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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 [...]

• The Caseworker - Sea Years

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 .

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 .

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 [...]

• Markus Mehr - IN

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 - Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society - 'The Colour Of Long Days'

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 [...]

• Umpire - 'Supply Chins'

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 [...]

2011 is almost over and 2012 is knocking on the door like a life insurance salesman at the apocalypse (I'll work on that one). To end the year with some lovin and fantastic music we are having a huge sale over at the Hidden Shoal Store. Over 20 CD & digital releases have been reduced from artists such as Slow Dancing Society, Sankt Otten, City of Satellites, Apricot Rail, Umpire, Wes Willenbring, Hotels, Rich Bennett, Liam Singer and Salli Lunn to name but a few. All CD purchases include free shipping and an immediate mp3 album download and [...]

Two lovely reviews for recent Hidden Shoal releases over at Norway's Luna Kafe . The first was in November's edition of the zine for City of Satellites ' Remixed, "The outcome is stunning... With so many different remixers it is as expected some variations here, but it still feels like a wholesome album, tied nicely together by the underlining of City Of Satellites shoegazing dream-pop material... And in some parts, these mixes has not just made the tunes slightly different, or added another kind of quality, [...]

Head over to Delusions of Adequacy to read a fantastic interview with Conor Devlin of The Caseworker . Conor waxes lyrical about everything musical from Steely Dan to Opeth to The Caseworker. Regular DOA readers will remeber the glowing review of The Caseworker's stunning 2011 album Letters From The Coast . Speaking of which, after your fill of words you should then head here to stream the album in full and buy a cd or a bagful of files! The Caseworker - 'Boats'

Lots of lovely US college radio action happening for our current round of releases. Here's a run down! City of Satellites Remixed is one of WRSU top 5 RPM adds and Kramies The European is one of the top 5 Radio 200 adds, Salli Lunn's A Frame of Reference and Kramies' The European are in Bagel Radio's top 5 CMJ adds this week, The Caseworker's Letters From The Coast continues its long term camp in the Bagel CMJ top 30 charts, Salli Lunn's A Frame of [...]

We Don't Look Back For Very Long , the recently released collaboration between Antonymes and Slow Dancing Society, is currently sitting pretty at number 12 on the Asheville FM CMJ Top 30 charts and number 3 on their Classical/Ambient charts along with the likes of Fennesz, Chubby Wolf, Wolves In The Throne Room and Zola Jesus to name a few. The EP is now availble in MP3 and lossless formats and was also released as a limited edition CD package. If you missed out on the CD through Hidden Shoal there may still be limited stock [...]

Hidden Shoal is excited to announce the official release of The European, the new EP by Colorado based Dutch-American atmos-pop artist Kramies . Produced by Todd Tobias ( Guided By Voices , Robert Pollard , Circus Devils ), The European sets Kramies' gorgeous voice and acoustic guitar within a glowing tableau, epic in scope yet delicate in detail. The EP fades into view with 'Intro', a simple cyclical pattern of guitar, piano and vocals gradually subsumed by drones and distortion. This leads into the majestic, [...]

• Kramies - 'The European'

For those who aren't already avid Textura readers (and why wouldn't you be!?!) be sure to head over to their latest edition to read a lovely review of the Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society EP We Don't Look Back For Very Long . For the uninitiated, We Don't Look Back For Very Long 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 [...]

[The] Caseworker's superb new album Letters From The Coast has received another lovely review, this time over at the very savvy Skeleton Crew Quarterly . Check out the review and then head to the Hidden Shoal Store to stream this beautiful thing in full and buy it after you've fallen deeply in love it, just as we did. The Caseworker - 'Boats'

Hidden Shoal is excited to announce the availability of CD postcard pre-orders for The European, the forthcoming EP by Colorado based Dutch-American atmos-pop artist Kramies . Produced by Todd Tobias ( Guided By Voices , Robert Pollard , Circus Devils ), The European sets Kramies' gorgeous voice and acoustic guitar within a glowing tableau, epic in scope yet delicate in detail. The EP fades into view with 'Intro', a simple cyclical pattern of guitar, piano and vocals gradually subsumed by drones and distortion. This leads into the [...]

• Kramies - 'Inventors'