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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 .

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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 .

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'

German ambient drone maestro Markus Mehr will be following up his stunning debut album Lava with not one, not two, but three Hidden Shoal releases across 2012 and 2013. The first part of the triptych, In , will be released on 26 January 2012. It comprises two monumental tracks, 'Komo' and 'Ostinato', each of which clocks in at around 25 minutes, circling around and building upon hypnotic instrumental motifs. You can take a sneak peek at what's in store by viewing some live footage of Mehr's performing ' Komo [...]

• Markus Mehr - 'Hubble'

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 [...]

It's not even December, yet Textura have boldly published their best of 2011 lists , featuring Scott Solter's One River among the year's best albums, and Antonymes Meets Slow Dancing Society's We Don't Look Back For Very Long among the year's best EPs. If you're not already intimately familar with Textura, subscribe to their montly round-up of the best new ambient/classical/experimental /avant-rock releases for some essential reading. Many, many thanks to Textura for their support throughout 2011!

Scott's Solter's sublime ambient album One River , recently reissued by Hidden Shoal, has just received glowing reviews over at Textura and Igloo Magazine . The album is available in CD and mp3 formats via the Hidden Shoal Store .