Tannic Teeth

Always on the lookout for new up and coming Australian bands, I stumbled across Newcastle band Firekites on Triple J.

Straddling the genera of indie-pop-folk-jazz, Firekites has released their debut album ‘The Bowery’. It’s a mix of plucked acoustic strings, soft voices, immixed with strings and subtle electronica. The lyrics are softly spoken invoking nostalgic emotions, where seipa tones come true to life. It’s cruisy low-fi music where you feel obliged to chase the threads of day dreams that sprout when listening. Lyrical and heart felt. For some reason it reminds me of Melbourne. The cold, the laneways and the promise of coffee and hope for love.

It’s warm, earthly, nostaligic and deja vu inducing.

Stand out tracks: Last ships, Autumn Story, Paris,  Same Suburb Different Park, By Night, Skimming Rooftops

Check out the videos for Autumn Story. It took 6 months to make, it’s stop motion chalk animation.

Same Suburb Differnt Park is also very arty too.

Listen to some tracks here

Tags: Firekites, Folk, General, Indie, Jazz, Music, Pop, The Bowery

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