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June 02, 2005
the girl with the harmonically perfect face
Kiss Me Deadly - Dance 1
Wow. Let me say, right off the bat, that I will send anyone a personal note (along with a coupon for orange juice) if they don't like this song. I'll write it in cursive, even (my penmanship is on par with that of a circa-1950 Catholic school-teaching nun).
Named after the movie classic (1955), Kiss Me Deadly are from Montreal, and are soon to be (or are already??) opening for Bloc Party on their North American tour. Signed to the absolutely fantastic Alien 8 Recordings, the band has an EP out right now, and an LP on its way for the Fall.
'Dance 1', which will also appear on their new full-length, is a slinky, late-night, taboo makeout session. Emily Elizabeth's voice is sexy in that breathy, sort of petulant-sounding way (the v. best way), and she coos, squeals, and begs her way through this track (also, she says "making out like a thief", which is just too cute). The guitars here are all over the place- aggressive, subdued, clean- however, the prettiest parts are the little delayed-note eddies they create, which remind me a lot of the undertow pull of the guitar phrases in Disco Inferno's 'Arc in Round'. The beginning of this song though, with tough little metallic beats, spindly guitar, and handclaps, is terribly addictive (which is probably why I've listened to this song like 50 times in 12 hours). You can buy their EP, "Amoureux Cosmiques" (which translates to, what- Cosmic Loves/ers?), right over at Alien 8.
Kiss Me Deadly are so good that they make me want to go all gooey-emo and say stuff like this:
Every once in a while, I'll hear something new that makes me excited not only about music (in general), but also about writing about music. And I think a lot of people get this feeling (maybe good music doesn't necessarily make you want to write about it, but probably at least you get the urge to articulate, in some way, what it is that's so exciting. or not, whatever). Sometimes writing this pink monstrosity feels like a particularly cruel punishment (that's usually when everything here reads like it was written by a sugared-up 9 year old), but most of the time it's a lot of fun, and I'm glad that I get to do it, because really, it's all for the people (my 9 loyal readers!), whom I embrace* (see deleted scenes and outtakes from this paragraph, below!). Sniff, tear.
*[here, let me cliche this up a little bit] So I'm just gonna keep doing what I'm doing, and if the kids like it, that's just a fucking bonus. I actually managed to traverse the spectrum of earnestness to sacrasm within the space of a few sentences back there, not bad at all, my friends. [NOTE: this is what happens when I start drinking coffee]
Posted by Kevin at June 2, 2005 01:21 AM
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