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MH-259 Head Like A Kite - There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere  There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere, Head Like A Kite’s second full-length album, and first for Mush, is an expert blend of electronic rock production and pure pop-songcraft built on a bed of pillaged found-sound from cities the band visited on their 2006 US tour. No stranger to sharing the stage with big names on national and international turf, ringmaster Dave Einmo has assembled some of Seattle’s finest for the album including members of The Long Winters, Smoosh, Radio 4, Crooked Fingers, and Preston School Of Industry. Whether it be guest vocals from Asya Smoosh and Graig Markel, added inspiration from touring drummer Trent Moorman, or the production of Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, Iron & Wine) each track is flavored with the perfect additions to the epic songwriting and big-beat electronic production that is Head Like A Kite’s forte. There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere strikes the balance between art and craft and is the finest sonic road-trip in the Mush catalog. |
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| Possibly the best release out of the Northwest this year - KEXP / A true genre-twisted party album that appropriately captures the sounds of an eclectic America - Urb / The dreamy soundtrack to your imaginary trip into space - The Stranger / Deserves a lot of indie play - Pop Matters / Friskiness is refreshing – AP |
| First gaining recognition with 2006's Broken Love Letter LP on the Mush imprint, K-The-I???'s flow errs on the side of convolution, flipping sprawling, arhythmic lines that invite continued (and corect) comparison with names including Cannibal Ox, Aesop Rock and Doseone. For all the lyrical expansiveness, though, the LA MC's work excels in the act of bloting complex concepts to concise structures. Over 14 tracks, only four of which break the three minute mark, themes of global conspiracy, love, and the Iraq war are addressed. With a host of densely crafted and frequently abrasive beats provided by labelmate Thavius Beck, brevity is no impediment to Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow's impact. If anything, this pared down approach underlines the ambition of both producer and performer. Borne out of the lurching rhythms and spiralling rhymes of standout moments including "Lead The Floor" and "Cell-Shaded/Daydreams/Nightmares," plus guest appearances by High Priest, Busdriver and Chicago polymath Vyle, this album rewards as much as it refuses to compromise. - The Wire |
