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Excerpt: "filled with gentle and warm ambient music and glistening guitars, nicely following in the footsteps of ambient-master Brian Eno. As can be expected, the carefully moulded textural music is given all the time and space to wander, evolve and flow. Presented in eight separate tracks, ranging between 2 and 14 minutes, these calming washes of sound glide gently down the stream, creating a quiet, introspective atmosphere to almost disappear in. I think those who appreciate David Sylvian's instrumental pieces on Go To [...]

Slow Dancing Society's acclaimed third album Priest Lake Circa '88 has just been reviewed on Dutch music site Sonic Immersion . Visit Sonic Immersion to read the review in full, or visit SDS's bulging reviews section for an excerpt. Priest Lake... and previous albums The Slow And Steady Winter and The Sound Of Lights When Dim are all available on CD and mp3 from the HSR Store . Slow Dancing Society [...]

Slow Dancing Society's majestic Priest Lake Circa '88 has made it into Headphone Commute's astonishingly exhaustive best of 2008 list (see Tier 3: The Essentials of 2008 Top 40). Slow Dancing Society This Lilac Life Slow Dancing Society - This Lilac Life

Slow Dancing Society's latest album Priest Lake Circa '88 has been ranked among the top 50 releases of 2008 by the always-excellent Textura site. Plus, Drew Sullivan has chosen City Of Satellites' The Spook EP as his favourite release of 2008 in the new Textura artists' picks special. Both Slow Dancing Society and City Of Satellites feature on the new Hidden Shoal sampler album East-West Section , available for free download from the HSR Store . [...]

Excerpt: "This latest opus is a collection of gentle but occasionally restless instrumental pieces... the eight numbers found here are all wonderfully beautiful pieces. There are a number of epics, like 'Sun Spots' and the utterly fantastic 'The Iridescence of Innocence,' that will simply melt your brain. Honestly, I put this album on and I'm instantly relaxed. This is a good thing, my friends - especially in stressful times like ours." Press Play and Record

Slow Dancing Society's latest opus, Priest Lake Circa '88 , has just received an excellent review on the Press Play and Record blog. Visit the site to read the review in full, or the SDS reviews section to read an excerpt from this and many other glowing reviews. All three SDS albums are available on CD and digital download from the HSR Store . Slow Dancing Society The Iridescence Of Innocence Slow Dancing Society - The Iridescence Of Innocence

• Slow Dancing Society - The Iridescence of Innocence

Slow Dancing Society's latest album Priest Lake Circa '88 is currently the third bestselling CD at Tonevendor behind Pavement and American Dollar! You can also grab the goodness on CD or mp3 from the HSR Store . Slow Dancing Society A Warm Glow Slow Dancing Society - A Warm Glow

Excerpt (translated from Italian): "Drew Sullivan combines a post-rock sensibility with a more complex approach, with the goal to create environmental sounds crossed with many different elements and mainly focused upon evanescent guitars, wrapped in feedback and, more often, filtered until they transform into refined drones. So, the different sound shapes tend to vanish, evolving into an environmental liquidity that alternates between underground disquiet and dreamy atmospheres, resulting in great compositions of expressive sobriety." Ondarock

Slow Dancing Society's new album Priest Lake Circa '88 has recently been reviewed on Italian music site Ondarock . Visit the site to read the review in Italian, or visit the SDS reviews section for a translated excerpt. The album will be available on CD from Tonevendor at the end of this month, where the previous two releases The Sound Of Lights When Dim and The Slow And Steady Winter are still in the top ten bestsellers. All three albums are also available [...]

Excerpt: "Hidden Shoal delivers once again! ... With Brian Eno serving as the main influence for Sullivan's work, I could attempt to classify the music as abstract ambient meeting experimental shoegaze. Or I could just name a few of my favorite artists that come to mind immediately upon my first listen: Stars of the Lid, Hammock, and Bitcrush. If those are the names on your watchlist, then you better rush out to secure a copy of the latest (and all) from Slow Dancing Society." Headphone Commute

Slow Dancing Society's luscious new album Priest Lake Circa '88 has just received a glowing review on the Headphone Commute blog, accompanied by a short interview with the man himself, Drew Sullivan. Visit Headphone Commute to read the review and interview in full, or visit the Slow Dancing Society reviews section for an excerpt. Slow Dancing Society This Lilac Life Slow Dancing Society - This Lilac Life

• Slow Dancing Society - This Lilac Life

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

• Slow Dancing Society - Sun Spots

Excerpt: "It's been a joy to watch Drew Sullivan's career unfold as majestically as one of his compositions... Dedicated to the music that shaped him as an individual, Sullivan pays homage to those he loves, incorporating fragments of New Romanticism, Art-Rock and even '80s Metal within the gorgeous expanses of drifting guitar-based ambience... Rather than imposing sun-bursting melodies upon the listener, they are allowed to breathe, as volume swells provide the dynamic movement and direction throughout... Though headphones should be a pre-requisite for this record, Priest Lake still radiates with melody, colour and texture even when played at [...]

Excerpt: "Sullivan is one of those musicians whose music is heavily influenced by Eno and his music is justly ambient. Throughout many times — depending on the time of the day — I found myself dozing off to its gentle and warm tones. Not because it was boring but because its utter calmness and gentle demeanor were far too prevalent to fight. Other times, especially with the headphones, I found myself catching the small intricacies that Sullivan included... This is slow-moving, slow-growing, reflective music that is meant to be heard alone. And it's the kind of music you can put [...]

Slow Dancing Society's stunning new album Priest Lake Circa '88 has just received glowing reviews on Angry Ape and Delusions of Adequacy . Visit the sites to read the reviews in full, or pop along to Slow Dancing Society's reviews section for lovingly edited excerpts. The album is available on CD or mp3 from the HSR Store . Slow Dancing Society - A Warm Glow Slow Dancing Society - A Warm Glow

Slow Dancing Society's debut album The Sound of Lights When Dim and last year's opus The Slow and Steady Winter are now available on CD from US distributor Tonevendor , with new album Priest Lake Circa '88 available in late August or early September. Or if mp3s are your thing, all three of these superb albums are now available for download from the HSR Store . Praise for ' A Warm Glow ' off Priest [...]

Slow Dancing Society's gorgeous single ' A Warm Glow ', taken from the just-released new album Priest Lake Circa '88 , has just receiving a, ahem, glowing review on Norwegian music zine Luna Kafe : "a fine piece of what the Society's music is about. It's a slowly circling, gliding instrumental with a gentle touch of sea breeze, long drinks and fluffy clouds on the horizon." Slow Dancing Society - A Warm Glow Slow Dancing Society - A Warm Glow