Kiss Me Deadly – November/December 2006
Who: Kiss Me Deadly
What: deadly
Where: Montreal
To Contact: www.alien8recordings.com.
On the band’s sophomore album, Misty Medley, the breathy-to-shrill-voiced Emily Elizabeth does her thing over electronic swirls of guitar-pop, although the boys add leads too, taking the songs in a different direction. Elizabeth definitely has an unusual delivery, not dissimilar to Bjork, but prone to sudden squeals or that Marilyn Monroe faux lil girl thing. Sexy. Cute. Ethereal. Quirky. Listen to the first couple of tracks, “Dance 4″ and “Dance 2″ and later “Ballads”. The male-sung tracks, like “Pop” and “Lets” give the Brit-styled music a slightly more aggressive feel. Originally drawn to an emo/math sound, the band – comprised of Elizabeth on vocal and guitar; Adam Poulin on guitar, vocals and programming, Mathieu du Montier on bass and vocals, Erik Petersen on drums and Sophie Trudeau on violin – morphed into this more danceable sorta Echo & The Bunnymen meets Sonic Youth and Sugarcubes pop. Earlier this year, the band released a tour-only EP, Amoureaux Cosmiques, and landed the support tour in America with UK band Bloc Party. The album was produced by Kiss Me Deadly and Jace Lasek at Breakglass in Montreal and mastered at John Golden Mastering. Lasek also provides additional instrumentation, and Olga Goreas add vocals on “Pop”.