Bands to Watch #224: The Kill Van Kulls
Does Manchester really need another electropop band? Between Delphic and the Whip…err…probably not. Anyone who dares to do it now is also going to get the unfair New Order comparison. But I think this one, the oddly-named Kill Van Kulls, deserves a moment of your time. The bouncy bass line and gentle synths at the start of their song ‘Lost and Found’? Very new wave ’80s. (HELLO. Based on these two things alone, it’s kind of a foregone conclusion I’d love this. Have a listen to ‘Fools Wish’…uhhh…there goes my heart on the floor. Think Simple Minds. Watch them perform the song pretty much acoustically below, with the iconic wallpaper at Manchester Deaf Institute as a backdrop, filmed by Manchester Scenewipe.)
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The vocals? MGMT, or possibly current darlings Foster the People. The happiness? The Naked and Famous. I can’t find much about these guys at all on the Web, so if you represent them or something, get in touch, because they seem to be the most mysterious thing to come out of MCR since WU LYF.
And if you really need more persuading, consider that this Manchester quartet will help drown out the noise of those other famous sons of the city yelling at each other. So let’s stop squabbling and enjoy the music eh, Gallaghers?
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