Excerpt: “superb sophomore effort by Washington-based Drew Sullivan… Challenging expectations, Sullivan startles the listener by audaciously inaugurating the album with understated yet transporting ambient pieces before introducing more conventional melodic fare… Frozen sheets of sound course through the epic ambient settings… which don’t so much showcase guitar virtuosity as they do lyrical beauty… “February Sun” ends Sullivan’s radiant The Slow and Steady Winter on a blissful high with celestial chord progressions building to a rapturous climax. Be sure to play the album loud in order to fully bask in its splendor.”

Textura 

Slow Dancing Society’s latest album The Slow and Steady Winter has just received an excellent review in the latest edition of Textura. The album reached number 28 in the site’s end of year list, with previous album The Sound of Lights When Dim also featured at number 14. To top it off, Drew Sullivan talks about the music he has enjoyed in 2007. Many thanks to Ron at Textura for all the Hidden Shoal coverage throughout 2007, and for running such a superb site.

Michael Henaghan’s exhaustive end of year round-up continues! Iretsu’s The Moon and Stars Remain in the Morning Sky made number 4 in the indie/rock category, and Wes Willenbring’s Somewhere Someone Else made number 10 in the instrumental/experimental category. Plus, songs by Slow Dancing Society, Beautiful Lunar Landscape and Iretsu all made it into the Top 50 tracks of the year. Go HSR!

Slow Dancing Society’s The Sound of Lights When Dim has just appeared at number 3 in Angry Ape and Sonic Frontiers reviewer Michael Henaghan’s top 10 ambient releases of 2007. Hoorah!