We're pleased to announce that a range of Hidden Shoal CD releases are now available for online purchase by Australian customers directly through the Hidden Shoal store . Even better all CD purchases include an immediate MP3 download of the release and shipping is free! Currently available titles include CD's by Umpire, Wes Willenbring, Slow Dancing Society, Markus Mehr, Liam Singer, Iretsu, Sankt Otten, Salli Lunn, My Majestic Star, Mukaizake, Jumpel, City of Satellites, Boxharp, Apricot Rail and Antonymes with more added soon. Be quick as we're getting very near sold out status for a number of [...]
Catch the spacious newgazey sounds of My Majestic Star this Saturday at the Den (in the Civic Hotel, Inglewood - Western Australia for you international types). Also playing on the night are Moonlight Wranglers, The Imps, Ron Pollard Quintet. Good times all round! Doors open 8pm, entry is $10. My Majestic Star - Like Cracked Glass My Majestic Star - Like Cracked Glass
Excerpt: "I am always ecstatic to see new emails and records from Hidden Shoal Recordings, a Perth, Western Australia-based label who have quickly become one of my favorite experimental music outposts over the past year. They consistently release adventurous ambient/drone, shoegaze and pop that is radiant and textured and expansive and dense with incandescent ticks from around the world." Pelly Twins
Hidden Shoal received a lovely mention on the Pelly Twins ' blog this week, with a special mention of recent releases by both Markus Mehr and My Majestic Star . Put you're feet up and have a listen below, and have a read here . Markus Mehr - Hubble Markus Mehr - Hubble My Majestic Star - Crampling My Majestic Star - Crampling
Perth fans are in for a treat this Friday night as My Majestic Star are playing a very rare live show at the Rocket Room with fantastic Perth bands Bat Country, Tangled Thoughts of Leaving and Like Junk. Doors open 8pm, entry $10. My Majestic Star will be on stage at 9:30pm. Remind yourself of their awesomeness by listening to their recent wall of sonic loveliness, I Haven't Got It In Me . My Majestic Star - Stranger My Majestic Star - Stranger
Excerpt (translated from the German): "A majestic, long-drawn sound, swelling, soft-onset synthetic drums, a seemingly endless organ sound. I Haven't Got It In Me begins with an 8-minute dream of clouds... Voluptuous walls of guitars, melodic and dramatic landscapes and spherical sound effects of any kind achieve the goal of harmony and well-tempered satisfaction with the listener." Shallgrenzen
My Majestic Star's beautiful third album I Haven't Got It In Me was reviewed on German music blog Shallgrenzen the other week. We've done our best to translate it, and you can take a read of the 'abridged' version in My Majestic Star's reviews section. My Majestic Star - Crampling My Majestic Star - Crampling
My Majestic Star have made KUCI 's top 30 with a blast from the past, their sophomore release ' too late, the day '. Alternatively this may be a chart typo as their latest slice of full length wonder I Haven't Got It In Me was a recent featured library add at the station. It's all good news regardless! Have a look at the full list here . My Majestic Star - and having a reason why My Majestic Star - [...]
My Majestic Star go from strength to strength with their fourth major release reviewed on Textura. Read the full review here .
My Majestic Star ' I Haven't Got It In Me ' has been reviewed on Music Musings and Miscellany . You can read the article here . My Majestic Star - Crampling My Majestic Star - Crampling
Excerpt: "Their ouevre is post-shoegaze / nu-gaze or whatever you'd like to call it, with obvious nods to the likes of My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive and particularly the Drop Nineteens. What stands them apart is Miriam Braun's sympathetic cello playing. The instrument isn't over-used, but shines when it leads the melodies rather than just being used as a background drone instrument. I Haven't Got It In Me is a mixed bag of vocal tunes and instrumentals. It's also a mixed bag of sonically adventurous pieces, and straightforward slowish indie-pop. " Music Musings and Miscellany
My Majestic Star's third album, I Haven't Got It In Me , has been included in Leonard's Lair's Best Albums of 2009 . Hidden Shoal's own Hotels and Mukaizake also made the cut! There is also a great review of I Haven't Got It In Me on the Lair- check it out in full here , or read an excerpt on the artists' reviews section . This brilliant release is available at the Hidden Shoal Store on CD and digital formats. My Majestic Star - A City Lost [...]
Excerpt: "Formed around the talents of multi-instrumentalist Chris Mason, 'I Haven't Got It In Me' is an often brilliant record which delivers on both an emotional and melodic level... Beginning with organ swell and percussion, 'Stranger' is a perfect way to introduce fifty minutes of warm melancholia. A rich beast in itself, the same track ends in beautiful layers of shoegaze effects and Miriam Braun's mournful cello. Better still is 'City Sleeps', which is spine tingling as soon as Braun's cello kicks in and the goose bumps are maintained when she teams up with Mason again on vocal duties. It's [...]
Hidden Shoal artists continue to impress upon the US college radio circuit. 2010 kicks off nicely with Sleeping Me's sublime Cradlesongs re-entering the KZSU's (Stanford) top ten experimental/classical charts at number 5 and HC-B's monstrous Soundcheck for a Missing Movie sitting at number 19 on Portland's KBOO . Recent releases by Mukaizake and My Majestic Star as well as Hidden Shoal's Western Australian music compilation A Million Square Miles have also been getting lots of [...]
The Foodchain youth events program has invited 12 local (Perth) bands to record in a specially set up public studio over six days. Fans can come down and watch the bands perform live as it all gets put down on tape. If that wasn't enough the tracks will then be made available for free download on the night of the recording. Hidden Shoal's own My Majestic Star are one of the awesome acts involved alongside the likes of Craig McElhinney, Pond, Simone and Girlfunkle, Shock! Horror! and a bunch of other wonderful Perth bands. [...]
The third album from My Majestic Star, I Haven't Got It In Me , has been reviewed on The Dwarf. Check it out in full here , or read an excerpt . And while you're here, head over to the Hidden Shoal Store to stream and purchase this dreamy little number. My Majestic Star - City Sleeps My Majestic Star - City Sleeps
Excerpt: "The album opens with eerie keyboards, reminiscent of a church organ, as the atmospheric grooves of Stranger begin, and the beautiful sounds of the cello waft through the speakers...It climbs hills, and traverses valleys as it takes you by the hand and leads you on a lazy meander through ten diverse yet musically polished numbers that embrace the senses. The hauntingly beautiful sounds of the cello mark the beginning of City Sleeps . I love the sound of the cello; the mood it creates is perfectly at ease with this style of music. This is music [...]
Chris Mason (My Majestic Star, Glassacre) is playing a solo acoustic set upstairs at the Flying Scotsman pub, Mount Lawley, this Sunday arvo from 5pm. Be sure to head on down for a beer and some fine, fine tunes. Chris's latest release is My Majestic Star's new album I Haven't Got It In Me , featuring superb single 'Crampling', which is now available in CD and mp3 format from the Hidden Shoal Store .
Hidden Shoal Recordings today announced the release of the new album I Haven't Got It In Me by Perth-based post-shoegaze outfit My Majestic Star . On third album I Haven't Got It In Me , My Majestic Star continue to showcase their exceptional command of atmosphere and tension. The album sees My Majestic Star merge weightless daydream pop with droning shoegaze and even a smattering of slowcore. I Haven't Got It In Me expands upon the immersive and dynamic soundscapes of previous My Majestic Star releases with its [...]
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