The re-release of Sankt Otten’s haunting debut album Eine Kleine Traurigkeit has just been reviewed on the excellent music blog Leonard’s Lair. Visit the site to read the review in full, or visit Sankt Otten’s reviews section for an excerpt.

Sankt Otten Fernfahrer Sankt Otten - Fernfahrer

RL/VL’s heartbreaking new single ‘Kweens‘ and the re-release of Sankt Otten’s stunning debut album Eine Kleine Traurigkeit have both been reviewed in the latest edition of Norwegian e-zine Luna Kafe. Pop along to the site to read the reviews in full, or visit the respective artists’ reviews sections for excerpts.

Eine Kleine Traurigkeit is available on CD and mp3 from the HSR Store, and ‘Kweens‘ is available as a free download until the release of RL/VL’s debut album Chagrin on 30th October.

RL/VL Kweens RL/VL - Kweens

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

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