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Artist...... Kindling
Album....... Hush
Label....... 6131 Records
Genre....... Rock
Releasedate 2017-11-10
Encoder..... LAME 3.97
Bitrate..... 320kbps
Size........ 94.51 mb
Duration.... 39:02
WWW......... http://play.google.com
.Tracklist .................................................................
01 For Olive [ 3:37]
02 Destroy Yrself [ 3:58]
03 Pantone Blue [ 3:53]
04 Everywhere [ 3:19]
05 Wait [ 5:51]
06 Rain [ 3:25]
07 Wherever [ 3:54]
08 Better World [ 3:46]
09 It Will [ 2:35]
10 Wet Leaves [ 4:44]
.Releasenotes ..............................................................
Western Massachusetts isnÆt exactly the first place that comes to mind when
one thinks of alternative music, but the sleepy area boasts a surprising
musical lineage as the birthplace of indie rock icons like Dinosaur Jr, to
more recent headliners like Speedy Ortiz and Potty Mouth. EasthamptonÆs
Kindling are part of this insular environment that seems to breed a special
kind of ambitious individualism: a drive to make bold music that is at once
massively appealing and uncompromisingly distinct. Now, with their sophomore
full length, Hush, Kindling are poised to continue this tradition and make a
particularly loud impression of their own.
Started as the recording project of Stephen Pierce and Gretchen Williams in
2014, Kindling evolved into a full-fledged band through a full-length and a
prolific series of EPs that would hone their dreamy lo-fi beginnings into a
muscular wall of sound. While much of KindlingÆs work could be given the
shoegaze tag, the band always hinted at something broader and more immediate
amongst the fuzz. Now with Hush the band has achieved a unique blend of
crushing guitars and undeniable melodies that is sure to appeal to not just
shoegaze fans, but to anyone who has a taste for towering alternative rock.
To record Hush, the band teamed with engineer and longtime collaborator,
Justin Pizzoferrato (The Pixies, Speedy Ortiz, The Hold Steady, Dinosaur Jr.)
to track the album, and Josh Bonati (Slowdive, Wild Nothing, Sufjan Stevens)
for mastering, and the two perfectly captured Kindling's impressive dynamic
range. For a band whose sound is so firmly rooted in loud guitars, Kindling
are experts at knowing when to pull back the volume, allowing for truly
powerful dynamics in their music. Hush also finds Kindling experimenting with
unexpected instrumentation, like subtle sitar layers and the Corgan-esque
grandeur of mellotron (borrowed from J. Mascis and recorded at his home
studio). Pierce and Williams use shades of hope and compassion to paint a
striking picture of the grieving process, with their vocal interplay always
providing an abundance of genuine hooks.
Hush offers plenty of guitar rock touchstones: pieces of KindlingÆs Western
MA musical roots, their surface æ90s influences, and even much harder to spot
references in their enormous sound. But in the end itÆs Kindling's attention
to true song-craft above all else that sets them apart, and whether set to a
squall of distortion or a wave of atmospherics, Hush has this in spades.
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