Today I was checking 3VOOR12 Luisterpaal for records they had for free streaming. I noticed one album, called The Bowery by Firekites, was tagged "kings of convenience" and I wondered if there was yet another side project to this great Norwegian duo. I found the album from Spotify, pressed play and was instantly taken away by the music.
The Bowery is 38 minutes of gentle, warm guitars, simple percussions, beautiful violin, some additional instruments and two soft voices, one male, one female. Percussions consist of snaps, claps and a few carefully played drums. All instruments sound great together and the guitars create a very solid atmosphere. And it's not just the atmosphere but the songs are capturing as well.
Turns out Firekites are from Australia and they don't seem to have anything to do with Kings of Convenience. They just represent the same acoustic, soft and harmonic sound based on guitar and singing as KoC does. The Bowery, released 2009, is their only album so far.
It's extremely rewarding to find albums like The Bowery that feel so perfect right from the first notes. I don't know if this record will start to sound like sleepy background music (which wouldn't be too bad either), but for now I'll enjoy every little note on it, make friends with each ten songs and probably press play for the sixth time.
http://firekites.com/
Firekites @ Myspace
Firekites - The Bowery @ Spotify
Also check out the stunning video for Autumn Story:
Firekites - AUTUMN STORY - chalk animation from Lucinda Schreiber on Vimeo.
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