IL CULT “INDIE TRIO” INGLESE
KITCHENS OF DISTINCTION
PUBBLICA PER ONE LITTLE INDIAN /
AUDIOGLOBE
IL BOXSET IN LIMITED EDITION DEL VECCHIO
CATALOGO (6CD) CHE INCLUDONO ANCHE BBC SESSION E B-SIDES.
in uscita il 3 marzo 2017
“Exquisitely painful yearning in guitar
form. A great band."
Former music journalist and current comedy writer Graham Lineham.
Former music journalist and current comedy writer Graham Lineham.
“I didn’t need to open the capsule three
times to fall in love with the Kitchens, their whirling wall of guitar sound
swept me off my feet and I fell in love with all the tortured sentiments woven
into their beautiful poetic lyrics. Such perfect pop, such wonderfully
orchestrated rock, such delightful melodies. I saw them live a lot, but one gig
at Salisbury Arts Centre sticks out, a stupendous and moving show. How did
three blokes make that enormous symphony of swirling sound? It was so
uplifting, so exciting, brilliant, the best. ‘Mad as Snow’, ‘Polaroids’, ‘Sand
on Fire’, it’s an impossible task picking a favourite - though ‘Quick as
Rainbows’ takes it by a quaver!”
TV presenter and naturalist Chris Packham
Celebrated band Kitchens of Distinction are set to release their back
catalogue as a six-CD boxset via One Little Indian on 3rd March
2017, including rare b-sides and BBC sessions. The limited edition boxset is presented as
a hard book with a foiled cover, and includes the legendary band's first four
studio albums re-mastered, a collection of b-sides (including Quick As Rainbows
produced by Martin Hannett) and previously unreleased BBC sessions (John Peel,
1992 and Mark Radcliffe, 1994), packaged in a 36-page book with sleeve notes by
music critic Martin Aston, full discography, rare photos and memorabilia.
Having released their
fifth studio album 'Folly' in 2013, following their reformation in 2012, the
London trio have been pushing boundaries culturally, politically and musically
since the '80s. Their first singles released on One
Little Indian, 1988's "Prize" and 1989's "The 3rd Time We Opened
the Capsule", made it onto the "NME Writers' 100 Best Indie
Singles Ever" list in 1992.
The
band's unapologetic and openly homosexual lyrical content, as well as their
bold political statements were a driving force, yet would also draw them
criticism from the mainstream industry, and many TV and radio shows refused to
support them. However, John Peel offered the band a radio session following a
memorable performance at Glastonbury, and the unforgettable session is included
on the brand new reissue boxset. Their
allusive, complex lyrics were groundbreaking – vocalist Patrick Fitzgerald sang
about life as an unreconciled gay man in a way that was far from in-keeping
with the then-trends for gay pop. Their Margaret Thatcher protest song, “Margaret's
Injection” also caused much controversy.
It wasn’t until 1984,
when Julian met fellow budding guitarist Patrick at a party, that any of the
future KOD members began to take music seriously. “Julian was initially
suspicious of me, I think,” Patrick recalls. Yet the pair bonded over post-punk
colossi. Bands such as Joy Division and Echo & The Bunnymen, says Julian, “precluded
me from enjoying more accomplished music, I preferred guitarists who weren’t
trying to play a million notes a minute like progressive bands did. When we
formed Kitchens, we started making music in the vein of The Smiths and Cocteau
Twins.”
“I was the one
pushing hardest for us to be progressive,” says drummer Dan Goodwin. “Patrick –
who always hated Yes, though he liked Genesis! – was more into The Smiths’. In
the middle was probably Kitchens Of Distinction.”
KOD's
debut album 'Love Is Hell', released in April 1989, drew the band comparisons
to The Chameleons, Cocteau Twins and A.R. Kane from music press, and the band's
trailblazing guitar-led melodic sound paved the way for the shoegazing scene of
the late '80s / early '90s. Bizarrely, the band often performed under an alter
ego – Toilets Of Destruction. They famously appeared in drag at The Bull &
Gate in Kentish Town in 1990, playing covers by the likes of Bauhaus, David Bowie
and Abba.
The
same year, they went into the studio with legendary producer Hugh Jones (Simple
Minds, The Undertones, Echo & The Bunnymen) to make their fantastic
second album 'Strange Free World', released in February 1991. The following
year they wrote and recorded their third album 'The Death of Cool', again with
Hugh Jones in the driving seat. The album, which was named in honour of the
passing of Miles Davies, was released in August 1992. KOD's US label opted for “Smiling”
as an introductory single for US audiences, having disagreed with the band's
decision to release “Breathing Fear” initially – a song about 'gay bashing'.
The label felt that the subject matter was too touchy, yet this was the essence
of Kitchens of Distinction. The band toured extensively that year, including a
support slot with their US label-mate Suzanne Vega.
The cult band
released their fourth and final album 'Cowboys and Aliens' in 1994 before
disbanding in 1996. Drummer Dan Godwin looks back on their time as a band
fondly: “Kitchens of Distinction were a band of brothers in music. We played
and worked together and sometimes lived together from our early twenties to our
early thirties - a time of fantastic creative and emotional growth. As
kids we had all been obsessed by music, just so in the band, and still so now.
I work with people with dementia and Alzheimers, and musical memories
remain accessible even when the ability to vocalise has gone. So, 30 years on,
here is our "memory box" of musical memories from our Kitchens days
on One Little Indian.”
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