I wrote about Kittens Ablaze and their Hot Litter EP last year and was super stoked to hear their new album The Monstrous Vanguard. It sounds like a cross Between Okkervil River and Defiance, Ohio with a little bit of Bloc Party thrown in for good measure if you can imagine that. This Brooklyn sextet plays their own frenetic version of crazed dance-punk-folk is unlike just about any single thing I’ve ever heard. As much as I don’t think the kids will be bangin’ this as one of their summer anthems, I think The Monstrous Vanguard is really a great record and has been getting plenty of playing time around the Casa de CYSTSFTS. Viva Kittens Ablaze!
MP3 | Kittens Ablaze – Gloom, Doom, Buttercups The Monstrous Vanguard
MP3 | Kittens Ablaze – Government Romance The Monstrous Vanguard
I’m not a huge fan of indie/folk usually, but I really like this album a lot. It’s actually on my todo list to post.
I went to their myspace- really like This Machine is Dying! These guys are playing SXSW?
Its certainly not boring
It does sound like something else to me though, just can’t put my finger on what exactly….
Maybe its the very Irish sound…