ARTiST: David Kitt
TiTLE: Not Fade Away
LABEL: Rough Trade
GENRE: Indie
TiME: 44:14 min
SiZE: 65,4 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Aug-22-2006
RELEASE DATE: Oct-16-2006
WEBSiTE: n/a
Track List:
01. One Clear Way 03:41
02. Grey Day 02:49
03. Up To You 03:45
04. Sleep 03:51
05. I Know The Reason 04:12
06. Nothing Else 04:50
07. Wish And I Won't Stop 02:43
08. Guilty Prayers, Pointless Ends 06:23
09. Say No More 02:44
10. Don't Fuck With Me 04:29
11. With You 04:47
Release Notes:
It may be best to start by graphing out David Kitt's
career in terms of his releases to date. Such a
sketch would start off on a high thanks to his Small
Moments debut, before taking an even steeper incline
to his masterful The Big Romance album. But that's
where the climbing stops. The graph would then head
downwards to 2003's patchy Square One and nosedive
completely with 2004's ill-considered and largely
redundant covers album The Black & Red Notebook.
Since then, Kitt has been engaged in much
wound-licking and stock-taking, both creatively and
in his personal life, so it's no understatement to
say that much is riding on how this album is
received.
Not Fade Away demonstrates that Kitt has finally
figured out where his strengths as a musician and
songwriter lie. Besides the tough, brooding mood in
play on certain tracks, Kitt has also found his way
back to the playful electronic backwash and the
evocative, folk haze and hush of his earlier work.
It's a heady mix, with tunes that soar high with
innocent charm (One Clear Way, With You) and tracks
that show a lot more bite and menace than Kitt has
ever had at his disposal (I Know the Reason, Don't
Fuck with Me). Above all else, Not Fade Away is the
sound of vindication. That graph may well have to be
altered again.