Seattle Subsonic

Party with Head Like a Kite

April 25th, 2010

I had a chance this past week to join the members of Head Like A Kite (HLAK) and a few others for a pre release listening party of their new album Dreams Suspend Night. The setting was the back room of Via Tribunali on Capitol Hill. It was a great backdrop to get my first listen of the new record. While snacking on some amazing pizza and sipping glasses of wine I kept finding myself bobbing my head to the soundtrack they were providing. The new album is a total party record.

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It’s a great next step for HLAK. They cross a lot of music genres setting up each song like a single and it works. You could pull any one of the twelve tracks off for a single. Blending Hiphop and Electronica with a dash of Funk and a sprinkle of Rock and you find yourself dancing your ass off. They brought in a bunch of guests like Boom Bip, Her Space Holiday, members of the Long Winters, Swervedriver & the Saturday Knights to help them get you going. My favorite track is “Director’s Cut” with my man Tilson dropping mad rhymes (Tilson needs his own record as well!) It’s hard not to compare this track to older Gorillaz. It’s also the track that they pulled the album’s name from ” I close my eyes so I can watch the dreams suspend night”. This record will truly get a party started. Even if it’s just you dancing in your chair as you listen to it at your desk. If you want to hear more KEXP has the new album as well. Call or email and request! Official CD release is May 18th but you can get the MP3 version from iTunes starting April 27th which is this Tuesday!
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Also you can catch HLAK Album Release show @ Neumos on May 21st (8pm; $10) DJ Terry Radjaw will be there getting the crowd warmed up.
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And here’s a sneak peak of the first video single “Director’s Cut”:
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More album info here! http://www.headlikeakite.com/