The market really got crowded over the past few weeks with the releases of Nine Inch Nails' Hesitation Marks and Neko Case's The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You. Those two awesome albums both came out on the same day a week ago. I rarely write about known bands like them. So, before you read about Kissaway Trail review, make sure to check those two albums out and pick them up. Both completely different genres but great in their own right.
Now, let's talk about Kissaway Trail from Denmark. Their new album Breach has finally arrived and it's mostly on YouTube for you to sample before hunting it down. And yes, it's definitely worth checking this band out. They have a sound that's hard to compare honestly. Not to say they're extremely original but a bit of a mix bag of muddy-electro-emo-rock. Yeah, I just made that genre up but they fit it. They've been around long enough to really polish their sound and put out a clever little album.
"Sarah" was the first song off of Breach that I caught on YouTube and I really dug it's muddy vibes. I always have a soft spot for a bit of fuzz in my rock. Like the music could use a bit of EQ work but that's the point. "Sarah" is simple but has it's own complexity and it ends in this downer mood that resonates with the listener long after.
"Norrebro" is the last song they released from the Breach album. I really dig the driving bass drums and all that fuzz. Not really sure what the word means since I'm not from Denmark. Maybe, someone can clue me in. Yes, I'm too lazy to do that research. Anyhow, beyond the fuzz there's really a nice melody pulling the soul of the song along. It reminds me a bit of mid 80's U2 mixed with a bit of Husker Du. This album has a lot going on and well worth picking up if you like your moody fuzz rock as much as I do. I need to buy an "I Heart Fuzzy Rock" T-shirt.
Other stand out tracks from this album, which honestly lacks any lemons, are "Sarah Jevo" and "Beauty Still Rebels." Both songs are on the band's YouTube channel. Yes, they've practically put every song from the album on their YouTube channel for fans to listen to prior to picking the album up.
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