ARTiST: Steven Lindsay
TiTLE: Kite
LABEL: Echo
GENRE: Rock
TiME: 42:32 min
SiZE: 65,0 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Jun-08-2007
RELEASE DATE: Jun-11-2007
WEBSiTE: www.stevenlindsay.com
Track List:
01. Hairshirt 01:30
02. Put Up The Flag 05:02
03. Skywriter 03:43
04. Monkey Gone To Heaven 02:54
05. The Flood 02:38
06. Kite 03:24
07. Metropolis 04:05
08. Catch A Star 03:10
09. Deep 03:21
10. Giving Up The Ghost 03:56
11. A Memory 03:02
12. Light Sleep 04:53
13. Motorcade 00:54
Release Notes:
Second Album Syndrome is one of the most fatal
diseases known to music. Glaswegian Steven LindsayÆs
first album was at the centre of a good deal of
broadsheet lovin, and thereÆs a whole load of Toyota
in-car stereos just anxiously waiting for his second
effort, titled æKiteÆ.
But he neednÆt have to worry. Sure this is an
expected shift away from æExit MusicÆ, but in all
the right directionsà
To some this guy is the soft rock star not enough
people know about yet. To others heÆs at just the
right rank, and if too many knew it would just ruin
the whole secret.
This kind of notion is carried through every genre
and generation of music, but whether you like it or
not, in a time overflowing with singer songwriters,
æKiteÆ has everything a platform should have to
boost this guy to the moon.
Starting off with one of those really long and
pretty instrumentals before moulding into æPut Up
The FlagÆ, a delicious five minutes of shear class
melody and one mighty chorus, yet the first of this
recordÆs surprises comes in the form of a Pixies
cover.
Just as Klaxons are more than rivalling The
FutureheadÆs Best Damn Cover Ever award, Steven
Lindsay only goes and transforms æMonkey Gone To
HeavenÆ into an absolute piano-led Frank Black
squeal-lacking stormer, which for the record is this
albumÆs first single.
Other highlights include æMetropolisÆ, where Lindsay
sounds just a tad little bit like Bono, and cycling
around sweet keys and funked-up guitars, here he
proves he is a good number of miles away from the
blah BluntÆs and mind-numbing MorrisonÆs of this
world.
Further on and a story of trying to let a memory go
is told in, er, æA MemoryÆ, fuelled by big fat
strings and everything making for quite the standout
track.
This is a surprisingly strong album from Steven
Lindsay, bettering his first effort and a sure-fire
leap into bigger times and bigger places.