Kisses are a two-piece based out of Los Angeles, CA. “Bermuda” is gonna be released as a 7 inch single this April through Surrounded By Sound which is some sort of off shoot having to do with Force Field PR. I’d give a link for Surrounded By Sound but it’s just a myspace page with 2 friends on it. I think they might be laundering money. joke. Be sure to check out the rest of Forcefield’s roster, they have a pretty solid line up.
If you’re in Los Angeles, Kisses have a DJ set this Monday night at Mandrake bar. Also they’ll be playing SXSW with the rest of the free world.
Listen to “Bermuda” Here
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David Longstreth is the main creative force behind Dirty Projectors, the experimental rock band with a constantly shifting line-up and roots in Brooklyn. Longstreth is talented songwriter and busily prolific man, who cuts no corners and responds evasively to media perception – “I’m Gemini, brown eyes, brown hair, about six feet three inches. My music is loud and kind of unruly. Detail-oriented, but also reflects how I enjoy thinking about the bigger picture, like long walks in the woods.” The group’s new album, ‘Bitte Orca’ is actually their fifth, but it looks to be the moment they finally break through to the indie spotlight. The video (see below) to the single, “Stillness is the Move,” is incredibly stunning. It features the group’s three songstresses dancing in the mountains, Longstreth shepherding a llama, and some wolves.
Some final fitting words from their bio: “Bitte Orca’s idiosyncratically complex, and sincere take on popular music is reminiscent of David Byrne with whom Dirty Projectors collaborated on “Knotty Pine” for the compilationDark Was The Night.
Really, in many ways, Longstreth could be viewed as this generation’s answer to Byrne, a distinctive torchbearer of labyrinthine song arrangements that go down easy. In that vein, it’s fitting to give the Talking Head the final effusive word: “OMG this record is incredible!… Holy shit — a quantum leap forwards and sideways at the same time. My new favorite record. I know this is all too gushy. Whatever, congratulations.”
Listen to “Stillness Is The Move” here
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