ART house pop has never really been in vogue, but fresh from the success of their 2001 VerseBridgeChorus LP, Kinobe are back with a record to rival Air for eclectic domination.
Wide Open is Kinobe's "difficult second album" after the huge Slip Into Something single that Kronenbourg exposed to the masses. Recorded in a country house in Toulouse, this is sculpted chill-out, Sunday morning music.
It is contemplative, it slips by, and engages - but without having the anthems needed to steer it towards the mainstream. That doesn't matter because crafted cinematic modes, with haunting vocals, pock-mark this beautiful 12-track album.
It sounds like the soundtrack to a movie, with Tired Heart, the excellent Slow Motion and an upbeat Keep Playing masterminding 45-minutes of audio pleasure for creators Julius Waters and Mark Blackburn. Crack open a beer, get the deckchair out and play this on the stereo. It feels like July already.
Updated: 09:00 Thursday, February 19, 2004
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