Kinski is a rock band in the true sense of the word. You sense right from the first chord that these guys don’t anything else in life than look for the perfect sonic feeling, for the best riff or beat. Then, they get their rock machine going. Simple. To the point. The way the guitars sound has always been a priority for Chris Martin and Matthew Reid Schwartz (who also plays keyboards and flute). You can hear it on I Fell Like A Fucking Flower where each instrument’s distortion is carefully set, before an enormous bass fuzz, by Lucy Atkinson, enters the mix, swallowing everything on its path. Drummer Barrett Wilke keeps the time in a simple but efficient way. Kinski must be the band the closest to the type of instrumental rock Fugazi or McLusky used to do (Powder). The Seattle quartet isn’t as punk as them, but they build their riffs the same way, jamming and searing for the perfect tone. Many of Kinski’s songs are instrumental, and the few ones where Martin sings aren’t the best ones, so let’s keep it that way! In 2007, Kinski had released an excellent album, intitled “Down Below It’s Cahos” which put them on the post-rock map. “7 (or 8)” as brilliant as that record was, but it’s a solid record that pure rock lovers will appreciate. Kinski formed in 1998 in a Seattle bar where (former) drummer Dave Weeks who worked as a bartender, overheard Martin and Atkinson chat about analog recording. The next year, Schwartz was on board and they recorded their first album “Space Launch for Frenchie”. KINSKI 7 (or 8) (Kill Rock Stars / Sub Pop, 2015) -Genre: (mainly) instrumental post-rock -In the same genre as Acid Mothers Temple, McLusky, Fugazi Follow the band via their Facebook page Listen to videos on the label’s YouTube channel Réagissez à cet article / Comment this article commentaires / comments
