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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. |
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| 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 |
| The Postal Service may have set the high mark for melancholic, indie rock-rooted electronica, but given their seemingly infinite hiatus, acts like Seattle’s Head Like A Kite are sitting in a pretty good position to win all of Postal Service’s lovable loser fans over. Their second and latest offering, There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere, has found a home on Mush Records, a label that has yanked many bedroom beat producers (including Her Space Holiday and Sientific American) out from their MPC-and-synth-filled closets, putting their music into the ears of people scanning the radar for a new beat and beep. Though crunchy synth touches and percussive breaks are prevalent throughout, Dave Einmo's melodic vocal reflections give There is Loud Laughter Everywhere more of an inward pop feeling that isolated headphone-wearers could find themselves listening to while strolling through their own not-to-be-bothered-even-when-approached urban wasteland. Head Like A Kite is definitely a group full of interesting ideas. However, those interesting ideas make a lot more sense and really come to life when experienced in the flesh. - Seattle Weekly |
