MH-259 Head Like A Kite - There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere, Head Like A Kite’s second full-length album, and first for Mush, is an expert blend of electronic rock production and pure pop-songcraft built on a bed of pillaged found-sound from cities the band visited on their 2006 US tour. No stranger to sharing the stage with big names on national and international turf, ringmaster Dave Einmo has assembled some of Seattle’s finest for the album including members of The Long Winters, Smoosh, Radio 4, Crooked Fingers, and Preston School Of Industry. Whether it be guest vocals from Asya Smoosh and Graig Markel, added inspiration from touring drummer Trent Moorman, or the production of Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, Iron & Wine) each track is flavored with the perfect additions to the epic songwriting and big-beat electronic production that is Head Like A Kite’s forte. There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere strikes the balance between art and craft and is the finest sonic road-trip in the Mush catalog.

Tracklist 01. Intro 02. We Were So Entangled 03. No Ordinary Caveman 04. Listen Young Stunners 05. Big FM Radio Hit 06. Everyday Should Be A Costume Party 07. Daydream Vacation 08. Letting It Go On The Ohio Turnpike 09. Six Bags Of Confetti 10. Keano's Couch 11. Before We Go To Bed 12. There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere 13. Roll Credits

Release Details Release Date: 06/17/2008   Running Time: 35:53   Download/Available/$7.00 1XLP/Out Of Print CD/Available/$10.00 Territory: World Excluding Japan

Reviews Summary

Quite possibly the best release out of the Northwest this year - KEXP / A true genre-twisted party album that appropriately captures the sounds of an eclectic America - Urb / ...the dreamy soundtrack to your imaginary trip into space—pitch-black but layered with bright, starry bursts of breathy vocals, strings, and unexpected guitar freak-outs. - The Stranger

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5 Acts / Absolute Punk / Aiding & Abetting / Boomkat / Campus Circle / cokemachineglow / Crashin' In / Delusions Of Adequacy / Detour / Future Sounds / Inside Pulse / Insomnia Radio / KEXP / KEXP / Music Reviewer / Neu Futur / No Desert For You / On Music / Paper Thin Walls / Pitchfork / Plush / PopMatters / Popwreck(oning) / Portland Mercury / Seattle Subsonic / Seattle Weekly / Soundcheck Magazine / The Apiary News / The Donnybrook Writing Academy / The Indie Literati / The Passion Of Indie Music / The Phill(er) / The Run-Off Groove / The Stranger / The Stranger / Three Imaginary Girls / Tuneage / Urb / WDCE / We Like It Indie / Wireless Bollinger / Yamika Herald /

The 2nd album from Seattle’s Dave Einmo and co. is an excellent set of adventurous electro-rock that uses found sound gathered at various cities during the band’s 2006 US tour as a musical base to build a variety of imaginative pop songs blending glitchy electronics, hip hop, German prog-rock, indie-pop and more into a colorful cinematic road trip. Einmo’s aided by a stellar supporting cast, including members of Crooked Fingers, the Long Winters, Smoosh, Radio 4 and Preston School of Industry, along with Graig Markel and HLAK touring partner/drummer Trent Moorman. - KEXP