Kyte - Dead Waves (2010) (AWESOME !!!)

Genre : Ambient, Electronica, Dream-Pop, Shoegaze, UK
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Tracklist :

1. The Smoke Saves Lives
2. ihnfsa
3. You're Alone Tonight
4. Designed For Damage
5. Like She Said
6. Fear From Death
7. Each Life Critical
8. No-one Is Angry, Just Afraid
9. Guns And Knives
10. Fake Handshakes, Earnest Smiles
11. Dead Waves
12. Strangest Words And Pictures

A coasting and, at times, relaxingly cruising hybrid of Snow Patrol and Zero 7 with a few genetically implanted musical genes of Sigur Ros hurled in for good measure. Is the lasting impression left by Kyte after the first few listens to this earnest twelve track debut full length.

For the purists, further analysis of this Nick Moon led troupe, allows you to discover the fact that they take an early opportunity to prelude their melodious streak with some seeping ambience and generally manage to get the balance right, The Smoke Saves Lives. It makes Moons earnest and authoritative narrative that bit more striking.

Epic tendencies are intricately built in through weeping guitars and a seeping key element, ihnfsa and they sometimes swerve towards mm and Four Tet territory. Slightly spacey implants adds to the variety on display and Moons mild Bowie leanings come to the fore in the meditative melt, Designed For Damage. The increasing robustness of the percussion drive becomes noticeable, as the album progresses. It allows for a manlier vocal slant, helping to draw out the poetic intensity of some of the lyrics.

Each Life Critical, shows a trickling nourish leaning, before branching out into a digitally soulful direction. The tune is toed along by hushed vocals, instilling a calming and relaxed touch. This is juxtaposed by the soaring, disco kicking No-One Is Angry, Just Afraid. It then morphs into a deeply searching ambient epic. With the latter impact seeping into Fake Handshakes, Earnest Smiles to make for a poignant build up to a laid back soul dabbling, electro pop conjoining, almost meditative stroll.

Kyte seems to effortlessly show that they can do a broad range from disco-pop and indie to mood climbing ambience, as well as most things in-between. It all provides for a debut album that has something for nearly everyone.

Also, M83 listeners will be pleased too.

Kyte manage to create the type of music that takes you somewhere else and leaves you in awe. (4.5/5) -
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Kyte - Science For The Living (Japan Retail with Bonus Disc, 2009) (AWESOME !!!)

Genre : Ambient, Post-rock, Electronica, Experimental, UK
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Tracklist :

o1. Eyes Lose Their Fire
o2. Bridges In The Sky
o3. Solsbury Hill
o4. The Smoke Save Lives
o5. The Lost Blood
o6. Designed For Damage
o7. Two Sparks
o8. No-One Is Angry Just Afraid
o9. Fake Handshakes Earnest Smiles
1o. Strangest Words And Pictures
11. Creating Our Reality

Bonus Disc
o1. Fear From Death
o2. Lights Outside Here
o3. Boundaries
o4. Eyes Lose Their Fire (The Joy Formidable Remix)

Kyte - Science For The Living [Rallye] 2CD (Leicester’s electro pop youngsters Kyte have been tipped by NME as one of England’s most exciting new discoveries in 2008. Combining their melodic sensibility with mysterious, yet beautiful arrangements, they make pop music sound effortless. Listening to Kyte’s stunningly beautiful soundscapes, you fully expect them have been recorded by the flickering light of the aurora borealis in some frozen wasteland near the Arctic Circle. New ablum is released in Japan first and with bonus CD.)

Kyte - Kyte (European Edition) (2008) (AWESOME !!!)

Genre : Ambient, Post-rock
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Tracklist :

1. Boundaries
2. Planet
3. Sunlight
4. Home
5. Ghosts
6. Secular Ventures
7. These Tales Of Our Stay
8. They Won't Sleep (Bonus Track)

On a side note; the bonus track that is on the european edition is already on the FNT release but the song "Ghosts" is not.

Kyte hail from Leicester, UK, and consist of Ben, Jamie, Nick, Scott and Tom. This is their debut album being released as an Europe Edition (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux and Scandinavia) with eight tracks. Note that the FNT release only have seven tracks and that three months has passed, so i figured i should rip the whole cd as one release incase anyone missed out on them. This Europe edition is due to come out on the 5th of september and will be released through Erased Tapes Records.It is packaged as a special CD edition in digisleeve including a bonus track,a fold out poster booklet and you will also get a free copy of the Erased Tapes label compilation. For you who doesnt know, Kyte is a ambient/electronic band that produce beautiful, melodic music. If you are into ambient with a blend of electronic you will love these guys, but if that is the case then you have probably heard all about them already. Enough said, check them out if you haven't already and see them live on their new tour which will start next month. This band wont disappoint you!