“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.
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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) [...]
![Kisses – The Heart Of The Nightlife [Review]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/3192773_lg.jpg)
I wasn't expecting to get an email from Kisses ' PR people. Considering they were kind of mentioned in music singles chart #29 . Not to be confused with Montreal "Silly Kissers". Kisses is a LA-based, pop-electro-disco flavored consisting of Jesse Kivel and Zinzi Edmundson. They will drop their album "The Heart Of The Nightlife" on March 1st. Here is a blurb about Kisses. The Heart of the Nightlife’s nine stunning compositions each exhibits a refined pop sensibility evocative of Arthur Russell's later-period romantic works. [...]
Kisses have announced their next single. It will be 'Midnight Lover' which comes off the excellent debut LP 'The Heart Of The Nightlife'. Read More >>
Yonks and yonks ago we burnt our tongues on the kindling charm of Kisses . Since then they've released The Heart Of The Nightlife to reviews as glistening as chlorinated sunset-drenched infinity abysses, and the duo's eponymous track Kisses can be fully exploited below. Well and truly beyond retro, it recalls the frigid folly of Lanzarote infused with drum machine metronomy. Kisses- Kisses by Darling Department Kisses' Myspace .
Yonks and yonks ago we burnt our tongues on the kindling charm of Kisses . Since then they've released The Heart Of The Nightlife to reviews as glistening as chlorinated sunset-drenched infinity abysses, and the duo's eponymous track Kisses can be fully exploited below. Well and truly beyond retro, it recalls the frigid folly of Lanzarote infused with drum machine metronomy. Kisses- Kisses by Darling Department Kisses' Myspace .
Fresh from winning over some new Mancunian fans at In The City festival the adorable 'Kisses' by umm.... Kisses gets some visual treatment this week. Directed by Julia Bembenek , the video moves from the cosmos to the backyard with beautiful colours and imagery of a swimming pool. Oh July, where did you go? Its still available for free here . [...]
![[Desert Island Discs #5] – Kisses – [Artist]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/2735669_lg.jpg)
All of the songs listed below were personally chosen by the artist or blogger above. I got in touch with a lot of artists and bloggers who were all kind enough to get back to me and take part in Desert Island Discs. If you're unaware of the concept behind Desert Island Discs , check out the basic pitch I gave the artists and bloggers I got in touch with. If you're an artist or blogger and want to take part, just send your submission with the eight pieces of music [...]
![[Listen/Download] – Kisses](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/2684468_lg.jpg)
You'll likely not go for long without reading a feature of Kisses without them being compared to Jens Lekman. It's true, singer Jesse Kivel does sound similar to Jens Lekman, but not in the same sense as Owl City sound like Postal Service. Jesse doesn't comprise Kisses as a whole (he's joined by Zinzi Edmundson), so really it's only his voice and not so much the band's sound that are comparable. It's yet another summer-sounding onslaught with tight hand-clapped beats backed by ethereal synths and waves of background sounds that only help to enhance that feeling of needing to be outside [...]
Hailing from L.A couple Jesse Kivel & Zinzi Edmundson first arrived on the scene early in 2010 with the summer anthem that is ''Bermuda'' . A deligthful mix of melodic-synth-pop that got us wanting to hear more. Bermuda by Kisses Currently recording and working on other projects such as Jesse's band Princeton , we asked Zinzi a few questions to help us get to know Kisses a little better. Have a read.... (One For The People) First off, hows [...]
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 – 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
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
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 [...]
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) [...]
Kisses – The Heart Of The Nightlife [Review]
Feb 10, 2011, 4:12pm
PhotogMusic.com
PhotogMusic.com
I wasn't expecting to get an email from Kisses ' PR people. Considering they were kind of mentioned in music singles chart #29 . Not to be confused with Montreal "Silly Kissers". Kisses is a LA-based, pop-electro-disco flavored consisting of Jesse Kivel and Zinzi Edmundson. They will drop their album "The Heart Of The Nightlife" on March 1st. Here is a blurb about Kisses. The Heart of the Nightlife’s nine stunning compositions each exhibits a refined pop sensibility evocative of Arthur Russell's later-period romantic works. [...]
Artist: Kisses Title: Bermuda Link Text: Bermuda File Name: 02 Bermuda.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps Year: 2010
Artist: Kisses Title: Kisses Link Text: Kisses File Name: 01 Kisses.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps Year: 2010
Artist: Kisses Title: Midnight Lover Link Text: Midnight Lover File Name: 08 Midnight Lover.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps Year: 2010
New Single: Kisses - Midnight Lover
Feb 1, 2011, 1:50pm
One For The People
One For The People
Kisses have announced their next single. It will be 'Midnight Lover' which comes off the excellent debut LP 'The Heart Of The Nightlife'. Read More >>
[Best Of 2010] – Kisses – “Heart Of The Nightlife” [#29]
Dec 3, 2010, 11:57am
Listen Before You Buy
Listen Before You Buy
Artist: Kisses Title: Bermuda Link Text: Bermuda File Name: Kisses - Bermuda.mp3 Bitrate: 259 kbps Year: 2010
Magical Music Roundabout: Kiss Away, Kisses.
Nov 1, 2010, 12:07pm Dots & Dashes
Dots & Dashes
Yonks and yonks ago we burnt our tongues on the kindling charm of Kisses . Since then they've released The Heart Of The Nightlife to reviews as glistening as chlorinated sunset-drenched infinity abysses, and the duo's eponymous track Kisses can be fully exploited below. Well and truly beyond retro, it recalls the frigid folly of Lanzarote infused with drum machine metronomy. Kisses- Kisses by Darling Department Kisses' Myspace .
Magical Music Roundabout: Kiss Away, Kisses.
Nov 1, 2010, 12:07pm Dots & Dashes
Dots & Dashes
Yonks and yonks ago we burnt our tongues on the kindling charm of Kisses . Since then they've released The Heart Of The Nightlife to reviews as glistening as chlorinated sunset-drenched infinity abysses, and the duo's eponymous track Kisses can be fully exploited below. Well and truly beyond retro, it recalls the frigid folly of Lanzarote infused with drum machine metronomy. Kisses- Kisses by Darling Department Kisses' Myspace .
New Video: Kisses - Kisses
Oct 21, 2010, 2:29pm One For The People
One For The People
Fresh from winning over some new Mancunian fans at In The City festival the adorable 'Kisses' by umm.... Kisses gets some visual treatment this week. Directed by Julia Bembenek , the video moves from the cosmos to the backyard with beautiful colours and imagery of a swimming pool. Oh July, where did you go? Its still available for free here . [...]
[Desert Island Discs #5] – Kisses – [Artist]
Aug 6, 2010, 12:00pm Listen Before You Buy
Listen Before You Buy
All of the songs listed below were personally chosen by the artist or blogger above. I got in touch with a lot of artists and bloggers who were all kind enough to get back to me and take part in Desert Island Discs. If you're unaware of the concept behind Desert Island Discs , check out the basic pitch I gave the artists and bloggers I got in touch with. If you're an artist or blogger and want to take part, just send your submission with the eight pieces of music [...]
- Arthur Russell - Make 1, 2
- Belle & Sebastian - If She Wants Me
- David Bowie - Sound And Vision
- Erlend Øye - Every Party Has A Winner And A Loser (with Prefuse 73)
- Lou Reed - Street Hassle
- Sufjan Stevens - Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois
- The Blow - Parentheses
- The Tough Alliance - Neo Violence
Artist: Arthur Russell Title: Make 1, 2 Link Text: Make 1,23 File Name: Arthur Russell - Make 1, 2.mp3 Bitrate: 246 kbps Year: 2004
Artist: Belle & Sebastian Title: If She Wants Me Link Text: If She Wants Me File Name: Belle & Sebastian - If She Wants Me.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps Year: 2003
Artist: David Bowie Title: Sound And Vision Link Text: Sound and Vision File Name: David Bowie - Sound And Vision.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: Erlend Øye Title: Every Party Has A Winner And A Loser (with Prefuse 73) Link Text: Every Party Has A Winner and A Loser File Name: Erlend Oye - Every Party Has A Winner And A Loser (featuring Prefuse 73).mp3 Bitrate: 180 kbps Year: 2003
Artist: Lou Reed Title: Street Hassle Link Text: Street Hassle File Name: Lou Reed - Street Hassle.mp3 Bitrate: 224 kbps Year: 1978
Artist: Sufjan Stevens Title: Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois Link Text: Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Higland, Illinois File Name: Sufjan Stevens - Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: The Blow Title: Parentheses Link Text: Parentheses File Name: The Blow - Parentheses.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps Year: 2006
Artist: The Tough Alliance Title: Neo Violence Link Text: Neo Violence File Name: The Tough Alliance - Neo Violence.mp3 Bitrate: 254 kbps Year: 2007
[Listen/Download] – Kisses
Jul 14, 2010, 7:00am Listen Before You Buy
Listen Before You Buy
You'll likely not go for long without reading a feature of Kisses without them being compared to Jens Lekman. It's true, singer Jesse Kivel does sound similar to Jens Lekman, but not in the same sense as Owl City sound like Postal Service. Jesse doesn't comprise Kisses as a whole (he's joined by Zinzi Edmundson), so really it's only his voice and not so much the band's sound that are comparable. It's yet another summer-sounding onslaught with tight hand-clapped beats backed by ethereal synths and waves of background sounds that only help to enhance that feeling of needing to be outside [...]
Artist: Kisses Title: Bermuda Link Text: Bermuda File Name: Kisses - Bermuda.mp3 Year: 2010
Artist: Kisses Title: People Can Do The Most Amazing Things Link Text: People Can Do The Most Amazing Things File Name: Kisses - People Can Do The Most Amazing Things.mp3 Year: 2010
Feature: Getting Familiar With - Kisses
Jul 12, 2010, 9:30am One For The People
One For The People
Hailing from L.A couple Jesse Kivel & Zinzi Edmundson first arrived on the scene early in 2010 with the summer anthem that is ''Bermuda'' . A deligthful mix of melodic-synth-pop that got us wanting to hear more. Bermuda by Kisses Currently recording and working on other projects such as Jesse's band Princeton , we asked Zinzi a few questions to help us get to know Kisses a little better. Have a read.... (One For The People) First off, hows [...]
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