Kisses premiere “Huddle” music video
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Just as Californian as they are - retro-pop duo KIsses presents sunny images from the westcoast in their new music video "Huddle" The post Kisses premiere "Huddle" music video appeared first on Nothing But Hope And Passion - NBHAP - Music Magazine & more .
A stereotype is used quite quickly and as we all know clichés are way more comfortable than looking a bit closer. Just take Californian pop duo Jesse Kivel and Zinzi Edmundson. They share a common bed, a band together, they live in Los Angeles, they got press shots with a parrot while Kivel recently posed The post Kisses - Kids in LA appeared first on Nothing But Hope And Passion - NBHAP - Music Magazine & more .
As much as I love big, immediate hooks, some of the best songs unfold their goodness slowly and almost unexpectedly. Such is the case with "Air Conditioning," the latest single from West Coast indie pop band Kisses . This third release off the group's wonderful new album Kids in LA - which channels, variously, Roxy Music, Pet Shop Boys and David Byrne - is our favorite song on the entire LP. Stream it below and prepare to dive into a lush and alluring sonic landscape, guided by swirling pied-piper synths and gauzy, haunting [...]
A Sunday ride down to L.A. with Classixx and Kisses' Jesse Kivel. What more can we ask for? Ride with us.
The evolution of Kisses ' elegant tropical disco sound continues on their stellar new single "The Hardest Part." The LA duo made its name with endearing, lo-fi bedroom Balearica crafted from DIY drum machine, synth and guitar parts. More recently, we've seen them fleshing out that initial vision, but not obscuring it, with sharper production and more nuanced songwriting. On "The Hardest Part," our first taste of the band's impending second LP, Kisses depart somewhat from their natural beach habitat and plunge into a Brixton basement, exploring the vaguely macabre sound palette of 1980s British synthpop (Pet [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
![[Review/Listen] – Princeton – “Remembrance Of Things To Come”](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/4120699_lg.jpg)
Hailing from the lovely little land of Los Angeles, Princeton 's sophomore effort, with its oxymoronic title "Remembrance Of Things To Come" , is a feast of pop orchestration. Released at the end of February on Hit City U.S.A., this record feels like a twenty dollar bill burning a hole in the pocket of a broke teenager. Compulsive, richly ornate and yet somehow studied, the mastermind identical twins behind this project, Matt and Jesse Kivel, have created a collection of songs that emphasize a reflection on the direction that pop music can go when [...]
De acordo com Jesse Kivel em entrevista ao Rock 'n' Beats , o ar de tropicalidade presente no álbum de seu projeto Kisses deriva da artificialidade californiana. Agora, o compositor norte-americano de indie-pop acaba de cruzar os EUA e aportar em outro oceano, o Atlântico... pelo menos é o que indica a nova faixa de sua banda Princeton , entitulada Florida e disponível para audição e download na Stereogum . Florida é a terceira faixa do novo álbum da Princeton , Remembrance of things [...]
Nos momentos derradeiros de 2011, nós entrevistamos Jesse Kivel e Zinzi Edmundson , e apesar do assunto principal da conversa ter sido o projeto Kisses , o vocalista Kivel também já havia nos adiantado: o novo álbum de sua outra banda, o quarteto de indie-pop Princeton , abandonaria as influências folk em busca de um som mais dance, como o do próprio duo Kisses . A faixa To The Alps , liberada em 2011, já mostrava essa mudança , agora definitivamente revelada através da [...]
Foi em um dia nublado e relativamente frio que a dupla Kisses fez a sua estreia nos palcos de Belo Horizonte, mas do interior do Grande Teatro, era difícil não imaginar que suas portas ocultavam uma tarde de verão em Los Angeles, Califórnia. A dupla, que chegou ao festival Eletronika com um excelente álbum de estreia na bagagem, The Heart of the Nightlife , colocou o público para dançar em cima do lendário palco mineiro. Jesse Kivel (também da banda Princeton , que lançará novo álbum no primeiro semestre de 2012) [...]
As LA’s Kisses continue work on their 2nd LP, they have released a cover of Robert Palmer ’s “Johnny and Mary”. I sure did miss the smoothness of Jesse Kivel’s vocals over these smooth synths. The digital single will come along with a remix of a Mozart Party song. For more info, go here .
“Kids In LA” by Kisses
May 14, 12:00pm
The Owl Mag
The Owl MagSunny dream pop duo, Kisses, delivers a swoon worthy follow-up album just in time for summer.
