A Matter of Public Record
The KVB have a new album out called Tremors. The CD is playing on my stereo as we speak.[1] The KVB are kind of post-punk art rock in the vein of The Jesus and Mary Chain[2], Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, and A Place to Bury Strangers with a dash of goth-vibed Depeche Mode sprinkled in — reverbed guitars, washy synths, lots of drum machines and all that goodness.[3] People would have danced to it at Asylum.
I'm on my third spin in a row. I'll be having a fourth go round as well. Remember when you were a kid and listened to a new album over and over, until you could hardly stand to hear another note ever again? This is the correct technique. It's called listening. I often imagine we first lost our humanity when everyone stopped listening to albums and mixtapes from friends in favor of random songs from computer-generated playlists vomited up by the various online streaming services, but then I remember the single has always been king of the recording industry. We must have lost our humanity somewhere else.
Anyhow, I think The KVB are great; check them out on the Bandcamp.[4]
- I love my stereo so much. Seriously, throw your bluetooth speakers out and get a stereo. They're so much better than that trash.[5]
- The Jesus and Mary Chain also have a new record out: Glasgow Eyes. I've only listened to it once so far, but I liked it.
- I'm sure they (The KVB) would hate that description, but artists are like that. Trust me, if you like JAMC, BRMC, and A Place to Bury Strangers, and you don't hate Depeche Mode, you'll like The KVB.
- Nobody paid me to say that. Keep your quarters.
- And that includes the Sonos speakers we all paid too much for.