Hydroplane (Reissue)

Some albums quietly drift into obscurity but Hydroplane’s 1997 debut deserves anything but. A hazy blend of lo-fi shoegaze shimmer and bedroom trip-hop. It's an ambient collage like nothing else and a lost gem well worth rediscovering. - Hunter

 
Hydroplane reinstate their formidable 1997 debut of sublime guitar atmospherics, fragile lyricism and droning incidentals with an overdue vinyl and digital reissue.

An offshoot of the now-féted The Cat’s Miaow, the trio formed after their drummer decamped to London, charting new territory with tape loops, manipulated samples and a borrowed Jupiter 4 in the wake of Endtroducing. Adopting a handle that Dean Wareham once considered calling Luna, Hydroplane intended to only ever release Excerpts From Forthcoming LP, a single-sided 7” sonic collage, before imploding in mystery. Their label however insisted they deliver their taunted album. From the comfort of a Brunswick flat, they continued to record soaring melodies and restrained song structures to 4-track, sculpting dramatic Radiophonic Workshop cues weighted in reverb and near-perfect dream pop lead by Kerrie Bolton’s empyrean vocals.

Tracklisting

1. Wurlitzer Jukebox
2. Piano Movement With Percussion
3. Song For The Meek
4. I Hear A New World
5. New Monotonic FM 
6. House Warming
7. 14th July
8. Reprise
9. Beloved Invader
10. Interlude
11. New Monotonic FM (Acoustic)
12. LDR
13. Send In The Clowns