Artist: Kisses Title: The Hardest Part File Name: SoundCloud Year: 2013
The Hardest Part. Kisses, Kids in L.A.
May 13, 9:22am
Dots & Dashes
Dots & DashesThe Hardest Part? It's not so much the accruing fans in the first place, as much as it is perpetuating the intrigue with a second, third, fourth, or if you're particularly fortunate fifth album. The www. has treated Los Angelino duo Kisses nothing if not affectionately since the release of their adorable, if mildly chintzy début endeavour, The Heart of the Nightlife , and mercifully for the couple comprising part-time fashion copywriter Zinzi Edmundson and ambidextrous multi-instrumentalist Jesse Kivel, the response they've been picking up to pieces previously dropped from this, their second, has been pretty propitious [...]
Kisses – Kids in LA
Apr 25, 12:34pm Nothing But Hope And Passion - NBHAP - Music Magazine & more
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Artist: Kisses Title: Air Conditioning File Name: SoundCloud Genre: Pop
Kisses – Air Conditioning
Apr 17, 2:53pm
All Things Go
All Things Go
As much as I love big, immediate hooks, some of the best songs unfold their goodness slowly and almost unexpectedly. Such is the case with "Air Conditioning," the latest single from West Coast indie pop band Kisses . This third release off the group's wonderful new album Kids in LA - which channels, variously, Roxy Music, Pet Shop Boys and David Byrne - is our favorite song on the entire LP. Stream it below and prepare to dive into a lush and alluring sonic landscape, guided by swirling pied-piper synths and gauzy, haunting [...]
Artist: Kisses Title: Air Conditioning File Name: SoundCloud Genre: Pop
Turning Up The Heat, Kisses.
Apr 17, 6:49am Dots & Dashes
Dots & DashesBit by bit; piece by piece; blog post by blog post, we're getting a pretty transparent picturing of Kisses' unimpeachably sprightly sophomore recording, Kids in LA . First came The Hardest Part ; then Huddle and now, as the anticipation hots up over their imminently Cascine-released endeavours, the duo comprising Jesse Kivel and Zinzi Edmundson turn us onto Air Conditioning. Perhaps the most progressive of the three unveiled thus far, there's an icy, unmistakably '80s electropop aesthetic palpitating away at its core as Kivel impersonates an unprecedentedly jovial Oliver Sim atop a glacial backdrop composed of [...]
Artist: Kisses Title: Air Conditioning File Name: SoundCloud Genre: Electronic Pop Year: 2013
Touchdown, Kisses.
Mar 19, 12:35pm Dots & Dashes
Dots & DashesWhen contemplating quintessential pop compositions of any which era inspired by American football, I draw that same blank when asked of the rules to govern the so-called sport . Thus rather more self-explanatorily involving therefore is the subtle, '80s-flecked genius of Californian duo Kisses . We fell for 'em all over again as they announced news of a coming together with steely electro-pop mainstay Cascine that already felt years overdue, and simultaneously drew back the curtain on forthcoming sophomore Kids in LA as they lofted on over the breezy easiness of The Hardest Part . And [...]
Artist: Kisses Title: Huddle File Name: SoundCloud Genre: Freestyle
Sunday #138
Mar 10, 10:40am
Last Gas Station
Last Gas Station
A Sunday ride down to L.A. with Classixx and Kisses' Jesse Kivel. What more can we ask for? Ride with us.
Artist: Classixx Title: Borderline File Name: SoundCloud
Kisses – The Hardest Part
Feb 12, 9:00am All Things Go
All Things Go
The evolution of Kisses ' elegant tropical disco sound continues on their stellar new single "The Hardest Part." The LA duo made its name with endearing, lo-fi bedroom Balearica crafted from DIY drum machine, synth and guitar parts. More recently, we've seen them fleshing out that initial vision, but not obscuring it, with sharper production and more nuanced songwriting. On "The Hardest Part," our first taste of the band's impending second LP, Kisses depart somewhat from their natural beach habitat and plunge into a Brixton basement, exploring the vaguely macabre sound palette of 1980s British synthpop (Pet [...]
Artist: Kisses Title: The Hardest Part File Name: SoundCloud Year: 2013
Cascine Smooching, Kisses.
Feb 5, 1:50pm Dots & Dashes
Dots & DashesWith a penchant for glittery nightlife and a proclivity for that most ebullient of electropop, Cali pairing Kisses couldn't be better suited to those more stark and remarkable parts of '80s-indebted synthetics. It therefore all seems pretty suitable that Jesse Kivel and Zinzi Edmundson should draft in Saint Etienne stalwarts Pete Wiggs and Tim Laracombe for what is, platitudinously speaking, the so-called difficult second album . Entitled Kids In LA , it's anticipated mid-May and, again exceedingly aptly, is to be outed via steel-smooth imprint Cascine though to revert to that which we've at our mercy, The [...]
