Garage-psychedelic rock troopers The Orange Kyte present 'Infinity Rope', the new single from their 'Carousel' album, along with a brazen new video created by Kevin Mnz. The new record is available now from Portland label Little Cloud Records (US/Canada) and Cardinal Fuzz (EU/UK).
The Orange Kyte really hits its stride on 'Carousel', the songwriting becoming sharper and more focused. Both musically and lyrically, this record is ultimately impactful and articulated, with compositions that pack a punch.
Lyrically abstract, the record explores themes of duality ('Masquerade!'), conformity ('The Modern Day Saints'), procrastination ('Distractions'), transcendence ('Infinity Rope' and 'Little Death Balloon') addiction ('Demonstration Garden'), consumerism ('C.O.P.'), existentialism ('Sea of Love'), cults ('Captain Ron'), & frustration ('Downfall')."
Based in Vancouver, The Orange Kyte was founded in 2016 by Dubliner Stephen White (a.k.a. Stevie Moonboots), currently a touring member of Magic Shoppe and previously of Strange Things and Ireland's House of Dolls. With a revolving array of musicians, The Orange Kyte are purveyors of psychedelicy, dreampoppy, shoegazey, droney, tasty morsels for our audio sensory pleasures.
Mixed and mastered by Josiah Webb of Magic Shoppe, 'Carousel' was recorded over the course of a year. Comprised of ten tracks, there are seven 'full-band' songs involving Stephen White (vocals, guitars), Dave Mulvaney (drums), Pierce Kingan (bass, vocals), Mat Durie (keys, guitar), and Matty Reed (sax). There are also three stripped-down recordings, utilizing drum machines and acoustic guitars, for which Stephen was joined on drums by Chris van der Laan, who engineered and produced this album. Influenced by psychedelia, krautrock, The Velvet Underground, Syd Barrett, Graham Coxon, The Byrds, Primal Scream, The Who, Death in Vegas, CAN, White Fence, Spiritualized and Super Furry Animals, Stephen White describes the band's sound as a loose cacophony of visceral sonic tomfoolery, fixed together with pop-informed melody, three safety pins, and some scotch tape.Listen to 'Infinity Rope' here:
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