Since transforming from a project
into a full band in mid-'01, KIMONE have released a nationally-distributed
EP, toured the U.S. three times, released Meres
of Twilight on Silverthree Sound Recordings, and stacked
up dates with everyone from Cursive, Spoon, The Album Leaf, Ours,
to Karate and Starflyer 59. With members educated in sound engineering,
computer science, art, and journalism, the band have strived to
combine visceral, instinctual musical language with cerebral structural
analysis. And with their new album The
Mill, they feel closer to that goal than ever.
For the past two years, the members of KIMONE have placed every
ounce of inspiration, frustration, self-examination, confusion,
optimism, bitterness, and strength into writing and creating The
Mill. Musically, they've streamlined their orchestral arrangements
to be leaner and more economical: saying more with less. Lyrically,
story-like narratives play a bigger role than the usual pronoun-obsessed
"rock song," as carefully selected words and phrases embody
multiple meanings. Compositions were written and re-written, keys
were changed in search of the most suitable melody, and prose were
mulled over to avoid repetition of words/descriptions.
A completely mad way of constructing music? Perhaps. But KIMONE
felt that The Mill deserved such
detailed attention, for it would eventually tell their all-too-common
story of 20-somethings trying to make sense of lives and art. This
is the soundtrack to ethnic dilemmas, egos in motion, careers in
jeopardy, finances in disarray, writer's blocks, and questionable
existences. Not just for these five individuals, but for whoever
has experienced the uncomfortable window between innocence and adulthood.
MUSIC
The
Author Surrenders
In the
Warmth of Meanings Redefined
CONTACT
Kimone
official website
Kimone
MySpace page
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