ‘seabirdtown’. The track opens with the expansive open-air sound of Pink Floyd-style organs and spatial guitars before falling into an earthbound shuffle and a taste of a lush, full-band sound for Tangled Star. The song’s gradual build to a towering edifice of glowing overdriven guitar, droning organ and harmony vocals is topped off by an echoed guitar line that sketches glistening arcs in the stratosphere. The single is indicative of <em>That Time</em>’s strengths as a louder, more flowing version of the melodic, evocative spaces of Tangled Star’s twilight pop songs.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Our Man From Eden Hill</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 400px; height: 307px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2416987741/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://tangled-star.bandcamp.com/album/our-man-in-eden-hill\">Our Man in Eden Hill by Tangled Star</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> is the Hidden Shoal debut release by neo-classical/minimal ambient artist Antonymes. 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. 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’. Single ‘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.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>It\'s Now Or Later</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 340px;\" src=\"https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1236131791/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://hiddenshoal.bandcamp.com/album/its-now-or-later\">It\'s Now or Later by Tangled Star</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<em>It’s Now or Later</em> charts a journey across once familiar land yet through its exultant shifts and wandering detours manages to make everything feel new again. The album’s title talks to the wonderful paradox that is infused within each song both musically and lyrically. This is the apathetic’s guide to caring too much.\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\n<p align=\"justify\">In the late 90s, Outstation (Craig Hallsworth, guitars and singing; Jim Butterworth, bass; Jamie Hamilton, drums), a sonic monstrosity, began playing a lot of quiet tunes, and eventually turned into Tangled Star. Lorne Clements (Hammond Organ, Piano) became involved. Then Jamie Hamilton left, and was replaced by a drum machine, and Jim became its programmer.</p>\r\n<p align=\"justify\">The T-Star quietly went about its business for a few years in Jim’s back shed and in Lorne’s living room. They played only a handful of live shows, but recorded two albums with Alan Smith from Bergerk! Recordings – the self-titled debut, and It’s Now Or Later (to be released through Hidden Shoal Recordings November, 2006).</p>\r\n<strong>Craig Hallsworth:</strong>\r\nBorn 1964 in Collie South-West Western Australia – land that belongs to the Noongar People. Fatally infected with AM radio that plays constantly throughout childhood, in the house and in the car. Begins playing guitar and writing songs around 8 or 9 years of age. Magazines and records. Sitting alone in a room playing and singing into a cassette recorder. String of bands. Loses virginity after a gig at the Narrogin Hotel. Moves to Perth in the mid 80s upon completion of welding apprenticeship in the coal mines. Over next 15 years or so plays in The Bamboos, The Healers, wild palms, Zuvuya, Outstation, Tangled Star, as well as many solo performances and recordings. Currently writing an experimental book-length poem and playing in The Slow Beings.\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=tangled-star-news content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=tangled-star-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star-Lets_Adjourn.pdf\"><em>Let’s Adjourn To The Garden</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star-Head_in_the_Sand.pdf\">‘Head In The Sand’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star_That_Time_EP.pdf\"><em>That Time</em> EP</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star-Our_Man_in_Eden_Hill_CD_Re-Issue.pdf\"><em>Our Man In Eden Hill</em> EP</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star_Mini_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>It’s Now Or Later</em> Mini-Album Release</a>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[gallery columns=\"2\" ids=\"9201,9196\"]\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\nNo videos yet, sorry!\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\nTangled Star\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Tangled Star','','inherit','open','open','','9181-revision-v1','','','2014-07-05 00:21:15','2014-07-05 00:21:15','',9181,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9181-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9207,1,'2014-07-05 00:22:21','2014-07-05 00:22:21','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Tangled Star</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9196\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/T-Star_Band_Photo1-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"Tangled Star\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" /></a><em>“<em>something that ripples, radiates and blossoms amid a dressage of shimmering keys and softly burnt riff cascades which had us much in mind of Hefner shimmying with the Clientele at times.</em>”</em> –<strong> Losing Today<br /> </strong></p><p>Distilling elements of indie rock and alt country married with Craig Hallsworth’s wonderful dust and liquor coated vocals and twisting lyrics, Tangled Star weaves their own magic place. Through the musics exultant shifts and wandering detours the band manages to make once familiar territory foreign and offset.</p><p><strong> </strong></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Let\'s Adjourn To The Garden</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 439px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4269735860/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://hiddenshoal.bandcamp.com/album/lets-adjourn-to-the-garden\">Let\'s Adjourn To The Garden by Tangled Star</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>Let’s Adjourn To The Garden</em> sees Craig Hallsworth’s Tangled Star project shift gears while continuing to distill the inimitable songcraft Hallsworth is so well known for. <em>Let’s Adjourn To The Garden</em> is, in typically contrarian fashion, their least bucolic offering yet, blending more driving power-pop flavours into their distinctive soup of song. Hallsworth’s wonderful dust-and-liquor-coated vocals and twisting lyrics combine with exultant shifts and melodic detours allowing the music to make once familiar territory somehow foreign and offset.</p><p>Tracks such as ‘Head In The Sand’ and ‘Hasn’t Made For Freedom’ streamline Tangled Star’s brilliant hooks and melodic turns into immediately addictive and electric slices of slow burn power-pop. ‘Attic Space Conversion #1’ exemplifies the band\'s compositional and stylistic shifts even more, stitching rousing ramshackle rock with almost Doors’esque cosmic guitar pop. And there amidst the fuzz and driving drums lay some quiet gems in the beautifully stripped back, drumless guitar pop of ‘99% Ok’ and ‘Someone’s Walking’. Just when you think you have the album pegged, the final track ‘Theme’ takes a left turn employing sweeping synths and electronic percussion in some sort of beatific yet melancholic final postcard to the world.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>That Time</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1037527548/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://hiddenshoal.bandcamp.com/album/that-time\">That Time by Tangled Star</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>That Time</em> sees Tangled Star at their most immediately accessible and deliciously hooky. Like a trapdoor spider hidden by a welcome doormat, the band lay an easy invitation to the unsuspecting listener, only to unleash a series of inimitable pop hooks and subtle detours. The EP typifies Tangled Star’s ability to craft songs that reveal fresh dimensions with each listen.</p><p><em>That Time</em> features the stunning single ‘seabirdtown’. The track opens with the expansive open-air sound of Pink Floyd-style organs and spatial guitars before falling into an earthbound shuffle and a taste of a lush, full-band sound for Tangled Star. The song’s gradual build to a towering edifice of glowing overdriven guitar, droning organ and harmony vocals is topped off by an echoed guitar line that sketches glistening arcs in the stratosphere. The single is indicative of <em>That Time</em>’s strengths as a louder, more flowing version of the melodic, evocative spaces of Tangled Star’s twilight pop songs.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Our Man From Eden Hill</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 400px; height: 307px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2416987741/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://tangled-star.bandcamp.com/album/our-man-in-eden-hill\">Our Man in Eden Hill by Tangled Star</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> is the Hidden Shoal debut release by neo-classical/minimal ambient artist Antonymes. 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. 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’. Single ‘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.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>It\'s Now Or Later</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 340px;\" src=\"https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1236131791/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://hiddenshoal.bandcamp.com/album/its-now-or-later\">It\'s Now or Later by Tangled Star</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>It’s Now or Later</em> charts a journey across once familiar land yet through its exultant shifts and wandering detours manages to make everything feel new again. The album’s title talks to the wonderful paradox that is infused within each song both musically and lyrically. This is the apathetic’s guide to caring too much.</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p align=\"justify\">In the late 90s, Outstation (Craig Hallsworth, guitars and singing; Jim Butterworth, bass; Jamie Hamilton, drums), a sonic monstrosity, began playing a lot of quiet tunes, and eventually turned into Tangled Star. Lorne Clements (Hammond Organ, Piano) became involved. Then Jamie Hamilton left, and was replaced by a drum machine, and Jim became its programmer.</p><p align=\"justify\">The T-Star quietly went about its business for a few years in Jim’s back shed and in Lorne’s living room. They played only a handful of live shows, but recorded two albums with Alan Smith from Bergerk! Recordings – the self-titled debut, and It’s Now Or Later (to be released through Hidden Shoal Recordings November, 2006).</p><p><strong>Craig Hallsworth:</strong><br /> Born 1964 in Collie South-West Western Australia – land that belongs to the Noongar People. Fatally infected with AM radio that plays constantly throughout childhood, in the house and in the car. Begins playing guitar and writing songs around 8 or 9 years of age. Magazines and records. Sitting alone in a room playing and singing into a cassette recorder. String of bands. Loses virginity after a gig at the Narrogin Hotel. Moves to Perth in the mid 80s upon completion of welding apprenticeship in the coal mines. Over next 15 years or so plays in The Bamboos, The Healers, wild palms, Zuvuya, Outstation, Tangled Star, as well as many solo performances and recordings. Currently writing an experimental book-length poem and playing in The Slow Beings.</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3>[catlist name=tangled-star-news content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h2>Reviews</h2>[catlist name=tangled-star-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star-Lets_Adjourn.pdf\"><em>Let’s Adjourn To The Garden</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star-Head_in_the_Sand.pdf\">‘Head In The Sand’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star_That_Time_EP.pdf\"><em>That Time</em> EP</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star-Our_Man_in_Eden_Hill_CD_Re-Issue.pdf\"><em>Our Man In Eden Hill</em> EP</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star_Mini_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>It’s Now Or Later</em> Mini-Album Release</a>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p>[gallery columns=\"2\" ids=\"9201,9196\"][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p>No videos yet, sorry!</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>Tangled Star\'s music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Tangled Star','','inherit','open','open','','9181-revision-v1','','','2014-07-05 00:22:21','2014-07-05 00:22:21','',9181,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9181-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9208,1,'2014-07-05 00:27:02','2014-07-05 00:27:02','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Tangled Star</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9196\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/T-Star_Band_Photo1-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"Tangled Star\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" /></a><em>“<em>something that ripples, radiates and blossoms amid a dressage of shimmering keys and softly burnt riff cascades which had us much in mind of Hefner shimmying with the Clientele at times.</em>”</em> –<strong> Losing Today<br /> </strong></p><p>Distilling elements of indie rock and alt country married with Craig Hallsworth’s wonderful dust and liquor coated vocals and twisting lyrics, Tangled Star weaves their own magic place. Through the musics exultant shifts and wandering detours the band manages to make once familiar territory foreign and offset.</p><p><strong> </strong></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Let\'s Adjourn To The Garden</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 439px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4269735860/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://hiddenshoal.bandcamp.com/album/lets-adjourn-to-the-garden\">Let\'s Adjourn To The Garden by Tangled Star</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>Let’s Adjourn To The Garden</em> sees Craig Hallsworth’s Tangled Star project shift gears while continuing to distill the inimitable songcraft Hallsworth is so well known for. <em>Let’s Adjourn To The Garden</em> is, in typically contrarian fashion, their least bucolic offering yet, blending more driving power-pop flavours into their distinctive soup of song. Hallsworth’s wonderful dust-and-liquor-coated vocals and twisting lyrics combine with exultant shifts and melodic detours allowing the music to make once familiar territory somehow foreign and offset.</p><p>Tracks such as ‘Head In The Sand’ and ‘Hasn’t Made For Freedom’ streamline Tangled Star’s brilliant hooks and melodic turns into immediately addictive and electric slices of slow burn power-pop. ‘Attic Space Conversion #1’ exemplifies the band\'s compositional and stylistic shifts even more, stitching rousing ramshackle rock with almost Doors’esque cosmic guitar pop. And there amidst the fuzz and driving drums lay some quiet gems in the beautifully stripped back, drumless guitar pop of ‘99% Ok’ and ‘Someone’s Walking’. Just when you think you have the album pegged, the final track ‘Theme’ takes a left turn employing sweeping synths and electronic percussion in some sort of beatific yet melancholic final postcard to the world.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>That Time</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1037527548/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://hiddenshoal.bandcamp.com/album/that-time\">That Time by Tangled Star</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>That Time</em> sees Tangled Star at their most immediately accessible and deliciously hooky. Like a trapdoor spider hidden by a welcome doormat, the band lay an easy invitation to the unsuspecting listener, only to unleash a series of inimitable pop hooks and subtle detours. The EP typifies Tangled Star’s ability to craft songs that reveal fresh dimensions with each listen.</p><p><em>That Time</em> features the stunning single ‘seabirdtown’. The track opens with the expansive open-air sound of Pink Floyd-style organs and spatial guitars before falling into an earthbound shuffle and a taste of a lush, full-band sound for Tangled Star. The song’s gradual build to a towering edifice of glowing overdriven guitar, droning organ and harmony vocals is topped off by an echoed guitar line that sketches glistening arcs in the stratosphere. The single is indicative of <em>That Time</em>’s strengths as a louder, more flowing version of the melodic, evocative spaces of Tangled Star’s twilight pop songs.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Our Man From Eden Hill</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 307px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2416987741/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://tangled-star.bandcamp.com/album/our-man-in-eden-hill\">Our Man in Eden Hill by Tangled Star</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>Our Man in Eden Hil</em>l sees Tangled Star building on their wonderfully received debut outing through Hidden Shoal, <em>It’s Now or Later</em>. Musically the EP toys with the frayed edges of country, pop and indie, while in part infusing a sense of space and possibility familiar to fans of the classic <em>Dark Side of the Moon</em>. As with their debut EP, <em>Our Man in Eden Hill</em>’s surface often belies its musical and emotional interior. Through its gentle shifts and directed detours, the EP manages to make once familiar territory foreign and offset. As chief songwriter and lyricist Craig Hallsworth explains,</p><p>“If these songs are simple, they are only apparently so. To me, they are only beginning to really work when they are able to express a space of becoming... There are strange warnings and advice, mysterious imperatives and entreaties... I see the lyrics as working for and against themselves, as well as for and against the music, generating a plane of momentary, shifting affective states. There is comic desperation folded into offhand profundity. There is something depressing and defeating suddenly transformed into a rare kind of pleasure and privilege. There are secrets with nothing to hide. There is one last chance after another…” - Craig Hallsworth</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>It\'s Now Or Later</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 340px;\" src=\"https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1236131791/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://hiddenshoal.bandcamp.com/album/its-now-or-later\">It\'s Now or Later by Tangled Star</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>It’s Now or Later</em> charts a journey across once familiar land yet through its exultant shifts and wandering detours manages to make everything feel new again. The album’s title talks to the wonderful paradox that is infused within each song both musically and lyrically. This is the apathetic’s guide to caring too much.</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p align=\"justify\">In the late 90s, Outstation (Craig Hallsworth, guitars and singing; Jim Butterworth, bass; Jamie Hamilton, drums), a sonic monstrosity, began playing a lot of quiet tunes, and eventually turned into Tangled Star. Lorne Clements (Hammond Organ, Piano) became involved. Then Jamie Hamilton left, and was replaced by a drum machine, and Jim became its programmer.</p><p align=\"justify\">The T-Star quietly went about its business for a few years in Jim’s back shed and in Lorne’s living room. They played only a handful of live shows, but recorded two albums with Alan Smith from Bergerk! Recordings – the self-titled debut, and It’s Now Or Later (to be released through Hidden Shoal Recordings November, 2006).</p><p><strong>Craig Hallsworth:</strong><br /> Born 1964 in Collie South-West Western Australia – land that belongs to the Noongar People. Fatally infected with AM radio that plays constantly throughout childhood, in the house and in the car. Begins playing guitar and writing songs around 8 or 9 years of age. Magazines and records. Sitting alone in a room playing and singing into a cassette recorder. String of bands. Loses virginity after a gig at the Narrogin Hotel. Moves to Perth in the mid 80s upon completion of welding apprenticeship in the coal mines. Over next 15 years or so plays in The Bamboos, The Healers, wild palms, Zuvuya, Outstation, Tangled Star, as well as many solo performances and recordings. Currently writing an experimental book-length poem and playing in The Slow Beings.</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3>[catlist name=tangled-star-news content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h2>Reviews</h2>[catlist name=tangled-star-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star-Lets_Adjourn.pdf\"><em>Let’s Adjourn To The Garden</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star-Head_in_the_Sand.pdf\">‘Head In The Sand’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star_That_Time_EP.pdf\"><em>That Time</em> EP</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star-Our_Man_in_Eden_Hill_CD_Re-Issue.pdf\"><em>Our Man In Eden Hill</em> EP</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Tangled_Star_Mini_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>It’s Now Or Later</em> Mini-Album Release</a>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p>[gallery columns=\"2\" ids=\"9201,9196\"][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p>No videos yet, sorry!</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>Tangled Star\'s music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Tangled Star','','inherit','open','open','','9181-revision-v1','','','2014-07-05 00:27:02','2014-07-05 00:27:02','',9181,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9181-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9214,1,'2014-07-07 23:56:00','2014-07-07 23:56:00','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>The Hero Cycle</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/TheHeroCycle5.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8931\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/TheHeroCycle5-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The Hero Cycle\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><em>\"The Hero Cycle are one of those rare bands that has the ability to mesh brilliant instrumentation, artistic lyrics, and great guitar indie pop melodies.\"</em> -  <strong>Your Standard Life</strong></p><p>With seven band members feeding into the mix The Hero Cycle create a joyously large, textured sound coupled with complex arrangements to produce a feel that is at once spontaneous and measured. The band possess that magic combination of sound and song, pooling all the ingredients of shoegaze rock and indie pop and distilling them into undeniably catchy and driving tunes.<strong>       </strong></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" height=\"5px\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Lakes & Ponds</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 307px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1036275707/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://theherocycle.bandcamp.com/album/lakes-ponds\">Lakes & Ponds by The Hero Cycle</a></iframe><br /> January 2007</p><div> </div><p>From the exultant indie rock joyride of \"Breathing In\" to the bursting pop immediacy of \"Lovers Crime\", \"Lakes and Ponds\" grabs you by the hand, tickles your palm and propels you into it\'s spacious and twisting trajectory. The EP manages that perfect balance between viscera and brains where pop hooks and songcraft walk hand in hand with a big layered sound.</p><div> </div><div> </div>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p>The Hero Cycle started in the Green Mountains of Vermont in 2005, combining the varied talents of drummer John Gorman, synthist Tom Kelly, and guitarists Mike Prall and Frank Smecker (ex-Drowningman and ex-Escapist). Soon after, the band quickly grew, including fellow Burlington residents Hannah Wall (Magogs) on keyboards, Shawn Flanagan (Fire the Cannons and ex-Starlight Conspiracy) on bass, and third guitarist Adam Fuller (The Year’s Best). Thus, The Hero Cycle’s unique sound has been shaped by the eclectic mix of energy brought forth by each individual member.