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Submotion Orchestra - Kites [Vinyl LP].

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SUBMOTION ORCHESTRA Kites / LP NEW VINYL / SMO 2018

Leeds-based collective Submotion Orchestra may be known for their musical diversity, however fifth studio offering Kites is firmly framed by the rich, cinematic jazz which defined their aptly titled 2011 debut Finest Hour, and which here provides their most focused piece since.

Whilst Kites doesn’t quite soar to that album’s heights, opener and latest single Prism provides a smouldering start: Ruby Wood’s sultry vocals drift over heart-swelling strings, building to a dizzying climax with shuddering drums underpinning a chorus of piano and horn. It sits among their finest offerings to date. Variations follows, with minimalist piano and glancing electro-inflections tempering things, before Submotion Orchestra’s emotive blend leads Kites into the realm of musical melodrama as vividly evidenced on Night and Branches. It’s a sound which at times threatens to debase their jazz credentials; however, their indulgence proves hard to resist amid Branches' impossibly seductive waltz.

track list

A1 Prism

A2 Variations

A3 Night

A4 Kites

A5 Bridge

B1 Own

B2 Branches

B3 Youth

B4 Tunnel

B5 Alone