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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 - The Stranger / It deserves a lot of indie play - Pop Matters / Laughter’s friskiness is refreshing - AP |
| Seattle will never have a lack of musical entertainers. The music capital of the northwest cranks out bands and musicians so fast, it’s hard to keep track, let alone, listen to them all. Head Like a Kite has risen from the pile. On his second album, David Einmo has gone forward in his quest for musical nirvana. Einmo’s first album Random Portraits of the Home Movie simply mashed up pure indie rock with a few synthesizers and called it a day. On his second album, David crafted a true electronic rock album. Brian Deck of Modest Mouse and Iron &Wine fame fine tuned this album churned out by Einmo and his long list of friends from bands such as The Long Winters, Smush, and Radio 4. The overall feel of the album is very eclectic as it starts saying, “the following ideas have come to us from the great thinkers of the ages...”, burns up the dance floor with tracks like We Were So Entangled, and uses tiny sample tracks from all over the world to build an amalgam of sound. There is Loud Laughter Everywhere is an experience in listening enjoyment. Every time this album spins, new sounds and snippets emit themselves through your speakers. If this is the direction Head Like a Kite is taking, please follow in a single file line dancing all the way. - Music Reviewer |
