The Kissaway Trail - 'Sleep Mountain' (Bella...
Crikey. Grandiose church bells, ‘Keep The Car Running’ -esque riffs, multi-part harmonies… and all in the first track? It’s clear from opener ‘SDP’ that Danish epic-popsters The Kissaway Trail ain’t doing it by halves second...
The Kissaway Trail
They obviously do things differently in Denmark. Things like basic arithmetic. Hand The Kissaway Trail a calculator and, instead of writing ‘boobies’ upside down like we do, they’ll work out that ‘Smother + Evil = Hurt’. Confusing title...
The Kissaway Trail
With a press pack bulging with references to Arcade Fire, Bloc Party, and (cough) The Polyphonic Spree, you fear the worst for this much touted Danish five-piece. And it’s true that ‘61’ — about the length of time it took for an agonising...
The Kissaway Trail
Last year, the consistently excellent Bella Union label gave us Howling Bells and Midlake. Now, we get their first treasure of 2007. Named as one of NME’s 10 favourite new bands at this year’s South By Southwest festival, The Kissaway Trail...
The Kissaway Trail
It’s always nice to have a bit of emotional maths with your swooping choral rock, like this nugget of glistening indie, which sparkles like Betelgeuse in the midst of a night’s raving in a warehouse in Hackney Wick. To be honest, a more...
