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I know it's the Christmas season, but Charli XCX's synth-pop ballad "Valentine" was one of my favorites this year. So in keeping with a Valentines theme for today, it's only right that I highlight The Temper Trap's "Need Your Love", along with tracks from the UK's Citizens!, Brooklyn's HAERTS (can't wait to hear more from this duo, probably my most anticipated of 2013), and LA's Kisses. And for my anti-Valentine's Day readers, Deerhoof's "Breakup Songs" and La Sera's "Break My Heart". [...]
Kisses have returned after a couple of years spent touring to drop the new single, "Funny Heartbeat". The new song comes from recording sessions on their sophomore album with Saint Etienne's Pete Wiggs and Tim Larcombe. Will "Funny Heartbeat" be on the new album? I can't say for sure, but disco pop lovers [...]
Kisses: "Funny Heartbeat" After recently offering an exclusive view of this video as an incentive to sign up for the Kisses mailing list (nice digital marketing idea guys), this excellent Robert Palmer cover is now viewable for all. You know we love this band - check out their new single "Funny Heartbeat" above.
Body Language, Belle & Sebastian, Poolside, Chairlift, the Avalanches, Camera Obscura, Yeasayer, Tanlines. If enjoy any of these bands, you may like Kisses . The LA-based duo, consisting of Princeton 's Jesse Kivel and fashion blogger Zinzi Edmundson, makes tuneful tropical indie rock that’s at once bubbly and plaintive. Kisses’ new single “Funny Heartbeat” realizes a lot of the potential shown by their 2010 debut album, Heart of the Nightlife . Like the songs on that album, “Funny Heartbeat” has a gentle, romantic sensibility that recalls 1970s French pop and an [...]
In November 2011 the L.A. sun-kissing duo known as a Kisses dropped a cover of Robert Palmer's 1980 track "Johnny & Mary" , and as they've been travelling the world since then they've also hooked up with Aoife Mcardle and the streets of Rio de Janeiro to create the video for the track Last week they shared "Funny Heartbeat" , a brand new track and the first in months, possibly the first from a new album or EP release, but we'll just have [...]
Kisses ’ Midnight Lover (Ultra City Dub) which clocks at a little over 9 minutes was one of the -if not- the biggest releases of 2011. It hit me so hard and bad that the year ended and nothing came close to it. I’m not sure they released any original material for at least two years and this first single off their upcoming new album finds them treading their usual waters but you can sense them swimming in a slightly different direction. It’s as disco-dance infused as we’d expect from Kisses yet one can [...]
KISSES are back, Funny Heartbeat . Kisses - Funny Heartbeat
Kisses ’ “Bermuda” is one of HCM’s all time favorite Summer tracks, so it brings us great pleasure to bring to you the new buzzing single from the LA duo called “Funny Heartbeat”. As summer still has about a month to hang around, we now have the go-to track for complete bliss and happiness during August. If you don’t want to run in a waterfall with your girlfriend/boyfriend once the joyous chorus hits, than you should break up immediately. We’re just very happy this band is back. Listen and grab the free download below:
Okay, maybe we're about 24 hours late on this, but I absolutely loved Kisses old jam, "Bermuda," and I think this new track surpasses it, so I've got to share it with you in case you missed out. I love the groove that pulses throughout the track, thus the name of the track referencing a heartbeat. But, it still has a little bit of sunny cool that rubs you just the right way. This new single doesn't appear to have a release date, or be associated with any release in particular, so do yourself [...]
In 2010, the boy/girl-friend duo of Jesse Kivel and Zinzi Edmundson recorded one of the most underrated releases of the past few years. Their airy, nu disco record The Heart of The Nightlife took its name to heart as a euphoric soundtrack of dancing the night away. Since then, Kisses has remained largely silent, as Kivel released a new album earlier this year with his main project Princeton . The wait, thankfully, is now over as the two released a new single entitled “ Funny Heartbeat ” yesterday. Continuing on their first release, the song [...]
Finally. After 2 years of touring the world + recording, Kisses have unveiled their latest single. “Funny Heartbeat”, a track about love & high anxiety that calls attention to the end of Summer + a new chapter for Kisses. While putting the finishing touches on the duo’s 2nd LP, with production work from Saint Etienne’s Pete Wiggs & Tim Larcombe, the group decided to release a song that sits between the disco sheen of The Heart of The Nightlife & the pulsing freestyle beats of their forthcoming LP. Stay tuned for [...]
The press release begins with "finally." Agreed. Not in a negative manner of course, as Kisses , (and Jesse Kivel's band Princeton ) have been touring and writing for the past 2 years. But, in blog years, 24 months is nearly a lifetime. Nevertheless, today is a good day, as the new Kisses tune "Funny Heartbeat" is an infectious ear worm of a late-summer gem. Produced by Saint Etienne's pop wizards Pete Wiggs and Tim Larcombe, the new track is a positive sign of things to come on Kisses' new LP. Their excellent debut [...]
Na passagem do duo Kisses , formado por Jesse Kivel e Zinzi Edmundson , pelo Brasil, no ano passado, eles separaram um tempo para concederem uma bela entrevista ao Rock 'n' Beats . No calendário de turistas do duo norte-americano também havia um tempo separado para conhecer cada detalhe do Rio de Janeiro, e esse exercício se tranformou em um belo clipe (porém com imagens não tão turísticas e talvez até um pouquinho polêmicas) para o cover de Johnny and Mary , de Robert Palmer , gravado em 2011 por Jesse [...]
Finally. After two years of touring the world and recording, Kisses have unveiled their latest single. 'Funny Heartbeat', a track about love and high anxiety that calls attention to the end of Summer and a new chapter for Kisses. While putting the finishing touches on the duo's second LP, with production work from Saint Etienne's Pete Wiggs and Tim Larcombe, the group decided to release a song that sits between the disco sheen of The Heart of The Nightlife and the pulsing freestyle beats of their forthcoming LP. With a new video and tour dates soon to follow, [...]
Remember Kisses ? That charming, if mildly chintzy Cali pairing of Jesse Kivel and Zinzi Edmundson who set these sorts of intangible entities aglow with their début, The Heart of the Nightlife ? Well, after what's felt like aeons – and indeed has been upon the blogosphere (scarily, the LP was released almost two years ago already) they're back with Funny Heartbeat. And it sounds as though they've been smooching with Two Door Cinema Club's Alex Trimble in the interim: built around the usual array of machined rhythmic syntheses and oceanspray-refreshing bursts of guitar evocative of both Heaven [...]
¿Se acuerdan de Kisses ? La pareja de Los Angeles regresa con "Funny Heartbeat" un nuevo sencillo producido por Tim Larcombe y Pete Wiggs de Saint Etienne. Enjoy. ♩ Kisses - Funny Heartbeat
We loved everything that was Heart Of The Nightlife and lovable duo that is Kisses are back with a new single from their forthcoming sophomoric effort that's filled with Summer joy. File this one under those breezy late nights when you just want to chill or do whatever it is that you do to pass the time. "Funny Heartbeat" is available for free download now. Take advantage.
We've been doing year-end best-of lists for a couple of years, but in our first list in 2010 there was an album tucked away in our number 29 position by an L.A. duo called Kisses ' and their debut LP Heart Of The Nightlife . As the Summer begins to fade they've announced their return with "Funny Heartbeat" , a song destined to live the rest of its life in a sunny paradise, always at the right temperature and always with the perfect breeze [...]
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