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Artist......: This Is The Kit
Album.......: Off Off On
Label.......: Rough Trade
Genre.......: Indie
Catnr.......: RT0148CD
Source......: CD
Rip.date....: 2021-03-12
Str.date....: 2020-10-23
Quality.....: 795kbps / 44.1kHz / 2 channels
Url.........: http://www.thisisthekit.co.uk
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1. Found Out 3:29
2. Started Again 4:37
3. This Is What You Did 3:12
4. No Such Thing 4:40
5. Slider 4:06
6. Coming to Get You Nowhere 3:20
7. Carry Us Please 4:13
8. Off Off On 3:19
9. Shinbone Soap 4:18
10. Was Magician 4:26
11. Keep Going 6:39
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,: Off Off On is undoubtedly This Is The Kit's best work yet - :,
: clever lyrics, clashing instrumentals and unique vocal patterns :
:' create a dizzying and heady album that feels as refreshing as ':
,: it does personal. :,
: :
:' The swirling style of the album is summed up in the killer ':
,: opening track, "Found Out". Overlapping voices jump out over :,
: plucky strings, as lead singer Kate Stables creates a dialogue :
:' with herself: "Speak the words / let yourself breathe / deep ':
,: relief / ask yourself". Accelerating drum beats make the mood :,
: flit between intense and bubbly, a depiction of the :
:' unpredictability of the world around us. ':
,: :,
: The whole album delicately flickers between panic and calm. It :
:' was developed by the band in an isolated cottage in Wales, and ':
,: it's easy to see a reflection of the setting in the songs. :,
: Changing weather and rushing rivers are encapsulated through :
:' crashing mood swings and tempo changes. The record's title, Off ':
,: Off On, is a similar depiction of that uncertainty, swinging :,
: between feeling good and centred, and bad and anxious. :
:' ':
,: "This Is What You Did" is a record highlight. Stables describes :,
: the track as a "panic attack song" - frenzied beats coupled with :
:' rapid banjo and slightly sinister talk-singing create feelings ':
,: of mania and unease (yet still result in an incredibly catchy :,
: song). The feeling of being trapped in negative and anxious :
:' thoughts is perfectly constructed through vocal overlapping - ':
,: we never know which thought is real, and which is inside our own :,
: heads. Lyrics focus on self-doubt and worth - feeling all the :
:' more personal due to everything 2020 has brought along with it: ':
,: "Better try to get out, get outside / And your limbs, they get :,
: out of your head again / And the problems they save as before / :
:' Comes around again, pretty repetitive" ':
,: :,
: This Is The Kit have always been connoisseurs of creating slow :
:' building tension. In a song that feels reminiscent of 2017's ':
,: Moonshine Freeze, the band crescendo into a chant of "rocks and :,
: water" - again a nod to the location the album was created in, :
:' but also an example of finding the beauty in simplicity. This ':
,: is the way the album has been produced - simply but :,
: magnificently. Producer Josh Kaufman - New York-based musician, :
:' Hold Steady collaborator and member of Bonny Light Horseman and ':
,: Muzz - has elevated the album, finding the perfect mix of :,
: chaotic and smooth. :
:' ':
,: An exciting cacophony of instruments pop up throughout the :,
: record - on "Slider" there's subtle saxophone from Lorenzo :
:' Prati, on "No Such Thing" brass creates a jazzy and elegant ':
,: tone, and woodwind springs up in "Coming To Get You Nowhere" as :,
: Stables repeats the line "energy, energy, please". :
:' ':
,: The themes are as diverse as the instruments, ranging from :,
: sadness to power. "Slider" is a tribute to a friend who passed :
:' away after being ill in hospital. Delicate vocals overlay a ':
,: melancholic saxophone, as lyrics explore both sides of every :,
: phrase, revealing the new perspective that arrives after trauma: :
:' "Making time / losing time", "To be held / and to hold". In ':
,: antithesis, "Was Magician" is a story of a young woman reaching :,
: her full powers. Based on the books of author Ursula K. Le Guin, :
:' Stables has delivered a quietly compelling call to action for ':
,: her generation. :,
: :
:' The album ends on a nearly seven minute reminder to "Keep ':
,: Going", a sentimental and heartening song that encourages hope :,
: and the promise of a better future. It is at its core, the :
:' message everyone needs to hear this year. ':
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