red kite: 2013

Monday 23 December 2013

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Friday 13 December 2013

album lyrics

a few of you have been asking for these.

here they are in all their glory.

bask in them.

Saturday 7 December 2013

a whole heap of nice and lovely words about the little band red kite

click on the images because that's how the internet works

dots and dashes

supajam albums of the year #13

flynndie albums of the year #6

make your record bag your home

and so she thinks

shaddersonmelungs

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Wednesday 20 November 2013

okay, so montreal is totally itunes canada single of the week

the title says it all.

look closer, bottom left.

yep, that's us.

this really is turbo-cool, though. some of you more eagle-eared kitelings may have noticed that i am rather partial to canadian music. in fact, most of the bands who influence us are from there. do make say think, godspeed, broken social scene, metric, arcade fire, silver mt zion, the list is evident to anyone who has ever lain ears on us.

and so this is kind of a big deal for us. i can try to sound all cool and nonchalant, dry and disaffected, drenched in lower case sarcasm, but this is really actually fucking amazing. we named a track after a canadian city because that place is like a mecca for us, and canada isn't just the really cold country north of the the states. it's the really cold country north of the states that consistently shows the states where it's going wrong socially, morally and judicially whilst pumping out sweet as hell killer bands (we love the states too, for a whole load of other reasons, so please don't think we're hating on you, usa, we really want to be in you).

we are extremely happy kites. this is a great day. we would give anything to be able to come over to canada, to play montreal in montreal, to hit the bovine sex club in toronto and get hella drunk watching rock & rule on the screens above the bar, to see the mountains loom over every vancouver street corner.

so go download it for free, my dear canadians. if you like it, go grab the album. cos we want to come play for you. but you have to want us like we want you. and we do want you. like, in a creepy way we want you.

what a wonderful day.

Thursday 7 November 2013

and the album is officially released

songs for crow has flown the coop.

it is now yours to do with as you please.

you can download it from itunes here.

you can purchase a physical copy from rough trade here.

you can also listen to it on spotify and grooveshark and you can torrent and steal it and do whatever you like to it, but you'll have to find your own links for that cos i'm not giving you any, bite me.

a huge thank you to everyone who deserves a thank you, you know who you are. we couldn't have done this without you.

a particularly special thank you to tom and jamie, without whom i literally wouldn't have been able to do it (and i mean 'literally' in the literal sense, not the over-used garbage english sense).

biggest thanks of all to lm, without whom there wouldn't have been anyone to try and impress and eventually woo by writing a bunch of music.

and of course, the kites themselves, laura, jim, jon, paul and nick. what a lovely racket we make.

stay tuned for the next moves.

this is just the start.

drk x

Monday 28 October 2013

the kites gather

like the proverbial and all too topical storm, the kites gather to plan their busy month ahead

many topics are discussed.
they collect their thoughts and head out into the countryside
surrounded by their namesake birds
they hammer out old favourites

and even try their hands at something new

we'll see how things progress.

those in need of information on their future whereabouts had best keep reading.

friday 1st november, reading south street
saturday 2nd november, manchester ruby lounge
wednesday 6th november, camden barfly
thursday 21st november, nottingham golden fleece
friday 22nd november, northampton road mender

reading ticket link:
http://www.bwmusic.co.uk/upcoming-shows/eventdetails/1-nov-13-red-kite-south-street-arts-centre/

manchester ticket link:
http://www.seetickets.com/event/red-kite/the-ruby-lounge/731481

london ticket link:
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/event/red-kite-tickets/83327

nottingham:
free show

northampton ticket link:
http://www.theroadmender.com/index.php/whats-on/467-red-kite.html

facebook events:

reading: https://www.facebook.com/events/1412232768992343/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

london: https://www.facebook.com/events/641135889242078/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

nottingham: https://www.facebook.com/events/441252392661618/?previousaction=join&source=1

Thursday 3 October 2013

dance with crow video

as promised, kites, here is our new video for dance with crow.

the wonderful folk over at clash music magazine chose to take it as an exclusive,as well as giving us a rather lovely write-up.

as you'll probably see from the piece, the album is now scheduled for general release on 5th november through the shipping forecast records, so all those who missed out on the pledge pre-release can finally get your hands on a copy. we think it's really good.

we've also made the track available to stream over on soundcloud, so feel free to pop over there to give it a spin. feel free to share and like and lick and embed and favourite fiddle and all the other things you can do with a lovely link like this.

and here's a reminder of the upcoming autumn shows, too. click on the image for ticket links.

we love autumn. the season of death suits us here at kite hq.

Saturday 14 September 2013

we've been given a home, like six mange-ridden alt-pups

we're very pleased to announce that our debut album, songs for crow, will be released on the shipping forecast's label. tsf are home to an escape plan and liam dullaghan, as well as being involved with a whole host of other wonderful acts which deserve your attention. it is indeed a glorious family to which we now belong.

click on the image below to check out some of our fantastic siblings: