THERE IS LOUD LAUGHTER EVERYWHERE
(Mush Records - Full-Length CD, 2008) BUY: OWN IT LISTEN: STREAM THE NEW ALBUM
NO ORDINARY CAVEMAN (REMIX EP) Featuring Head Like a Kite singles remixed by Boom Bip, Daedelus, Her Space Holdiay, Nobody, and Antimc (Mush Records - EP Exclusive Digital Only, 2008) BUY: OWN IT
RANDOM PORTRAITS OF THE HOME MOVIE
(Pattern 25 - Full-Length CD, 2006) BUY: OWN IT
LISTEN: STREAM THE DEBUT ALBUM
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LINER NOTES
ALBUMS:
Written and Performed by Dave Einmo with lots of musical friends.
There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere (2008, Mush Records). Produced by Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, The Secret Machines, Iron & Wine). Features touring HLAK drummer Trent Moorman on drums. Includes guest appearances by Asya of Smoosh, Eric Corson of The Long Winters, P.J. O'Conner of Radio 4, Barton Carroll of Crooked Fingers, Darius Minwalla of The Posies/Preston School of Industry, Graig Markel, Barbara Trentalange, Zera Marvel, Andrew Vernon, Kendra Osterhout, Barry Shaw, Billy Joe Huels, Taryn Webber, and Shiho Kurauchi.
Random Portaits of the Home Movie (2006, Pattern 25). Produced by Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, The Secret Machines, Iron & Wine). Includes guest appearances by members of Smoosh, Kinski, The Posies, Crooked Fingers, Preston School of Industry, Sushirobo, Graig Markel, and others.
FILMS:
Video projectionists TONY NELSON or MARLON SCHAEFFER or DAN TYLER join the tours and edit live film clips projected behind the band. Thanks to ROBERT BAILEY for additional footage.
VIDEO
NO ORDINARY CAVEMAN
"No Ordinary Caveman" by Head Like A Kite. Directed by Cody Hurd and Troy Nelson. From the album There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere on Mush Records (coming June 17, 2008). www.mushrecords.com
"ON THE BRINK" FEATURES HEAD LIKE A KITE
Head Like a Kite was recently featured in the trailer for a new show called "On the Brink" that follows the roller coaster ride of up-and-coming indie bands.
SONGS FOR EATING AND DRINKING
"We Were So Entangled" shot live by Chase Jarvis' crew at Songs for Eating and Drinking. Featuring Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam, The Saturday Knights, Fences, Arthur & Yu, Loch Lomond, and an amazing dinner. See songsforeatinganddrinking.com for more info.
MTV2 INTERVIEWS
This is episode 5 of a six-part MTV2 interview series. See the rest of the videos on YouTube at www.youtube.com/user/headkite.
Influences
Four Tet, Sonic Youth, God Speed You Black Emperor, Flaming Lips, Prefuse 73, Can, Mogwai, Stereolab,
Sounds Like
Sunny biptropic beats with lush indie soundscapes inspired by Super 8 home movies.
5 OUT OF 5 -- "Georgeous pop melodies with electronica bleeps" - ALTERNATIVE PRESS.
"Random Portraits is a beautiful pop album that pays personal homage to the past but has one eye on the future." - REMIX
"Sonic Youth guitar treatments upon Stereolab keyboards on top of Primal Scream-style vocal loops....a well-edited scrapbook of retro-futurism." - MAGNET
"Think Pinback's melodic tonalities with guitar treatments by Brian Eno. HLAK's live shows are an aural-erotic experience." - SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN
"This album is an eclectic masterstroke, soothing and infectious all at once."
- PERFORMER
"4.5 stars. Samples of lush soundscape playback with a mellow Dandy Warhols vocal. Start to finish, it's a full soundtrack worth watching (listening to.)" - URB
"Intriguing... groovy pop album." - NEW YORK POST
"Infectious songs filigreed with the sort of vintage synth frippery that gives Tape Op readers sweaty palms." - THE STRANGER
Buzz Bands - "A sonic tapestry." -LOS ANGELES TIMES
"Great debut album." - LONDON TIMES
See more reviews from around the USA and Europe at the Head Like a Kite website and click on Press.
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LISTEN YOUNG STUNNERS
THERE IS LOUD LAUGHTER EVERYWHERE (Audio)
(Mush Records - Full-Length CD, 2008) BUY: OWN IT LISTEN: STREAM THE NEW ALBUM
NO ORDINARY CAVEMAN (REMIX EP) Featuring Head Like a Kite singles remixed by Boom Bip, Daedelus, Her Space Holdiay, Nobody, and Antimc (Mush Records - EP Exclusive Digital Only, 2008) BUY: OWN IT
NO ORDINARY CAVEMAN (Video)
(From the album There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere on Mush Records, 2008) WATCH THE VIDEO
REVIEWS - READ REVIEWSRemix, URB, Magnet, London Times, Alternative Press, LA Weekly, LA times, SF Bay Guardian, The Stranger, New York Post, The Onion, Beautiful Decay, Seattle PI, Oregonian, Cleveland Free Pressand more...
URB GIVES HLAK 4 STARS
Check out the new URB Magazine. They gave the new album 4 stars. See the full review here.
HLAK Number 1 AT KEXP, KRCC, more HEAD LIKE A KITE's new album There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere has been in KEXP's Top 8 for the last 6 weeks, hitting Number 1 in late July. We're honored to be part of several KEXP podcasts with exclusive live in-studio performaces and singles. Download the KEXP podcasts below. KEXP has been CMJ station of the year for the last couple of years so we're pretty excited. The new record is also Number 1 at KRCC in Colorado Springs and charting high around the country. Call your favorite station and request Head Like a Kite to hear more from the new album.
