Remember we posted about Kindness, the uber-hip Arthur Russell acolytes who do a sweet line in awesome cover versions and are generally the best thing in music this year? Well, since then they have been all over the blogosphere and the NME, but they haven’t actually put much out, just a tiny release on Moshi Moshi. Now they have split on the first release from Groove Records with another awesome one-man band.
Design a Wave is Tom from Cleckhuddersfax’s solo project, following a similar musical trajectory to Kindness but more experimental, like very early Human League or Cold Cave before they bit the bullet and just completely ripped off New Order (although I still love them). This isn’t the track off the split release, but something completely new that Tom sent me last week. The Groove Records release is available very soon, but for now you can pick up a CD-R from French label Angry Ballerina. There’s a track and a bizarre video of Design a Wave soundtracking a dance routine by some green-and-blue-faced munchkins below.
Design a Wave - “Actually You”
Tags: Design A Wave, Groove Records, Kindness, Music, Ripping off New Order, The Blogosphere
