The Retail Sectors’ single ‘The First Step to End the Life’ from the Foregone Conclusion album is Top Track on Tuesday’s Out To Lunch show on Perth’s RTR FM. Tune in to 92.1 FM from 12-3pm weekdays to hear more Hidden Shoal releases.
This Friday, 1st February, Bury the Sound are playing their last live show before disappearing into the studio to commence work on their eagerly awaited debut album. They’re playing at 303 High St, Northcote with Sundown and/or Last Stand, The Imagists and Tim Chesley. Doors open at 8pm and entry is $5.
Excerpt: “The mesmerising ambience of Slow Dancing Society is the work of one man, Washington-based Drew Sullivan. The Slow Steady Winter is an exquisite journey of dark, cold, and occasionally isolating and unsettling soundscapes. The album begins with the epic ‘The Early Stages of Decline’, more than 15 minutes of layered textures which makes you feel as if you are walking alone through a fierce blizzard… ‘Never Ending’, with its organ swells and delicate guitar twangs, sees the sun making its way through the thick grey clouds for the first time in weeks… The glistening finale ‘February Sun’ is bathed in sunlight, and is a blissful track to end the album. 4/5″
Excerpt: “In just two albums, Slow Dancing Society (aka Drew Sullivan) has been placed squarely in my sights as an artist to not only watch, but to eagerly await new music from. SDS’ debut CD, The Sound of Lights When Dim, first introduced me to Sullivan’s artful blend of echoing, lonely guitar and crisp, intriguing electronics. On its enjoyable sequel, The Slow and Steady Winter, Sullivan revives that feel and expands his work to encompass even more processed, flowing guitar textures… an astounding piece of work that again cements Slow Dancing Society’s place–in my ears, at least–as an artist whose next disc I’ll always be looking forward to hearing. Bravo, Drew.”
