Kite Operations - Dandelion Day
I’ve been listening to Kite Operations‘ first full length album, Dandelion Day, for about a week now, and it continues to grow on me. I have to admit, I was totally intrigued when I read on their website that the band (which hails from NYC) chose its name to invoke “the illusion of control one has over one’s life, mirrored in the activity of ‘flying’ a kite, while one merely holds on to a thread.” Seriously? That’s pretty deep.
Their music is chill kite-flying music. The vocals are simple and not overstated. There are crisp little guitar melodies running through the tracks - accentuated with drums, feedback. Some tracks, like Head of Steam and Hardway are a little more rock, but others like Tracing Paths are perfect springtime music. It’s the kind of stuff I’d like to play on my ipod if I were cruising down by the Charles on my bike, you know, if I did stuff like that.
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