On Sunday night’s Sound Lab show on Triple J, Fenella Kernebone played Beautiful Lunar Landscape’s ‘Eternal Beginning’ from their haunting Alone in this Dark Romantic Night EP. Tune in to Triple J on Sunday nights from 11pm to hear more Hidden Shoal releases on this excellent show. Plus, if you haven’t downloaded it already, ‘Eternal Beginning’ is also available on the latest free Hidden Shoal sampler album, Limit of Maps.
Excerpt: “New York’s Monocle take out the boring bits and go straight for the jugular with their own brand of space-age pop. The virtually flawless ‘Gaspard’, ‘Green Future’ and ‘Music Of Space’ each boast euphoric choruses bolstered by strong female vocals. Even when they do experiment they pull it off - ‘Agent Earle’ begins in typical retro-futurist style but then twists into a shimmering wall of synths and glacial atmospheres… Outer Sunset is definitely one of the most addictive alternative pop albums I’ve heard in recent years.”
Outer Sunset, the outstanding debut album by Monocle, has just received a glowing review on Leonard’s Lair. Visit the site to read the review in full, or Monocle’s reviews section to read an excerpt.
Excerpt: “This is music to drift along to; the perfect soundtrack for the onset of the cold season… This is post-rock but not the type which switches between quiet and loud, Sullivan’s instrumentals are always understated but maintain a hold over the listener thanks to their emotional depth… This is a lengthy record but it has so much depth and feeling, it’s almost impossible not to be moved by it.”
