Rich Bennett’s stunning mini-album Music For Underwater Supermarkets has just been reviewed on the excellent Leonard’s Lair blog. Visit Leonard’s Lair to read the review in full, or visit Rich’s reviews section for an excerpt.

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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.

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In this month’s edition of Norwegian e-zine Luna Kafe, new singles by Sankt Otten and Rich Bennett and the new album by My Majestic Star have all received glowing reviews. Visit Luna Kafe to read the reviews in full, or pop along to the respective artists’ reviews sections to read excerpts.

Sankt Otten’s ‘Fernfahrer‘ is still available for free mp3 download from the HSR Store until the re-release of Eine Kleine Traurigkeit on 23rd September, while Rich Bennett’s mini-album Music For Underwater Supermarkets and the new My Majestic Star album Too Late, The Day are both available on CD and mp3 from the HSR Store.

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Hidden Shoal Recordings today announced the release of the debut solo outing by Monocle’s Rich Bennett. Music For Underwater Supermarkets is a giddy journey through eight aisles of Rich Bennett’s imagination, evoking both the wondrous and infinite spaces of childhood and the hazy introspection of an adulthood spent trying to reclaim this sense of wonder.

Sharing a sonic playing field with Nick Drake’s Bryter Layter, Burt Bacharach’s instrumental originals, Sam Prekop’s solo debut and Stereolab’s quieter moments, Music For Underwater Supermarkets also stakes out its own idiosyncratic turf, confirming Rich Bennett’s status as a songwriter and producer of exceptional talent. From the chiming guitars and vibraphones of ‘Entrance’ to the melancholy synth undertow of ‘The Underwater Supermarket’, this is a shining and strangely moving symphony to daydreaming. This instrumental mini-album alternates between jazz-infused compositions of exceptional fluidity and sophistication, and moody miniatures, creating a strangely immersive whole that demands repeat listens.

Music For Underwater Supermarkets is available now on CD and in digital format through Hidden Shoal Recordings. Visit the HSR Store for all availability and distribution information, and check out a full press release here.

Rich Bennett - Aisle 2: Entrance  Rich Bennett - Aisle 2: Entrance