Hidden Shoal News
New Kramies' Music Video at Sounds Better With Reverb + More!
Kramies‘ beautiful music video for his sumptuous collaboration with Jason Lytle, ‘Clocks Were All Broken’, has just been featured at the awesome Sounds Better With Reverb zine. The video was also chosen as the Video Pick of the Week at The Colorado Sound. And to round it off the video was also featured at excellent blog, The Sunday Experience. Check out their lovely write up,
“Be honest, doesn’t this just stop you dead in your tracks frozen by the deep shiver running down your spine and with the delicate forming of a tear that threatens to escape the corner of your eye, utterly beautiful. New video from the Kramies for the track ‘clocks were all broken’ which comes peeled from their current EP ‘Wooden heart’ out via Hidden Shoal – also features Jason Lytle not that you need any further prods.” – The Sunday Experience
PERTH, Gilded & Kramies at Textura
The latest edition of the wonderful Textura magazine has featured downloads from New Kramies + Jason Lytle Music Video – 'Clocks Were All Broken'
Hidden Shoal is excited to release the new video for Kramies’ gorgeous track ‘Clocks Were All Broken’ which features the instrumental and production talents of Jason Lytle (Grandaddy). The song’s theme of time standing still is rendered visually by experimental film-maker (and label manager) Cam Merton as a never-ending summer’s day at the beach. As the track’s aching synth melodies and voices echo and fracture, the blurred beachgoers begin to fade and multiply, receding into nothingness. Check the video out at YouTube and Vimeo.
‘Clocks Were All Broken’ is taken from Kramies’ brilliant 2013 EP The Wooden Heart, which features collaboration and production from Jason Lytle and Todd Tobias (Circus Devils,Robert Pollard, Guided By Voices). The EP is available now through Hidden Shoal.
PERTH Track Featured in Stormie Mills Video
Check out this fantastic video piece by Chad Peacock for a public work by the wonderful Stormie Mills as part of Re.Discover Bunbury 2014. The video features the gorgeous sounds of perth with their track ‘Old At Heart’.
Stormie Mills ‘The Journey’ from Chad Peacock on Vimeo.
Interview with Markus Mehr in Digital in Berlin
Markus Mehr has been a busy man, amidst performing and working with visual artist Stefanie Sixt and putting the last touches on his next album he also found time to sit down with the folks at Digital in Berlin for a chat. Check it out here.
Markus Mehr – ‘Duck Became Swan’
Kramies 'The Wooden Heart' Featured on French Compilation
The wonderful French zine A Decouvrir Absolument has just released its latest compilation album (number 31!) featuring the title track from Kramies‘ brilliant 2013 EP The Wooden Heart. Lots of wonderful music collected on this freely downloadable comp so be sure to grab yourself a copy from the album page here.
Kramies Interviewed in French Zine Froggy Delight
Yet another wonderful French interview with Kramies has just been published. This time the lovely folk over a Froggy Delight took some time out with our man and talked about his latest EP The Wooden Heart. Check the feature out here (non French speakers may need the help of French friend or worst case Google!).
GUM (Jay Watson of Tame Impala) Remixes PERTH – Stream and Download
We’re super excited to announce the release of the GUM (Jay Watson of Tame Impala, Pond) remix of the PERTH track ‘Drank and Kites and Tomorrow’. GUM’s re-working takes PERTH’s majestic original and streamlines it further into a Spiritualized-esque drone-pop beauty. The track is lifted from the forthcoming album Where’s My Dystopia? (May 1 2014) which features remixes of tracks from the band’s acclaimed second album What’s Your Utopia? by Mei Saraswati, Seams, No. 9, Usurper of Modern Medicine, Valerio Cosi among others.
The track is now available for free download and stream. Be sure to also check out the first two tracks from GUM’s forthcoming debut and PERTH’s What’s Your Utopia? and singles while you’re at it!
Kramies French Zine Interview + Essay from Guillaume Mazel
Kramies continues to receive great press and coverage in France with his beautiful new EP The Wooden Heart. Our musical troubadour has just been interviewed by the excellent French zine a decouvrir absolument and is also featured in their new Cosy Home Sessions with his beautiful acoustic rendition of ‘Sea Otter Cottage’ (check it out below).
But wait, there’s more! The lovely Guillaume Mazel who reviewed The Wooden Heart and ran the above interview with Kramies has also written an absolutely beautiful personal response to the EP in this essay. It really is such a wonderful written engagement with Kramies’ music on a level you generally don’t get to see in this age of heavy musical traffic. Many thanks to Guillaume and a decouvrir absolument for their support and continued great work.
More Glowing Reviews For Kramies "The Wooden Heart"
Love for Kramies stunning EP The Wooden Heart continues to roll in. The EP, which features collaborations and production by both Jason Lytle and Todd Tobias, has just received two beautiful reviews from Backseat Mafia and Now It’s On. Check out these excerpts,
“Luckily, the quiet and calm at the beginning of a new year of music releases allowed me to re-discover some of 2013’s hidden gems and The Wooden Heart by Kramies is just that…. Kramies wasn’t fooling around with this release. The Dutch/American singer/songwriter, who was born in Cleveland but is now based out of Colorado, excels with his dreamy pop sound.” – Now It’s On
“This man of the world is making it sit up and pay attention now. Quite rightly so.” – Backseat Mafia
If you’ve not yet had the pleasure of this EP or Kramies previous EP The European then head to the Hidden Shoal Store where you can hear both and also grab yourself some free tracks!