Leeds group Sky Larkin are making their latest EP available to stream over at Soundcloud. Featuring “Year Dot” from latest LP Kaleide as well as a cover of Heart’s “Barracuda”, the EP also includes remixes of “Year Dot” and the album track “Still Windmills”.
Sky Larkin: Year Dot EP by brilliantlydifferent
Check out WilWright’s review of Kaleide, and watch the video for “Still Windmills”.
Click through for the EP Tracklisting and dates to catch Sky Larkin on tour in the UK and Europe.
Kaleid, the newest offering from Sky Larkin was a time machine for me. It transported me directly to my mid-teenage years, when I listened to a whole, whole lot of Julianna Hatfield. There is no better way for me to relay what you’ll get from this album than to say see also: that. That being said, those were some of my favorite listening experiences of all time. The production, the bombastic alt-rock feel, the verse-chorus-verse/quiet-loud-quiet songs….I love them and probably haven’t loved a set of songs in that specific way since my disaffected bedroom listens so long ago. Granted, the songwriting on this album, with a few glaring exceptions, is a lot stronger, and from a clean, dynamic production angle, they are incomparable. This is a great sounding album, and is (perhaps to a flaw) accessible in almost every way. I wish I could go back and leave this in 1995, so I could really get into it. Larkin’s new album is a success in honing this upbeat, fuzzed-out rock, and a success in putting me back into flannel and airwalks. Thanks Sky!
Leeds group Sky Larkin have added a bunch of North American dates to those already announced over here in dear old Blighty, and they’ve sent a bunch of goodies in the form of a video for “Still Windmills” and a cover of Heart’s 1977 hit “Barracuda” (download after the jump). Terrific stuff, and presumably all recorded in their Yorkshire crypt. I loved The Golden Spike, and I can’t wait for Kaleide.
Kaleide will see daylight in 8/9. It features:
1. Still Windmills
2. Kaleide
3. Tiny Heist
4. Landlocked
5. Anjelica Houston
6. Spooktacular
7. Year Dot
8. Coffee Drinker
9. ATM
10. Shade By Shade
11. Guitar and Antarctica
12. Smarts (Shh Version)
Enjoy ‘Antibodies’ below. Find out who the hell Sky Larkin is by clicking here.
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Enjoy ‘Fossil, I’ below. Learn all about the Leeds based act here. MP3 at bottom.
MP3: Sky Larkin – Molten
Hails From: Leeds, UK
For Fans Of: Sleater Kinney, Pretty Girls Make Graves
File Under: Female fronted post-punk
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MP3: Sky Larkin – Molten
