Tangled Star Mini Album Pre-Release

The Australian digital music label, Hidden Shoal Recordings, today pre-released the stunning mini al-bum, “It’s Now or Later” by the Craig Hallsworth led Australian outfit, Tangled Star.

Distilling elements of indie rock and alt country married with Hallsworth’s wonderful dust and liquor coated vocals and twisting lyrics, “It’s Now or Later” weaves it’s own magic place.

Through its exultant shifts and wandering detours the album manages to make once familiar
territory foreign and offset. The album’s title talks to the wonderful paradox infused within each song both musically and lyrically. This is the apathetic’s guide to caring too much.

The title track and first single released from the album is a winding epic that digs itself into your bones and drags you around it’s melancholic arc. This is some of the best Australian indie rock you will hear this year.

Tangled Star: In the late 90s, Outstation (Craig Hallsworth, guitars and singing; Jim Butterworth, bass; Jamie Hamilton, drums), a sonic
monstrosity, began playing a lot of quiet tunes, and eventually turned into Tangled Star. Lorne Clements (Hammond Organ, Piano) became involved. Then Jamie Hamilton left, and was replaced by a drum machine, and Jim became its programmer. The T-Star quietly went about its business for a few years in Jim’s back shed and in Lorne’s living room. They played only a handful of live shows, but recorded two wonderful albums with Alan Smith from Bergerk! Recordings - the self-titled debut, and “It’s Now Or Later”.

Craig Hallsworth: Born 1964 in Collie South-West Western Australia - land that belongs to the Nyoongar People. Fatally infected with AM radio that plays constantly throughout childhood, in the house and in the car. Begins playing guitar and writing songs around 8 or 9 years of age. Magazines and records. Sitting alone in a room playing and singing into a cassette recorder. String of bands. Loses virginity after a gig at the Narrogin Hotel. Moves to Perth in the mid 80s upon completion of welding apprenticeship in the coal mines. Over next 15 years or so plays in The Bamboos, The Healers, wild palms, Zuvuya, Out-station, Tangled Star, as well as many solo performances and recordings. Currently writing an experi-mental book-length poem and playing in The Slow Beings.

The mini album and single are now available as pre-releases in the HSR Store. The album will see offi-cial release in December where it will be available in Itunes, eMusic and Sony Connect stores around the world.

Hidden Shoal Recordings is Australian based independent digital music label. The label is a unique mar-riage of contemporary distribution, with traditional indie label values and, most importantly, a wonderful catalogue of releases.

Label Site: http://music.hiddenshoal.com
HSR Store: http://agora.hiddenshoal.com