<a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Battlestations.jpg"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-11765" src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Battlestations-300x297.jpg" alt="Battlestations Mixtape" width="120" height="118" /></a>Taking some time out after the release of their sublime new album <a title="The Extent of Damage" href="http://music.battlestations.ws/album/the-extent-of-damage" target="_blank"><em>The Extent of Damage</em></a>, <a title="Battlestations" href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/battlestations/">Battlestations</a> sat down and crafted a delicious mixtape for our collective delectation. Not as dark as one might expect but every bit melodic, the mix moves from the likes of Craig Armstrong and New Order to Ulver and Goblin to name but a few. Here's some thoughts from Battlestations to get you in the mood,

<em>"Music is color for life. Like a painting, it's sometimes big, brutal brush strokes that leaves a thick black stain in the soul, at other times feather-light, embracing and soothing tiny pecks of color melting within the soul. In either case, magic. Let these sound canvasses paint your soul."</em> - <a title="Battlestations" href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/battlestations/"><strong>Battlestations</strong></a>

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