For a band still seeking publishing and recording deals, Kites are doing very nicely. The music press have already compared them favourably with New Order, Talking Heads and Patrick wolf, and tours of South America (this month), the UK and Europe in the summer, and Asia and Australia follow. The live show is intense and something of a spectacle, and has drawn rave reviews, with Vice, i-D and Time Out all waxing lyrical over this nattily dressed four piece.
Their latest EP, as yet untitled and in self-produced demo form, kicks off with the song ‘Art Tastes Better Blind’ which is our track of the day:
