My Majestic Star's magnificent new album Too Late, The Day is now available on CD through US distributor Tonevendor . The latest release from the prolific and absurdly talented Chris Mason, Too Late, The Day expands upon the emotionally-stirring instrumental palette of debut album Ideas Are The Answer and the stunning follow-up EP Fining , immersing the listener in its warm, enveloping drones, woven guitars and shoegazing songcraft for 45 minutes of sonic wonder. Get amongst it people! [...]
Good news for Perth folk who like to buy things with their hands. The stunning new My Majestic Star album Too Late, The Day is now available at Planet in Mt Lawley. The album is also available on CD as well as high quality digital format from the HSR Store and from all good digital stores . In other My Majestic Star news Too Late, The Day is currently enjoying high rotation on RTRFM where it's this weeks local feature album. More to [...]
New albums by Slow Dancing Society and My Majestic Star have just been featured on Ambient Music Blog , an excellent site featuring all the best new ambient music. Both albums are now available on CD and mp3 from the HSR Store . Slow Dancing Society Sun Spots Slow Dancing Society - Sun Spots
The soon to be released latest slice of sonic gorgeousness from My Majestic Star has been chosen as this weeks local feature album on Perth's awesome RTRFM . Tune in to the airwaves or catch the stream today and be one of the first to hear tracks from the album which sees official release tomorrow (Tuesday, 26th August). The album will be played all week across the station and if that wasn't enough local listeners can also win copies of the album. RTRFM is busily gearing up for it's annual fundraiser Radiothon which starts up this Friday. [...]
am 04. august erblickte die neue single der schoolgirlband das licht der welt (in 2007 erschien das debut, erinnert?): poppy and the jezebels - ufo "perfect as cats: a tribute to the cure" heißt der sampler, auf dem sich auch folgende nummer befinden wird (kommt ende oktober): Bat for Lashes - A Forest (Cure cover) dockte gestern bei myspace mit elektronik an: [...]
Those of you good music loving folk living somewhere near Orange County would already know about the awesome radio show on KUCI , The Sound Session . If you're shaking your head sideways in minor embarrassment at this point then head over to the show's blog and check out the playlists and other info for further convincing. For all you non O.C. types fear not as as you can catch the show online Thursdays 8-10pm (local time) via the KUCI live stream . If you managed to catch the show last week you would have [...]
The excellent nordic music blog Eardrums has just featured the new My Majestic Star single ' and having a reason why '. Be sure to head over there and discover some wonderful music and free downloads. Highly recommended. And of course if you haven't yet tasted the deliciously blurry goodness of 'and having a reason why' then head over to the HSR Store where you can download it for free until the new My Majestic Star album is released in late August.
Hidden Shoal Recordings today announced the release of the new single ' and having a reason why ' by Australian ambient-rock artist My Majestic Star , taken from the forthcoming sophomore album Too Late, The Day . A twenty-first-century update of the sublime shoegaze sounds of Ride, My Majestic Star's new single carries the listener across an expansive guitarscape with its distinctive bass-driven groove. 'and having a reason why' is a vertiginous wall of sound, suspended aloft with updrafts of delay and reverb and, for the first time on a My Majestic Star release, Chris [...]
We've been holding this news a little close to our chests until we confirmed the timing but we can now excitedly announce that the new My Majestic Star album will be released on August 26th. If that didn't get your skin tingling then how about the news that the first single to be taken from the album will released next week and will be available for free download until the album is released? For the uninitiated check out My Majestic Star 's amazing debut album Ideas Are The Answer [...]
The Australian music label Hidden Shoal Recordings today announced the release of the new Our Man in Eden Hill EP by the Craig Hallsworth-led Australian outfit Tangled Star . "Their first EP for Hidden Shoal Recordings, the six-song mini It's Now or Later (2006), was well received. It's easy to understand that by hearing this new single – if it had anything as good as this one. Tangled Star play melodic and melancholic slow pop. Imagine Magnetic Fields mixed with the Go-Betweens, with a dash of vintage Flying Nun [...]
The Australian digital music label, Hidden Shoal Recordings, today announced the release of the new Chris Mason single, ' Fast and Furious '. An essential taster for the upcoming album Restless, Chris Mason's new single 'Fast and Furious' is a heartbreaking thriller from the ground up: the insistent pulse of the drums, the visceral growl of the gui-tars, layered rolling hooks and Chris's aching vocal. As Mason sings, "He's coming back for us" the song's wonderfully razored balancing act between hope and a dark sense of fatalistic urgency is exposed. This is [...]
Hidden Shoal Recordings, today announced the official release of the EP, "Fining", by Australian ambient rock outfit My Majestic Star. "Fining" is the follow up to the wonderfully received My Majestic Star debut album, "Ideas are the Answer" which appeared in the Luna Kafe Top Ten Albums of 2006 list as well as recently receiving a shining review in Stylus Magazine. "It is the subtle narrative crafting that makes "Fining" so special. Songs, turn so gently as to make you [...]
Check out this fantastic review of the gorgeous My Majestic Star album, "Ideas are the Answer" over at Stylus Magazine. Ian Mathers has managed to write what I have always thought of this album. If you haven't heard "Ideas are the Answer" then give yourself a gentle kick in the pants, have a listen and then read the review . Carry The Breeze My Majestic Star - Carry The Breeze
Yet another wonderful review, this time the light is shone upon the goodness that is the latest My Majestic Star EP, "Fining". Have a look at what the lovely people over at Music Emissions thought of this little gem. Attachments My Majestic Star - Attachments
Both Dilatazione's "Too Emotional for Maths" and My Majestic Star's "Ideas Are the Answer" were listed in Luna Kafe's top ten albums of 2006. Now we are not interested in gloating so we won't "do the math" and point out that Hidden Shoal Recordings takes up twenty percent of that list. The two albums sit aside some other 2006 gems from bands such as Tapes and Tapes, Mahogany, Grizzly Bear, Midlake and Band of Horses. Check out the full list and comments here . Dilatazione Dilatazione [...]
Hidden Shoal Recordings have released the single, "Fremdenzimmer" by the German cinematic pop outfit, Sankt Otten. The track is taken from the forthcoming album "Wir können ja Freunde bleiben" due for release in January 2007. "Fremdenzimmer" is available now exclusively from the HSR Store. Fremdenzimmer Sankt Otten - Fremdenzimmer
Hidden Shoal Recordings, today announced the pre-release of "Fining", the new EP by the Australian ambient rock project My Majestic Star . The EP is available now in the HSR Store and will be officially released in late January where it will be available in Itunes, Sony Connect and eMusic stores globally. Preview the EP here . Fining My Majestic Star- Fining
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