Hidden Shoal Recordings is currently being featured as a “Label You Should Know About” at the very excellent Better Than The Van Site. For those of you not in the know, Better Than The Van is a community site that hooks touring bands up with fans, music lovers and general good folk who offer free accommodation. Very cool eh?

Head over to the site to check it out and while you’re there you can stream tracks from the likes of Ghost In The Water, My Majestic Star, Iretsu, The Slow Beings and Monocle.

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The Slow Beings’ fantastic debut album We Know Why The Earth Moves has just been reviewed on popular Italian site Ondarock and Australian site FasterLouder. Visit the respective sites to read the reviews in full or visit The Slow Beings’ reviews section for excerpts.

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The Slow Beings’ stunning debut album We Know Why The Earth Moves has just received a cracking review on Delusions of Adequacy:

“The Slow Beings are the kind of band that could break through onto the mainstream. They already control the hooks, melodies and riffs to compete with anyone. It’s a surprise that this album hasn’t been getting more attention because We Know Why the Earth Moves is a great listen. These Australian cats know how to make catchy music that works in many different ways…”

Read the full review on DoA, or pop along to The Slow Beings’ reviews section to read another excerpt, plus other great reviews.

For those as yet unconverted to the sheer wonder and greatness of The Slow Beings debut album We Know Why The Earth Moves then get your peepers near a copy of last weeks Drum Media and check out the review of the album. You can also check out an excerpt here and preview the album in full here.

Why are you still here? Go read and listen!