</p><p>The band’s sound remains solid, despite the unique influences of the many members, and hopes to continue a successful trend of interesting and powerful performances as well as recordings. Bringing years of musical experience to the table, the project acts as a creative haven for everyone involved. The music demands attention. Overall, The Hero Cycle shares their musical tastes and influences of the 80′s to current day and emotional attachments to vice and pleasure with a hopeful ever evoloving crowd of music-lovers.</p><p><strong>Instrumentation</strong><br /> Frank Smecker – Guitar, Vocals<br /> John Gorman – Drums<br /> Mike Prall – Guitar<br /> Adam Fuller – Guitar<br /> Hannah Wall – Synth, Vocals<br /> Tom Kelly – Synth, Vocals<br /> Charlie Gerry – Bass<br /> Kristen L’Esperance – Art</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3><p> [catlist name=the-hero-cycle content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h2>Reviews</h2><p> </p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-The_Hero_Cycle_EP.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Lakes And Ponds EP Release</a></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p>[gallery columns=\"2\" ids=\"8927,8928,8929,8930,8931\"][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p>No videos yet, sorry!</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>The Hero Cycle\'s music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','The Hero Cycle','','inherit','open','open','','8922-revision-v1','','','2014-07-07 23:56:00','2014-07-07 23:56:00','',8922,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/8922-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9228,1,'2014-07-08 00:18:41','2014-07-08 00:18:41','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>The Hero Cycle</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/TheHeroCycle5.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8931\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/TheHeroCycle5-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The Hero Cycle\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><em>\"The Hero Cycle are one of those rare bands that has the ability to mesh brilliant instrumentation, artistic lyrics, and great guitar indie pop melodies.\"</em> -  <strong>Your Standard Life</strong></p><p>With seven band members feeding into the mix The Hero Cycle create a joyously large, textured sound coupled with complex arrangements to produce a feel that is at once spontaneous and measured. The band possess that magic combination of sound and song, pooling all the ingredients of shoegaze rock and indie pop and distilling them into undeniably catchy and driving tunes.<strong>       </strong></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" height=\"5px\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Lakes & Ponds</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 307px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1036275707/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://theherocycle.bandcamp.com/album/lakes-ponds\">Lakes & Ponds by The Hero Cycle</a></iframe><br /> January 2007</p><div> </div><p>From the exultant indie rock joyride of \"Breathing In\" to the bursting pop immediacy of \"Lovers Crime\", \"Lakes and Ponds\" grabs you by the hand, tickles your palm and propels you into it\'s spacious and twisting trajectory. The EP manages that perfect balance between viscera and brains where pop hooks and songcraft walk hand in hand with a big layered sound.</p><div> </div><div> </div>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p>The Hero Cycle started in the Green Mountains of Vermont in 2005, combining the varied talents of drummer John Gorman, synthist Tom Kelly, and guitarists Mike Prall and Frank Smecker (ex-Drowningman and ex-Escapist). Soon after, the band quickly grew, including fellow Burlington residents Hannah Wall (Magogs) on keyboards, Shawn Flanagan (Fire the Cannons and ex-Starlight Conspiracy) on bass, and third guitarist Adam Fuller (The Year’s Best). Thus, The Hero Cycle’s unique sound has been shaped by the eclectic mix of energy brought forth by each individual member.</p><p>The band’s sound remains solid, despite the unique influences of the many members, and hopes to continue a successful trend of interesting and powerful performances as well as recordings. Bringing years of musical experience to the table, the project acts as a creative haven for everyone involved. The music demands attention. Overall, The Hero Cycle shares their musical tastes and influences of the 80′s to current day and emotional attachments to vice and pleasure with a hopeful ever evoloving crowd of music-lovers.</p><p><strong>Instrumentation</strong><br /> Frank Smecker – Guitar, Vocals<br /> John Gorman – Drums<br /> Mike Prall – Guitar<br /> Adam Fuller – Guitar<br /> Hannah Wall – Synth, Vocals<br /> Tom Kelly – Synth, Vocals<br /> Charlie Gerry – Bass<br /> Kristen L’Esperance – Art</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3><p> [catlist name=the-hero-cycle content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h2>Reviews</h2><p> [catlist name=the-hero-cycle-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3><p> </p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p>[gallery columns=\"2\" ids=\"8927,8928,8929,8930,8931\"][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p>No videos yet, sorry!</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>The Hero Cycle\'s music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','The Hero Cycle','','inherit','open','open','','8922-revision-v1','','','2014-07-08 00:18:41','2014-07-08 00:18:41','',8922,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/8922-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9215,1,'2014-07-07 23:56:37','2014-07-07 23:56:37','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>The Hero Cycle</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/TheHeroCycle5.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8931\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/TheHeroCycle5-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The Hero Cycle\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><em>\"The Hero Cycle are one of those rare bands that has the ability to mesh brilliant instrumentation, artistic lyrics, and great guitar indie pop melodies.\"</em> -  <strong>Your Standard Life</strong></p><p>With seven band members feeding into the mix The Hero Cycle create a joyously large, textured sound coupled with complex arrangements to produce a feel that is at once spontaneous and measured. The band possess that magic combination of sound and song, pooling all the ingredients of shoegaze rock and indie pop and distilling them into undeniably catchy and driving tunes.<strong>       </strong></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" height=\"5px\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Lakes & Ponds</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 307px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1036275707/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://theherocycle.bandcamp.com/album/lakes-ponds\">Lakes & Ponds by The Hero Cycle</a></iframe><br /> January 2007</p><div> </div><p>From the exultant indie rock joyride of \"Breathing In\" to the bursting pop immediacy of \"Lovers Crime\", \"Lakes and Ponds\" grabs you by the hand, tickles your palm and propels you into it\'s spacious and twisting trajectory. The EP manages that perfect balance between viscera and brains where pop hooks and songcraft walk hand in hand with a big layered sound.</p><div> </div><div> </div>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p>The Hero Cycle started in the Green Mountains of Vermont in 2005, combining the varied talents of drummer John Gorman, synthist Tom Kelly, and guitarists Mike Prall and Frank Smecker (ex-Drowningman and ex-Escapist). Soon after, the band quickly grew, including fellow Burlington residents Hannah Wall (Magogs) on keyboards, Shawn Flanagan (Fire the Cannons and ex-Starlight Conspiracy) on bass, and third guitarist Adam Fuller (The Year’s Best). Thus, The Hero Cycle’s unique sound has been shaped by the eclectic mix of energy brought forth by each individual member.</p><p>The band’s sound remains solid, despite the unique influences of the many members, and hopes to continue a successful trend of interesting and powerful performances as well as recordings. Bringing years of musical experience to the table, the project acts as a creative haven for everyone involved. The music demands attention. Overall, The Hero Cycle shares their musical tastes and influences of the 80′s to current day and emotional attachments to vice and pleasure with a hopeful ever evoloving crowd of music-lovers.</p><p><strong>Instrumentation</strong><br /> Frank Smecker – Guitar, Vocals<br /> John Gorman – Drums<br /> Mike Prall – Guitar<br /> Adam Fuller – Guitar<br /> Hannah Wall – Synth, Vocals<br /> Tom Kelly – Synth, Vocals<br /> Charlie Gerry – Bass<br /> Kristen L’Esperance – Art</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3><p> [catlist name=the-hero-cycle content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h2>Reviews</h2><p> [catlist name=the-hero-cycle-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-The_Hero_Cycle_EP.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Lakes And Ponds EP Release</a></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p>[gallery columns=\"2\" ids=\"8927,8928,8929,8930,8931\"][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p>No videos yet, sorry!</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>The Hero Cycle\'s music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','The Hero Cycle','','inherit','open','open','','8922-revision-v1','','','2014-07-07 23:56:37','2014-07-07 23:56:37','',8922,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/8922-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9216,1,'2014-07-07 23:57:29','2014-07-07 23:57:29','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>The Hero Cycle</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/TheHeroCycle5.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8931\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/TheHeroCycle5-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The Hero Cycle\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><em>\"The Hero Cycle are one of those rare bands that has the ability to mesh brilliant instrumentation, artistic lyrics, and great guitar indie pop melodies.\"</em> -  <strong>Your Standard Life</strong></p><p>With seven band members feeding into the mix The Hero Cycle create a joyously large, textured sound coupled with complex arrangements to produce a feel that is at once spontaneous and measured. The band possess that magic combination of sound and song, pooling all the ingredients of shoegaze rock and indie pop and distilling them into undeniably catchy and driving tunes.<strong>       </strong></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" height=\"5px\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Lakes & Ponds</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 307px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1036275707/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://theherocycle.bandcamp.com/album/lakes-ponds\">Lakes & Ponds by The Hero Cycle</a></iframe><br /> January 2007</p><div> </div><p>From the exultant indie rock joyride of \"Breathing In\" to the bursting pop immediacy of \"Lovers Crime\", \"Lakes and Ponds\" grabs you by the hand, tickles your palm and propels you into it\'s spacious and twisting trajectory. The EP manages that perfect balance between viscera and brains where pop hooks and songcraft walk hand in hand with a big layered sound.</p><div> </div><div> </div>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p>The Hero Cycle started in the Green Mountains of Vermont in 2005, combining the varied talents of drummer John Gorman, synthist Tom Kelly, and guitarists Mike Prall and Frank Smecker (ex-Drowningman and ex-Escapist). Soon after, the band quickly grew, including fellow Burlington residents Hannah Wall (Magogs) on keyboards, Shawn Flanagan (Fire the Cannons and ex-Starlight Conspiracy) on bass, and third guitarist Adam Fuller (The Year’s Best). Thus, The Hero Cycle’s unique sound has been shaped by the eclectic mix of energy brought forth by each individual member.</p><p>The band’s sound remains solid, despite the unique influences of the many members, and hopes to continue a successful trend of interesting and powerful performances as well as recordings. Bringing years of musical experience to the table, the project acts as a creative haven for everyone involved. The music demands attention. Overall, The Hero Cycle shares their musical tastes and influences of the 80′s to current day and emotional attachments to vice and pleasure with a hopeful ever evoloving crowd of music-lovers.</p><p><strong>Instrumentation</strong><br /> Frank Smecker – Guitar, Vocals<br /> John Gorman – Drums<br /> Mike Prall – Guitar<br /> Adam Fuller – Guitar<br /> Hannah Wall – Synth, Vocals<br /> Tom Kelly – Synth, Vocals<br /> Charlie Gerry – Bass<br /> Kristen L’Esperance – Art</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3><p> [catlist name=the-hero-cycle content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h2>Reviews</h2><p> [catlist name=the-hero-cycle-reviews content=yes pagination=yes title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-The_Hero_Cycle_EP.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Lakes And Ponds EP Release</a></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p>[gallery columns=\"2\" ids=\"8927,8928,8929,8930,8931\"][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p>No videos yet, sorry!</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>The Hero Cycle\'s music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','The Hero Cycle','','inherit','open','open','','8922-revision-v1','','','2014-07-07 23:57:29','2014-07-07 23:57:29','',8922,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/8922-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9217,1,'2014-07-07 23:58:18','2014-07-07 23:58:18','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>The Hero Cycle</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/TheHeroCycle5.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8931\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/TheHeroCycle5-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The Hero Cycle\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><em>\"The Hero Cycle are one of those rare bands that has the ability to mesh brilliant instrumentation, artistic lyrics, and great guitar indie pop melodies.\"</em> -  <strong>Your Standard Life</strong></p><p>With seven band members feeding into the mix The Hero Cycle create a joyously large, textured sound coupled with complex arrangements to produce a feel that is at once spontaneous and measured. The band possess that magic combination of sound and song, pooling all the ingredients of shoegaze rock and indie pop and distilling them into undeniably catchy and driving tunes.<strong>       </strong></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" height=\"5px\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Lakes & Ponds</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 307px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1036275707/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://theherocycle.bandcamp.com/album/lakes-ponds\">Lakes & Ponds by The Hero Cycle</a></iframe><br /> January 2007</p><div> </div><p>From the exultant indie rock joyride of \"Breathing In\" to the bursting pop immediacy of \"Lovers Crime\", \"Lakes and Ponds\" grabs you by the hand, tickles your palm and propels you into it\'s spacious and twisting trajectory. The EP manages that perfect balance between viscera and brains where pop hooks and songcraft walk hand in hand with a big layered sound.</p><div> </div><div> </div>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p>The Hero Cycle started in the Green Mountains of Vermont in 2005, combining the varied talents of drummer John Gorman, synthist Tom Kelly, and guitarists Mike Prall and Frank Smecker (ex-Drowningman and ex-Escapist). Soon after, the band quickly grew, including fellow Burlington residents Hannah Wall (Magogs) on keyboards, Shawn Flanagan (Fire the Cannons and ex-Starlight Conspiracy) on bass, and third guitarist Adam Fuller (The Year’s Best). Thus, The Hero Cycle’s unique sound has been shaped by the eclectic mix of energy brought forth by each individual member.</p><p>The band’s sound remains solid, despite the unique influences of the many members, and hopes to continue a successful trend of interesting and powerful performances as well as recordings. Bringing years of musical experience to the table, the project acts as a creative haven for everyone involved. The music demands attention. Overall, The Hero Cycle shares their musical tastes and influences of the 80′s to current day and emotional attachments to vice and pleasure with a hopeful ever evoloving crowd of music-lovers.</p><p><strong>Instrumentation</strong><br /> Frank Smecker – Guitar, Vocals<br /> John Gorman – Drums<br /> Mike Prall – Guitar<br /> Adam Fuller – Guitar<br /> Hannah Wall – Synth, Vocals<br /> Tom Kelly – Synth, Vocals<br /> Charlie Gerry – Bass<br /> Kristen L’Esperance – Art</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3><p> [catlist name=the-hero-cycle content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h2>Reviews</h2><p> [catlist name=the-hero-cycle-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-The_Hero_Cycle_EP.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Lakes And Ponds EP Release</a></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p>[gallery columns=\"2\" ids=\"8927,8928,8929,8930,8931\"][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p>No videos yet, sorry!</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>The Hero Cycle\'s music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','The Hero Cycle','','inherit','open','open','','8922-revision-v1','','','2014-07-07 23:58:18','2014-07-07 23:58:18','',8922,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/8922-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9747,1,'2014-07-18 07:49:19','2014-07-18 07:49:19','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]\r\n<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\" /></a><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… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong>\r\n\r\nSlow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. As with Brian Eno’s finest moments and David Sylvian’s ambient explorations, Slow Dancing Society’s music manages to dissolve its temporal markers and speak about moments removed from time. It talks to the delicious flaws of memory and feeling whilst never sullying itself with literality or simple documentation.\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Cogent Sea</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 540px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=932115624/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-cogent-sea\">The Cogent Sea by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nSlow Dancing Society’s sixth album <em>The Cogent Sea</em> is another absorbing progression in Drew Sullivan’s mesmerising discography. The album continues the submersed exploration of Sullivan’s ’80s influences while also drawing upon an incredibly focused and cinematic ambient minimalism. There are trademark elements from across Slow Dancing Society’s stunning, critically acclaimed back catalogue, but rather than being throwbacks they present a continuity of narrative that is rarely found over such a large body of work. On single ‘A Clearing’, gently overlapping waves of synthesizer are suspended amid sustained tones, holding the listener transfixed before Sullivan’s trademark guitar sound gently brings the listener back down to earth, transformed. Second single ‘Pull’ is aptly titled, its droning radiance, warm piano chords and magnetic guitar figures pulling the listener irresistibly into its enveloping glow. This is Slow Dancing Society at his masterful, immersive best.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Laterna Magica</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3307423845/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/laterna-magica\">Laterna Magica by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nSlow Dancing Society’s fifth album <em>Laterna Magica</em> demonstrates another key progression in the Slow Dancing Society discography, which is becoming one of the essential bodies of work in contemporary ambient music. The tracks are underpinned by gorgeous guitar drift and warm synth wash, sparingly propelled by throbbing electronic undercurrents. From the soft-focus exhalation of ‘A Few Moments’, via the gleaming musical universe of recently released single ‘I’ll Leave A Light On’, through to the hypnotic pulse and drifting melancholic piano of finale ‘Tomorrow’s Another Day’, <em>Laterna Magica</em> is a definitive Slow Dancing Society release.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Under The Sodium Lights</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 373px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1884357437/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-sodium-lights\">Under The Sodium Lights by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nFollowing on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em>, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> 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 hypnotised state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance. First single ‘…and to the dust we shall return’ sees the gradual accretion of reverberant guitar tones, emerging from the silence as sparse reflections across the stereo field. Slow searching melodies overlap and accumulate before a descending bass figure carries the song home to its elegiac conclusion. From the luscious, tactile dream of ‘The Songs In Your Eyes’ to hopeful finale ‘Love Is On The Way’, <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.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Priest Lake Circa \'88</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3949085097/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/priest-lake-circa-88\">Priest Lake Circa \'88 by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nFollowing on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> is Drew Sullivan’s finest work to date. In essence, it is the second part of a double album that began with <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, acting as a long-distance conclusion to the double album’s narrative arc. <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and full. While the album draws its raw form from ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully crafted into something that could only ever find itself under the Slow Dancing Society moniker. The album 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.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Slow and Steady Winter</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1874510603/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow-and-steady-winter\">The Slow and Steady Winter by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nFrom the outset<em> The Slow and Steady Winter</em> sets itself up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour long and comprising of only eight tracks the album paints its majestic landscapes with both measure and purpose, unfolding a sound that moves from immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock. <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> is not concerned with singularity but rather the totality of experience. The album is a gorgeously choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter from the ice covered fields of ‘The Early Stages of Decline’ to the thawed warm edges of spring in ‘February Sun’. The album serves as a wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous work both in sound and mood. In part it presents a much darker vision while still radiating an ineffable sense of humanity and heart.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Sound of Lights When Dim</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=29030174/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-lights-when-dim\">The Sound Of Lights When Dim by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is a sumptuous unfolding ride towards a fading horizon. As with Eno’s finest moments and Sylvian’s ambient explorations, this work manages to dissolve its temporal markers and speak about moments removed from time. It talks to the delicious flaws of memory and feeling whilst never sullying itself with literality or simple documentation.\r\n<div></div>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\nSlow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.\r\n\r\nAt times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title] [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[gallery ids=\"9155,9156,9157,9158,9159,9160\"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/oRRxPZf5yO4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\nSlow Dancing Society\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"light\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','closed','open','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-07-18 07:49:19','2014-07-18 07:49:19','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9219,1,'2014-07-08 00:02:17','2014-07-08 00:02:17','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Slow Dancing Society</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9141\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Dancing Society\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\" /></a><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… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong></p><p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. As with Brian Eno’s finest moments and David Sylvian’s ambient explorations, Slow Dancing Society’s music manages to dissolve its temporal markers and speak about moments removed from time. It talks to the delicious flaws of memory and feeling whilst never sullying itself with literality or simple documentation.</p><p><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Cogent Sea</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 540px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=932115624/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-cogent-sea\">The Cogent Sea by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s sixth album <em>The Cogent Sea</em> is another absorbing progression in Drew Sullivan’s mesmerising discography. The album continues the submersed exploration of Sullivan’s ’80s influences while also drawing upon an incredibly focused and cinematic ambient minimalism. There are trademark elements from across Slow Dancing Society’s stunning, critically acclaimed back catalogue, but rather than being throwbacks they present a continuity of narrative that is rarely found over such a large body of work. On single ‘A Clearing’, gently overlapping waves of synthesizer are suspended amid sustained tones, holding the listener transfixed before Sullivan’s trademark guitar sound gently brings the listener back down to earth, transformed. Second single ‘Pull’ is aptly titled, its droning radiance, warm piano chords and magnetic guitar figures pulling the listener irresistibly into its enveloping glow. This is Slow Dancing Society at his masterful, immersive best.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Laterna Magica</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3307423845/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/laterna-magica\">Laterna Magica by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Slow Dancing Society’s fifth album <em>Laterna Magica</em> demonstrates another key progression in the Slow Dancing Society discography, which is becoming one of the essential bodies of work in contemporary ambient music. The tracks are underpinned by gorgeous guitar drift and warm synth wash, sparingly propelled by throbbing electronic undercurrents. From the soft-focus exhalation of ‘A Few Moments’, via the gleaming musical universe of recently released single ‘I’ll Leave A Light On’, through to the hypnotic pulse and drifting melancholic piano of finale ‘Tomorrow’s Another Day’, <em>Laterna Magica</em> is a definitive Slow Dancing Society release.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Under The Sodium Lights</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 373px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1884357437/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-sodium-lights\">Under The Sodium Lights by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em>, <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> 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 hypnotised state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance. First single ‘…and to the dust we shall return’ sees the gradual accretion of reverberant guitar tones, emerging from the silence as sparse reflections across the stereo field. Slow searching melodies overlap and accumulate before a descending bass figure carries the song home to its elegiac conclusion. From the luscious, tactile dream of ‘The Songs In Your Eyes’ to hopeful finale ‘Love Is On The Way’, <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.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Priest Lake Circa \'88</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3949085097/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/priest-lake-circa-88\">Priest Lake Circa \'88 by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Following on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> is Drew Sullivan’s finest work to date. In essence, it is the second part of a double album that began with <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em>, acting as a long-distance conclusion to the double album’s narrative arc. <em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and full. While the album draws its raw form from ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully crafted into something that could only ever find itself under the Slow Dancing Society moniker. The album 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.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Slow and Steady Winter</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1874510603/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow-and-steady-winter\">The Slow and Steady Winter by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>From the outset<em> The Slow and Steady Winter</em> sets itself up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour long and comprising of only eight tracks the album paints its majestic landscapes with both measure and purpose, unfolding a sound that moves from immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock. <em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> is not concerned with singularity but rather the totality of experience. The album is a gorgeously choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter from the ice covered fields of ‘The Early Stages of Decline’ to the thawed warm edges of spring in ‘February Sun’. The album serves as a wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous work both in sound and mood. In part it presents a much darker vision while still radiating an ineffable sense of humanity and heart.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Sound of Lights When Dim</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=29030174/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://slowdancingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-lights-when-dim\">The Sound Of Lights When Dim by Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>The Sound of Lights When Dim</em> is a sumptuous unfolding ride towards a fading horizon. As with Eno’s finest moments and Sylvian’s ambient explorations, this work manages to dissolve its temporal markers and speak about moments removed from time. It talks to the delicious flaws of memory and feeling whilst never sullying itself with literality or simple documentation.</p><div> </div>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.</p><p>At times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?</p><p> </p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3>[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h2>Reviews</h2><p> [catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf\"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf\">‘Pull’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf\">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf\"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf\">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf\"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf\">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'A Warm Glow\' Single Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p>[gallery ids=\"9155,9156,9157,9158,9159,9160\"]<p> </p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/oRRxPZf5yO4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p><p><iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>Slow Dancing Society\'s music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Slow Dancing Society','','inherit','open','open','','9140-revision-v1','','','2014-07-08 00:02:17','2014-07-08 00:02:17','',9140,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9140-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9220,1,'2014-07-08 00:04:22','2014-07-08 00:04:22','Excerpt: \"Was all sorts of pumped up for their set after listening to their EP on repeat... The road may have been rough on these guys, but the experience seems to have paid off, because they sounded like veterans. I was expecting some Broken Social Scene groovyness and that\'s exactly what I got. From all seven of them. Not since The Most Serene Republic have I encountered a band that has taken cues from BSS so well. The band played every song off of the <a href=\"http://theherocycle.bandcamp.com/releases\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Lakes and Ponds</span></a> EP (<strong>front runner for EP of the year</strong>) and a couple new ones that fit in seamlessly with the old. The dual keys blending together with multi-vocal interplay and some sharp as a pinpoint riffs from the lead kept all in attendance transfixed.\"\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://batteringroom.blogspot.com/2007/05/mr-beerys-fri-may-11-rock-extravaganza.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Battering Room</a>','The Hero Cycle live review, 11 May at Mr Beery\'s - The Battering Room','','inherit','open','open','','469-revision-v1','','','2014-07-08 00:04:22','2014-07-08 00:04:22','',469,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/469-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9221,1,'2014-07-08 00:05:54','2014-07-08 00:05:54','Excerpt: \"Just in case you missed it, one of the best EPs and hidden gems heard at Your Standard Life in a while, was the release <em>Lakes and Ponds</em> by Vermont\'s music collective The Hero Cycle... The band is America\'s version of Broken Social Scene (and are that good!). The Hero Cycle is one of those rare bands that has the ability to mesh brilliant instrumentation, artistic lyrics, and great guitar indie pop melodies. The single \'Breathing In\' was one of the coolest singles of 2007 and the rest of the EP is killer... To The Hero Cycle: please release a full length...cause we love you\"\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourstandardlife.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Your Standard Life </a>','The Hero Cycle \"Lakes and Ponds\" - Your Standard Life','','inherit','open','open','','812-revision-v1','','','2014-07-08 00:05:54','2014-07-08 00:05:54','',812,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/812-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9223,1,'2014-07-08 00:11:58','2014-07-08 00:11:58','\"Vermont’s The Hero Cycle, a coagulation of assorted members of the eclectic Burlington scene, are a talented, energetic group. Huge, sweeping guitars mix with clever synth lines; big drums skillfully, often playfully, punctuate the elongated, epic riffs; the bass gives weight to every turn in musical direction; and the vocalists — there are three credited — are well above average for today’s indie music scene. <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=36\"><em>Lakes and Ponds</em></a> embraces everything from the cinematic quality of bands like Explosions in the Sky to the pop narratives of the 1980s, all without straining to coordinate the varying influences. For a debut EP, this is extremely impressive.\"\r\n\r\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.ontaponline.com/view_article.php?article_id=10645\">On Tap Magazine</a>','The Hero Cycle \"Lakes and Ponds\" - On Tap Magazine','','inherit','open','open','','468-revision-v1','','','2014-07-08 00:11:58','2014-07-08 00:11:58','',468,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/468-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9225,1,'2014-07-08 00:14:08','2014-07-08 00:14:08','<span class=\"articlebody\">\"This is one of the nicer breezes to blow across the Burlington indie-rock scene this year. The tunes on this five-song mini-album have a poppy yet forceful aggression that hooks you from the start. <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=36\"><em>Lakes and Ponds</em></a> pulls influences out of the 1980s post-punk scene, echoing The Chameleons with the wall of chiming guitars or Sonic Youth with the tangled feedback combed out. It\'s a sweet 25-minute drive.\"</span>\r\n\r\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070503/ENT05/705030343/1047/MUSIC01&theme\">Burlington Free Press </a>','The Hero Cycle \"Lakes and Ponds\" - Burlington Free Press','','inherit','open','open','','470-revision-v1','','','2014-07-08 00:14:08','2014-07-08 00:14:08','',470,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/470-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9226,1,'2014-07-08 00:14:26','2014-07-08 00:14:26','\"This is one of the nicer breezes to blow across the Burlington indie-rock scene this year. The tunes on this five-song mini-album have a poppy yet forceful aggression that hooks you from the start. <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=36\"><em>Lakes and Ponds</em></a> pulls influences out of the 1980s post-punk scene, echoing The Chameleons with the wall of chiming guitars or Sonic Youth with the tangled feedback combed out. It\'s a sweet 25-minute drive.\"\r\n\r\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070503/ENT05/705030343/1047/MUSIC01&theme\">Burlington Free Press </a>','The Hero Cycle \"Lakes and Ponds\" - Burlington Free Press','','inherit','open','open','','470-revision-v1','','','2014-07-08 00:14:26','2014-07-08 00:14:26','',470,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/470-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9227,1,'2014-07-08 00:15:27','2014-07-08 00:15:27','\"The Hero Cycle’s <em>Lakes and Ponds</em> EP is a five-song release influenced by the likes of Sonic Youth and Modest Mouse. \'American Proxy\' and \'You vs. Them\' are the two strongest tracks. When a band releases an EP they need to make sure that there is no filler because they have only a handful of songs to impress the listener. The Hero Cycle has definitely placed their best material on <em>Lakes and Ponds</em> and this listener is impressed. Also, my indie-rock hating co-workers liked this album and they had little if any complaints about The Hero Cycle’s music.\"\r\n\r\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.erasingclouds.com/wk1707td.html#lakes\">Erasing Clouds </a>','The Hero Cycle \"Lakes and Ponds\" - Erasing Clouds','','inherit','open','open','','637-revision-v1','','','2014-07-08 00:15:27','2014-07-08 00:15:27','',637,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/637-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9229,1,'2014-07-08 00:19:38','2014-07-08 00:19:38','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>The Hero Cycle</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/TheHeroCycle5.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8931\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/TheHeroCycle5-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The Hero Cycle\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><em>\"The Hero Cycle are one of those rare bands that has the ability to mesh brilliant instrumentation, artistic lyrics, and great guitar indie pop melodies.\"</em> -  <strong>Your Standard Life</strong></p><p>With seven band members feeding into the mix The Hero Cycle create a joyously large, textured sound coupled with complex arrangements to produce a feel that is at once spontaneous and measured. The band possess that magic combination of sound and song, pooling all the ingredients of shoegaze rock and indie pop and distilling them into undeniably catchy and driving tunes.<strong>       </strong></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" height=\"5px\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Lakes & Ponds</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 307px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1036275707/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://theherocycle.bandcamp.com/album/lakes-ponds\">Lakes & Ponds by The Hero Cycle</a></iframe><br /> January 2007</p><div> </div><p>From the exultant indie rock joyride of \"Breathing In\" to the bursting pop immediacy of \"Lovers Crime\", \"Lakes and Ponds\" grabs you by the hand, tickles your palm and propels you into it\'s spacious and twisting trajectory. The EP manages that perfect balance between viscera and brains where pop hooks and songcraft walk hand in hand with a big layered sound.</p><div> </div><div> </div>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p>The Hero Cycle started in the Green Mountains of Vermont in 2005, combining the varied talents of drummer John Gorman, synthist Tom Kelly, and guitarists Mike Prall and Frank Smecker (ex-Drowningman and ex-Escapist). Soon after, the band quickly grew, including fellow Burlington residents Hannah Wall (Magogs) on keyboards, Shawn Flanagan (Fire the Cannons and ex-Starlight Conspiracy) on bass, and third guitarist Adam Fuller (The Year’s Best). Thus, The Hero Cycle’s unique sound has been shaped by the eclectic mix of energy brought forth by each individual member.</p><p>The band’s sound remains solid, despite the unique influences of the many members, and hopes to continue a successful trend of interesting and powerful performances as well as recordings. Bringing years of musical experience to the table, the project acts as a creative haven for everyone involved. The music demands attention. Overall, The Hero Cycle shares their musical tastes and influences of the 80′s to current day and emotional attachments to vice and pleasure with a hopeful ever evoloving crowd of music-lovers.</p><p><strong>Instrumentation</strong><br /> Frank Smecker – Guitar, Vocals<br /> John Gorman – Drums<br /> Mike Prall – Guitar<br /> Adam Fuller – Guitar<br /> Hannah Wall – Synth, Vocals<br /> Tom Kelly – Synth, Vocals<br /> Charlie Gerry – Bass<br /> Kristen L’Esperance – Art</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3><p> [catlist name=the-hero-cycle content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h2>Reviews</h2><p> [catlist name=the-hero-cycle-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3><p> <a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-The_Hero_Cycle_EP.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Lakes And Ponds EP Release</a></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p>[gallery columns=\"2\" ids=\"8927,8928,8929,8930,8931\"][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p>No videos yet, sorry!</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>The Hero Cycle\'s music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','The Hero Cycle','','inherit','open','open','','8922-revision-v1','','','2014-07-08 00:19:38','2014-07-08 00:19:38','',8922,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/8922-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9230,1,'2014-07-09 06:35:21','2014-07-09 06:35:21','<p>[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]</p><h1>Toby Richardson</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9231\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Toby_Richardson_Beach-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Toby Richardson\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" /></a><em>“...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...”</em> –<strong> Losing Today<br /> </strong></p><p>Toby Richardson represents an important part of Perth music history via pivotal 90’s band Mustang! who releasing the EP “Jacuzzi International Presents Mustang!” through Survival Records in 1994. His debut EP <em>Golden Days</em> is a 6 track lo-fi rock opus. With all the playful charm of Robert Pollard and the wirey choreography of Pavement, Richardson removes all pretension and carves his own special shape into the indie rock landscape.</p><p><strong>       </strong></p><p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]</p><h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Stones And The Rabbits</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 307px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2830910172/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://tobyrichardson.bandcamp.com/album/the-stones-and-the-rabbits\">The Stones And The Rabbits by Toby Richardson</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>‘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 lead riff is tasty enough, stumbling drunkenly through its extended coda, but the song’s apex comes with its slide guitar lines that weave woozily around fuzz bass. 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.</p><p>‘Wrong Highway Road’ dials back the irreverence, soaking in its gorgeous fuzzy reflections upon a spooked-out night drive, “halfway to nowhere”. The track feels like The Doors playing with a gun to their heads. Next up, 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. ‘Managaha Island’ rounds out this addictive EP in style, tumbling and shimmying with tousle-haired insights and off-hand melodic grace.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Evergreen</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=296091253/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://tobyrichardson.bandcamp.com/album/evergreen\">Evergreen by Toby Richardson</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>With his inimitable lo-fi stylings, Richardson has produced another indie-rock gem. The album’s skewed melodicism is married to an amazing sense of songcraft that reawakens the listener to the invigorating possibilities of rock ’n’ roll. With all the playful irreverence of Robert Pollard and Pavement, <em>Evergreen</em> sees Toby laying down 10 songs of irrepressible lo-fi stadium rock. The album features wonky fist-in-the-air anthems that blend the catchy attack of The Kinks with the bluesy skronk of Captain Beefheart, through to bent pop-fuelled love songs that wind their way into your aorta like cupid’s heartworm.</p><p>Richardson has managed to strip the skin from classic rock ’n’ roll, cover it in fur, jewels and barbed wire and ride it through a casino. The unbridled, irrepressible feel of this album is hard to deny.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Golden Days</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 340px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3114503890/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://tobyrichardson.bandcamp.com/album/golden-days\">Golden Days by Toby Richardson</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Debut EP from ex Mustang guitarist Toby Richardson. Featuring the single, \'It Makes the Air Sound Better\', <em>Golden Days</em> is a lo-fi rock opus.</p><p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]</p><h3>Biography</h3><p>The spark that started Toby Richardson’s musical journey came from the inexorable flame of the Perth rock scene. Seeing bands like The Stems, The Marigolds, Chad’s Tree, The Healers and touring acts such as Ed Kuepper and The Yard Goes On Forever in the late ’80s captured his imagination. This was a revelation of the immediate power and excitement that live rock ‘n’ roll can create – and what a great setting it provides for drinking beer.With his brother Mark playing in bands Chant and Be Happy and Grin, Toby decided to give it a crack himself. Due to the informal nature of the rock industry back then, it was almost like he’d only just busted out a few chords before he and his cronies hit the stage. Running on borrowed equipment and Austudy cheques, his first band Pool Flotation Device played three gigs, got a decent review and broke up.</p><p>Toby then joined already established band Mustang! Other band members were Chris Gorman on drums, John Henderson (later Mike Staude) on lead guitar, Chris Gorman on drums and Hamish Fitzsimmons on bass. At that time Toby and his band mates were influenced by artists such as Teenage Fanclub, Pere Ubu, Urge Overkill, Television, Big Star, Captain Beefheart and Dinosaur Jr. Mustang! soon got a decent following through art school crowds and a bit of harmless hype in local rock press. They also had some catchy tunes and plenty of volume – Toby now suffers from tinnitus as a result. Some of the venues they played were The Shenton Park, The Old Melbourne, The Grosvenor, The Firm and The Loft. Their Rock cohorts were bands such as Baked, O!, Wormfarm, Bluetile Lounge, Wooden Fische and Benji.