Slow Dancing Society - and to the dust we shall return

Free Track/Video: Slow Dancing Society – and to the dust we shall return

Posted On: June 23, 2010
Posted In: and to the dust we shall return, Drew Sullivan, Hidden Shoal Recordings, Ieva Balode, Slow Dancing Society, Under The Sodium Lights
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Hidden Shoal Recordings today announced the release of the first track and accompanying music video taken from the eagerly awaited fourth album by US ambient artist Slow Dancing Society. Both single and video are now available for free download…

Following on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed Priest Lake Circa ’88, ‘…and to the dust we shall return’ is the perfect introduction to Drew Sullivan’s latest ambient epic, Under The Sodium Lights. Accompanied by a stunning video by Latvian filmmaker Ieva Balode, this glorious seven-minute song sees the gradual accretion of reverberant guitar tones, emerging from the silence as sparse reflections across the stereo field. Slow searching melodies overlap and accumulate before a descending bass figure carries the song home to its elegiac conclusion. The song, like all Slow Dancing Society releases, resonates with a rich emotional core – and the choking realisation of our own transience.

The video for ‘…and to the dust we shall return’ was created by Latvian filmmaker and artist Ieva Balode. Currently studying at the Latvian Academy of Art, Balode has taken part in many exhibitions in Latvia, and has also presented her own solo exhibition in the capital, Riga, where she currently lives and works. – Hidden Shoal

Download the track here
Download the track and video here

Video Credits:
Director, designer, editor: Ieva Balode
Camera: Kaspars Cirsis, Vents ?bolti?š
Grip: Dainis Juraga
Special thanks: Latvian Academy of Art-Visual Communication department, T?lis Balodis and Ingr?da Balode, Ieva P?gozne, Simona Jonaite.

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www.myspace.com/slowdancingsociety

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