Hidden Shoal Recordings today announced the release of the second freely downloadable single from the latest album by German cinematic pop duo Sankt Otten.

‘Mein Freund aus Köln’ soars slowly and elegantly across the night sky like a neon bird. The listener is carried along by hypnotic drum patterns, while majestic synth refrains and guitar drones sing sadly and beautifully. As with so much of Sankt Otten’s work there is something brooding underneath the surface of ‘Mein Freund aus Köln’, something always just out of reach. The single is accompanied by the gorgeous previously unreleased track ‘Melancholie fur Millionen’ which rounds out this wonderful package in true style, proving that everything Sankt Otten touch turns to gold.

‘Mein Freund aus Köln’ is taken from Sankt Otten’s fourth album Morgen wieder lustig which is out now through Hidden Shoal Recordings.

“Sankt Otten continue to defy the German Portishead pigeonhole, by cranking up the tempo, veering into a sort of krautrock by way of Four Tet one minute, whirling pop ambience the next, synthy sprawling blissed out prismatic new age the next, over the course of the record slipping back and forth between these various sounds, sometimes melding several at once, a gorgeous, moody sonic journey, from haunting atmospheric darkness, to sun dappled rhythmic mesmer, to spaced out psychedelic synth, to eighties sounding new wave to hushed dreamlike ambience, to creepy slowcore crawl. Awesome stuff.” – Aquarius Records on Morgen wieder lustig

‘Mein Freund aus Köln / Melancholie fur Millionen’ is available now for free download from the Hidden Shoal Store and Bandcamp. Read a full press release here.

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Sankt Otten’s glorious Morgen wieder lustig has cracked the top ten at the awesome Californian (Stanford to be exact) college station KZSU!

If that good news wasn’t enough for you then you’ll certainly crack a smile when we tell you that we will be releasing the second free single off Morgen wieder lustig next week. Smile not high enough? The free download will also include an exclusive previously unreleased Sankt Otten track.

Ok you can stop smiling now its looking a little creepy….

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Good news for the people of San Francisco! Through an ongoing and exclusive partnership with Aquarius Records, we’re happy to announce that you can now buy Sankt Otten’s Morgen Wieder Lustig and Wes Willenbring’s Close, But Not Too Close there, in all their glory! Two truly beautiful albums.  Take some time off and have a listen.

Wes Willenbring – Oh Most Wes Willenbring – Oh Most

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Sankt Otten fans will be excited to hear that the band’s stunning recent album Morgen wieder lustig is now available on vinyl in beautiful custom packaging via the excellent German label Denovali. Head to the Denovali Mailorder store now to pick yourself up a copy or if you’re after a CD or digital version of the album head to the HSR Store for all availability info.

Sankt Otten – Lustig, lustig, demain encore lustig   Sankt Otten – Lustig, lustig, demain encore lustig