'Eine Kleine Traurigkeit'
by Sankt Otten

Before the stunning success of albums Wir Koennen Ja Freunde Bleiben and Wunden Gibt Es Immer Wieder, Germany’s Sankt Otten crafted their equally essential debut, Eine Kleine Traurigkeit (A Small Sadness). Built around brooding cinematic samples of horns and strings, the supple drumwork of Stephan Otten, and Carsten Sandkaemper’s distinctive guitar and arresting vocal presence. Including the hypnotic single ‘Fernfahrer’ alongside 11 other tracks of bewitching noir alchemy and brooding filmic pop, the album justifies the band’s early label as the ‘German Portishead’. Indeed, the album feels like an unconscious eight-year precursor to Portishead’s Third, with Sankt Otten taking the trip-hop aesthetic to more experimental ends than their contemporaries of the time.

Hidden Shoal Recordings are proud to re-release this album and for the first time expose it’s wonder to audiences outside of Germany.

Track Listing:

1. Elektronik Nein  Preview
   
2. Eukalyptus  Preview
   
3. Die unteren Zehntausend  Preview
   
4. Meter (Heute anders)  Preview
   
5. Eine kleine Traurigkeit  Preview
   
6. Das juengste Geruecht  Preview
   
7. Tiefgang  Preview
   
8. Milch und Zucker  Preview
   
9. Gefaehrliche Fracht  Preview
   
10. Fernfahrer  Preview
    
11. Ende gut  Preview
    
12. Stille Tage im Klischee (Bonus Track)  Preview
    

Cat#: HSR039

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