Both the re-release of Sankt Otten’s Eine Kleine Traurigkeit and their new album Wunder Gibt Es ImmerWieder have received glowing reviews at the excellent Blogcritics site as part of Jeff Perkins’ fantastic Eurorock series. Visit the site to read the reviews in full, or pop along to Sankt Otten’s reviews section for excerpts.
Sankt Otten Milch Und Zucker Sankt Otten - Milch Und Zucker
Hot on the heels of Rich Bennett’s album launch in Brooklyn next week, he’ll be playing live with his band Monocle on the following dates in October:
Oct. 16th - M Room, Philadelphia w/ Mahogany and Ports Of Call
Oct. 17th - Metro Gallery, Baltimore w/ Luxa, Screen Vinyl Image, and Water
Oct. 24th - CMJ Showcase @ Rehab w/ Soundpool, Dead Leaf Echo, Screen Vinyl Image, Luxa, and Philip Eno
Monocle’s Outer Sunset is available on CD through Tonevendor and on CD and mp3 from the HSR Store.
Monocle Gaspard Monocle - Gaspard
Rich Bennett will be launching his gorgeous new mini-album Music For Underwater Supermarkets at Union Hall, Brooklyn next Monday, September 29th. The album will be played from start to finish, ambient interludes included, with a full band playing vibes, guitar, trumpet, flute, drum machine, and Rich himself on bass and synth. Support comes from Lisbonne(Marie Merlet from Monade) and Zooey.
Rich Bennett Aisle 2: Entrance Rich Bennett - Aisle 2: Entrance
Hidden Shoal Recordings are proud to announce the re-release of the debut album by German cinematic pop outfit Sankt Otten. Before the stunning success of albums Wir Koennen Ja Freunde Bleiben and Wunden Gibt Es Immer Wieder, Germany’s Sankt Otten crafted their equally essential debut, Eine Kleine Traurigkeit (A Small Sadness). Built around brooding cinematic samples of horns and strings, the supple drumwork of Stephan Otten, and Carsten Sandkaemper’s distinctive guitar and arresting vocal presence. Including the hypnotic single ‘Fernfahrer’ alongside 11 other tracks of bewitching noir alchemy and brooding filmic pop, the album justifies the band’s early label as the ‘German Portishead’. Indeed, the album feels like an unconscious eight-year precursor to Portishead’s Third, with Sankt Otten taking the trip-hop aesthetic to more experimental ends than their contemporaries of the time.
Eine Kleine Traurigkeit is now available through Hidden Shoal Recordings in both CD and digital format. All availability information, including third-party store availability, can be found at the HSR Store.
Stream the album in full here and read a full press release here.
Sankt Otten - Stille Tage im Klischee Sankt Otten - Stille Tage im Klischee
