Tracks from The Hero Cycle’s essential Lakes and Ponds EP have recently been played on podcast no. 80 of the excellent Electrical Language series of podcasts from the UK.

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 guitars, 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 newgazer pop with an edge. - Press Release Excerpt

For a limited time the single comes bundled with a bonus track taken from the upcoming Restless album. “Deer in the Headlights” plays out like a slow loss with all the dark melancholy of Mazzy Star and the loaded cavernous spaces of Bark Psychosis.

A full press release is available for download here.

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Hidden Shoal Recordings today announced the official release of the Autumn Magnets EP by Melbourne ambient rock outfit Bury the Sound. The EP has already received critical praise during it’s short pre-release period.

25 minutes of cataclysmic instrumental work… Autumn Magnets is a glorious snapshot of the enormous potential of Bury the Sound… This is instrumental shoegaze at its best. - Music Emissions.

The EP is now available through the HSR Store, eMusic, Rhapsody, Sony Connect and will shortly be available through iTunes stores worldwide.

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If you’re lucky enough to live in the land of the long white cloud and cool enough to tune in to Radioactive (89FM) and Radio New Zealand (the Music Mix show) then you’ll have heard the spellbinding tones of two HSR greats Wes Willenbring and The Hero Cycle receiving lots of airplay. Any radio show that can play such wonderfully disparate music has this labels vote.