Cheekbone’s stunning Yesterday EP has just received an excellent review on the Leonard’s Lair weblog, where it is described as “another winner” for Hidden Shoal. Check out the site, or read an excerpt in the Cheekbone reviews section.

Hidden Shoal Recordings today announced the release of the free label sampler album Limit of Maps.

Limit of Maps is the third volume in the label’s sampler album series, available for free download from the HSR Store. The album includes a wonderful cross-section of Hidden Shoal’s activity over the second half of 2007, and also features a number of as yet unreleased tracks from upcoming 2008 releases. Many of the tracks are taken from critically acclaimed albums and EPs, a number of which have ended up on best of 2007 lists.

The contributing artists on Limit of Maps include Sankt Otten, Slow Dancing Society, Iretsu, Bury the Sound, Beautiful Lunar Landscape, Chris Mason, Monocle, Tangled Star, Toby Richardson, Cheekbone, The Retail Sectors, Glassacre, and Jumpel.

The album is available now for free download from the HSR Store.

2007 has been a wonderful year for the Hidden Shoal label and its artists and it just got some thick icing layered all over the top of it. Textura magazine, the astute and passionate purveyors of fine new music, have chosen Hidden Shoal Recordings as one of its top ten favourite labels of 2007. Check out the list and read a q&a from all the labels at the Textura website.

The wonderful Play My Tape series is currently featuring a stunning mix of work by our very own Cheekbone. The playlist includes new work by Cheekbone as well as a number of wonderful remixes.

This is not to be missed. Hop along to the Play My Tape website to listen and download. While you’re there make sure to check out the archives for gorgeous Jumpel mixtape featured a month or so back.