Album Details
2010 debut full-length album from the British Alt-Rock quartet, which follows their self-titled mini-album and highly acclaimed EP, Two Stars, Two Sparks. On Dead Waves, Kyte's ever-atmospheric, dreamy soundscapes come coupled with big Pop sensibilities. First single 'ihnfsa' is symphonic, lush and melancholic; an exemplum of the band's newfound focus. 'Smoke Saves Lives', meanwhile, is an enormous-sounding explosion of big choruses, driven by a simple yet hypnotic piano line. Kyte's debut works precisely because of this contrast with the album's more far-reaching musical efforts: the epic 'Each Life Critical', for instance, sounds like Sigur R「s soundtracking Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Such huge sounds need the lyrical content to match, on which Nick Moon duly delivers.
