Kitzi - 40 Moons That We Know Of
Experimental dream-pop artist Kitz; recently dropped 40 Moons That We Know Of, featuring 13-tracks of wonderfully delicious electronic pop.
Kitzi
Hailing from “The Royal City,” aka Guelph, a city located in southwestern Ontario, Canada, that’s all the information available on Kitzl. Except her music is divine. So we’ll just go with that.
The album begins with “010101,” opening on gleaming, oscillating synths exuding futuristic hues. Dreamy, gossamer voices float almost imperceptibly in the backdrop, giving the music an eerie, ethereal aura. Eventually, Kitzl’s crystalline-glass-like tones assert precedence, as a penetrating synth tone provides sonic contrast.
Highlights on the album include “Wizard Girls,” riding a potent throbbing bass line supported by syncopated percussion, while Kitzl’s brilliant, vibrant wraithlike timbres glide lushly overhead. A soft effulgence exudes from the harmonics, like something betwixt and between heaven and the rarified realm of the Empyrean. It’s a gorgeous song, iridescent, calming, and textured with glistening colors.
Kitzl’s voice gleams from the backdrop, infusing the tune with a hip-hop-lite flow of delivery.
“Waterfall” features sparkling plucking tones topped by Kitzl’s fragile, delicate voice, glowing with actinic surface lights and luminous glossy textures. “hum hum ho hum ho ho hum” opens on snapping sound effects that move into an oscillating, wavering melody full of filtered tones and spritzing sonic pigments. Kitzl’s voice gleams from the backdrop, infusing the tune with a hip-hop-lite flow of delivery.
“Darkbelle” travels on a heavy shuffling beat, thick with cavernous tones, as teeter-tottering percussive taps rock back and forth. Like a warm ray of sunlight, Kitzl’s trembling voice warbles delicately above the harmonics, which gather intensity, expelling kaleidoscopic psychedelic energy.
“40 Moons” opens on an elegant piano topped by Kitzl’s airy voice. Layers of vocal harmonies enter, infusing the lyrics and the music with shimmering dimensions, radiating diaphanous hues of galvanizing magnetism.
40 Moons That We Know Of is superbly wrought, radiating tantalizing, elusive tones, devout coloration, and the inimitable voice of Kitzl. This is a remarkably innovative album. Give it a listen.