</p><p>Of this group of bands a collective known as Jacuzzi International was formed. This was basically a good excuse to party, and an easy way to organise gigs. The name was simply derived from the enjoyable practice JI members had of sharing a jacuzzi with friends at JI parties.</p><p> </p><p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]</p><h3>News</h3><p>[catlist name=toby-richardson content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]</p><h2>Reviews</h2><p>[catlist name=toby-richardson-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]</p><h3>Press Releases</h3><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Toby_Richardson-The_Stones_And_The_Rabbits.pdf\"><em>The Stones And The Rabbits </em>EP Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Toby_Richardson_Evergreen.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Evergreen Album Release </a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release_18th_July.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Golden Days</em> EP Release</a>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]</p><h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p><div class=\"wpview-wrap wpview-type-gallery\" contenteditable=\"false\" data-wpview-text=\"%5Bgallery%20ids%3D%229235%2C9236%2C9234%22%5D\" data-wpview-type=\"gallery\"><div class=\"toolbar\"> </div><div class=\"gallery gallery-columns-3\"><dl class=\"gallery-item\"><dt class=\"gallery-icon\"><img src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Toby_Richardson_Beach1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></dt><dd class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\"></dd></dl><dl class=\"gallery-item\"><dt class=\"gallery-icon\"><img src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Toby_Richardson_Rock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></dt><dd class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\"></dd></dl><dl class=\"gallery-item\"><dt class=\"gallery-icon\"><img src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Toby_Richardson-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></dt><dd class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\"></dd></dl></div><ins data-wpview-end=\"1\"></ins></div><p><br /> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]</p><h3>Music Videos</h3><p>No videos yet, sorry!</p><p> </p><p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]</p><h3>Licensing</h3><p>Toby Richardson\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p><p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]</p>','Toby Richardson','','inherit','open','open','','9211-autosave-v1','','','2014-07-09 06:35:21','2014-07-09 06:35:21','',9211,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9211-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9312,1,'2014-07-09 06:35:55','2014-07-09 06:35:55','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Toby Richardson</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9231\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Toby_Richardson_Beach-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Toby Richardson\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" /></a><em>“...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...”</em> –<strong> Losing Today<br /> </strong></p><p>Toby Richardson represents an important part of Perth music history via pivotal 90’s band Mustang! who releasing the EP “Jacuzzi International Presents Mustang!” through Survival Records in 1994. His debut EP <em>Golden Days</em> is a 6 track lo-fi rock opus. With all the playful charm of Robert Pollard and the wirey choreography of Pavement, Richardson removes all pretension and carves his own special shape into the indie rock landscape.</p><p><strong>       </strong></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Stones And The Rabbits</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 307px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2830910172/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://tobyrichardson.bandcamp.com/album/the-stones-and-the-rabbits\">The Stones And The Rabbits by Toby Richardson</a></iframe> December 2010</p><div> </div><p>‘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 lead riff is tasty enough, stumbling drunkenly through its extended coda, but the song’s apex comes with its slide guitar lines that weave woozily around fuzz bass. 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. ‘Wrong Highway Road’ dials back the irreverence, soaking in its gorgeous fuzzy reflections upon a spooked-out night drive, “halfway to nowhere”. The track feels like The Doors playing with a gun to their heads. Next up, 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. ‘Managaha Island’ rounds out this addictive EP in style, tumbling and shimmying with tousle-haired insights and off-hand melodic grace.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Evergreen</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=296091253/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://tobyrichardson.bandcamp.com/album/evergreen\">Evergreen by Toby Richardson</a></iframe> March 2008</p><div> </div><p>With his inimitable lo-fi stylings, Richardson has produced another indie-rock gem. The album’s skewed melodicism is married to an amazing sense of songcraft that reawakens the listener to the invigorating possibilities of rock ’n’ roll. With all the playful irreverence of Robert Pollard and Pavement, <em>Evergreen</em> sees Toby laying down 10 songs of irrepressible lo-fi stadium rock. The album features wonky fist-in-the-air anthems that blend the catchy attack of The Kinks with the bluesy skronk of Captain Beefheart, through to bent pop-fuelled love songs that wind their way into your aorta like cupid’s heartworm. Richardson has managed to strip the skin from classic rock ’n’ roll, cover it in fur, jewels and barbed wire and ride it through a casino. The unbridled, irrepressible feel of this album is hard to deny.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Golden Days</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 340px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3114503890/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://tobyrichardson.bandcamp.com/album/golden-days\">Golden Days by Toby Richardson</a></iframe> July 2006</p><div> </div><p>Debut EP from ex Mustang guitarist Toby Richardson. Featuring the single, \'It Makes the Air Sound Better\', <em>Golden Days</em> is a lo-fi rock opus.</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p>The spark that started Toby Richardson’s musical journey came from the inexorable flame of the Perth rock scene. Seeing bands like The Stems, The Marigolds, Chad’s Tree, The Healers and touring acts such as Ed Kuepper and The Yard Goes On Forever in the late ’80s captured his imagination. This was a revelation of the immediate power and excitement that live rock ‘n’ roll can create – and what a great setting it provides for drinking beer.With his brother Mark playing in bands Chant and Be Happy and Grin, Toby decided to give it a crack himself. Due to the informal nature of the rock industry back then, it was almost like he’d only just busted out a few chords before he and his cronies hit the stage. Running on borrowed equipment and Austudy cheques, his first band Pool Flotation Device played three gigs, got a decent review and broke up.</p><p>Toby then joined already established band Mustang! Other band members were Chris Gorman on drums, John Henderson (later Mike Staude) on lead guitar, Chris Gorman on drums and Hamish Fitzsimmons on bass. At that time Toby and his band mates were influenced by artists such as Teenage Fanclub, Pere Ubu, Urge Overkill, Television, Big Star, Captain Beefheart and Dinosaur Jr. Mustang! soon got a decent following through art school crowds and a bit of harmless hype in local rock press. They also had some catchy tunes and plenty of volume – Toby now suffers from tinnitus as a result. Some of the venues they played were The Shenton Park, The Old Melbourne, The Grosvenor, The Firm and The Loft. Their Rock cohorts were bands such as Baked, O!, Wormfarm, Bluetile Lounge, Wooden Fische and Benji.</p><p>Of this group of bands a collective known as Jacuzzi International was formed. This was basically a good excuse to party, and an easy way to organise gigs. The name was simply derived from the enjoyable practice JI members had of sharing a jacuzzi with friends at JI parties.</p><p> </p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3>[catlist name=toby-richardson content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h2>Reviews</h2>[catlist name=toby-richardson-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Toby_Richardson-The_Stones_And_The_Rabbits.pdf\"><em>The Stones And The Rabbits </em>EP Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Toby_Richardson_Evergreen.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Evergreen Album Release </a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release_18th_July.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Golden Days</em> EP Release</a>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p>[gallery ids=\"9235,9236,9234\"]<p><br /> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p>No videos yet, sorry!</p><p> </p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>Toby Richardson\'s music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Toby Richardson','','inherit','open','open','','9211-revision-v1','','','2014-07-09 06:35:55','2014-07-09 06:35:55','',9211,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9211-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9311,1,'2014-07-09 06:35:22','2014-07-09 06:35:22','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]\r\n<h1>Toby Richardson</h1>\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9231\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Toby_Richardson_Beach-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Toby Richardson\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" /></a><em>“...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...”</em> –<strong> Losing Today<br />\r\n</strong></p>\r\n<p>Toby Richardson represents an important part of Perth music history via pivotal 90’s band Mustang! who releasing the EP “Jacuzzi International Presents Mustang!” through Survival Records in 1994. His debut EP <em>Golden Days</em> is a 6 track lo-fi rock opus. With all the playful charm of Robert Pollard and the wirey choreography of Pavement, Richardson removes all pretension and carves his own special shape into the indie rock landscape.</p>\r\n<p><strong>       </strong></p>\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<p> </p><h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Stones And The Rabbits</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 307px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2830910172/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://tobyrichardson.bandcamp.com/album/the-stones-and-the-rabbits\">The Stones And The Rabbits by Toby Richardson</a></iframe><br />December 2010</p><div> </div><p>‘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 lead riff is tasty enough, stumbling drunkenly through its extended coda, but the song’s apex comes with its slide guitar lines that weave woozily around fuzz bass. 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.</p><p>‘Wrong Highway Road’ dials back the irreverence, soaking in its gorgeous fuzzy reflections upon a spooked-out night drive, “halfway to nowhere”. The track feels like The Doors playing with a gun to their heads. Next up, 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. ‘Managaha Island’ rounds out this addictive EP in style, tumbling and shimmying with tousle-haired insights and off-hand melodic grace.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Evergreen</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=296091253/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://tobyrichardson.bandcamp.com/album/evergreen\">Evergreen by Toby Richardson</a></iframe><br />March 2008</p><div> </div><p>With his inimitable lo-fi stylings, Richardson has produced another indie-rock gem. The album’s skewed melodicism is married to an amazing sense of songcraft that reawakens the listener to the invigorating possibilities of rock ’n’ roll. With all the playful irreverence of Robert Pollard and Pavement, <em>Evergreen</em> sees Toby laying down 10 songs of irrepressible lo-fi stadium rock. The album features wonky fist-in-the-air anthems that blend the catchy attack of The Kinks with the bluesy skronk of Captain Beefheart, through to bent pop-fuelled love songs that wind their way into your aorta like cupid’s heartworm.</p><p>Richardson has managed to strip the skin from classic rock ’n’ roll, cover it in fur, jewels and barbed wire and ride it through a casino. The unbridled, irrepressible feel of this album is hard to deny.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Golden Days</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 340px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3114503890/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://tobyrichardson.bandcamp.com/album/golden-days\">Golden Days by Toby Richardson</a></iframe><br />July 2006</p><div> </div><p>Debut EP from ex Mustang guitarist Toby Richardson. Featuring the single, \'It Makes the Air Sound Better\', <em>Golden Days</em> is a lo-fi rock opus.</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\n<p>The spark that started Toby Richardson’s musical journey came from the inexorable flame of the Perth rock scene. Seeing bands like The Stems, The Marigolds, Chad’s Tree, The Healers and touring acts such as Ed Kuepper and The Yard Goes On Forever in the late ’80s captured his imagination. This was a revelation of the immediate power and excitement that live rock ‘n’ roll can create – and what a great setting it provides for drinking beer.With his brother Mark playing in bands Chant and Be Happy and Grin, Toby decided to give it a crack himself. Due to the informal nature of the rock industry back then, it was almost like he’d only just busted out a few chords before he and his cronies hit the stage. Running on borrowed equipment and Austudy cheques, his first band Pool Flotation Device played three gigs, got a decent review and broke up.</p>\r\n<p>Toby then joined already established band Mustang! Other band members were Chris Gorman on drums, John Henderson (later Mike Staude) on lead guitar, Chris Gorman on drums and Hamish Fitzsimmons on bass. At that time Toby and his band mates were influenced by artists such as Teenage Fanclub, Pere Ubu, Urge Overkill, Television, Big Star, Captain Beefheart and Dinosaur Jr. Mustang! soon got a decent following through art school crowds and a bit of harmless hype in local rock press. They also had some catchy tunes and plenty of volume – Toby now suffers from tinnitus as a result. Some of the venues they played were The Shenton Park, The Old Melbourne, The Grosvenor, The Firm and The Loft. Their Rock cohorts were bands such as Baked, O!, Wormfarm, Bluetile Lounge, Wooden Fische and Benji.</p>\r\n<p>Of this group of bands a collective known as Jacuzzi International was formed. This was basically a good excuse to party, and an easy way to organise gigs. The name was simply derived from the enjoyable practice JI members had of sharing a jacuzzi with friends at JI parties.</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=toby-richardson content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=toby-richardson-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Toby_Richardson-The_Stones_And_The_Rabbits.pdf\"><em>The Stones And The Rabbits </em>EP Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Toby_Richardson_Evergreen.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Evergreen Album Release </a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release_18th_July.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Golden Days</em> EP Release</a>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[gallery ids=\"9235,9236,9234\"]<br />\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<p>No videos yet, sorry!</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\n<p>Toby Richardson\'s music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Toby Richardson','','inherit','open','open','','9211-revision-v1','','','2014-07-09 06:35:22','2014-07-09 06:35:22','',9211,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9211-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9231,1,'2014-07-08 00:59:51','2014-07-08 00:59:51','','Toby Richardson','','inherit','open','open','','toby_richardson_beach','','','2014-07-08 00:59:51','2014-07-08 00:59:51','',9211,'http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Toby_Richardson_Beach.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9261,1,'2014-07-08 09:15:21','2014-07-08 09:15:21','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]\r\n<h1>Toby Richardson</h1>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9231\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Toby_Richardson_Beach-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Toby Richardson\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" /></a><em>“...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...”</em> –<strong> Losing Today\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nToby Richardson represents an important part of Perth music history via pivotal 90’s band Mustang! who releasing the EP “Jacuzzi International Presents Mustang!” through Survival Records in 1994. His debut EP <em>Golden Days</em> is a 6 track lo-fi rock opus. With all the playful charm of Robert Pollard and the wirey choreography of Pavement, Richardson removes all pretension and carves his own special shape into the indie rock landscape.\r\n\r\n<strong>       </strong>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Stones And The Rabbits</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 307px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2830910172/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://tobyrichardson.bandcamp.com/album/the-stones-and-the-rabbits\">The Stones And The Rabbits by Toby Richardson</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\n‘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 lead riff is tasty enough, stumbling drunkenly through its extended coda, but the song’s apex comes with its slide guitar lines that weave woozily around fuzz bass. 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.\r\n\r\n‘Wrong Highway Road’ dials back the irreverence, soaking in its gorgeous fuzzy reflections upon a spooked-out night drive, “halfway to nowhere”. The track feels like The Doors playing with a gun to their heads. Next up, 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. ‘Managaha Island’ rounds out this addictive EP in style, tumbling and shimmying with tousle-haired insights and off-hand melodic grace.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Evergreen</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=296091253/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://tobyrichardson.bandcamp.com/album/evergreen\">Evergreen by Toby Richardson</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nWith his inimitable lo-fi stylings, Richardson has produced another indie-rock gem. The album’s skewed melodicism is married to an amazing sense of songcraft that reawakens the listener to the invigorating possibilities of rock ’n’ roll. With all the playful irreverence of Robert Pollard and Pavement, <em>Evergreen</em> sees Toby laying down 10 songs of irrepressible lo-fi stadium rock. The album features wonky fist-in-the-air anthems that blend the catchy attack of The Kinks with the bluesy skronk of Captain Beefheart, through to bent pop-fuelled love songs that wind their way into your aorta like cupid’s heartworm.\r\n\r\nRichardson has managed to strip the skin from classic rock ’n’ roll, cover it in fur, jewels and barbed wire and ride it through a casino. The unbridled, irrepressible feel of this album is hard to deny.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Golden Days</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 340px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3114503890/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://tobyrichardson.bandcamp.com/album/golden-days\">Golden Days by Toby Richardson</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nDebut EP from ex Mustang guitarist Toby Richardson. Featuring the single, \'It Makes the Air Sound Better\', <em>Golden Days</em> is a lo-fi rock opus.\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\nThe spark that started Toby Richardson’s musical journey came from the inexorable flame of the Perth rock scene. Seeing bands like The Stems, The Marigolds, Chad’s Tree, The Healers and touring acts such as Ed Kuepper and The Yard Goes On Forever in the late ’80s captured his imagination. This was a revelation of the immediate power and excitement that live rock ‘n’ roll can create – and what a great setting it provides for drinking beer.With his brother Mark playing in bands Chant and Be Happy and Grin, Toby decided to give it a crack himself. Due to the informal nature of the rock industry back then, it was almost like he’d only just busted out a few chords before he and his cronies hit the stage. Running on borrowed equipment and Austudy cheques, his first band Pool Flotation Device played three gigs, got a decent review and broke up.\r\n\r\nToby then joined already established band Mustang! Other band members were Chris Gorman on drums, John Henderson (later Mike Staude) on lead guitar, Chris Gorman on drums and Hamish Fitzsimmons on bass. At that time Toby and his band mates were influenced by artists such as Teenage Fanclub, Pere Ubu, Urge Overkill, Television, Big Star, Captain Beefheart and Dinosaur Jr. Mustang! soon got a decent following through art school crowds and a bit of harmless hype in local rock press. They also had some catchy tunes and plenty of volume – Toby now suffers from tinnitus as a result. Some of the venues they played were The Shenton Park, The Old Melbourne, The Grosvenor, The Firm and The Loft. Their Rock cohorts were bands such as Baked, O!, Wormfarm, Bluetile Lounge, Wooden Fische and Benji.\r\n\r\nOf this group of bands a collective known as Jacuzzi International was formed. This was basically a good excuse to party, and an easy way to organise gigs. The name was simply derived from the enjoyable practice JI members had of sharing a jacuzzi with friends at JI parties.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=toby-richardson content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=toby-richardson-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Toby_Richardson-The_Stones_And_The_Rabbits.pdf\"><em>The Stones And The Rabbits </em>EP Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Toby_Richardson_Evergreen.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Evergreen Album Release </a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release_18th_July.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Golden Days</em> EP Release</a>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[gallery ids=\"9235,9236,9234\"]\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\nNo videos yet, sorry!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\nToby Richardson\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Toby Richardson','','inherit','open','open','','9211-revision-v1','','','2014-07-08 09:15:21','2014-07-08 09:15:21','',9211,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9211-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9260,1,'2014-07-08 08:40:06','2014-07-08 08:40:06','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]\r\n<h1>Toby Richardson</h1>\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9231\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Toby_Richardson_Beach-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Toby Richardson\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" /></a><em>“...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...”</em> –<strong> Losing Today<br />\r\n</strong></p>\r\n<p>Toby Richardson represents an important part of Perth music history via pivotal 90’s band Mustang! who releasing the EP “Jacuzzi International Presents Mustang!” through Survival Records in 1994. His debut EP <em>Golden Days</em> is a 6 track lo-fi rock opus. With all the playful charm of Robert Pollard and the wirey choreography of Pavement, Richardson removes all pretension and carves his own special shape into the indie rock landscape.