Hidden Shoal Recordings is excited to announce the release of the new freely downloadable single 'Sea Years' by garage-dreampop trio The Caseworker , taken from their acclaimed 2011 album Letters From The Coast . 'Sea Years' is the follow-up to first single 'National Runner', showcasing another side to the band's trademark guitar surge. The song's insistent motorik beat, levitating guitar jangle and Eimer Devlin's gorgeous airy vocals create a very special blend of dreamy, hypnotic pop minimalism. Light as a feather yet crammed full of gutsy guitar sounds, 'Sea Years' is another earworm from [...]
"As a producer and mixer, Scott Solter has worked with Superchunk, Okkervil River, the Mountain Goats, Pattern Is Movement, and the Court and Spark. One River is a re-release of an ambient album he made in 2005. Ambient music is by nature intangible, meant to evoke sensations and feelings rather than the structure and explicitness of most music. I started listening to One River after visiting the Rothko Chapel in Houston, and I immediately saw the connection between Rothko's monochromatic paintings and Solter's washes of sound. Neither [...]
"Scott Solter, one half of Boxharp and prolific recording engineer, producer, mixer, re-mixer and musician, reissues his 2005 album 'One River'. It has aspects of what is con temporarily described as glacial ambient, in that it is built from monolithic drone scapes that move slowly and invoke qualities of sparse almost barren climes. As a piece it comprises guitar processed to bare recognition, tape, cymbals, field recordings and manipulated voice, although it's production qualities are so heavily present that the main instrument would have to be considered as the recording studio. Solter's [...]
"Though Scott Solter's One River isn't a new recording—it was first released in 2005 on Tell-All Records—it's as timeless a recording of ambient music as could be imagined—and beautiful, too, I might add. Its title is well-chosen, as the recording unfolds in an uninterrupted, thirty-four-minute flow, despite the seven-track indexing of its presentation. What separates it from many another ambient recording is its timbral character, and in particular the steel guitar-like sound that Solter generates through the heavily processed treatment of the electric guitar. Its flowing lines reverberate [...]
A busy end to 2011 and a sweet but small break over the xmas period means that we have a number of end of year reviews and the like we need to pass on. The first of these catch ups is for Scott Solter's sublime re-issue of One River which generated much deserved love last year. Amongst the previously reported reviews the album also scooped glowing write-ups in Blog Critics , Textura and Cyclic Defrost . Stream the album in full and buy it on CD or [...]
City of Satellites wonderful remix album of late last year is still doing great things in the US college radio charts. Last weeks WRAS CMJ charts saw the album grab the number 4 spot amongst some fine company. The albumk features remixes by such wonderful artists as Manual (Jonas Munk), Syntaks, Tim Koch, Jatun, M-13, Tin Manzano and Slow Dancing Society. If you've not had the pleasure of wrapping your ears around Remixed yet then head to the Hidden Shoal Store and preview the album in full. [...]
Umpire's wonderful new single 'Supply Chins', off their frighteningly awesome 2011 debut album Now We're Active , had a sweet little write up over at the fantastic Australian zine Mess + Noise . Check out the post here and download the track for free here .
"One's enjoyment of this album will likely hinge on one's regard for repetition. When a loop changes timbre yet repeats for 25 minutes, is this a good thing or bad? Is the intricate process behind such tweaking fascinating to the ear, or tedious? A curious beauty can arise from the cyclical nature of a morphing sample, a transcendent, trancelike nudge; or the repetition can fall flat and alienate the listener. Fortunately the loops on Markus Mehr 's In trail lovely threads, like [...]
Markus Mehr's mesmerising new album In has just scooped a lovely review at the excellent new site A Closer Listen . Check the review out here and the album out here .
Salli Lunn 's awesome A Frame of Reference has made a sweet dent in the latest KJHK (Kansas) top 30 , sitting pretty at number 8! A Frame of Reference by Danish spectral noise-rock quartet Salli Lunn comprises remixes of songs from their stunning debut album Heresy and Rite , plus previously unreleased tracks. Stream it and grab it here .
