“Oh! I like these strings,” I thought as I listened to the first track on Kites’ album While The Dust Settles. “What beautiful bells!” was my next thought, and then I happily listened to the rest of the album. It’s up as a “name your own price” download, and it’s worth way more than free. What a bargain!

I was actually very pleased with this band because I found them on Myspace before I found their Bandcamp, and the recording quality difference is enormous. I’m not even going to link you to their Myspace page because I want everyone’s first exposure to be the recordings on their Facebook and Bandcamp.

“The Looking Glass” is a beautiful introduction to a beautiful album with a beautiful album cover. Speaking of the album cover, who is that woman? I wonder, but I’ll probably never know. Maybe that’s what makes her beautiful. Maybe it’s the confetti. Maybe it’s her dress.

These songs are all so short! More than once, I wished the song had kept going after it was over. That’s a good way to get people to listen to things more than once though. Some of my favorite songs are only a couple minutes long.

“Honestly” is probably my favorite track on the album because of its honesty. “I won’t see you again,” he promises. The song is ironically upbeat and jovial, but that’s really effective sometimes.

This band is really, genuinely good. If I ever hang out with them, I hope they’re dressed like clowns like in one of the pictures on their Facebook.