Seattle rockers Kinski have just released Cosy Moments this week on Kill Rock Stars. While the new album is the band’s sixth, it has also been six years since Down Below It’s Chaos, their last Sub Pop release. The band began recording with their longtime producer Randall Dunn (Sunn O))), Earth, Boris) back in 2010, for what would become, per guitarist and lead vocalist Chris Martin, a change in direction and sound. “We wanted to make something poppier and more direct. That was the kind of music I kept finding myself listening to and that’s what we tried to do. I was getting tired of hearing people step on wah pedals and solo over psych rock. There were so many bands doing that, including us. We’ve always had poppy, song-ish elements, but we took them further this time.” To facilitate the change Martin added his own vocals into the mix, while approaching songwriting from a more traditional tact by focusing first on the lyrics and music, instead of building songs more abstractedly from gear play. The single “Conflict Free Diamonds“, as well as the album’s opener “Long Term Exit Strategy “, are fine examples of this new approach, and they find Kinski confidently moving away from the droney, space rock experimentations of their earlier work, into more structured, vocal-centric rock songs. The album is available for streaming below. Also, Kinski, a band that rarely tours outside the Pacific Northwest, will begin an East Coast Tour starting April 11th in New York, so check out the rest of the tour dates below:
Kinski – 2013 Tour Dates
04/05 Seattle WA Sunset Tavern
04/06 Portland OR Bunk Bar
04/11 New York NY Cake Shop (with Man Forever!)
04/12 Baltimore Md Metro Gallery
04/13 Cleveland OH Happy Dog
04/14 Chicago Il Subterranean
04/15 Detroit Mi Garden Bowl
04/17 Northampton MA Elevens
04/18 Cambridge Ma Middle East Upstairs
04/19 Brooklyn NY Death By Audio
04/20 Pawtucket RI Machines with Magnets
