Monday July 17,2023
Taking a refreshing, ethereal turn towards a tranquil brand of indie pop, The Kind Hills have just unwrapped their upcoming album’s cornerstone track, Clusterluck. With the first-rate single, Let Youth Take Over, the band orchestrates a delicate rebellion, imparting far more gravitas than the track’s title might imply.
The Kind Hills, their genesis found in Australia’s academically rich soils, truly exemplify music’s boundless potency in a world more interconnected than ever. Their members, scattered across our planet, add international flavour to their rich tapestry of sound, uniting through music in a world without borders.
Embracing an audacious and avant-garde song composition and recording ethos, they’ve given birth to a project that reverberates intimately and universally. Clusterluck, slated for release on July 28th, is a living monument to this integrative spirit. The album radiates as an emblem of ‘bedroom pop,’ the creative offspring of Roman, who calls the idyllic expanse of Lucerne, Switzerland home. He conceived and shaped the bulk of these tracks amidst a personal trial by fire, underscoring the fortitude born of adversity and the depth of emotion that flows through every track.
Let Youth Take Over distils this captivating ethos into an adept fusion of contemporary indie pop and folk-rock, creating a compelling duality where introspective melodies encounter inspiring performance. The opening salvo alone showcases the vast spectrum of the band’s musical colours, woven with sharp guitar licks, a hypnotic rhythm, and an undercurrent of optimism that belies the song’s profound thematic weight.
The composition fluctuates between two primary musical themes, generating anticipation and catharsis through a series of rhythmic breaks and shifts in dynamic and texture. Adding to the audio tapestry, we have vocal contributions from all corners of the Earth – Chase (Hong Kong), Sam (LA, USA), Jessica (London, UK), and Brett (Perth, Australia), their unique timbres adding multi-faceted nuances to the band’s definitive sound. Bea, Roman’s fellow Lucerne resident, weaves together this vocal melange with an assortment of keys and synths, her distinctive flair intensifying the band’s irresistible magnetism.