</p>\r\n<p><strong>       </strong></p>\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Stones And The Rabbits</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 307px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2830910172/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://tobyrichardson.bandcamp.com/album/the-stones-and-the-rabbits\">The Stones And The Rabbits by Toby Richardson</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>‘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 lead riff is tasty enough, stumbling drunkenly through its extended coda, but the song’s apex comes with its slide guitar lines that weave woozily around fuzz bass. 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.</p><p>‘Wrong Highway Road’ dials back the irreverence, soaking in its gorgeous fuzzy reflections upon a spooked-out night drive, “halfway to nowhere”. The track feels like The Doors playing with a gun to their heads. Next up, 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. ‘Managaha Island’ rounds out this addictive EP in style, tumbling and shimmying with tousle-haired insights and off-hand melodic grace.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Evergreen</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=296091253/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://tobyrichardson.bandcamp.com/album/evergreen\">Evergreen by Toby Richardson</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>With his inimitable lo-fi stylings, Richardson has produced another indie-rock gem. The album’s skewed melodicism is married to an amazing sense of songcraft that reawakens the listener to the invigorating possibilities of rock ’n’ roll. With all the playful irreverence of Robert Pollard and Pavement, <em>Evergreen</em> sees Toby laying down 10 songs of irrepressible lo-fi stadium rock. The album features wonky fist-in-the-air anthems that blend the catchy attack of The Kinks with the bluesy skronk of Captain Beefheart, through to bent pop-fuelled love songs that wind their way into your aorta like cupid’s heartworm.</p><p>Richardson has managed to strip the skin from classic rock ’n’ roll, cover it in fur, jewels and barbed wire and ride it through a casino. The unbridled, irrepressible feel of this album is hard to deny.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Golden Days</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 340px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3114503890/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://tobyrichardson.bandcamp.com/album/golden-days\">Golden Days by Toby Richardson</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Debut EP from ex Mustang guitarist Toby Richardson. Featuring the single, \'It Makes the Air Sound Better\', <em>Golden Days</em> is a lo-fi rock opus.</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\n<p>The spark that started Toby Richardson’s musical journey came from the inexorable flame of the Perth rock scene. Seeing bands like The Stems, The Marigolds, Chad’s Tree, The Healers and touring acts such as Ed Kuepper and The Yard Goes On Forever in the late ’80s captured his imagination. This was a revelation of the immediate power and excitement that live rock ‘n’ roll can create – and what a great setting it provides for drinking beer.With his brother Mark playing in bands Chant and Be Happy and Grin, Toby decided to give it a crack himself. Due to the informal nature of the rock industry back then, it was almost like he’d only just busted out a few chords before he and his cronies hit the stage. Running on borrowed equipment and Austudy cheques, his first band Pool Flotation Device played three gigs, got a decent review and broke up.</p>\r\n<p>Toby then joined already established band Mustang! Other band members were Chris Gorman on drums, John Henderson (later Mike Staude) on lead guitar, Chris Gorman on drums and Hamish Fitzsimmons on bass. At that time Toby and his band mates were influenced by artists such as Teenage Fanclub, Pere Ubu, Urge Overkill, Television, Big Star, Captain Beefheart and Dinosaur Jr. Mustang! soon got a decent following through art school crowds and a bit of harmless hype in local rock press. They also had some catchy tunes and plenty of volume – Toby now suffers from tinnitus as a result. Some of the venues they played were The Shenton Park, The Old Melbourne, The Grosvenor, The Firm and The Loft. Their Rock cohorts were bands such as Baked, O!, Wormfarm, Bluetile Lounge, Wooden Fische and Benji.</p>\r\n<p>Of this group of bands a collective known as Jacuzzi International was formed. This was basically a good excuse to party, and an easy way to organise gigs. The name was simply derived from the enjoyable practice JI members had of sharing a jacuzzi with friends at JI parties.</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=toby-richardson content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=toby-richardson-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Toby_Richardson-The_Stones_And_The_Rabbits.pdf\"><em>The Stones And The Rabbits </em>EP Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Toby_Richardson_Evergreen.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Evergreen Album Release </a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release_18th_July.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Golden Days</em> EP Release</a>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[gallery ids=\"9235,9236,9234\"]\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<p>No videos yet, sorry!</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\n<p>Toby Richardson\'s music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Toby Richardson','','inherit','open','open','','9211-revision-v1','','','2014-07-08 08:40:06','2014-07-08 08:40:06','',9211,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9211-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9238,1,'2014-07-08 03:28:15','2014-07-08 03:28:15','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Toby Richardson</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9231\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Toby_Richardson_Beach-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Toby Richardson\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" /></a><em>“...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...”</em> –<strong> Losing Today<br /> </strong></p><p>Toby Richardson represents an important part of Perth music history via pivotal 90’s band Mustang! who releasing the EP “Jacuzzi International Presents Mustang!” through Survival Records in 1994. His debut EP <em>Golden Days</em> is a 6 track lo-fi rock opus. With all the playful charm of Robert Pollard and the wirey choreography of Pavement, Richardson removes all pretension and carves his own special shape into the indie rock landscape.</p><p><strong>       </strong></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>We Don\'t Look Back For Very Long (with Slow Dancing Society)</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4290771882/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=none/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/we-dont-look-back-for-very-long\">We Don\'t Look Back For Very Long by Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><em>We Don’t Look Back For Very Long </em>sees Antonymes reworking a track from each of fellow Hidden Shoal artist Slow Dancing Society’s four albums, casting radiant new light on the stunning originals. Across almost 30 minutes, Antonymes marries SDS’s glistening atmospheres to his own trademark ambient neo-classical minimalism, creating a completely mesmerising hybrid.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Lost In Waves of Light</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3184595053/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/lost-in-waves-of-light\">Lost In Waves Of Light by Antonymes</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Created from elements lifted off Antonyme’s critically acclaimed album <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span>, ‘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. Antonymes new album <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> 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.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 550px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1679006704/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/the-licence-to-interpret-dreams\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams by Antonymes</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> is the Hidden Shoal debut release by neo-classical/minimal ambient artist Antonymes. 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. 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’. Single ‘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.[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p>The spark that started Toby Richardson’s musical journey came from the inexorable flame of the Perth rock scene. Seeing bands like The Stems, The Marigolds, Chad’s Tree, The Healers and touring acts such as Ed Kuepper and The Yard Goes On Forever in the late ’80s captured his imagination. This was a revelation of the immediate power and excitement that live rock ‘n’ roll can create – and what a great setting it provides for drinking beer.With his brother Mark playing in bands Chant and Be Happy and Grin, Toby decided to give it a crack himself. Due to the informal nature of the rock industry back then, it was almost like he’d only just busted out a few chords before he and his cronies hit the stage. Running on borrowed equipment and Austudy cheques, his first band Pool Flotation Device played three gigs, got a decent review and broke up.</p><p>Toby then joined already established band Mustang! Other band members were Chris Gorman on drums, John Henderson (later Mike Staude) on lead guitar, Chris Gorman on drums and Hamish Fitzsimmons on bass. At that time Toby and his band mates were influenced by artists such as Teenage Fanclub, Pere Ubu, Urge Overkill, Television, Big Star, Captain Beefheart and Dinosaur Jr. Mustang! soon got a decent following through art school crowds and a bit of harmless hype in local rock press. They also had some catchy tunes and plenty of volume – Toby now suffers from tinnitus as a result. Some of the venues they played were The Shenton Park, The Old Melbourne, The Grosvenor, The Firm and The Loft. Their Rock cohorts were bands such as Baked, O!, Wormfarm, Bluetile Lounge, Wooden Fische and Benji.</p><p>Of this group of bands a collective known as Jacuzzi International was formed. This was basically a good excuse to party, and an easy way to organise gigs. The name was simply derived from the enjoyable practice JI members had of sharing a jacuzzi with friends at JI parties.</p><p> </p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3>[catlist name=toby-richardson content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h2>Reviews</h2>[catlist name=toby-richardson-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Toby_Richardson-The_Stones_And_The_Rabbits.pdf\"><em>The Stones And The Rabbits </em>EP Release</a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Toby_Richardson_Evergreen.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Evergreen Album Release </a></p><p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release_18th_July.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Golden Days</em> EP Release</a>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p>[gallery ids=\"9235,9236,9234\"][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p>No videos yet, sorry!</p><p> </p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>Toby Richardson\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Toby Richardson','','inherit','open','open','','9211-revision-v1','','','2014-07-08 03:28:15','2014-07-08 03:28:15','',9211,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9211-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9237,1,'2014-07-08 02:47:52','2014-07-08 02:47:52','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]\r\n<h1>Toby Richardson</h1>\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9231\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Toby_Richardson_Beach-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Toby Richardson\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><em>“...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...”</em> –<strong> Losing Today<br />\r\n</strong></p>\r\n<p>Toby Richardson represents an important part of Perth music history via pivotal 90’s band Mustang! who releasing the EP “Jacuzzi International Presents Mustang!” through Survival Records in 1994. His debut EP <em>Golden Days</em> is a 6 track lo-fi rock opus. With all the playful charm of Robert Pollard and the wirey choreography of Pavement, Richardson removes all pretension and carves his own special shape into the indie rock landscape.</p>\r\n<p><strong><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Antonymes/108567235841143?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/Antonymes\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/antonymes\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Website\" href=\"http://www.antonymes.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8767\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Website.png\" alt=\"Website\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a> </strong></p>\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>We Don\'t Look Back For Very Long (with Slow Dancing Society)</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4290771882/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=none/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/we-dont-look-back-for-very-long\">We Don\'t Look Back For Very Long by Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p><em>We Don’t Look Back For Very Long </em>sees Antonymes reworking a track from each of fellow Hidden Shoal artist Slow Dancing Society’s four albums, casting radiant new light on the stunning originals. Across almost 30 minutes, Antonymes marries SDS’s glistening atmospheres to his own trademark ambient neo-classical minimalism, creating a completely mesmerising hybrid.</p>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Lost In Waves of Light</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3184595053/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/lost-in-waves-of-light\">Lost In Waves Of Light by Antonymes</a></iframe></p>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p>Created from elements lifted off Antonyme’s critically acclaimed album <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span>, ‘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. Antonymes new album <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> 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.</p>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 550px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1679006704/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/the-licence-to-interpret-dreams\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams by Antonymes</a></iframe></p>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> is the Hidden Shoal debut release by neo-classical/minimal ambient artist Antonymes. 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. 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’. Single ‘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.[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p>The spark that started Toby Richardson’s musical journey came from the inexorable flame of the Perth rock scene. Seeing bands like The Stems, The Marigolds, Chad’s Tree, The Healers and touring acts such as Ed Kuepper and The Yard Goes On Forever in the late ’80s captured his imagination. This was a revelation of the immediate power and excitement that live rock ‘n’ roll can create – and what a great setting it provides for drinking beer.With his brother Mark playing in bands Chant and Be Happy and Grin, Toby decided to give it a crack himself. Due to the informal nature of the rock industry back then, it was almost like he’d only just busted out a few chords before he and his cronies hit the stage. Running on borrowed equipment and Austudy cheques, his first band Pool Flotation Device played three gigs, got a decent review and broke up.</p><p>Toby then joined already established band Mustang! Other band members were Chris Gorman on drums, John Henderson (later Mike Staude) on lead guitar, Chris Gorman on drums and Hamish Fitzsimmons on bass. At that time Toby and his band mates were influenced by artists such as Teenage Fanclub, Pere Ubu, Urge Overkill, Television, Big Star, Captain Beefheart and Dinosaur Jr. Mustang! soon got a decent following through art school crowds and a bit of harmless hype in local rock press. They also had some catchy tunes and plenty of volume – Toby now suffers from tinnitus as a result. Some of the venues they played were The Shenton Park, The Old Melbourne, The Grosvenor, The Firm and The Loft. Their Rock cohorts were bands such as Baked, O!, Wormfarm, Bluetile Lounge, Wooden Fische and Benji.</p><p>Of this group of bands a collective known as Jacuzzi International was formed. This was basically a good excuse to party, and an easy way to organise gigs. The name was simply derived from the enjoyable practice JI members had of sharing a jacuzzi with friends at JI parties.</p><p> </p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3><p>[catlist name=toby-richardson content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h2>Reviews</h2><p>[catlist name=toby-richardson-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Toby_Richardson-The_Stones_And_The_Rabbits.pdf\"><em>The Stones And The Rabbits </em>EP Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Toby_Richardson_Evergreen.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Evergreen Album Release </a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release_18th_July.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Golden Days</em> EP Release</a>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p><p>[gallery ids=\"9235,9236,9234\"]</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p>No videos yet, sorry!</p><p> </p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>Toby Richardson\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Toby Richardson','','inherit','open','open','','9211-revision-v1','','','2014-07-08 02:47:52','2014-07-08 02:47:52','',9211,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9211-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9232,1,'2014-07-08 01:00:21','2014-07-08 01:00:21','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Toby Richardson</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9231\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Toby_Richardson_Beach-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Toby Richardson\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><em>“...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...”</em> –<strong> Losing Today<br /></strong></p><p>Toby Richardson represents an important part of Perth music history via pivotal 90’s band Mustang! who releasing the EP “Jacuzzi International Presents Mustang!” through Survival Records in 1994. His debut EP <em>Golden Days</em> is a 6 track lo-fi rock opus. With all the playful charm of Robert Pollard and the wirey choreography of Pavement, Richardson removes all pretension and carves his own special shape into the indie rock landscape.</p><p><strong><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Antonymes/108567235841143?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/Antonymes\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/antonymes\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Website\" href=\"http://www.antonymes.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8767\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Website.png\" alt=\"Website\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a> </strong></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>We Don\'t Look Back For Very Long (with Slow Dancing Society)</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4290771882/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=none/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/we-dont-look-back-for-very-long\">We Don\'t Look Back For Very Long by Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<em>We Don’t Look Back For Very Long </em>sees Antonymes reworking a track from each of fellow Hidden Shoal artist Slow Dancing Society’s four albums, casting radiant new light on the stunning originals. Across almost 30 minutes, Antonymes marries SDS’s glistening atmospheres to his own trademark ambient neo-classical minimalism, creating a completely mesmerising hybrid.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Lost In Waves of Light</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3184595053/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/lost-in-waves-of-light\">Lost In Waves Of Light by Antonymes</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nCreated from elements lifted off Antonyme’s critically acclaimed album <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span>, ‘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. Antonymes new album <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> 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.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 550px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1679006704/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/the-licence-to-interpret-dreams\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams by Antonymes</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> is the Hidden Shoal debut release by neo-classical/minimal ambient artist Antonymes. 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. 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’. Single ‘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.[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\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.\r\n\r\nDebut mini-album <em>Beauty Becomes The Enemy of the Future</em> was released initially on David Newlyn’s Cathedral Transmissions label in December 2009, and as a self-published book in spring 2010. A second 2010 release, <em>31: Before The Light Fails</em>, was released as a digital download and as a special box, an edition of one, containing music and photography, representing Antonymes’ fear and suspicion of the herd mentality. The piece consisted of two tracks to be played simultaneously in separate rooms. Various pieces by Antonymes have appeared on compilations produced by labels Soundcolours, Dezordr, Cathedral Transmissions and Audio Gourmet. The album <em>The Licence To Interpet Dreams</em> was released by Hidden Shoal to widespread critical acclaim in early 2011.\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=antonymes-news content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=antonymes-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes_meets_Slow_Dancing_Society.pdf\">Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society – <em>We Don’t Look Back For Very Long</em> </a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes_meets_Slow_Dancing_Society.pdf\">EP </a> <em><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes-Lost_In_Waves_Of_Light.pdf\">Lost In Waves Of Light</a></em>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes-Endlessly.pdf\"><em>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</em> Album</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes-Endlessly.pdf\">‘Endlessly’ Single</a> <a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes_Signing.pdf\">Antonymes Signing</a>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[gallery ids=\"8222,8221,8220,8219\"]\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/4senhm9eiTY?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\nAntonymes music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Toby Richardson','','inherit','open','open','','9211-revision-v1','','','2014-07-08 01:00:21','2014-07-08 01:00:21','',9211,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9211-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9233,1,'2014-07-08 02:09:28','2014-07-08 02:09:28','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]\r\n<h1>Toby Richardson</h1>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9231\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Toby_Richardson_Beach-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Toby Richardson\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><em>“...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...”</em> –<strong> Losing Today\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nToby Richardson represents an important part of Perth music history via pivotal 90’s band Mustang! who releasing the EP “Jacuzzi International Presents Mustang!” through Survival Records in 1994. His debut EP <em>Golden Days</em> is a 6 track lo-fi rock opus. With all the playful charm of Robert Pollard and the wirey choreography of Pavement, Richardson removes all pretension and carves his own special shape into the indie rock landscape.