Desire! Angel or Devil, it sets you on Fire. Some say Desire is the source of all Evil, and they look for Nirvana. Other say there are good and bad Desires…are the bad ones really Desires? Desires are not shadows, Desires are engines, sails and steps. Desire is the wings this new KVB‘s album has got, perfectly crafted and wide.
If there was anything goth in what Nicholas and Kat have been doing in the past, it’s gone. Not that these songs are not dark, there are plenty of deep synthesizers here, but how could you be not wanting to experiment with synths when you have at your disposal all equipment in Geoff Barrow’s studio? I’m pretty sure they had lots of fun with the toys’ arsenal! And yes the sounds are heavy, “V11939″ is steel industrial machines, it reminds of Depeche Mode’s “Master and Servant”, but instrumental. There are layers and layers of electronics merging with dreamy vocals on other tracks, but it feels safe into them, it feels calm and relaxating, like the darkness of a mother’s womb filled with water and love, it’s The Year We Make Contact and the big-eyed foetus looking at the world brand new. It’s the five notes of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, it’s Cupid and Psyche loving each other in the dark, it’s a Truth and it’s Faith which do not need a science testing, ’cause they do not rely on the past to write the future. Like a guy and girl from filthy and boring Southampton who moved to Berlin to imagine their own world of sounds and visuals with dedication and passion, for you and me and us and everyone to dive into it.
“Of Desire” was released on March 11th by Invada Records (UK) and Metropolis Records (Americas), as digital download, CD and vinyl.
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