KITE Set Oct. 8 Release for Currents; “Turbulence” Video Posted
The four-and-a-half minute lesson from the new KITE video actually doesn’t even take that long to learn. It is thus: KITE are still nasty as fuck. The Oslo-based sludge aggressors offered up Irradiance last year through Argonauta, and they’ll follow it on a quick turnaround Oct. 8 with Currents via the increasingly busy Majestic Mountain Records. Lead single “Turbulence” — with its Blair Witch-esque video down at the bottom of this post — is a rager and would not seem to be alone in that company if their prior work is anything to go by.
Their hardcore/post-hardcore roots remain present, but accompanied by a thickness of tone that stands them out from that genre even as it makes them all the more skin-peeling. There’s stripped-down and then there’s stripped-off, but really, you weren’t using that flesh anyway.
The PR wire, blessings and peace upon it, offered the following:
Norwegian Sludge Trio KITE Unearth Dark Nature and Discord on Savage New Record
Currents by KITE will be released 8th October on Majestic Mountain Records
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Kite is a Norwegian three-piece, with members from Sâver, Tombstones, Dunderbeist, Stonegard, Team Me, Jaqueline.
Recorded at an abandoned pig farm in Hamar, Norway by the band and producer Fredrik Ryberg (Andrew W.K.), Currents is the latest entry in a collection of rare, intermittent, yet wholly compelling releases by the Oslo-based sludge/post-hardcore trio, KITE.
Aiming to reboot the buzz built around last year’s Argonauta Records-approved album, Irradiance, the band is thrilled to be stepping out into the void once more, backed by the clout of a mighty new battalion.
“The team behind Majestic Mountain Records are solid idealists with a true passion for music,” explains vocalist/guitarist, Ronny Flissundet. “We’ve been truly impressed by the fantastic work they’ve done with the likes of Jointhugger and Draken. Having met them personally at numerous Roadburn Festivals down the years, they just feel like the perfect match for us.”
Leading with new single, ‘Turbulence’, an eerie and manic song musically and lyrically, the disorientating video delivers a whole other level of nightmarish intrigue. Directed and shot by Gøran Karlsvik in an eastern Norwegian wood full of dark nature and vivid uncertainty, the song and video capture the gloomy and sonic disposition of a band that prides itself on the intensity of discord. Scarred and scored by throat-tearing vocals and skull crushing melodies.
Currents by KITE will be released 8th October on Majestic Mountain Records.
Tracklisting:
1. Idle Lights 04:31
2. Turbulence 04:27
3. Murdress 04:25
4. Ravines 04:45
5. Currents 05:12
6. Infernal Trails 08:27
7. Ferret 05:33
8. Heroin 06:50
9. Unveering Static 04:37
KITE:
Ronny Flissundet – Vocals, Guitars
Bjarne Ryen Berg – Drums
Ole Christian Helstad – Bass, Vocals
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