\r\n\r\n<strong><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Antonymes/108567235841143?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/Antonymes\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/antonymes\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Website\" href=\"http://www.antonymes.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8767\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Website.png\" alt=\"Website\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a> </strong>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>We Don\'t Look Back For Very Long (with Slow Dancing Society)</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4290771882/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=none/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/we-dont-look-back-for-very-long\">We Don\'t Look Back For Very Long by Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<em>We Don’t Look Back For Very Long </em>sees Antonymes reworking a track from each of fellow Hidden Shoal artist Slow Dancing Society’s four albums, casting radiant new light on the stunning originals. Across almost 30 minutes, Antonymes marries SDS’s glistening atmospheres to his own trademark ambient neo-classical minimalism, creating a completely mesmerising hybrid.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Lost In Waves of Light</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3184595053/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/lost-in-waves-of-light\">Lost In Waves Of Light by Antonymes</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nCreated from elements lifted off Antonyme’s critically acclaimed album <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span>, ‘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. Antonymes new album <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> 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.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 550px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1679006704/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/the-licence-to-interpret-dreams\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams by Antonymes</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> is the Hidden Shoal debut release by neo-classical/minimal ambient artist Antonymes. 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. 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’. Single ‘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.[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\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.\r\n\r\nDebut mini-album <em>Beauty Becomes The Enemy of the Future</em> was released initially on David Newlyn’s Cathedral Transmissions label in December 2009, and as a self-published book in spring 2010. A second 2010 release, <em>31: Before The Light Fails</em>, was released as a digital download and as a special box, an edition of one, containing music and photography, representing Antonymes’ fear and suspicion of the herd mentality. The piece consisted of two tracks to be played simultaneously in separate rooms. Various pieces by Antonymes have appeared on compilations produced by labels Soundcolours, Dezordr, Cathedral Transmissions and Audio Gourmet. The album <em>The Licence To Interpet Dreams</em> was released by Hidden Shoal to widespread critical acclaim in early 2011.\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=antonymes-news content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=antonymes-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes_meets_Slow_Dancing_Society.pdf\">Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society – <em>We Don’t Look Back For Very Long</em> </a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes_meets_Slow_Dancing_Society.pdf\">EP </a> <em><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes-Lost_In_Waves_Of_Light.pdf\">Lost In Waves Of Light</a></em>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes-Endlessly.pdf\"><em>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</em> Album</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes-Endlessly.pdf\">‘Endlessly’ Single</a> <a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes_Signing.pdf\">Antonymes Signing</a>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[gallery ids=\"8222,8221,8220,8219\"]\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/4senhm9eiTY?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\nAntonymes music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Toby Richardson','','inherit','open','open','','9211-revision-v1','','','2014-07-08 02:09:28','2014-07-08 02:09:28','',9211,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9211-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9234,1,'2014-07-08 02:38:48','2014-07-08 02:38:48','','Toby Richardson','','inherit','open','open','','toby_richardson','','','2014-07-08 02:38:48','2014-07-08 02:38:48','',9211,'http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Toby_Richardson.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9235,1,'2014-07-08 02:39:03','2014-07-08 02:39:03','','Toby Richardson','','inherit','open','open','','toby_richardson_beach-2','','','2014-07-08 02:39:03','2014-07-08 02:39:03','',9211,'http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Toby_Richardson_Beach1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9236,1,'2014-07-08 02:40:19','2014-07-08 02:40:19','','Toby Richardson','','inherit','open','open','','toby_richardson_rock','','','2014-07-08 02:40:19','2014-07-08 02:40:19','',9211,'http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Toby_Richardson_Rock.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9239,1,'2014-07-08 07:09:43','2014-07-08 07:09:43','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]\r\n<h1>Toby Richardson</h1>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9231\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Toby_Richardson_Beach-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Toby Richardson\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" /></a><em>“...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...”</em> –<strong> Losing Today\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nToby Richardson represents an important part of Perth music history via pivotal 90’s band Mustang! who releasing the EP “Jacuzzi International Presents Mustang!” through Survival Records in 1994. His debut EP <em>Golden Days</em> is a 6 track lo-fi rock opus. With all the playful charm of Robert Pollard and the wirey choreography of Pavement, Richardson removes all pretension and carves his own special shape into the indie rock landscape.\r\n\r\n<strong>       </strong>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>We Don\'t Look Back For Very Long (with Slow Dancing Society)</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4290771882/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=none/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/we-dont-look-back-for-very-long\">We Don\'t Look Back For Very Long by Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<em>We Don’t Look Back For Very Long </em>sees Antonymes reworking a track from each of fellow Hidden Shoal artist Slow Dancing Society’s four albums, casting radiant new light on the stunning originals. Across almost 30 minutes, Antonymes marries SDS’s glistening atmospheres to his own trademark ambient neo-classical minimalism, creating a completely mesmerising hybrid.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Lost In Waves of Light</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3184595053/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/lost-in-waves-of-light\">Lost In Waves Of Light by Antonymes</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nCreated from elements lifted off Antonyme’s critically acclaimed album <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span>, ‘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. Antonymes new album <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> 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.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 550px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1679006704/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/the-licence-to-interpret-dreams\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams by Antonymes</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> is the Hidden Shoal debut release by neo-classical/minimal ambient artist Antonymes. 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. 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’. Single ‘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.[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\nThe spark that started Toby Richardson’s musical journey came from the inexorable flame of the Perth rock scene. Seeing bands like The Stems, The Marigolds, Chad’s Tree, The Healers and touring acts such as Ed Kuepper and The Yard Goes On Forever in the late ’80s captured his imagination. This was a revelation of the immediate power and excitement that live rock ‘n’ roll can create – and what a great setting it provides for drinking beer.With his brother Mark playing in bands Chant and Be Happy and Grin, Toby decided to give it a crack himself. Due to the informal nature of the rock industry back then, it was almost like he’d only just busted out a few chords before he and his cronies hit the stage. Running on borrowed equipment and Austudy cheques, his first band Pool Flotation Device played three gigs, got a decent review and broke up.\r\n\r\nToby then joined already established band Mustang! Other band members were Chris Gorman on drums, John Henderson (later Mike Staude) on lead guitar, Chris Gorman on drums and Hamish Fitzsimmons on bass. At that time Toby and his band mates were influenced by artists such as Teenage Fanclub, Pere Ubu, Urge Overkill, Television, Big Star, Captain Beefheart and Dinosaur Jr. Mustang! soon got a decent following through art school crowds and a bit of harmless hype in local rock press. They also had some catchy tunes and plenty of volume – Toby now suffers from tinnitus as a result. Some of the venues they played were The Shenton Park, The Old Melbourne, The Grosvenor, The Firm and The Loft. Their Rock cohorts were bands such as Baked, O!, Wormfarm, Bluetile Lounge, Wooden Fische and Benji.\r\n\r\nOf this group of bands a collective known as Jacuzzi International was formed. This was basically a good excuse to party, and an easy way to organise gigs. The name was simply derived from the enjoyable practice JI members had of sharing a jacuzzi with friends at JI parties.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=toby-richardson content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=toby-richardson-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Toby_Richardson-The_Stones_And_The_Rabbits.pdf\"><em>The Stones And The Rabbits </em>EP Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Toby_Richardson_Evergreen.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Evergreen Album Release </a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release_18th_July.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Golden Days</em> EP Release</a>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[gallery ids=\"9235,9236,9234\"]\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\nNo videos yet, sorry!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\nToby Richardson\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Toby Richardson','','inherit','open','open','','9211-revision-v1','','','2014-07-08 07:09:43','2014-07-08 07:09:43','',9211,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9211-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9240,1,'2014-07-08 07:11:45','2014-07-08 07:11:45','','HS_BGw','','inherit','open','open','','hs_bgw','','','2014-07-08 07:11:45','2014-07-08 07:11:45','',0,'http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/HS_BGw.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(9241,1,'2014-07-08 07:12:09','2014-07-08 07:12:09','','HS_BGw','','inherit','open','open','','hs_bgw-2','','','2014-07-08 07:12:09','2014-07-08 07:12:09','',0,'http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/HS_BGw1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(9242,1,'2014-07-08 07:15:06','2014-07-08 07:15:06','','HS_BG_duo','','inherit','open','open','','hs_bg_duo','','','2014-07-08 07:15:06','2014-07-08 07:15:06','',0,'http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/HS_BG_duo.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(9243,1,'2014-07-08 07:15:29','2014-07-08 07:15:29','','HS_BG','','inherit','open','open','','hs_bg','','','2014-07-08 07:15:29','2014-07-08 07:15:29','',0,'http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/HS_BG.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(9244,1,'2014-07-08 07:17:01','2014-07-08 07:17:01','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Brother Earth</h1>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9248\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Brother-Earth-Bio-Shot-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Brother Earth\" width=\"271\" height=\"170\" /></a>Brother Earth brings together the formidable talents of multi-instrumentalist Todd Tobias (Circus Devils) and vocalist Steve Five (The Library is on Fire). Their shadowy, kaleidoscopic music vacillates between brooding textural pieces and exuberant rock-and-roll at the drop of a hat, chasing the ghosts of pop music past into a hall of cracked mirrors. \r\n<a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/ohbrotherearth\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-8763 size-full\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a> <a href=\"http://soundcloud.com/brotherearthmusic\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Website\" href=\"http://tobias-music.com/id29.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-8767 size-full\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Website.png\" alt=\"Website\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/brother-earth/id393588348?uo=4&at=11lRii\" target=\"itunes_store\" style=\"display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;background:url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-sm.png) no-repeat;width:45px;height:15px;@media only screen{background-image:url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-sm.svg);}\"></a>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4>Positive Haywires</h4>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 670px;\" src=\"https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3845305232/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://brotherearth.bandcamp.com/album/positive-haywires\">POSITIVE HAYWIRES by Brother Earth</a></iframe>\r\nSeptember 2014\r\n\r\nOn Brother Earth\'s debut album for Hidden Shoal the band\'s shadowy, kaleidoscopic music vacillates between brooding textural pieces and exuberant rock-and-roll at the drop of a hat, chasing the ghosts of pop music past into a hall of cracked mirrors. <em>Positive Haywires\' </em>wonderfully elastic aesthetics shift from dark and broken to sunny and playful in a matter of songs, while maintaining their own warped and beautiful logic.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4>\'City of Gold\' (Single)</h4>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 120px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3845305232/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/track=3093467678/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://brotherearth.bandcamp.com/album/positive-haywires\">POSITIVE HAYWIRES by Brother Earth</a></iframe>\r\nAugust 2014 (Free Download)\r\n\r\nIf their first single \'Out Like A Lion\' saw Brother Earth creeping around in the darkness weaving mesmerising magic, \'City Of Gold\' sees them breaking into the light as fist-pumping power chords carry the song into the same realm of lo-fi rock classicism as prime GBV. This is epic dream-rock, packed into a running time of just over a minute.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4>\'Out Like A Lion\' (Single)</h4>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 170px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3845305232/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/track=3551113769/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://brotherearth.bandcamp.com/album/positive-haywires\">POSITIVE HAYWIRES by Brother Earth</a></iframe>\r\nJuly 2014  (Free Download)\r\n\r\nNegotiating the smoky ambience of ‘Out Like A Lion’ feels like squinting into the dark and tiptoeing down a staircase covered in moss. The darkness is pressing in all around you, but the insistence of the percussion and nylon-string guitar tugs you onward, mesmerised by the incantatory vocal. ‘Out Like A Lion’ is taken from the forthcoming Brother Earth album <em>Positive Haywires (16th Sept 2014)</em>, which vacillates between brooding textural pieces and exuberant rock’n’roll at the drop of a hat, chasing the ghosts of pop music past into a hall of cracked mirrors.\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\nBrother Earth is a collaboration between multi-instrumentalist/producer Todd Tobias and vocalist Steve Five. Todd’s darkly exotic instrumental music has featured on three Hidden Shoal releases to date (<i>Medicine Show</i>, <i>Night Above Ground </i>and <i>I Razor</i>). Todd is also a member of Circus Devils alongside brother Tim Tobias and vocalist Robert Pollard (Guided by Voices). Steve Five is the guitarist/vocalist/songwriter for the Brooklyn-based band The Library is on Fire<i>.</i>\r\n\r\nTodd and Steve first met in 2007 when TLIOF recorded an album with Todd as producer.  During the recording Steve and Todd struck up a friendship, leading to the pair creating backyard music videos for Circus Devils<i>. </i>In the videos Steve played a number of characters, and went on to play the main character in the experimental feature film <i>I Razor</i>, the soundtrack of which was released on Hidden Shoal. In 2008 Steve and Todd decided to begin recording their own songs as Brother Earth. <i>Positive Haywires</i> is a collection of Brother Earth songs recorded between 2008 and 2013.\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=brother-earth-news content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=brother-earth-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<a title=\"Positive Haywires Press Release\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/brother_earth/Brother_Earth-Positive_Haywires_Press_Release.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Positive Haywires</em> album release</a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Out Like a Lion Press Release\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/brother_earth/Brother_Earth-Out_Like_A_Lion-Press_Release.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'Out Like a Lion\' single release</a>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[gallery ids=\"9250\"]\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/asGux-DFIW0?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe> <iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/ifa8_ULUrbo?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\nBrother Earth\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"light\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Brother Earth','','publish','open','open','','brother-earth','','','2015-02-03 16:13:48','2015-02-03 08:13:48','',0,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/?post_type=project&#038;p=9244',0,'project','',0),(9310,1,'2014-07-09 06:33:36','2014-07-09 06:33:36','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Brother Earth</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9248\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Brother-Earth-Bio-Shot-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Brother Earth\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" /></a>Brother Earth brings together the formidable talents of multi-instrumentalist Todd Tobias (Circus Devils) and vocalist Steve Five (The Library is on Fire). Their shadowy, kaleidoscopic music vacillates between brooding textural pieces and exuberant rock-and-roll at the drop of a hat, chasing the ghosts of pop music past into a hall of cracked mirrors.</p><p><strong>   <a title=\"Website\" href=\"http://tobias-music.com/id29.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-8767 size-full\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Website.png\" alt=\"Website\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a> </strong></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<div><em>Positive Haywires</em> out 16th September 2014</div>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\n<p>Brother Earth is a collaboration between multi-instrumentalist/producer Todd Tobias and vocalist Steve Five. Todd’s darkly exotic instrumental music has featured on three Hidden Shoal releases to date (<i>Medicine Show</i>, <i>Night Above Ground </i>and <i>I Razor</i>). Todd is also a member of Circus Devils alongside brother Tim Tobias and vocalist Robert Pollard (Guided by Voices). Steve Five is the guitarist/vocalist/songwriter for the Brooklyn-based band The Library is on Fire<i>.</i></p>\r\n<p>Todd and Steve first met in 2007 when TLIOF recorded an album with Todd as producer.  During the recording Steve and Todd struck up a friendship, leading to the pair creating backyard music videos for Circus Devils<i>. </i>In the videos Steve played a number of characters, and went on to play the main character in the experimental feature film <i>I Razor</i>, the soundtrack of which was released on Hidden Shoal. In 2008 Steve and Todd decided to begin recording their own songs as Brother Earth. <i>Positive Haywires</i> is a collection of Brother Earth songs recorded between 2008 and 2013.</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<br />\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=brother-earth-news content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<br />\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=brother-earth-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<p>No press releases yet, sorry!</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[gallery ids=\"9250\"]\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<p> No music videos yet, sorry!</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<br />\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\n<p>Brother Earth\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Brother Earth','','inherit','open','open','','9244-revision-v1','','','2014-07-09 06:33:36','2014-07-09 06:33:36','',9244,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9244-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9251,1,'2014-07-08 08:05:44','2014-07-08 08:05:44','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Brother Earth</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9248\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Brother-Earth-Bio-Shot-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Brother Earth\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" /></a>Brother Earth brings together the formidable talents of multi-instrumentalist Todd Tobias (Circus Devils) and vocalist Steve Five (The Library is on Fire). Their shadowy, kaleidoscopic music vacillates between brooding textural pieces and exuberant rock-and-roll at the drop of a hat, chasing the ghosts of pop music past into a hall of cracked mirrors.</p><p><strong><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Antonymes/108567235841143?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/Antonymes\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/antonymes\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Website\" href=\"http://www.antonymes.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8767\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Website.png\" alt=\"Website\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a> </strong></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div><em>Positive Haywires</em> out 16th September 2014</div>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p>Brother Earth is a collaboration between multi-instrumentalist/producer Todd Tobias and vocalist Steve Five. Todd’s darkly exotic instrumental music has featured on three Hidden Shoal releases to date (<i>Medicine Show</i>, <i>Night Above Ground </i>and <i>I Razor</i>). Todd is also a member of Circus Devils alongside brother Tim Tobias and vocalist Robert Pollard (Guided by Voices). Steve Five is the guitarist/vocalist/songwriter for the Brooklyn-based band The Library is on Fire<i>.</i></p><p>Todd and Steve first met in 2007 when TLIOF recorded an album with Todd as producer.  During the recording Steve and Todd struck up a friendship, leading to the pair creating backyard music videos for Circus Devils<i>. </i>In the videos Steve played a number of characters, and went on to play the main character in the experimental feature film <i>I Razor</i>, the soundtrack of which was released on Hidden Shoal. In 2008 Steve and Todd decided to begin recording their own songs as Brother Earth. <i>Positive Haywires</i> is a collection of Brother Earth songs recorded between 2008 and 2013.</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3><p>[catlist name=brother-earth-news content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h2>Reviews</h2><p>[catlist name=brother-earth-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3><p>No press releases yet, sorry!</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p><p>[gallery ids=\"9250\"]</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p> No music videos yet, sorry!</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>Brother Earth\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Brother Earth','','inherit','open','open','','9244-revision-v1','','','2014-07-08 08:05:44','2014-07-08 08:05:44','',9244,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9244-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9253,1,'2005-07-08 08:08:48','2005-07-08 08:08:48','No news yet, sorry!','','','publish','open','open','','no-news','','','2016-02-03 13:51:37','2016-02-03 05:51:37','',0,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/?p=9253',0,'post','',0),(9254,1,'2014-07-08 08:08:48','2014-07-08 08:08:48','No news yet, sorry!','No News','','inherit','open','open','','9253-revision-v1','','','2014-07-08 08:08:48','2014-07-08 08:08:48','',9253,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9253-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9245,1,'2014-07-08 07:17:01','2014-07-08 07:17:01','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]\r\n<h1>Antonymes</h1>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-6978\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Antonymes\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" /></a><em>“sound sketches of enormous, if fragile, beauty”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong> The 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. <strong><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Antonymes/108567235841143?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/Antonymes\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/antonymes\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Website\" href=\"http://www.antonymes.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8767\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Website.png\" alt=\"Website\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a> </strong>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>We Don\'t Look Back For Very Long (with Slow Dancing Society)</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4290771882/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=none/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/we-dont-look-back-for-very-long\">We Don\'t Look Back For Very Long by Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<em>We Don’t Look Back For Very Long </em>sees Antonymes reworking a track from each of fellow Hidden Shoal artist Slow Dancing Society’s four albums, casting radiant new light on the stunning originals. Across almost 30 minutes, Antonymes marries SDS’s glistening atmospheres to his own trademark ambient neo-classical minimalism, creating a completely mesmerising hybrid.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Lost In Waves of Light</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3184595053/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/lost-in-waves-of-light\">Lost In Waves Of Light by Antonymes</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nCreated from elements lifted off Antonyme’s critically acclaimed album <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span>, ‘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. Antonymes new album <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> 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.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 550px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1679006704/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/the-licence-to-interpret-dreams\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams by Antonymes</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> is the Hidden Shoal debut release by neo-classical/minimal ambient artist Antonymes. 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. 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’. Single ‘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.[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\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. Debut mini-album <em>Beauty Becomes The Enemy of the Future</em> was released initially on David Newlyn’s Cathedral Transmissions label in December 2009, and as a self-published book in spring 2010. A second 2010 release, <em>31: Before The Light Fails</em>, was released as a digital download and as a special box, an edition of one, containing music and photography, representing Antonymes’ fear and suspicion of the herd mentality. The piece consisted of two tracks to be played simultaneously in separate rooms. Various pieces by Antonymes have appeared on compilations produced by labels Soundcolours, Dezordr, Cathedral Transmissions and Audio Gourmet. The album <em>The Licence To Interpet Dreams</em> was released by Hidden Shoal to widespread critical acclaim in early 2011. [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=antonymes-news content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=antonymes-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes_meets_Slow_Dancing_Society.pdf\">Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society – <em>We Don’t Look Back For Very Long</em> </a> <a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes_meets_Slow_Dancing_Society.pdf\">EP </a> <em><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes-Lost_In_Waves_Of_Light.pdf\">Lost In Waves Of Light</a></em> <a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes-Endlessly.pdf\"><em>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</em> Album</a> <a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes-Endlessly.pdf\">‘Endlessly’ Single</a> <a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes_Signing.pdf\">Antonymes Signing</a> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[gallery ids=\"8222,8221,8220,8219\"]\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe> <iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/4senhm9eiTY?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\nAntonymes music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away. [/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Brother Earth','','inherit','open','open','','9244-revision-v1','','','2014-07-08 07:17:01','2014-07-08 07:17:01','',9244,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9244-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9246,1,'2014-07-08 07:35:03','2014-07-08 07:35:03','','night-day-town','','inherit','open','open','','night-day-town','','','2014-07-08 07:35:03','2014-07-08 07:35:03','',0,'http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/night-day-town.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9247,1,'2014-07-08 07:39:22','2014-07-08 07:39:22','','night-day-town_blue','','inherit','open','open','','night-day-town_blue','','','2014-07-08 07:39:22','2014-07-08 07:39:22','',0,'http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/night-day-town_blue.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9248,1,'2014-07-08 07:55:44','2014-07-08 07:55:44','','Brother Earth','','inherit','open','open','','brother-earth-bio-shot','','','2014-07-08 07:55:44','2014-07-08 07:55:44','',9244,'http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Brother-Earth-Bio-Shot.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9249,1,'2015-01-19 16:01:27','2015-01-19 08:01:27','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]\n<h1>Brother Earth</h1>\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9248\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Brother-Earth-Bio-Shot-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Brother Earth\" width=\"271\" height=\"170\" /></a>Brother Earth brings together the formidable talents of multi-instrumentalist Todd Tobias (Circus Devils) and vocalist Steve Five (The Library is on Fire). Their shadowy, kaleidoscopic music vacillates between brooding textural pieces and exuberant rock-and-roll at the drop of a hat, chasing the ghosts of pop music past into a hall of cracked mirrors.\n\n<a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/ohbrotherearth\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-8763 size-full\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a> <a href=\"http://soundcloud.com/brotherearthmusic\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Website\" href=\"http://tobias-music.com/id29.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-8767 size-full\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Website.png\" alt=\"Website\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>\n\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\n<h3>Discography</h3>\n&nbsp;\n<h4>Positive Haywires</h4>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 670px;\" src=\"https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3845305232/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://brotherearth.bandcamp.com/album/positive-haywires\">POSITIVE HAYWIRES by Brother Earth</a></iframe>\nSeptember 2014\n\nOn Brother Earth\'s debut album for Hidden Shoal the band\'s shadowy, kaleidoscopic music vacillates between brooding textural pieces and exuberant rock-and-roll at the drop of a hat, chasing the ghosts of pop music past into a hall of cracked mirrors. <em>Positive Haywires\' </em>wonderfully elastic aesthetics shift from dark and broken to sunny and playful in a matter of songs, while maintaining their own warped and beautiful logic.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n<h4>\'City of Gold\' (Single)</h4>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 120px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3845305232/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/track=3093467678/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://brotherearth.bandcamp.com/album/positive-haywires\">POSITIVE HAYWIRES by Brother Earth</a></iframe>\nAugust 2014 (Free Download)\n\nIf their first single \'Out Like A Lion\' saw Brother Earth creeping around in the darkness weaving mesmerising magic, \'City Of Gold\' sees them breaking into the light as fist-pumping power chords carry the song into the same realm of lo-fi rock classicism as prime GBV. This is epic dream-rock, packed into a running time of just over a minute.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n<h4>\'Out Like A Lion\' (Single)</h4>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 170px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3845305232/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/track=3551113769/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://brotherearth.bandcamp.com/album/positive-haywires\">POSITIVE HAYWIRES by Brother Earth</a></iframe>\nJuly 2014  (Free Download)\n\nNegotiating the smoky ambience of ‘Out Like A Lion’ feels like squinting into the dark and tiptoeing down a staircase covered in moss. The darkness is pressing in all around you, but the insistence of the percussion and nylon-string guitar tugs you onward, mesmerised by the incantatory vocal. ‘Out Like A Lion’ is taken from the forthcoming Brother Earth album <em>Positive Haywires (16th Sept 2014)</em>, which vacillates between brooding textural pieces and exuberant rock’n’roll at the drop of a hat, chasing the ghosts of pop music past into a hall of cracked mirrors.\n\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\n<h3>Biography</h3>\nBrother Earth is a collaboration between multi-instrumentalist/producer Todd Tobias and vocalist Steve Five. Todd’s darkly exotic instrumental music has featured on three Hidden Shoal releases to date (<i>Medicine Show</i>, <i>Night Above Ground </i>and <i>I Razor</i>). Todd is also a member of Circus Devils alongside brother Tim Tobias and vocalist Robert Pollard (Guided by Voices). Steve Five is the guitarist/vocalist/songwriter for the Brooklyn-based band The Library is on Fire<i>.</i>\n\nTodd and Steve first met in 2007 when TLIOF recorded an album with Todd as producer.  During the recording Steve and Todd struck up a friendship, leading to the pair creating backyard music videos for Circus Devils<i>. </i>In the videos Steve played a number of characters, and went on to play the main character in the experimental feature film <i>I Razor</i>, the soundtrack of which was released on Hidden Shoal. In 2008 Steve and Todd decided to begin recording their own songs as Brother Earth. <i>Positive Haywires</i> is a collection of Brother Earth songs recorded between 2008 and 2013.\n\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\n<h3>News</h3>\n[catlist name=brother-earth-news content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\n[catlist name=brother-earth-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\n<a title=\"Positive Haywires Press Release\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/brother_earth/Brother_Earth-Positive_Haywires_Press_Release.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Positive Haywires</em> album release</a>\n\n<a title=\"Out Like a Lion Press Release\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/brother_earth/Brother_Earth-Out_Like_A_Lion-Press_Release.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\'Out Like a Lion\' single release</a>\n\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n[gallery ids=\"9250\"]\n\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/asGux-DFIW0?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe> <iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/ifa8_ULUrbo?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\nBrother Earth\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.\n\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"light\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Brother Earth','','inherit','open','open','','9244-autosave-v1','','','2015-01-19 16:01:27','2015-01-19 08:01:27','',9244,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9244-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9560,1,'2014-07-17 03:46:55','2014-07-17 03:46:55','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Brother Earth</h1>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9248\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Brother-Earth-Bio-Shot-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Brother Earth\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" /></a>Brother Earth brings together the formidable talents of multi-instrumentalist Todd Tobias (Circus Devils) and vocalist Steve Five (The Library is on Fire). Their shadowy, kaleidoscopic music vacillates between brooding textural pieces and exuberant rock-and-roll at the drop of a hat, chasing the ghosts of pop music past into a hall of cracked mirrors.\r\n\r\n<strong>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/brotherearthmusic\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-8763 size-full\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /><a title=\"Website\" href=\"http://tobias-music.com/id29.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-8767 size-full\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Website.png\" alt=\"Website\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a> </strong>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<div><em>Positive Haywires</em> out 16th September 2014</div>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\n<p>Brother Earth is a collaboration between multi-instrumentalist/producer Todd Tobias and vocalist Steve Five. Todd’s darkly exotic instrumental music has featured on three Hidden Shoal releases to date (<i>Medicine Show</i>, <i>Night Above Ground </i>and <i>I Razor</i>). Todd is also a member of Circus Devils alongside brother Tim Tobias and vocalist Robert Pollard (Guided by Voices). Steve Five is the guitarist/vocalist/songwriter for the Brooklyn-based band The Library is on Fire<i>.</i></p>\r\n<p>Todd and Steve first met in 2007 when TLIOF recorded an album with Todd as producer.  During the recording Steve and Todd struck up a friendship, leading to the pair creating backyard music videos for Circus Devils<i>. </i>In the videos Steve played a number of characters, and went on to play the main character in the experimental feature film <i>I Razor</i>, the soundtrack of which was released on Hidden Shoal. In 2008 Steve and Todd decided to begin recording their own songs as Brother Earth. <i>Positive Haywires</i> is a collection of Brother Earth songs recorded between 2008 and 2013.</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=brother-earth-news content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]<br /> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=brother-earth-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]<br /> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<p>No press releases yet, sorry!</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[gallery ids=\"9250\"]\r\n<p> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<p> No music videos yet, sorry!</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\n<p>Brother Earth\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Brother Earth','','inherit','closed','open','','9244-revision-v1','','','2014-07-17 03:46:55','2014-07-17 03:46:55','',9244,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9244-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9563,1,'2014-07-17 03:57:56','2014-07-17 03:57:56','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Brother Earth</h1>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9248\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Brother-Earth-Bio-Shot-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Brother Earth\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" /></a>Brother Earth brings together the formidable talents of multi-instrumentalist Todd Tobias (Circus Devils) and vocalist Steve Five (The Library is on Fire). Their shadowy, kaleidoscopic music vacillates between brooding textural pieces and exuberant rock-and-roll at the drop of a hat, chasing the ghosts of pop music past into a hall of cracked mirrors.\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/ohbrotherearth\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-8763 size-full\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a> <a href=\"http://soundcloud.com/brotherearthmusic\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Website\" href=\"http://tobias-music.com/id29.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-8767 size-full\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Website.png\" alt=\"Website\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div><em>Positive Haywires</em> out 16th September 2014</div>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]<h3>Biography</h3><p>Brother Earth is a collaboration between multi-instrumentalist/producer Todd Tobias and vocalist Steve Five. Todd’s darkly exotic instrumental music has featured on three Hidden Shoal releases to date (<i>Medicine Show</i>, <i>Night Above Ground </i>and <i>I Razor</i>). Todd is also a member of Circus Devils alongside brother Tim Tobias and vocalist Robert Pollard (Guided by Voices). Steve Five is the guitarist/vocalist/songwriter for the Brooklyn-based band The Library is on Fire<i>.</i></p><p>Todd and Steve first met in 2007 when TLIOF recorded an album with Todd as producer.  During the recording Steve and Todd struck up a friendship, leading to the pair creating backyard music videos for Circus Devils<i>. </i>In the videos Steve played a number of characters, and went on to play the main character in the experimental feature film <i>I Razor</i>, the soundtrack of which was released on Hidden Shoal. In 2008 Steve and Todd decided to begin recording their own songs as Brother Earth. <i>Positive Haywires</i> is a collection of Brother Earth songs recorded between 2008 and 2013.</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]<h3>News</h3>[catlist name=brother-earth-news content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]<br /> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]<h2>Reviews</h2>[catlist name=brother-earth-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]<br /> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]<h3>Press Releases</h3><p>No press releases yet, sorry!</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p>[gallery ids=\"9250\"][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p> No music videos yet, sorry!</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>Brother Earth\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Brother Earth','','inherit','closed','open','','9244-revision-v1','','','2014-07-17 03:57:56','2014-07-17 03:57:56','',9244,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9244-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9562,1,'2014-07-17 03:56:35','2014-07-17 03:56:35','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Brother Earth</h1><p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9248\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Brother-Earth-Bio-Shot-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Brother Earth\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" /></a>Brother Earth brings together the formidable talents of multi-instrumentalist Todd Tobias (Circus Devils) and vocalist Steve Five (The Library is on Fire). Their shadowy, kaleidoscopic music vacillates between brooding textural pieces and exuberant rock-and-roll at the drop of a hat, chasing the ghosts of pop music past into a hall of cracked mirrors.<br /> <a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/ohbrotherearth\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-8763 size-full\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a> <a href=\"http://soundcloud.com/brotherearthmusic\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Website\" href=\"http://tobias-music.com/id29.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-8767 size-full\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Website.png\" alt=\"Website\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<div><em>Positive Haywires</em> out 16th September 2014</div>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\n<p>Brother Earth is a collaboration between multi-instrumentalist/producer Todd Tobias and vocalist Steve Five. Todd’s darkly exotic instrumental music has featured on three Hidden Shoal releases to date (<i>Medicine Show</i>, <i>Night Above Ground </i>and <i>I Razor</i>). Todd is also a member of Circus Devils alongside brother Tim Tobias and vocalist Robert Pollard (Guided by Voices). Steve Five is the guitarist/vocalist/songwriter for the Brooklyn-based band The Library is on Fire<i>.</i></p>\r\n<p>Todd and Steve first met in 2007 when TLIOF recorded an album with Todd as producer.  During the recording Steve and Todd struck up a friendship, leading to the pair creating backyard music videos for Circus Devils<i>. </i>In the videos Steve played a number of characters, and went on to play the main character in the experimental feature film <i>I Razor</i>, the soundtrack of which was released on Hidden Shoal. In 2008 Steve and Todd decided to begin recording their own songs as Brother Earth. <i>Positive Haywires</i> is a collection of Brother Earth songs recorded between 2008 and 2013.</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=brother-earth-news content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]<br /> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=brother-earth-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]<br /> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<p>No press releases yet, sorry!</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[gallery ids=\"9250\"]\r\n<p> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<p> No music videos yet, sorry!