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Artist: 60 Watt Kid
Album: We Come From The Bright Side
Label: Absolutely Kosher
Playtime: 33:59 min
Genre: Indie
URL: http://www.absolutelykosher.com
Rip date: 2010-02-15
Street date: 2010-01-21
Size: 43.85 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 170 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
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60 Watt Kid has crossed into a new dimension with the release of their latest
album We Come From the Bright Side. The band has reinvented itself once again
and fully embraced its unique "intergalactic pop" flavor with this
conceptually cohesive full-length. The self-produced album was mixed by Thom
Monahan (Devendra Banhart, Entrance Band, Vetiver and Lavender Diamond) to
bring out its asymmetrical guitar riffs, swirling time signatures, and guru
tunings that seem to break all rules of musical physics. Chock full of
strange, dreamy, pop songs, otherworldly vocals, and layered sonic
aberration, the album bends experimental pop on its sideùdemonstrating how
malleable electronics and melodic instruments can be. From its wistful and
percolating first song ô2012,ö the band manages to navigate a core aesthetic
of its own design. As the album progresses, it morphs into the ebullient
title track, through the explosive 2-minute psych-pop granger "Golden
Travels," and into the apocalyptic ôPressure." Then, at the heart of the
release is the tender epic, ôTake the Pain Out Of Your Chest,ö which is as
beautiful and penetrating a track as any youÆll hear this year.
While re-locating to the warmer climates of L.A., after leaving behind San
Francisco, founding members Kevin Litrow and Derek Thomas found a new dynamic
drummer in young Dylan Wood. The 18-year-old wonder kid adds his unorthodox
touch of high energy rhythm and tribal flourishes, completing the triangle of
this exotic sounding three-piece. The band is presently gaining wide
recognition, with rave reviews in Los Angeles from the L.A. Record (SoCalÆs
premiere source of underground inspiration), URB Magazine, and L.A. Weekly,
and recently headlined DIY kingpin Sean CarnageÆs four-year anniversary
residency.
ItÆs truly rare to find a band that so effectively and simultaneously hugs
the experimental as tightly as it hugs the hooks. Chronicling the recent
passing of singer Kevin LitrowÆs mother, We Come From The Bright Side takes
the listener on a sonic emotional journey. As the album reaches its finale,
we find ourselves filled with strange nostalgic longing to know what it is
like on the Bright Side.
60 Watt Kid is also releasing a limited pressing split 7ö with nationally
praised DIY project FOOT VILLAGE (out on Absolutely Kosher September 22nd).
The bandsÆ pulsating, high-energy tracks pair perfectly, and dutifully
represent the creative quality coming out of the Los Angeles DIY scene. Foot
Village is a thunderous drum-n-shout assembly from L.A. A recent Pitchfork
review remarked, ôThe group hurls themselves so devoutly into every second
that their urgency becomes contagiousàFoot Village opts for rigorous
precision. Nothing here is improvised, and it all has the feel of a ritual.ö
- Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -
01. 2012 ( 4:17)
02. We Come From The Bright Side ( 3:52)
03. I Can! ( 0:23)
04. Golden Travels ( 2:10)
05. Pressure ( 2:29)
06. Take The Pain Out Of Your Chest ( 6:38)
07. Waking Up On A Lost Road ( 3:00)
08. Pray! ( 1:15)
09. Friends Again ( 1:36)
10. 2012 Breakdown ( 2:36)
11. Emotions ( 0:41)
12. Virtual Plastic Surgery ( 1:21)
13. Italian Waves ( 3:41)
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