Fall Electric Single Released, Free Download Available

Oct. 14, 2008 - PRLog -- The Australian music label Hidden Shoal Recordings today announced the release of the single ‘Faithless Friend’ by Perth-based compelled acoustic spacemakers Fall Electric.

‘Faithless Friend’ sees Fall Electric in full rock mode. Edgy, overdriven acoustic guitar is lent friction and gravity coupled with cello stabs and bows, woven around urgent, tumbling drums, with Andrew Ryan’s compelling refrain, “Do you think the warmonger was a happy kid?” spilling across the top. The song canters and bucks frenetically before fading away in a wry homage to the Nirvana classic ‘Something In The Way’.

The single also includes the bonus track ‘Sir Sun Shines Strong’, an introspective flipside, brooding and building slowly with its sparse yet expansive air. The track exudes a blend of dashed hope married to unending devotion, until the cello musters an aching scream into the void. This is acoustic folk noir for wide-open spaces.

This beautiful coupling of tracks is the perfect primer for Fall Electric’s forthcoming debut album, the stunning Measure And Step.

Comprising members of adamsaidgalore and Schvendes, Fall Electric’s music is for fans of Dirty Three, Will Oldham, Neil Young, Do Make Say Think and Tom Waits, and any other music that values melody and texture as much as songcraft. Lyrically, Fall Electric’s songs focus upon riddled philosophic inquiries, ironies within romance, the nature of human weakness, and other enjoyably unsolvable topics.

“They’re the kind of musicians who together are capable of mesmerizing audiences into complete silence” – Drum Perth

“Like watching a bullfight, Fall Electric are able to stir the audience with frenetic pace and danger and leave them with a sense of calm and relief. Olé!” – Xpress Magazine

Hidden Shoal Recordings will release the band’s brilliant debut album Measure And Step on November 11th 2008, until which time the single and bonus b-side are available for free download from the label’s store. Measure And Step was recorded with Casey Rice, who has worked with the likes of Dirty Three, Tortoise and Stereolab.

Hidden Shoal Recordings is an Australia-based independent music label that has earned a reputation for releasing exciting and engaging new independent music that is not bound by genre or style. Hidden Shoal Recordings was recently chosen as one of the top ten favourite labels of 2007 by Textura magazine, and has been dubbed “This generation’s 4AD” by prominent New York radio host DJ Mojo.

Label Site: http://music.hiddenshoal.com
Label Store: http://agora.hiddenshoal.com
Fall Electric: http://www.myspace.com/fallelectric

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Hidden Shoal Recordings is an Australia-based music label that has earned a reputation for releasing engaging new music that is not bound by genre or style. The label has been dubbed “This generation’s 4AD” by prominent New York radio host DJ Mojo.