</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\n<p>Brother Earth\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Brother Earth','','inherit','closed','open','','9244-revision-v1','','','2014-07-17 03:56:35','2014-07-17 03:56:35','',9244,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9244-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9561,1,'2014-07-17 03:54:09','2014-07-17 03:54:09','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]<h1>Brother Earth</h1>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9248\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Brother-Earth-Bio-Shot-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Brother Earth\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" /></a>Brother Earth brings together the formidable talents of multi-instrumentalist Todd Tobias (Circus Devils) and vocalist Steve Five (The Library is on Fire). Their shadowy, kaleidoscopic music vacillates between brooding textural pieces and exuberant rock-and-roll at the drop of a hat, chasing the ghosts of pop music past into a hall of cracked mirrors.\r\n<a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/ohbrotherearth\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-8763 size-full\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a> <a title=\"Website\" href=\"http://tobias-music.com/id29.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-8767 size-full\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Website.png\" alt=\"Website\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n<div><em>Positive Haywires</em> out 16th September 2014</div>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\n<p>Brother Earth is a collaboration between multi-instrumentalist/producer Todd Tobias and vocalist Steve Five. Todd’s darkly exotic instrumental music has featured on three Hidden Shoal releases to date (<i>Medicine Show</i>, <i>Night Above Ground </i>and <i>I Razor</i>). Todd is also a member of Circus Devils alongside brother Tim Tobias and vocalist Robert Pollard (Guided by Voices). Steve Five is the guitarist/vocalist/songwriter for the Brooklyn-based band The Library is on Fire<i>.</i></p>\r\n<p>Todd and Steve first met in 2007 when TLIOF recorded an album with Todd as producer.  During the recording Steve and Todd struck up a friendship, leading to the pair creating backyard music videos for Circus Devils<i>. </i>In the videos Steve played a number of characters, and went on to play the main character in the experimental feature film <i>I Razor</i>, the soundtrack of which was released on Hidden Shoal. In 2008 Steve and Todd decided to begin recording their own songs as Brother Earth. <i>Positive Haywires</i> is a collection of Brother Earth songs recorded between 2008 and 2013.</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=brother-earth-news content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]<br /> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=brother-earth-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]<br /> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<p>No press releases yet, sorry!</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[gallery ids=\"9250\"]\r\n<p> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<p> No music videos yet, sorry!</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\n<p>Brother Earth\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Brother Earth','','inherit','closed','open','','9244-revision-v1','','','2014-07-17 03:54:09','2014-07-17 03:54:09','',9244,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9244-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9250,1,'2014-07-08 07:57:56','2014-07-08 07:57:56','','Brother Earth','','inherit','open','open','','brother-earth-bio-shot-2','','','2014-07-08 07:57:56','2014-07-08 07:57:56','',9244,'http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Brother-Earth-Bio-Shot1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9256,1,'2014-07-08 08:09:54','2014-07-08 08:09:54','','No news yet, sorry!','','inherit','open','open','','9253-revision-v1','','','2014-07-08 08:09:54','2014-07-08 08:09:54','',9253,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9253-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9257,1,'2014-07-08 08:11:45','2014-07-08 08:11:45','No news yet, sorry!','','','inherit','open','open','','9253-revision-v1','','','2014-07-08 08:11:45','2014-07-08 08:11:45','',9253,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9253-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9259,1,'2014-07-08 08:28:18','2014-07-08 08:28:18','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]\r\n<h1>Antonymes</h1>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-6978\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Antonymes\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" /></a><em>“sound sketches of enormous, if fragile, beauty”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong> The 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. <strong><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Antonymes/108567235841143?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8763\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/Antonymes\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8766\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"SoundCloud\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/antonymes\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8764\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a>  <a title=\"Website\" href=\"http://www.antonymes.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8767\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Website.png\" alt=\"Website\" width=\"26\" height=\"20\" /></a> </strong>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>We Don\'t Look Back For Very Long (with Slow Dancing Society)</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4290771882/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=none/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/we-dont-look-back-for-very-long\">We Don\'t Look Back For Very Long by Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<em>We Don’t Look Back For Very Long </em>sees Antonymes reworking a track from each of fellow Hidden Shoal artist Slow Dancing Society’s four albums, casting radiant new light on the stunning originals. Across almost 30 minutes, Antonymes marries SDS’s glistening atmospheres to his own trademark ambient neo-classical minimalism, creating a completely mesmerising hybrid.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Lost In Waves of Light</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3184595053/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/lost-in-waves-of-light\">Lost In Waves Of Light by Antonymes</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\nCreated from elements lifted off Antonyme’s critically acclaimed album <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span>, ‘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. Antonymes new album <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> 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.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 600px; height: 550px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1679006704/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/the-licence-to-interpret-dreams\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams by Antonymes</a></iframe>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> is the Hidden Shoal debut release by neo-classical/minimal ambient artist Antonymes. 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. 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’. Single ‘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.[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\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. Debut mini-album <em>Beauty Becomes The Enemy of the Future</em> was released initially on David Newlyn’s Cathedral Transmissions label in December 2009, and as a self-published book in spring 2010. A second 2010 release, <em>31: Before The Light Fails</em>, was released as a digital download and as a special box, an edition of one, containing music and photography, representing Antonymes’ fear and suspicion of the herd mentality. The piece consisted of two tracks to be played simultaneously in separate rooms. Various pieces by Antonymes have appeared on compilations produced by labels Soundcolours, Dezordr, Cathedral Transmissions and Audio Gourmet. The album <em>The Licence To Interpet Dreams</em> was released by Hidden Shoal to widespread critical acclaim in early 2011. [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=antonymes-news content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=antonymes-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes_meets_Slow_Dancing_Society.pdf\">Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society – <em>We Don’t Look Back For Very Long</em> </a> <a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes_meets_Slow_Dancing_Society.pdf\">EP </a> <em><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes-Lost_In_Waves_Of_Light.pdf\">Lost In Waves Of Light</a></em> <a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes-Endlessly.pdf\"><em>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</em> Album</a> <a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes-Endlessly.pdf\">‘Endlessly’ Single</a> <a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Antonymes_Signing.pdf\">Antonymes Signing</a> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[gallery ids=\"8222,8221,8220,8219\"]\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe> <iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/4senhm9eiTY?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe> [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\nAntonymes music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away. [/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"light\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Liminal Drifter','','draft','open','closed','','','','','2014-07-18 07:49:57','2014-07-18 07:49:57','',0,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/?post_type=project&#038;p=9259',0,'project','',0),(9745,1,'2014-07-18 07:48:07','2014-07-18 07:48:07','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]\r\n<h1>Toby Richardson</h1>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9231\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Toby_Richardson_Beach-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Toby Richardson\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" /></a><em>“...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...”</em> –<strong> Losing Today\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nToby Richardson represents an important part of Perth music history via pivotal 90’s band Mustang! who releasing the EP “Jacuzzi International Presents Mustang!” through Survival Records in 1994. His debut EP <em>Golden Days</em> is a 6 track lo-fi rock opus. With all the playful charm of Robert Pollard and the wirey choreography of Pavement, Richardson removes all pretension and carves his own special shape into the indie rock landscape.\r\n\r\n<strong>       </strong>\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]\r\n<h3>Discography</h3>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>The Stones And The Rabbits</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 307px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2830910172/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://tobyrichardson.bandcamp.com/album/the-stones-and-the-rabbits\">The Stones And The Rabbits by Toby Richardson</a></iframe>\r\nDecember 2010\r\n<div></div>\r\n‘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 lead riff is tasty enough, stumbling drunkenly through its extended coda, but the song’s apex comes with its slide guitar lines that weave woozily around fuzz bass. 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. ‘Wrong Highway Road’ dials back the irreverence, soaking in its gorgeous fuzzy reflections upon a spooked-out night drive, “halfway to nowhere”. The track feels like The Doors playing with a gun to their heads. Next up, 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. ‘Managaha Island’ rounds out this addictive EP in style, tumbling and shimmying with tousle-haired insights and off-hand melodic grace.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Evergreen</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=296091253/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://tobyrichardson.bandcamp.com/album/evergreen\">Evergreen by Toby Richardson</a></iframe>\r\nMarch 2008\r\n<div></div>\r\nWith his inimitable lo-fi stylings, Richardson has produced another indie-rock gem. The album’s skewed melodicism is married to an amazing sense of songcraft that reawakens the listener to the invigorating possibilities of rock ’n’ roll. With all the playful irreverence of Robert Pollard and Pavement, <em>Evergreen</em> sees Toby laying down 10 songs of irrepressible lo-fi stadium rock. The album features wonky fist-in-the-air anthems that blend the catchy attack of The Kinks with the bluesy skronk of Captain Beefheart, through to bent pop-fuelled love songs that wind their way into your aorta like cupid’s heartworm. Richardson has managed to strip the skin from classic rock ’n’ roll, cover it in fur, jewels and barbed wire and ride it through a casino. The unbridled, irrepressible feel of this album is hard to deny.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h4>Golden Days</h4>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 340px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3114503890/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://tobyrichardson.bandcamp.com/album/golden-days\">Golden Days by Toby Richardson</a></iframe>\r\nJuly 2006\r\n<div></div>\r\nDebut EP from ex Mustang guitarist Toby Richardson. Featuring the single, \'It Makes the Air Sound Better\', <em>Golden Days</em> is a lo-fi rock opus.\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\nThe spark that started Toby Richardson’s musical journey came from the inexorable flame of the Perth rock scene. Seeing bands like The Stems, The Marigolds, Chad’s Tree, The Healers and touring acts such as Ed Kuepper and The Yard Goes On Forever in the late ’80s captured his imagination. This was a revelation of the immediate power and excitement that live rock ‘n’ roll can create – and what a great setting it provides for drinking beer.With his brother Mark playing in bands Chant and Be Happy and Grin, Toby decided to give it a crack himself. Due to the informal nature of the rock industry back then, it was almost like he’d only just busted out a few chords before he and his cronies hit the stage. Running on borrowed equipment and Austudy cheques, his first band Pool Flotation Device played three gigs, got a decent review and broke up.\r\n\r\nToby then joined already established band Mustang! Other band members were Chris Gorman on drums, John Henderson (later Mike Staude) on lead guitar, Chris Gorman on drums and Hamish Fitzsimmons on bass. At that time Toby and his band mates were influenced by artists such as Teenage Fanclub, Pere Ubu, Urge Overkill, Television, Big Star, Captain Beefheart and Dinosaur Jr. Mustang! soon got a decent following through art school crowds and a bit of harmless hype in local rock press. They also had some catchy tunes and plenty of volume – Toby now suffers from tinnitus as a result. Some of the venues they played were The Shenton Park, The Old Melbourne, The Grosvenor, The Firm and The Loft. Their Rock cohorts were bands such as Baked, O!, Wormfarm, Bluetile Lounge, Wooden Fische and Benji.\r\n\r\nOf this group of bands a collective known as Jacuzzi International was formed. This was basically a good excuse to party, and an easy way to organise gigs. The name was simply derived from the enjoyable practice JI members had of sharing a jacuzzi with friends at JI parties.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=toby-richardson content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=toby-richardson-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Toby_Richardson-The_Stones_And_The_Rabbits.pdf\"><em>The Stones And The Rabbits </em>EP Release</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Toby_Richardson_Evergreen.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Evergreen Album Release </a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release_18th_July.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Golden Days</em> EP Release</a>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[gallery ids=\"9235,9236,9234\"]\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\nNo videos yet, sorry!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\nToby Richardson\'s music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.\r\n\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"light\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Toby Richardson','','inherit','closed','open','','9211-revision-v1','','','2014-07-18 07:48:07','2014-07-18 07:48:07','',9211,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9211-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(9262,1,'2014-07-08 09:15:46','2014-07-08 09:15:46','[et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"on\" background_color=\"#050505\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"css\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\"]\r\n<h1>Toby Richardson</h1>\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9231\" src=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Toby_Richardson_Beach-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Toby Richardson\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" /></a><em>“...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...”</em> –<strong> Losing Today<br />\r\n</strong></p>\r\n<p>Toby Richardson represents an important part of Perth music history via pivotal 90’s band Mustang! who releasing the EP “Jacuzzi International Presents Mustang!” through Survival Records in 1994. His debut EP <em>Golden Days</em> is a 6 track lo-fi rock opus. With all the playful charm of Robert Pollard and the wirey choreography of Pavement, Richardson removes all pretension and carves his own special shape into the indie rock landscape.</p>\r\n<p><strong>       </strong></p>\r\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#ffffff\" show_divider=\"off\" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label=\"Artist Tabs\"][et_pb_tab title=\"Discography\"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Stones And The Rabbits</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 307px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2830910172/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://tobyrichardson.bandcamp.com/album/the-stones-and-the-rabbits\">The Stones And The Rabbits by Toby Richardson</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>‘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 lead riff is tasty enough, stumbling drunkenly through its extended coda, but the song’s apex comes with its slide guitar lines that weave woozily around fuzz bass. 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.</p><p>‘Wrong Highway Road’ dials back the irreverence, soaking in its gorgeous fuzzy reflections upon a spooked-out night drive, “halfway to nowhere”. The track feels like The Doors playing with a gun to their heads. Next up, 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. ‘Managaha Island’ rounds out this addictive EP in style, tumbling and shimmying with tousle-haired insights and off-hand melodic grace.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Evergreen</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=296091253/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://tobyrichardson.bandcamp.com/album/evergreen\">Evergreen by Toby Richardson</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>With his inimitable lo-fi stylings, Richardson has produced another indie-rock gem. The album’s skewed melodicism is married to an amazing sense of songcraft that reawakens the listener to the invigorating possibilities of rock ’n’ roll. With all the playful irreverence of Robert Pollard and Pavement, <em>Evergreen</em> sees Toby laying down 10 songs of irrepressible lo-fi stadium rock. The album features wonky fist-in-the-air anthems that blend the catchy attack of The Kinks with the bluesy skronk of Captain Beefheart, through to bent pop-fuelled love songs that wind their way into your aorta like cupid’s heartworm.</p><p>Richardson has managed to strip the skin from classic rock ’n’ roll, cover it in fur, jewels and barbed wire and ride it through a casino. The unbridled, irrepressible feel of this album is hard to deny.</p><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Golden Days</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 500px; height: 340px;\" src=\"http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3114503890/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http://tobyrichardson.bandcamp.com/album/golden-days\">Golden Days by Toby Richardson</a></iframe></p><div> </div><p>Debut EP from ex Mustang guitarist Toby Richardson. Featuring the single, \'It Makes the Air Sound Better\', <em>Golden Days</em> is a lo-fi rock opus.</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Bio\"]\r\n<h3>Biography</h3>\r\n<p>The spark that started Toby Richardson’s musical journey came from the inexorable flame of the Perth rock scene. Seeing bands like The Stems, The Marigolds, Chad’s Tree, The Healers and touring acts such as Ed Kuepper and The Yard Goes On Forever in the late ’80s captured his imagination. This was a revelation of the immediate power and excitement that live rock ‘n’ roll can create – and what a great setting it provides for drinking beer.With his brother Mark playing in bands Chant and Be Happy and Grin, Toby decided to give it a crack himself. Due to the informal nature of the rock industry back then, it was almost like he’d only just busted out a few chords before he and his cronies hit the stage. Running on borrowed equipment and Austudy cheques, his first band Pool Flotation Device played three gigs, got a decent review and broke up.</p>\r\n<p>Toby then joined already established band Mustang! Other band members were Chris Gorman on drums, John Henderson (later Mike Staude) on lead guitar, Chris Gorman on drums and Hamish Fitzsimmons on bass. At that time Toby and his band mates were influenced by artists such as Teenage Fanclub, Pere Ubu, Urge Overkill, Television, Big Star, Captain Beefheart and Dinosaur Jr. Mustang! soon got a decent following through art school crowds and a bit of harmless hype in local rock press. They also had some catchy tunes and plenty of volume – Toby now suffers from tinnitus as a result. Some of the venues they played were The Shenton Park, The Old Melbourne, The Grosvenor, The Firm and The Loft. Their Rock cohorts were bands such as Baked, O!, Wormfarm, Bluetile Lounge, Wooden Fische and Benji.</p>\r\n<p>Of this group of bands a collective known as Jacuzzi International was formed. This was basically a good excuse to party, and an easy way to organise gigs. The name was simply derived from the enjoyable practice JI members had of sharing a jacuzzi with friends at JI parties.</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"News\"]\r\n<h3>News</h3>\r\n[catlist name=toby-richardson content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Reviews\"]\r\n<h2>Reviews</h2>\r\n[catlist name=toby-richardson-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Press Releases\"]\r\n<h3>Press Releases</h3>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Toby_Richardson-The_Stones_And_The_Rabbits.pdf\"><em>The Stones And The Rabbits </em>EP Release</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Toby_Richardson_Evergreen.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Evergreen Album Release </a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release_18th_July.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Golden Days</em> EP Release</a>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Gallery\"]\r\n<h3>Artist Photos</h3>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[gallery ids=\"9235,9236,9234\"]<br />\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Video\"]\r\n<h3>Music Videos</h3>\r\n<p>No videos yet, sorry!</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=\"Licensing\"]\r\n<h3>Licensing</h3>\r\n<p>Toby Richardson\'s music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/\">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>\r\n[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_4\"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=\"Sidebar\" orientation=\"left\" area=\"sidebar-1\" background_layout=\"dark\" module_id=\"shoalsidebar\" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]','Toby Richardson','','inherit','open','open','','9211-revision-v1','','','2014-07-08 09:15:46','2014-07-08 09:15:46','',9211,'http://hiddenshoalpublishing.onesmallcloud.com/9211-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),