Kaki King - Dreaming of Revenge
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Free Music Review: Love Kaki
Hit: 5 Stars
I love Kaki, so she can do no wrong. This album has a slightly darker tone and doesn't focus on her amazing guitar skills (though they are quite evident). This isn't "classic" Kaki, but I love it more and more every day.Free Music Review: Kaki King - Wonderful As Always!
Hit: 5 Stars
Pop Album? Whatever. Dreaming of Revenge is yet another phenomenal release by Kaki King. She has moved to adding lyrics to her songs, and has done so in an amazing way, but she hasn't completely abandoned her classic guitar-only sound. Kaki King is extremely talented and I could listen to her music for hours on end, and this album is no exception.
Her sound is growing, and as a huge fan, I love it. I would definitely recommend this album, even if you aren't as big of fan as I am. Worth your money for sure!
Free Music Review: Continuing Excellence
Hit: 5 Stars
I have been a fan of Kaki King since her first album, "Everybody Loves You." She has changed quite a bit musically since then. "Everybody Loves You" and its successor, "Legs To Make Us Longer," are made up almost completely of solo guitar. "Everybody" was completely acoustic save for a hidden bonus track, and had no accompaniment whatsoever, unless you count Kaki's humming in the bonus track. "Legs" had more electric in it but still very limited accompaniment, with drums on "Doing the Wrong Thing."
"Until We Felt Red..." was a huge departure from her previous albums. Much more jazzy and with percussion on nearly every track and vocals on quite a few tracks, it was, at first, a bit of a let down for me having grown used to her previous style. That did not last. I eventually came to see it as the most interesting of her albums.
"Dreaming of Revenge" is a continuation of "Until We Felt Red...", but in a very different direction. All of the tracks have some sort of accompaniment, whether it is percussion, another guitar track or singing. The songs are structured much like rock songs, with heavier percussion than the light jazz percussion from "Red." "Pull Me Out Alive" is a perfect example of this, sounding like an export from the British rock scene, and an extremely catchy one at that. Even the instrumentals have a regular rhythm, but no two will sound the same. "Open Mouth" is a quiet, almost menacing tune with several violins accompanying Kaki's guitar, while "Air and Kilometers" is a more upbeat track that has a dreamlike quality, overlapping several guitar tracks with broken percussion.
One thing that I love about this CD is that Kaki's acoustic playing, which just wasn't very present in "Red," is back in full force. The very first track, "Bone Chaos In the Castle," starts of with guitar tapping reminiscent of heavily acoustic tracks from her first two albums, such as "Close Your Eyes and You'll Burst Into Flames" from Everybody and "Solipsist" from Legs. All in all, I am very happy with this album and I am even more excited to see what what Kaki comes out with next. If she follows her current trend, it will be unlike anything else we have seen out of her, unique and remarkably well put together.
Free Music Review: 7.5/10
Hit: 4 Stars
Multi-skilled guitarist Kaki King has returned with a fourth album, a seemingly logical progression from her previous work ...Until We Felt Red. As with the last album, this one is a diversion from her first two albums, which were almost exclusively instrumental and guitar-centered, and focused primarily on her finger-tapping style. Once again, she has assembled this overall mild-mannered album, which does not limit itself to any single genre, but rather dips in and out of various worlds of style, including bits and pieces of non-aggressive rock, folk, ambient jazz, and subtle post-rock, all the while retaining a sensible flow. She also takes on the role of a vocalist more strongly on this album. Much of her vocals here are very outright, as opposed to those on ...Until We Felt Red, where they were more subdued and delicate. With the vocals being more outright, it becomes more apparent that vocals are not exactly Kaki's forte, yet one still must admire her seemingly increased level of confidence in assuming the duty of singing.
The album starts with a short, semi-acoustic/semi-electric instrumental prelude with jazz/funk overtones. Throughout the rest of the album, there are several instrumental interludes, which contribute to the overall flow of the album, and do easily stand alone as individual works, such as the Metheny-invoking songs "Sad American," and "Open Mouth," and the shifty "Montreal." "Life Being What It Is" is the first track to exhibit Kaki's "new" vocals, giving you ample time to decide whether or not you like them. She does however still utilize wordless vocalizations in the background that add to the instrumental section, reminiscent of past songs such as "You Don't Have to Be Afraid." This harmony-rich technique prevails on other songs such as "Saving Days in a Frozen Head," and it is in this technique that Kaki's voice always does seem to succeed. "Pull Me Out Alive" may raise a few eyebrows at first, but it evolves into a catchy pop tune, and an album highlight.
Overall, this is a very good album. It may not have the staying power or even the full appeal of its predecessor, but it remains an indication of Kaki King's skills as a musician and songwriter, and her abilities to diversify and not limit herself.
Free Music Review: Wonderful,and it gets better everytime I hear it
Hit: 5 Stars
Ok, It's easy to not delve deep enough into the latest release by Kaki and dismiss it as a POP album....not true....And these few tracks that could be considered POPPY have way more depth and detail than any generic POP song. All of her music is riddled with these little gems and details that cannot be fully appreciated in a once over.
This latest release feels like she has found a greater comfort with voice and by voice I mean not just her singing voice. But her voice as an artist.
It seems like the last album was really a build up to this one, like she was still testing the water and now..Shes doing the breast stroke in vast Ocean of audio bliss. There is something absolutely amazing about her melodies and rhythms that really speaks volumes and is UNIQUELY Kaki.As far the POPPY tracks go let me say this..These 4 or 5 tracks are actually really great and still have the signature Kaki depth that will easily be missed or dismissed on the first play through."Life Being What It Is" is a beautiful song and has an amazing guitar melody ....POPPY or Not this is a an amazing song...and I hope that these songs will bring people to the album so they can hear the stuff that really showcases her brilliance like "Can Anyone Who Has Heard This Music Really Be A Bad Person"
The music on that particular track really tells a story I close my eyes and I cannot describe to you where it takes me... it is an absolute masterpiece. If you even remotely like the last album, this is a no-brainer_____>Its much much better light years beyond...and even if you are new to Kaki King this certainly a wonderful place to start.
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