Kaleide

VINYL FORMAT. Comes in a gatefold sleeve and includes a digital download! Leeds, UK based, female fronted rock trio Sky Larkin return with their sophomore effort, Kaleide. Produced by John Goodmanson (Sleater-Kinney, Nada Surf) in Seattle, the album boasts guest appearances via various North West peers including members of Telekinesis!, The Long Winters and Boat. The title may reference a very pretty kind of fragmentation, but Kaleide feels stocky and solid.

"The main point about Sky Larkin is that this music is enjoyable just for what it is - great indie. It doesn't need dissection of what makes it so; it just needs acceptance, acknowledgement of what it is, lest the spell be broken, lest we break it by taking it apart. Kaleide is immediate and it rarely dulls, bar the slow start to 'Anjelica Huston,' before it bursts out into sparkling keyboards at the tail end. That passage, and the sparse guitar and filtered drumble of 'Smarts (Shh Version),' show where the band can move on to, progressing away from the template, outwards. For now though, we can just stare up at Sky Larkin, listen to the music, love the music, repeat, repeat, repeat, fade." - James Lawrenson / Drowned in Sound