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Kid Origami

Album: Brand New Blood [Explicit]

Released: Dec 8, 2009

Label: Sarathan Records

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General Info

Genre: Healing & EasyListening / Techno / Trance
Location SEATTLE, Washington, US
Profile Views: 141209
Last Login: 2/22/2011
Member Since 12/16/2007
Website http://www.myspace.com/feralchildrenseattle
Record Label Sarathan Records
Type of Label Indie
Bio
Not long ago, a band of backwoods guys named Feral Children uprooted themselves to Seattle and immediately created a ruckus with songs of primal intensity soaring with pop sensibility. Pacific Northwest tastemakers jumped all over their 2008 debut, ..Second to the Last Frontier..: “ [it] will undoubtedly be heralded as one of [the year]’s best” (The Stranger), “the future is now for the Feral Children” (John Richards, KEXP), and even “Perfect, absolutely perfect” (Seattle Sound Magazine). And the visceral ferocity of their live performances quickly earned them choice slots at most major Seattle venues (Showbox, Neumos, The Crocodile, Bumbershoot, etc.) followed by national tours to CMJ and SXSW... Their haunting 2nd LP, ..Brand New Blood.. (also produced by Scott Colburn of Animal Collective fame) evokes Feral Children’s rural PNW territory - sprawling, chilly, vast, strange, and, at times, violently stormy. The schoolboy-choir harmonizing and classic “oohs” over the more delicate compositions on Brand New Blood sound like this pack of Feral Children ate Grizzly Bear, while the louder, angular, and unpredictable stretches suggest Sigur Ros gone rabid. The album is all about haunting atmospheres; specifically, the Pacific Northwest woods featured in Twin Peaks or Twilight. It feels as if it were recorded along the banks of the Green River Gorge in January at 3 a.m., with the cold blankets of synthesizer (“Kid Origami”), their trademark tooth-clattering, dueling percussion that sounds like the breaking of bones (“Castrato”), and the volatile, strangling guitars (“Enchanted Parkway”)... The music of Feral Children feeds off of isolation and loneliness, the ghosts of their working-class pasts, and the awkwardness of trying to fit in to Seattle’s hyper self-aware music scene. But these guys are proud to stand together as a pack: defiant, dysfunctional, and outsiders to the core. .. Check out our "Spy/Glass House" video, produced and directed by Black Daisy .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........ .. ......Myspace Layout Generator.. by LayoutGeneratorMyspace.com........
Members
Bill Cole...Jim Cotton...Josh Gamble...Jeff Keenan...Sergey Posrednikov...and sometimes Andy Sells
Influences
the woods
Sounds Like
..PRESS.. .. A new primitivism that's sweeping through rock and roll - PITCHFORK.. -----.. "...spastic Isaac Brock-meets-Avey Tare shouts and atmospheric guitars over dual tribal drums.".. ..- Marc Hogan, Pitchfork.. .. "...a healthy dose of shimmering, experimental indie-rock that sometimes exudes a maniacal, pounding zest.".. ..- Matt Kiser, CMJ (College Music Journal).. ..Full Review Here.. .. "As primal and spiritually satisfying local bills go, it doesn't get much better than this. Feral Children may be from Maple Valley, but they sound as if they operate from some gloriously macabre, punk-rock underworld where both Patti Smith and Vivaldi would feel comfortable." ....- Hannah Levin, Seattle Weekly.. ..Full Review Here.. .. "Feral Children showcased new music at Neumos on Friday and given the audience reaction, I’m not alone in eagerly awaiting their upcoming release. The long gap between shows gave me the opportunity to appreciate anew not only the intense experience of seeing them live, but the gifted musicians that make up this unique band." ....- Amelia Gyde.. ..Full Review Here.. .. .."Second To The Last Frontier is an oddball buzz of genre escaping, frenetic rock and roll vision." ....- Ben Micallef, Yahoo Music.. ..Full Review Here.. .. .."If you're not paying close attention, you're liable to miss some happy accident that is simultaneously too small to notice casually and too perfect to ignore." ....- Daniel Rivera, Slant Magazine.. ..Full Review Here.. .. .."Modest Mouse may have built the template, but the chaos and percussive power here is more akin to an early And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead. Promising stuff." ....- Kirk Miller, Metromix.com.. ..Full Review Here.. .. .."Originally from Maple Valley in south King County, this Seattle band shares some musical and lyrical similarities with another Northwest band from the outlying town of Issaquah, but while ..Modest Mouse.. through the years have toned down the small-town alienation that seethed through their earlier records, you’ll find it in abundance on Feral Children’s excellent debut album. Dark, unsettling indie-rock that occasionally explodes in a murderous rage, ..Second to the Last Frontier.. is one of the more memorable Northwest albums of 2007." ....-Don Yates (Music Director at KEXP).. .. "This is a fascinating, beautifully narrated work that will undoubtedly be heralded as one of 2007's best" ....-Seattle Weekly.. .. "Perfect, absolutely perfect."(4-1/2 stars) ....-Katie Sauro - Seattle Sound Magazine.. .. "The future is now for the Feral Children" ....-John Richards - KEXP and Seattle Sound Magazine.. .. "With the help of producer ..Scott Colburn.. (..Animal Collective, Arcade Fire..), the band has crafted a standout full-length debut of experimental, turbid, slightly-unhinged indie rock with ..Second to the Last Frontier... An interesting tension pervades this album, between whimsical and menacing, primal and complex, brambly and celestial. It’s a debut worth noticing." ....-Mike Baehr - Performer Magazine.. .. ..Past Reviews.. .. ----- ..1/11/2007 "Feral Children are the next ..Modest Mouse....." ....- THE STRANGER.. .. .. 6/06/2007 "Why aren’t there more bands like Feral Children in Seattle? ...There is an almost murderous quality percolating under the band’s surface, as if each song is a shotgun aimed at the next sleazy land developer looking to cash in..." ....- BRIAN J. BARR - THE SEATTLE WEEKLY.. .. .. 2-01-2007 "The vast majority that attempts to ride the retro coattails inevitably is exposed. Yet, Feral Children, for all of their quasi-British Invasion glory, are ..not faking it." ....- Bonwell Parker.. - ..Performer Magazine.. .. .. 2/01/2007 "But if their songs are gloomy and cold, the live shows they've been playing for just over a year are burning and manic. ....- ERIC GRANDY 2/1/7 THE STRANGER..