FREE KEXP PODCASTS FEATURE HLAK Download these free KEXP podcasts featuiring Head Like a Kite exclusive live instudios, singles, and KEXP DJ picks.
KEXP SONG OF THE DAY (July 4, 2008)
Download this free podcast and make your own fireworks with "No Ordinary Caveman" by Head Like a Kite. Read KEXP's blog about the new song.
KEXP LIVE PODCAST(June 26, 2008)
Features Head Like a Kite performing live on Cheryl Water's KEXP radio show to celebrate the new album "There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere." Includes Asya from Smoosh guesting on vocals on "Daydream Vacation" and an electronic krautrock reinterpretation of Neil Young's "Ohio," plus more HLAK favorites.
MUSIC THAT MATTERS, Vol. 108 - A Full Tank of Gas and Half a Pack of Cigarettes (John Richards picks)
John's got an hour worth of songs, a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, he's wearing sunglasses -- get ready for your next installment of the Music That Matters podcast featuring the very best of the Morning Show. Features Head Like a Kite, Clinic, Styrofoam, Ladytron, and many more.
MUSIC THAT MATTERS, Vol. 95 - Freaks and Geeks (El Toro picks)
KEXP DJ, El Toro, picked some of his favorite left-of-center tracks for this new KEXP podcast, and included the brand new HLAK song, "Before We Go to Bed" off the upcoming, HLAK full-length, There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere (Mush Records). Why wait until June for new HLAK. The KEXP podcast also includes tracks by M83, Hercules and Love Affair and other El Toro favs.
XLR8R MAG PODCAST FEATURES NEW HLAK This week's XLR8R MagazinePodcast features an exclusive Mush Records playlist that includes a brand new Head Like a Kite song, "Six Bags of Confetti," remixed by Antimc. It's also got tracks from Daedelus, Boom Bip and Doseone, cLOUDDEAD, and lots of other Mush favorites. (Photo by Joe Sales.)
"No Ordinary Caveman" by Head Like A Kite. Directed by Cody Hurd and Troy Nelson. From the album There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere on Mush Records (coming June 17, 2008). www.mushrecords.com
Head Like a Kite was recently featured in the trailer for a new show called "On the Brink" that follows the roller coaster ride of up-and-coming indie bands. The producers flew out to Seattle to film us at the beginning of our Spring tour for the "On the Brink" trailer, and then debuted it at the Nokia Theater in New York during Broadband Enterprise's unveiling of their new shows. See the trailer below.
7ate9 Entertainment, who produces shows for Disney, ESPN, Nickelodeon, etc., is producing "On the Brink" for Broadband. They are going to do several episodes with Head Like a Kite on tour, and release them this summer. We'll let you know when you can see them. In the meantime, check out the trailer above.
HEAD LIKE A KITE in TOKYO
Head Like a Kite recently returned from Japan for a series of shows in Tokyo. Grooves more dominant that King Kong vs Godzilla previaled. We played with Muneomi Senju, the drummer of the Boredoms, and a bunch of other great Japanese bands such as Oak , Avengers in Sci-Fi, The Primrose, BEA BEA LIMITED, and The Telephones. We hope to come back soon.
A live version of Head Like a Kite's "Noisy at the Circus" with Asya of Smoosh guesting on vocals is available on Oct 5 from KEXP as part of their Song of the Day Podcast. Kick it out.
Subscribe to KEXP podcasts on iTunes by clicking here. You can also go to iTunes and search on individual songs, where you can choose the live version of "Noisy at the Circus." For other podcast options and more info, see KEXP.
Speaking of Cheryl Water, read her blog post on the live Head Like a Kite performance on KEXP when they showed up in bathrobes and cereal for the morning show back in April 2006, and see photos.
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BIO
HEAD LIKE A KITE is Dave Einmo, joined live by drummer Trent Moorman, and in the studio by a revolving cast of musical friends. Marrying a love of progressive electronic production and instrumental wizardry with a spot-on knack for pop-songcraft, Head Like A Kite debuted in 2006 with the Pattern 25 release, Random Portraits of the Home Movie, a universally praised album built around samples from family Super-8 home movies from the 70s. The success of the album led to tours of the US and Japan (with projector in tow) and an appearance on MTV2’s “On The Rise.” (See reviews from London Times, URB, Remix, LA Weekly, Magnet, Alternatiave Press, etc. below.) Head Like A Kite continues to climb with a move to LA-based electronic label Mush for the May 20 release, There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere, an album that builds on HLAK's found sound meets electronic rock framework with unquestionable expertise. The result seamlessly ties epic pop overtones to sunny bliptronic beats, sounding like an indie band remixed by Entroducing era DJ Shadow and LCD Soundsystem.
Joined by members of The Long Winters, Radio 4, Crooked Fingers, Smoosh, Animals at Night and others, Head Like a Kite’s There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere, takes listeners on an aural road trip, mixing propelling hip hop drum beats with electronic Krautrock and indie pop peppered with field recordings captured while HLAK toured the United States. The result is a lush, party soundtrack that fast forwards to the future, taking us on a memorable sonic trip around the country.
Produced by Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, Secret Machines, The Grates, Iron & Wine) and mastered by Dave Cooley (Danger Mouse, Madlib, Prefuse 73, Silversun Pickups, Polyphonic Spree).
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