Artist: Kisses Title: The Hardest Part File Name: SoundCloud Year: 2013
Kisses – Funny Heartbeat
Aug 30, 2012, 10:00am All Things Go
All Things Go
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 [...]
Artist: Kisses Title: Funny Heartbeat File Name: SoundCloud Genre: Dance
Kisses – Funny Heartbeat
Aug 14, 2012, 3:36pm
Et Musique Pour Tous
Et Musique Pour Tous
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 [...]
Artist: Kisses Title: Funny Heartbeat Link Text: Kisses - Funny Heartbeat File Name: 3ypx.mp3
Fresh Track: Kisses “Funny Heartbeat”
Aug 8, 2012, 8:09am
Thought on Tracks
Thought on Tracks
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 [...]
Smooch of Trimble, Kisses.
Aug 7, 2012, 1:22pm Dots & Dashes
Dots & Dashes
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 [...]
[Review/Listen] – Princeton – “Remembrance Of Things To Come”
Mar 9, 2012, 5:00pm
Listen Before You Buy
Listen Before You Buy
Hailing from the lovely little land of Los Angeles, Princeton 's sophomore effort, with its oxymoronic title "Remembrance Of Things To Come" , is a feast of pop orchestration. Released at the end of February on Hit City U.S.A., this record feels like a twenty dollar bill burning a hole in the pocket of a broke teenager. Compulsive, richly ornate and yet somehow studied, the mastermind identical twins behind this project, Matt and Jesse Kivel, have created a collection of songs that emphasize a reflection on the direction that pop music can go when [...]
ALBUM REVIEW: “Remembrance Of Things To Come” by Princeton
Feb 20, 2012, 12:00pm The Owl Mag
The Owl MagLos Angeles band Princeton perfects the art of upbeat indie pop on their second studio album.
Ouça: Princeton – Florida
Jan 31, 2012, 4:06pm
Rock 'n' Beats
Rock 'n' Beats
De acordo com Jesse Kivel em entrevista ao Rock 'n' Beats , o ar de tropicalidade presente no álbum de seu projeto Kisses deriva da artificialidade californiana. Agora, o compositor norte-americano de indie-pop acaba de cruzar os EUA e aportar em outro oceano, o Atlântico... pelo menos é o que indica a nova faixa de sua banda Princeton , entitulada Florida e disponível para audição e download na Stereogum . Florida é a terceira faixa do novo álbum da Princeton , Remembrance of things [...]
Ouça: Princeton – Remembrance of Things to Come
Jan 9, 2012, 12:37pm Rock 'n' Beats
Rock 'n' Beats
Nos momentos derradeiros de 2011, nós entrevistamos Jesse Kivel e Zinzi Edmundson , e apesar do assunto principal da conversa ter sido o projeto Kisses , o vocalista Kivel também já havia nos adiantado: o novo álbum de sua outra banda, o quarteto de indie-pop Princeton , abandonaria as influências folk em busca de um som mais dance, como o do próprio duo Kisses . A faixa To The Alps , liberada em 2011, já mostrava essa mudança , agora definitivamente revelada através da [...]
Entrevista: Kisses, dos trópicos artificiais da California para os palcos brasileiros
Nov 21, 2011, 3:14pm Rock 'n' Beats
Rock 'n' Beats
Foi em um dia nublado e relativamente frio que a dupla Kisses fez a sua estreia nos palcos de Belo Horizonte, mas do interior do Grande Teatro, era difícil não imaginar que suas portas ocultavam uma tarde de verão em Los Angeles, Califórnia. A dupla, que chegou ao festival Eletronika com um excelente álbum de estreia na bagagem, The Heart of the Nightlife , colocou o público para dançar em cima do lendário palco mineiro. Jesse Kivel (também da banda Princeton , que lançará novo álbum no primeiro semestre de 2012) [...]
As LA’s Kisses continue work on their 2nd LP, they have...
Nov 2, 2011, 6:30am
Hand Clap Movement
Hand Clap Movement
As LA’s Kisses continue work on their 2nd LP, they have released a cover of Robert Palmer ’s “Johnny and Mary”. I sure did miss the smoothness of Jesse Kivel’s vocals over these smooth synths. The digital single will come along with a remix of a Mozart Party song. For more info, go here .
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