" Kramies Windt is on to something here. The songwriter's debut five-track EP for Hidden Shoal marries wafting synth textures and an acoustic guitar bedrock to well-honed direct songcraft, making every cut a keeper. Kramies' efforts (aided by longtime collaborators Dave Paolucci and producer Todd Tobias) are best realized on the title track, where his journey to stirring-anthem Valhalla finds his voice first recalling Tim Booth of James before ascending to full-on Bono territory. Elsewhere, the chilly expanse of "Coal Miners Executive Club" and its comforting refrain [...]
More love for Kramies wonderful new EP The European , this time via a lovely review in PopMatters. Check out the glowing words here . The European is available now as a limited edition CD postcard as well as all digital formats.
Kramies beautiful track 'Antiquarian Days' is sitting at number 8 in the Soma FM top 30 track by spins chart and number 3 on the Top 30 tracks by Listeners (on demand). Sweet! 'Antiquarian Days' is lifted off Kramies gorgeous EP The European which is available now as a limited edition CD postcard as well as all digital formats.
Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the release of new album In by German experimental ambient artist Markus Mehr , the first of a triptych that also includes the forthcoming releases On and Off , all released over the next 12 months. Markus Mehr follows up his stunning debut album Lava with three new releases. In is the first part of the triptych, comprising two monumental tracks, 'Komo' and 'Ostinato', each of [...]
"Lot of fine beards in this strapping Perth band. Taken from their debut album Now We're Active, Supply Chins is a swinging, shimmering sing-along indie track with a slow blowing explosion of a chorus. It is big and beautiful, optimistic and ambitious, bursting with horns and swinging guitars and a melody that floods your head with light." Beat
"Lot of fine beards in this strapping Perth band. Taken from their debut album Now We're Active, Supply Chins is a swinging, shimmering sing-along indie track with a slow blowing explosion of a chorus. It is big and beautiful, optimistic and ambitious, bursting with horns and swinging guitars and a melody that floods your head with light." Beat
Excerpt: "'Green Light District' kicks it all off with jangly but epic sweeping guitars-guitars that suddenly take off with abrasive but melodic washes, especially toward the end the vocals soar ala Wings-era McCartney. On "Supply Chins", the now moody, distorted guitars rub against regretful but dreamy vocals-a psych pop masterpiece. Likewise, "Jewellery Can Be Disturbing" features brash guitars and fragile vocals. From the brilliant pop of "Streamers" to the noisy, memorable Milking a Thistle," Umpire display a dizzying command of pop and rock melody, with slightly abstract lyrics that add to the depth of these seemingly simple tracks. The [...]
Hidden Shoal is excited to release ' The Colour Of Long Days ', an as yet unreleased companion track to the acclaimed 2011 EP We Don't Look Back For Very Long by neo-classical/minimal ambient artist Antonymes . In keeping with the theme of We Don't Look Back For Very Long , 'The Colour Of Long Days' is Antonymes' reworking of music by fellow Hidden Shoal artist Slow Dancing Society . This time 'The Red Summer Sun' from "Priest Lake Circa '883 is transformed, the original's [...]
Hidden Shoal Recordings is excited to announce the release of ' Supply Chins ', the second single from Perth's widescreen indie-rock craftsmen Umpire , taken from their brilliant 2011 debut album Now We're Active . On an album crammed to breaking point with hooks, 'Supply Chins' has perhaps the catchiest hooks of all. Alternating between a massive fist-pumping chorus and reflective verses, the song builds towards a breathtaking climax punctuated by sumptuous horns, weaving vocals and driving guitars. This is indie-rock at its most unashamedly anthemic. Umpire combine sprawling indie-rock sounds [...]
Just a few quick miscellaneous bits and pieces we've been meaning to pass on. We have recently set up a page on Google+ so if you're a G+ user then head over and join the Hidden Shoal circle . We've also been building a HSR Radio playlist (mp3 clips) over at our YouTube Channel which is now clocking in at over 3 hours of music and growing weekly as we continue to add more tracks. Oh and stay tuned as we still have free tracks from Umpire and Antonymes/Slow Dancing Society coming your [...]
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