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Denmark's Death By Kite have the unique ability to exude all the confidence of influences Placebo, Mew, and Sonic Youth, whilst simultaneously enjoying a degree of forgiveness afforded by their youthful energy and honest approach. The end result is a record that feels at once familiar and novel, both responses enhanced by their diacritically juxtaposed counterparts. There's a strangely nostalgic quality to the music, fashioned from the band's influences and the lo-fi production, that also adds yet another touch of authority to Death By Kite's self-titled effort. If you've been looking for a record drenched in delayed guitars and vocals reminiscent of Brian Molkos' delivery, that concurrently radiates a record overlooked in the late 90s and an album combining the dirtier approaches of contemporary bands like Figurines with the wonderfully dark musings of Joy Division... look little further. The Swedish part of me hates to admit it, but these Danes really have done well.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
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With nerve and uncompromising attitude, Mob follows up their critically acclaimed "I believe in you" with more noisy rock strongly influenced by Sonic Youth and the likes. In fact, the four songs featured on this disc could easily be outtakes from "Daydream nation" or any other record released in the eighties by New York's finest. And that is both good and bad. Y'know, being a fan and all of Thurston, Kim, Lee and Steve, I've heard this before and don't really need more carbon copies. But on the other hand, Mob's intense rock really gets to me and, to be honest, I'm a sucker for these massive walls of distortion and find myself loving it after all. I will definitely be keeping an eye open for these guys in the future.
- Jonas Appelqvist
With all the bands influenced by post-punk these days you would expect more bands taking cues from New Order and Depeche Mode than there are. The type of electro-pop these pioneers did in the eighties produced some pretty good singles over the years. New City play in that same area with this full length filled with catchy melodies, dark ambiance and slow rhythms. The most important parts of the mix are that it is never too corny and has the same dark humor the British were displaying.
- Simon Thibaudeau
Death By Kite