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LOW STOCK LEVEL
1-2 Weeks
01. THE SHIFTING SANDS - Waiting for the Sun
02. THE SHIFTING SANDS - All the Stars
03. THE SHIFTING SANDS - We All Fall Down
04. THE SHIFTING SANDS - Making It Through
05. THE SHIFTING SANDS - Whareakeake
06. THE SHIFTING SANDS - Should Be Better
07. THE SHIFTING SANDS - Dreaming to Keep Awake
08. THE SHIFTING SANDS - Coming Back
09. THE SHIFTING SANDS - Abstract Objects
10. THE SHIFTING SANDS - Radio Silence
ARTIST
TITLE
Cosmic Radio Station
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
FISH 015CD FISH 015CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
10/30/2015

If you went up and over the hill behind Port Chalmers, Dunedin, New Zealand, you might stumble across the rundown shack and converted woolshed whence the Cosmic Radio Station was first beamed into the Pacific ether. Head back to Port Chalmers itself and there stands Chick's Hotel. Tiny it may be, but it's hosted shows by Sebadoh, Stephen Malkmus, J Mascis, Sharon van Etten, and Parquet Courts, among many others, and it's also the epicenter of the vibrant Dunedin pop underground. The venue is run by the three members of The Shifting Sands -- Mike McLeod (guitar, vocals), Tom Bell (bass), and Jake Langley (drums) -- who, even with the responsibility of providing radio for the cosmos and bringing bands to Dunedin, still managed to undertake a 2014 US West Coast tour supporting David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights. The eye-popping sleeve of Cosmic Radio Station, by renowned Port Chalmers artist Jim Cooper, gives some idea of the psych-dealing within. This is an album that drips sundazed melody through a shifting haze of fuzzy, chiming guitars, shimmering strings, and vocal harmonies, with the aforementioned Mr. Kilgour lending his inimitable guitar to two songs. Recorded in a woolshed in Whareakeake and a decrepit crib overlooking Mapoutahi. Overdubs recorded at Chick's Hotel. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Thomas Bell.